The course is open only to registered or certified women-owned businesses in the WEConnect International network. It includes several videos, activities, case studies, and quizzes designed to give you the tools to take the first step in accessing the finance needed to achieve your growth goals!

What you will learn:

Module 1: How to Build Creditworthiness

• How to asses the creditworthiness of your business, why your credit history matters to lenders and investors, and how to improve your credit in the long-term.
• How to interpret your financial statements to analyze the financial health of your company.
• How to calculate the key financial ratios that lenders and investors utilize to assess your company’s capacity to pay back a loan or produce a profitable return on investment.

Module 2: Determining Capital Requirement

• How to build attainable and specific goals for business growth.
• How to determine your company’s current capacity to grow and receive capital input through a comprehensive checklist and case study.
• How to assess your options for growth and determine the most profitable strategy to present to lenders or investors.

Module 3: Preparing Your Company for Capital Input

• How investors, lenders, and buyers conduct their own risk analysis and due diligence before providing capital input or offering a contract.
• How to analyze different sources of funding to determine which option best suites your company’s current capacity and growth goals.
• How to pitch for funding to an investor and create a capital plan to assess the feasibility of a growth strategy.