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Financing Strategy: Tips for Sourcing Capital

Capitalizing Your Business to Maximize Return.

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IntermediateUpdated Apr 15, 2025
Financing Strategy: Tips for Sourcing Capital

What You'll Learn

check_circleUnderstand key financing needs across the business lifecycle.
check_circleLearn how lines of credit and asset-based loans function.
check_circleEvaluate the structure and use of term loans and leases.
check_circleUnderstand the role of mezzanine financing as a hybrid tool.
check_circleExplore venture capital and private equity funding options.
check_circleLearn the basic process and considerations for going public.

About This Course

In this course, you are going to learn about the financing strategies for your business throughout its lifecycle. You will learn about all the various debt and equity financing arrangements at an application based level. In the debt sections of the course, you will learn about how operating lines of credit works and what to watch out for. We will also talk about asset-based lending facilities, term loans, and leasing. Mezzanine financing is an increasingly popular way of replacing equity financing with hybrid financial instruments. In the equity sections of the course, you will learn about venture capital, private equity, and the process of going public.

Your Instructor

Blair Cook Jennifer Nicholson
Blair Cook Jennifer Nicholson

CPA, CA Leadership

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Blair is a seven-time CFO, a director, and an educator at Executive Finance Partners - a professional development and executive coaching firm for financial professionals and executives. He also serves as a corporate director and audit committee chair of publicly listed companies: Terravest Industries and Clarke Inc. He is also the Board Treasurer of the Devour Food & Film Festival and serves on various committees of CPA Nova Scotia. Blair is the author of The Illiterate Executive: An Executive’s Handbook for Mastering Financial Acumen.

Credit Information

Is this course eligible for my CPD requirements as a Canadian CPA?

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