Entrepreneurship 101: Debt vs equity

Entrepreneurship 101

This week’s Entrepreneurship 101 session focussed on different types of entrepreneurship and about the resources required in each case — particularly cash needs. We discussed the pros and cons of debt vs equity financing.

This Week’s Question
If you were to start you new venture today, would you favour debt or equity financing (assuming that you are going to need some capital to start your venture)? Why?

Downloads*

• Session presentation – Dial-up connection (mp4)
• Session presentation – Broadband connection (mp4)
• Presentation (PDF)

*Please note that you will need a player such as Quicktime (free) to view the mp4 files and Acrobat (free) to view the PDF slides.

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