How to Fund Your Creative Business

Next Instructor Led Program Starts: 4/7/2022

Course Author: John Lynn

Raise capital for your creative business
Understand the funding journey
Confidently pitch your business to investors
Understand the role of money in your business

Raise the Money to Amplify Your Creative Business

There’s way more to funding your business than walking into a VC’s office and giving a pitch! This course will serve as your PRACTICAL and outside-the-box guide to startup funding so you can get the capital you need for your creative business.

By the end of this course, not only will you understand all the financing options available to you as a creative entrepreneur, you’ll also be able to develop a unique funding strategy for your business that leverages all your strengths as a creative business owner.

You’ll master pitching and negotiation techniques that will allow you to walk into a room of investors with CONFIDENCE. And together, we’ll build decks and presentations that tell your business’s story and highlight the unique creative talent you bring to the table.

Let’s turn the overwhelming maze of numbers, negotiations, and relationships into something you can understand and leverage at any stage in your career as a creative entrepreneur.

At a Glance

Instructor Led

$897

Program Start: April 7, 2022

Live sessions with course authors and practitioners
8 hours of on-demand video lectures
A private online community to network with peers
Supplementary resources, articles, and downloads
8 weeks of access to course materials
Digital certificate of completion

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$297

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Supplementary resources
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syllabus

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What you'll learn

Understand the role of money in your creative business and what it can and cannot do.
Develop a strategy for funding. You’ll determine what kinds of funding are available to you based on your unique business model and what stage your business is at, and create a plan for engaging them.
Create a compelling pitch that convinces investors that your creative idea and your business are a sound investment.
Understand all the sources of capital available to you including VC, individual investors, companies and organizations, grants, crowdfunding, digital currency, and customer financing.
Learn how to approach conversations with potential investors. Develop speaking skills that allow you to pitch with confidence and maintain control of the conversation.
Learn networking techniques that allow you to maintain connections with potential investors.

What you'll learn

Understand the role of money in your creative business and what it can and cannot do.
Develop a strategy for funding. You’ll determine what kinds of funding are available to you based on your unique business model and what stage your business is at, and create a plan for engaging them.
Create a compelling pitch that convinces investors that your creative idea and your business are a sound investment.
Understand all the sources of capital available to you including VC, individual investors, companies and organizations, grants, crowdfunding, digital currency, and customer financing.
Learn how to approach conversations with potential investors. Develop speaking skills that allow you to pitch with confidence and maintain control of the conversation.
Learn networking techniques that allow you to maintain connections with potential investors.

Margo D.

This John Lynn course is the best I've ever taken for any online course ever, ever. He is so clear, thorough, and thought-out in his presentations that he's the winner of online presentations. I'm so happy you picked him for our instructor. He is first class, first rate.

Brian F.

Thank you for offering this stellar class! It was incredibly helpful to me as I start my business.

Your full syllabus

Module 1: The Role of Money in Your Business

Module 2: Funding Basics

Module 3: Your Pitch is Your Company -- The PPTMTA Structure

Module 4: The Funding Landscape: How it Works and Where You Fit In

Module 5: Designing Your Offer and Designing Your Process

Module 6: Navigating the Conversation

Module 7: Maintaining Funding Relationships

Module 8: Applying this Process to Other Funding

Meet your instructors

Your course author John Lynn

A globally recognized expert and industry leader in startup accelerators, John has spoken at theWorld Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, as well as in multiple locations within China, throughout Japan, Haiti, Aruba, and the USA. His work has been published in Forbes, TechCrunch, and at the Nasdaq.

John is the co-founder of Cela, which builds startup accelerators with the world’s most influential institutions. Corporations like Verizon, universities like Harvard, and governmental organizations like the United Nations all work with John and his team to set up their innovation and entrepreneurship programs.

Cela has also acclaimed worldwide recognition for setting up the first-ever global summit for accelerator leaders, the Cela Summit. The Cela Summit has attracted hundreds of speakers, attendees, sponsors, and other partners inside the accelerator industry to come together, collaborate, and move innovation

entrepreneur | startup accelerator expert

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How to Fund Your Creative Business