
Join Food Finance Institute Expert in Residence and Edible-Alpha® founder, Tera Johnson, for our Level 2 Consultant Training. Learn more about Consultant Training here.
Level 2 builds on our Level 1 Consultant Training* by helping participants navigate the process of raising appropriate debt, strategic investments, and equity investments.
*Level 1 is a prerequisite for our Level 2 Consultant Training.
Level 2 Focuses
- Financial statements and food business financial metrics
- The proforma: review a process of putting client financial packages together to aid in raising money
- Using case studies to provide examples of what funding requests could look like across various business models
- Putting it all together: Analyzing a proforma and Sources and Uses of capital
Level 2 Goals and Objectives
After our training you should have the tools, templates, and resources to enable you to better:
- understand financial statements and food business financial metrics
- work with your client and their data to create a financial package for their business
- know what potential funding paths are available to various food business models
- optimize your clients capital structure for profitability