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Entrepreneurship
Are there any angel investors that might be interested in your business? Who are they and how did you find them?
Visit a local bank and ask about its commercial lines of credit. Ask the banker to explain the terms and to discuss what a small startup business would have to show to qualify for a line of
Find and list three networking opportunities in your community.Describe how you could take advantage of them for your business.
Visit http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs6-crdt.htm to learn about your rights to financial privacy; then answer the following:a. Who has access to your credit reports?b. What information cannot be
If you currently subscribe to or use an online service or ISP(Internet Service Provider), discuss what you like and dislike about the service and why you chose it.
If the owner of Bright Rays Tanning Salon Inc. invested $200,000 and had an investor pay in $45,000 for 15% of the corporation, what is the valuation of the business?
Calculate the annual amount of interest (assuming no principal repayment) for each of the following:a. Term loan of $122,000 over 15 years at 6.5%b. Line of credit for $50,000 drawn 50% all year at
How do Warren Brown’s recommendations to aspiring entrepreneurs pertain to cash flow?
What types of cash flow management issues would you expect CakeLove to encounter if it continues to grow at a rate of three bakeries per year or more?
What methods has CakeLove used to manage cash flow? What others might it adopt?
How has Warren Brown been able to finance the growth of his company?
Search for Community Supported Agriculture(CSA) on the Internet. Why might it be good for Holterholm Farms to have a CSA? What are the risks involved?Why would consumers be willing to pay for their
How could adding beef, eggs, and produce be beneficial from a cash flow perspective?
Why did switching the cows’ feed entirely to grass improve Holterholm Farms’ cash flow?
Visit Business Owners Idea Café online (http://www.businessowners ideacafe.com) and use the tool provided under Financing to figure out how much capital you would need to get your business off the
Print the tax documents list available at http://www.ideacafe.com/tax_center/index.php and highlight the forms that a C corporation producing glass bottles would need.
Calculate the projected burn rate for your planned business.
Give three rules for managing your cash.
Describe what you think the seasonality scenario would be for one year for a business you can imagine starting. Explain how you think the cash flow will be affected over the course of the year.
Review the café’s balance sheet. Explain why the net value of the café’s property and equipment has decreased from$80,000 in month one to $64,000 at year’s end.
Look at each section of the café’s cash flow statement. Write a memo highlighting three insights you have about why this business is not succeeding, based on what you see in its cash flow
What is the debt-to-equity ratio of the Portland Freelancers’ Café?
Amy and Steve decided to take on a$50,000 loan to finance their start-up investment. Each month they are paying$1,469 in interest charges. Look at their total monthly fixed costs. What percentage of
Evaluate Amy and Steve’s income statement for their first month of operations:a. Is the café operating at a profit or a loss?b. How many units above or below breakeven were sold?
List three things that Amy and Steve should have considered doing to adapt to the changes in the environment when their customers no longer wanted to pay for Internet services and expected the café
Evaluate the economics-of-one-unit analysis that Amy and Steve conducted, and then answer the following:a. Amy and Steve assumed that, for every $6 in sales, $4 would come from selling
What additional information would you want to know?
What concerns should they have?
What are the positive aspects the employees could glean from the financial data?
Create common-size balance sheets for each.
On which properties did the mogul owe one dollar of debt for each dollar of the asset?
Which properties did the mogul own free of debt?
Which asset carried the most debt?
On which asset was the mogul’s net worth the greatest?
What was mogul’s net worth for the Serena’s Shuttle? Why?
What was the mogul’s highest-priced asset?
How is depreciation treated on the balance sheet, and what is the logic behind this treatment?
Suppose the owner of Quick Meals on the Go wanted to raise profits by $5,000 a month. What would you recommend he do, and why?
What would the profit margin for the year be based on 13-13?
What would the profit before taxes be if the owner above found a paper supplier who only charged $100,000 for the year?
What do the financial ratios tell you about this business?
Calculate the financial ratios (ROI and ROS) for the monthly and yearly income statement you created in
If the owner of Quick Meals to Go invested $300,000 in start-up costs, what was his ROI for the year? (Assume June as average.)
Given the following data, create monthly and yearly income statements for Quick Meals to Go, LLC in New York City.a. Sales for the month of June were $300,000. Sales for the year were $2,600,000.b.
Create a projected balance sheet for your business for one year.a. Create a pie chart showing your current assets, long-term assets, current liabilities, and long-term liabilities.b. What is your
Would you invest in her business? Why or why not?
Write a memo analyzing the financial strengths and weaknesses of Angelina’s venture. Use the common-size statement information in Exhibit
Using Exhibit 13-12, the balance sheet of Angelina’s Jewelry Company at the end of July that follows, calculate all four financial ratios (quick, current, debt, and debt-to-equity) for the business.
Repeat the exercise from Key Concept Questions for this chapter using accounting software. Then run the following what-if scenarios and create graphs or other visuals showing how each would affect
At the end of the case, Damon describes how he profited as an individual from the experience of throwing the Halloween party. What did he mean by this? Is it possible to profit from something on a
Brainstorm three things Damon might have done differently in planning his party to increase sales revenue.
One of the reasons why Damon earned a substantial profit is because he convinced his personal contacts to provide their services at a discounted rate. If he decides to grow his party-planning
Assume that Damon decides to start a party-planning business:a. Identify two ways he could assess the cost of goods or services sold for this business.b. Which costs, described in the case, would
What are the start-up costs that you would expect to encounter if you were a college that leased a MooBella machine?
What was the mix of funds—by percentage—used by MooBella to get started?
It took nearly 20 years from idea to market for MooBella. Clearly, this is a long development and start-up period.Reflect on the emotional and other nonmonetary factors that were likely involved for
What categories of costs would you expect to see in a list of MooBella start-up costs?
Ask an entrepreneur in your neighborhood to discuss his or her accounting system. Write a one-page report about the pros and cons of the system and use it to make an oral presentation to the class.
Ariel LeBec, of Ariel’s Sandwich Shoppe, sells Po’ Boy sandwiches and soda from a sidewalk cart in a popular park near her home in New Orleans.She sets up her rented cart in the summers to raise
For a business you would like to start, estimate what you think the fixed and variable costs would be.
Imagine that you have invented a guitar strap that goes over both shoulders, thereby reducing shoulder strain for the guitarist. This item could be a big seller, but, before you can apply for a
What bank accounts do you intend to open for your business?Which bank will you use? Why?
Describe the record-keeping system you intend to set up for your business. Why?
Suppose you and four friends want to start up a café at a prime location in your region. Using Exhibit 12-1 calculate the investment required for your startup. Add or delete entries from the exhibit
How has Amazon compensated for the lack of brick-and-mortar stores?
List the pros and cons of Amazon’s customer relationship management system from the company and customer perspective.
Why would Amazon accept responsibility for the shipping problems of its vendors, UPS and FedEx? How would you feel about the company’s response if you were among the customers who did not receive
List three things that BNI does that you could adopt to help build business relationships.
How does BNI reinforce the importance of selling based on benefits?
Interview an entrepreneur about the type of CRM she uses.Discuss customer service and complaint handling in particular.Summarize the interview in a short paper.
Visit three businesses in your community and take notes on your experience as a shopper. Write a memo comparing the customer service at each. Include such information as the following: Were you
Arrange to receive a sales pitch from a competitor in the business field you intend to enter. After the presentation, write down your objections to purchasing the product/service. Use Brian Tracy’s
Develop a brief sales pitch for three items you are wearing. Try out the pitch for each on a partner. Have your partner help you time the pitches to one minute. Do the same for your partner.
Give three reasons why you think it is important to keep collecting market research even after you have opened your business.
Explain Joe Girard’s Law of 250 in your own words, and give examples of it from your own life.
Assume you were trying to sell a program on event management to a prospective client. You are unsure if your call was successful.How will you analyze your sales call and hone your skills
Identify five specific sales-call prospects for your business.Prequalify them using these questions: (a) Is the prospect in my market? (b) Does he or she need my product/service? (c) Will my
Why is it more important to listen rather than talk while initiating a sales call? Illustrate with an example.
It has been said that selling is an art and the essence of selling is in teaching customers about one’s product or service. Do you agree? Why or why not?
Describe the features of each product listed below and then create a benefit statement for each that you would use as selling points.a. wristwatch with daily-events calendarb. milk-free chocolatec.
MIDA has a commitment to ensure that international sanitation standards are followed and that processing plants comply with environmental and social responsibility issues. How is this accomplished
If a MIDA customer in the United States wished to export North Atlantic salmon to the Philippines through MIDA, what sort of financing option might be of value for the transaction?
What are MIDA’s marketing advantages?
MIDA is based in the Philippines, a country that is a member of a Regional Trade Agreement (RTA). Which RTA is it? How might this affect the business dealings of the company?
How has Chingling used her education and prior work experience to support the success of MIDA?
What are some of the challenges that Luggage Concierge would have likely faced in becoming a global marketer that UPS can handle?
How do customers benefit from the alliance between UPS International and Luggage Concierge?
Luggage Concierge has created a number of strategic alliances with domestic and global partners.a. What is the rationale for Luggage Concierge’s decision to create alliances rather than expanding
What reason to market globally (as noted in the chapter) does the Luggage Concierge and UPS alliance serve? Explain.
Visit the World Fact Book (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook) and find a profile of one of the countries in Top 10 Emerging Markets. Identify two products or services to
At the U.S. Department of Commerce’s export Web site (http://www.export.gov), find the Trade Events category and click on it.Using the menus and search tool, find trade missions and trade events in
Identify two ways that globalization may affect your business or a business with which you are familiar. What are the positive and negative aspects of each?
Why do companies export their goods to foreign markets? Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of exporting in detail.
Are there other ways of globalizing your business other than import and export? Illustrate with real-world examples.
Why is “going global” essential for businesses today? Illustrate with suitable examples.
What contributions can trade intermediaries make for small firms?
How can emerging markets provide opportunities for entrepreneurial ventures? Threats?
Why are cultural competency and sensitivity important for participants in the global marketplace?
How do trade agreements affect trade barriers? What can this mean to small business?
What key advertising concepts has eHarmony applied?
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