This course is quick and easy. IMPORTANT: No information is updated after 2014. All data is from years before that. Contacting the teacher's assistant doesn't work. That's fine since the basics I was refreshing myself on are still the same. I bet there's more up-to-date classes out there and the current trends that are mentioned in this course are very out dated at this point. Also, there are quizzes at the end of each "week", but the second quiz you can write whatever you want in the answer boxes and they'll mark you as 100%. Use this course for the basic information, but you won't be an expert in current new venture funding by taking this course alone.

The course summarized the key concepts that an entrepreneur will need to become familiar with in order to survive in the competitive startup environment. The text-book and recommended extra readings were very useful in order to complement the material.

I would rate this course a solid 4. It will be of tremendous help for me as I intend to be an entrepreneur one day and start my own company. The course is well packaged with the video lectures and the suggested readings. Just lovely!

This is a comprehensive course for any new or recent entrepreneurs. It gives great tips and suggestions on the opportunities and pitfalls while raising capital for your business. I highly recommend this course!

Very good content, good sources. Unfortunately the sound is poor, which is the only thing preventing me to grade this mooc 5

Great contents! It is very well developed by new additional resources and links comparing to last year. Thanks Coursera!

I respect the fact the lectures contain a lot of references to the outside world, e.g. goes beyond the academia.

The content is very good! Too bad the quizz and assignment aren't well adapted

very insightful

Helpful and interesting. Easily the best part of the course are the interviews with people.

Excellent material. Somehow a little boring and therefore won't get the 5 star.

Very good course! The only problem for me was the poor quality of the sound.

Practical insight to empower entrepreneurs with the knowledge and skil

VC terminology & pitchdeck intricacies...a mix of business finance.

Course Materials could be updated..

the calculations are not so clear

great course

great course

good

Hi Team,

Course is good.

Videos and contents need to be updated on regular basis, sometimes data discussed is bit outdated.

For beginner really good, but sound could be improved a bit.

At times, I sensed the material "too dry".

The course is too much focused on the U.S.

I thought there will be deeper info.

The course content is excellent.. but it has a huge problem from my point of view.

Me as a person who had no background at all about company capitals and finance topics, found it extremely difficult to cope with the course specially the first week.

I needed one month of study from other sources before being able to complete the first week.

I suggest that the content should be adjusted to give a basic introduction for beginners.

Just like other University of Maryland online courses - boring