Funding Your Startup Online course

This course provides an introduction to how you can get the funding you need to successfully launch your start-up and grow it during the early stages.

It primarily focuses on the different options available via debt finance, including the Start Up Loans scheme and downloadable templates are provided. You can access the platform 24/7 and can therefore fit your learning around your busy work schedule.

It enables you to consume content in small bites, using our ‘micro lesson’ approach to e-learning. Some lessons are as short as three minutes. It provides a flexible, non-linear approach to e-learning, called a ‘pick n mix’ approach. You pick the lessons that are relevant to you.

You will not need to read lots of content as most of the e-learning programme is based on videos presented by experts.

What you get

Exploring finance

• How much do you need and for what
• Self-financing, bootstrapping and finance from friends and family
• Traditional versus alternative financing

Debt finance

• Debt finance overview
• Bank loans and overdrafts
• Start Up Loans
• Peer-to-peer funding and other types of loans
• Asset finance and invoice finance
• Commercial property finance and mortgages
• Lines of credit and other forms of debt financing

Start Up Loans

• What is the Start Up Loans scheme
• Applying for a Start Up Loan
• Credit checks for Start Up Loans
• Case Study: The Centre for Therapeutic Practice
• Case Study: Trapped Animal Records

Downloadable resources

• Jargon buster
• Business plan template
• Financial forecast template
• Personal survival budget template

Eligibility requirements

Open to ages 16 and over.

Watch this video to sample our course.