Self-Paced Online Course
Bankruptcy & Cash Crisis Management
The tools and techniques to steer a high-tech company through a cash crisis — and the U.S. bankruptcy law that governs what happens when the money runs short.
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When the money runs short
Lack of sufficient finance is a common issue for entrepreneurs and startup companies in every sector of business — but it can be an acute problem for companies spending time and resources to develop new technologies. This course works through the tools and techniques management can use to navigate a company through a cash crisis, and to understand the issues involved when funding falls short.
The U.S. bankruptcy regulations and protections are explored in depth — including Chapter 11 reorganization and Chapter 7 liquidation — alongside secured transactions and the relief available to corporations, individuals, and sole proprietors. The aim is to give you the practical and legal grounding to make clear-headed decisions under financial pressure.
A certificate of completion is awarded when you successfully complete the course.
Learning Objectives & Outcomes
What you'll be able to do
- ✓Determine whether a business is insolvent, and understand the steps involved in a Chapter 11 reorganization and a Chapter 7 liquidation.
- ✓Collateralize a loan or financing through a lien or security interest on a company's assets.
- ✓Trace U.S. bankruptcy law to its source and explain how the federal Bankruptcy Code governs both corporate and personal filings.
- ✓Recognize the early warning signs of a cash crisis and apply tools and techniques to steer a high-tech startup through it.
- ✓Deploy cost-cutting, bridge financing, and other maneuvers to preserve runway when additional funding is scarce.
- ✓Compare the protections and obligations of Chapter 11 reorganization against Chapter 7 liquidation, and choose the right path for a distressed company.
- ✓Explain how the automatic stay halts creditor actions and buys a struggling company time to reorganize.
- ✓Understand the priority order in which creditors, lenders, and shareholders are paid when a company's assets are distributed.
- ✓Structure secured transactions and perfect a security interest so a lender's claim holds up in bankruptcy.
- ✓Distinguish corporate bankruptcy from the relief available to individuals and sole proprietors, and plan an orderly wind-down when it becomes the last resort.
Course Sections
Six sections, in sequence
- 01Introduction — Source of Law
- 02Navigating a High-Tech Startup Through Cash Crisis
- 03Corporate Insolvency — Chapter 11 Reorganization
- 04Chapter 7 Bankruptcy & Liquidation
- 05Secured Transactions
- 06Bankruptcy Relief for Individuals & Sole Proprietors
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