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Program overview
Investor-Backed Expansion Strategy™
Deploy external capital across multiple markets without destroying the company doing it.
Overview
Key facts
- Qualification
- Executive Education
- Duration
- 8 weeks
- Entry requirement
- Open entry
- Format
- Hybrid
- Credential
- Certificate
- Accreditation
- Credence Institute certification
About this program
For funded teams entering their second or third market. Investor-Backed Expansion Strategy is a blueprint for deploying external capital across multiple markets without destroying the company doing it. It covers sequencing market entry against runway, the operating discipline investors expect post-raise, capital allocation between markets, reporting and board management, hiring ahead of revenue, and the failure patterns of over-capitalised expansion.
(opens full size in a new tab)Who should apply
- Founders of funded companies
- Leadership teams of funded companies
What you leave with
A blueprint for deploying external capital across multiple markets without destroying the company doing it.
Where it can take you
- Allocating capital between markets
- Sequencing market entry against runway
- Managing investor reporting and the board
The award
On passing the assessment you receive a certificate for this Executive Education program. Verification arrangements for this program are stated at enrollment. Issued under Credence Institute certification.
Who teaches it
If you want to know who leads this program before you apply, ask us and we will tell you.
Paying for someone else?
If you are funding someone else’s studies, here is what you are paying for. Investor-Backed Expansion Strategy™ is an Executive Education program taking 8 weeks, examined and credentialed, and issued with a certificate that any employer can verify publicly at any time. It prepares the learner for allocating capital between markets, sequencing market entry against runway, and managing investor reporting and the board. With the learner’s consent we will confirm enrollment, attendance and completion to you in writing at each stage.
Intakes
Next intakes
Dates for the next cohorts are being confirmed. An advisor can tell you when this program next runs, and put you on the list for it.
Ask an advisor about datesFees and payment
Multiple payment options are available, with installments on programs of six weeks and longer. Employers can be invoiced directly against a purchase order or a letter of undertaking.
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