Theme T2.2: Financing. Opportunities and Risks.

Financial sustainability is the key for any business. Yet, access to finance is more challenging the enterprises and ventures in the CCIs because of the intangible nature of their assets, the specifics of their marketing niche and the insufficient awareness of the financial institutions in this regard. Yet, the new developments in modern business environment entailed opportunities that can be particularly useful for the CCIs. Accordingly, in this theme we focus on the main current and prospective sources of financing for CCI ventures, the different types of funding that can be used, as well as the associated business risk. New forms for generation of start-up - and project-based funding – such as crowdfunding and multi-donor funding – shall be considered in detail. The theme shall consider the different types of financing instruments regarding the development stage of an enterprise as well as the risks and opportunities that accompany them. Relevant links shall be made to all the other themes in the course regarding in particular the dichotomy between proprietary and free access sharing of content.

  • Number of hours: 3 in class, 3 self study.

Material

Presentation T2.2
Reader T2.2

Case study/ies

Video Case Study T2.2

Video case study “Recycle Art Academy” - Who is Natalinko

Video Case Study T2.2

Video case study “Recycle Art Academy” - Finances and Funding

Video Case Study T2.2

Video case study “Recycle Art Academy” - Team and Cooperation

Case study T2.2

Recycle Art Academy

Learning activities

Learning Activities T2.2

Test your knowledge

T2.2 Self Assessment
T2.2 Self Assessment (Open Questions)