Toronto Metropolitan University is Canada’s leading innovation and entrepreneurship University, recognized across the world for our commitment to creativity and entrepreneurship for our students, faculty and its community. Our extensive entrepreneurial ecosystem includes comprehensive academic programs, a unique approach to incubation in our Zone Learning, and our wide variety of co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. The academic core of this ecosystem is the TRSM Department of Entrepreneurship and Strategy, committed to the delivery of an extensive range of innovative entrepreneurship programs and courses, relevant research disciplines and the support of highly successful student groups such as Enactus & DECA.
This website provides an overview of the Department and links to key elements of the wider Toronto Metropolitan University entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Spotlight: Faculty Books
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Do you have a great idea for a new venture, or an existing small business that is ready for explosive growth? But do you lack the investment capital necessary to launch this growth? If that's your case, you need to learn from the insights of this book.
FUNDING VENTURE GROWTH (external link, opens in new window) distills the insights of extensive new research on venture growth and how to fund it. It provides fresh views into how investors look at entrepreneurs and their dreams and schemes - views that can help you to show them how great your business can be, and why it is such an attractive investment opportunity for them.
While drawing on a wide range of advanced financial theories, and on fresh new research with high-growth entrepreneurs and with dozens of leading venture capital investors, the book is focused on ACTION - the concrete steps you can take to
- Develop strategies to unlock explosive growth
- Better understand exactly how much money you'll need to successfully launch
- Tailor a more effective pitch to possible investors
- Display the signals that will set you apart from all the wannabes also seeking money
- Negotiate an investment deal on more favourable terms.
Chock full of practical exercises that create insight, and lots of ready-to-use templates for action, FUNDING VENTURE GROWTH can help you navigate the challenges of growing a business and making you irresistible to investors.
Includes foreword by Dr. Sean Wise (opens in new window) , Canada's leading mentor capitalist and an expert advisor to CBC's Dragon's Den