Fundamentals of Funding, with Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women
This free online course is one of 10 courses available in the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women collection, designed for entrepreneurs ready to take their business to the next level.
In this course, you will learn how to finance business opportunities that lead to growth, by exploring different types of funding. You will learn how acquisition financing and funding applications for grants or loans can support and expand your business opportunity. You will evaluate your business’s financial profile and plan actions to improve it.
The exercises will guide you through discovering potential types of funding for your business and help you to identify the information you may need for future funding requirements.
By the end of the course, you will understand the importance of having a financial strategy and approaching funding strategically – applying the skills you have developed to make a good funding application to facilitate your business growth.
If you are unsure of your future cash flow needs, you may wish to complete one of the other Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women courses, ‘Fundamentals of Financial Planning’, to predict financial challenges, so that you can make strategic choices for your business.
The 10,000 Women course collection offers a truly flexible online learning experience. You have the freedom to approach the program in any way that works for you – take any course, or combination of courses, to tailor your learning journey to your individual business growth needs. If you choose to take all 10 courses, you will explore all the key elements of your business and develop a thorough plan for your business’s growth.
You can find out more about the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women collection in the FAQs.
Status: Mergers & Acquisitions
Mergers & Acquisitions
Status: Financial Analysis
Financial Analysis
Course·3 hours
Featured reviews
FN
5.0·Reviewed Dec 11, 2024
This is timely. Thank you for capacity building my financial prowess
YO
5.0·Reviewed Jul 6, 2020
Learnt a lot from this course. Well done to GS for making this available
GR
5.0·Reviewed Nov 27, 2022
What an eye opener, i enjoyed every single step and all the lessons.
CB
5.0·Reviewed Nov 20, 2022
Very important distinctions between Debt and Equity funding. Also the ratios that funders/investors need were very useful.
GC
5.0·Reviewed Sep 14, 2020
It was an eye opener to me on different funding option and different things funders might be interested in the business before funding decision can be made
DK
5.0·Reviewed Sep 12, 2021
Great foundation and many examples to help drive home the ideas
SB
5.0·Reviewed Apr 18, 2026
Great clarity ,interactive and live the cursor moving on transcript synced with video
ML
5.0·Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Provides practical tools to manage your business finances and getting ready for potential funders as well as types of funding one needs to consider.
IO
5.0·Reviewed Sep 5, 2022
It was easy to follow, even when you do not particularly like figures. I will recommend it for any female-business owner
SD
5.0·Reviewed Nov 24, 2025
This is a course that is very informative and noteworthy to use in the future.
U
5.0·Reviewed Apr 13, 2020
I learnt a lot, thanks so much. Will recommended this to every entrepreneur
KP
5.0·Reviewed Dec 3, 2021
Very useful, because it answers 2 important questions, what a starting entrepreneur could have - should i take a loan or equity.
All reviews
Showing: 20 of 50
All Learners
All Stars
Most Helpful
L
Lorena S. Hdez
5.0
·Reviewed Aug 24, 2020
I recommend this course specially if you are an business owner, because it provides several helpful forms you can fill out with your financial information to stay organized and ready to apply for funding. The course also contains a lot of information in short and concise videos, helpful for students who subscribe jut to learn more about the business world if you are not really familiar with the terms.
G
Glory Chima
5.0
·Reviewed Sep 15, 2020
It was an eye opener to me on different funding option and different things funders might be interested in the business before funding decision can be made
M
Masetshire Lebona
5.0
·Reviewed Jun 17, 2020
Provides practical tools to manage your business finances and getting ready for potential funders as well as types of funding one needs to consider.
A
aída
5.0
·Reviewed Nov 7, 2022
This course contains super insightful information for newcomers to this topic!
Also, the exercises are fun to complete and challenging, since they push you towards dreaming of your own growth.
Eager to apply the learnings!
F
Francisco Javier Ramos Sanchez
5.0
·Reviewed Jul 14, 2020
As a student, this course was very practical to help me get more familiar with the terminology and certain determining aspects of funding.
C
Colette Byfield
5.0
·Reviewed Nov 21, 2022
Very important distinctions between Debt and Equity funding. Also the ratios that funders/investors need were very useful.
U
Uche Maureen Amonye
5.0
·Reviewed Apr 14, 2020
I learnt a lot, thanks so much. Will recommended this to every entrepreneur
A
Amit P Runwal
5.0
·Reviewed Feb 14, 2023
Please issue Participant Certificate, So we can motivate to other as well
Y
Yewande Jillian Olagbende
5.0
·Reviewed Jul 7, 2020
Learnt a lot from this course. Well done to GS for making this available
M
Mariam Paronyan
5.0
·Reviewed May 2, 2023
I learned basic but very important information about business funding types, and aspects of a business that funders care about before making an investment decision. This course also includes some fun and interesting simulation exercises that made me think like a potential investor.
E
Emma Kyaw
5.0
·Reviewed Jul 13, 2022
I have really exicted on learning about the funding/ financing for the business, and got a bunch of knowledge from the course. I will learn the Goldman Sachs 10,000 women's other course.
K
Kristi Pool
5.0
·Reviewed Dec 4, 2021
Very useful, because it answers 2 important questions, what a starting entrepreneur could have - should i take a loan or equity.
I
Ikwo Oka
5.0
·Reviewed Sep 6, 2022
It was easy to follow, even when you do not particularly like figures. I will recommend it for any female-business owner
S
Sunita Bhalla
5.0
·Reviewed Apr 19, 2026
Great clarity ,interactive and live the cursor moving on transcript synced with video
S
Sharron Dark
5.0
·Reviewed Nov 24, 2025
This is a course that is very informative and noteworthy to use in the future.
R
Ricardo A. VanEgas
5.0
·Reviewed Apr 17, 2020
a superb class on how to raise money through crow funding or venture capital
F
Faith NAPWORA
5.0
·Reviewed Dec 12, 2024
This is timely. Thank you for capacity building my financial prowess
G
Gaone Rebaeng
5.0
·Reviewed Nov 28, 2022
What an eye opener, i enjoyed every single step and all the lessons.
D
Dalia Kamar
5.0
·Reviewed Sep 13, 2021
Great foundation and many examples to help drive home the ideas
E
Elelloang Lesei
5.0
·Reviewed May 10, 2020
This has been so enlightening. I will visit it for my review.
