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Avg Propensity to consume

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Percentage of each dollar of income, on average, that a person spends for current needs rather than saving

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Standard of living

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Neccessities, comforts, and luxuries enjoyed or desired by an individual of family

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Tangible asset

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Physical assets such as real estate and automobiles that can be held for either consumption or investment purposes

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Prosperity to consume formula

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Consumption/ Income

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T/F: A personal balance sheet shows financial condition at a certain date

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True

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• Actual income statement vs budget

What time periods do they look at?

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Income statement: over time

Budget: forward looking

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Net Worth formula

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Total Assets- Total liabilities

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investment asset

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Assets such as stocks, bonds, real estate that are acquired in order to earn a return than provide a service

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What percentage of american households prepare a budget

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30-40%

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Do you record the value of the asset you buy the same on a balance sheet if you bought it on cash or credit

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ya

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What traits do a successful entrepreneur exhibit

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  1. Sees and seizes a commercial opportunity
  2. Tends to be doggedly optimistic (perhaps even to a fault)
  3. Plans to obtain the physical, financial, and human resources needed for the venture to succeed
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• Percentage of US Business that cease operations withing how many years

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“Small Business Facts”: 1/3 gone in 2 years; 1/2 gone in five

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E-Commerce

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Use of electronic means to conduct business online

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Life cycle stages of a company

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  1. Development
  2. Start up
  3. Survival
  4. Rapid-Growth
  5. Early Maturity
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Development Stage:

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period involving the progression from an idea to a promising business opportunity

Developing opportunities and seed financing

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Startup Stage:

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period when the venture is organized, developed, and an initial revenue model is put in place

Gathering resources and startup financing

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Survival Stage:

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period when revenues start to grow and help pay some, but typically not all, of the expenses

Gathering resources, managing and building operations and first-round financing

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Rapid-Growth Stage:

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period of very rapid revenue and cash flow growth

Managing and building operations and second-round mezzanine, & liquidity stage financing

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Maturity Stage:

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period when the growth of revenue and cash flow continues but at a much slower rate than in the rapid-growth stage

Managing and building operations and obtaining bank loans, issuing bonds, & issuing stock

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Seed Financing

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Funds needed to determine whether an idea can be converted into a viable business oppurtunity

Mainly comes from financial bootstrapping (creative methods)

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Second round financing

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Financing for ventures in their rapid growth stage to support investments in working capital

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Mezzanine financing

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Funds for plant expansion, marketing expenditures, working capital, and product or service improvements

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Liquidity stage financing/ bridge financing

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temporary financing needed to keep the venture afloat until the next offering

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Seasoned Financing

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the offering of securities by a firm that has previously offered the same or substantially similar securities

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Secondary Stock offering
founder and venture investor shares sold to the public
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Private Financial Markets
customized contracts bought and infrequently sold in inefficient private negotiations
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Profit Formula
Profit= Revenues- Cost
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Expected Outcome
(% * Number) + (% * Number)
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Main goal of entr. process
Creating Value
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3 types of business oppurtunities
Salary replacement firms, lifestyle firm, entr. ventures. US
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Entrepreneurial ventures:
entrepreneurial firms that are flows- and performance-oriented as reflected in rapid value creation over time
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COMPONENTS OF A SOUND BUSINESS MODEL
Generate Revenues Make Profits Produce Free Cash Flows (You must generate cash inflows that exceed net working capital and capital expenditures)
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Cost of Goods Sold:
direct costs of producing a product or providing a service
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Gross Profit Margin:
gross profit divided by revenues
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Net Profit:
dollar profit left after all expenses, including financing costs and taxes, have been deducted from the firm’s revenues
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Net Profit Margin (NPM):
net profit divided by revenues
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asset turnover (so ATO =
Revenues/Total Assets)
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Proprietorship:
business venture owned by an individual who is personally liable for the venture’s liabilities
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Partnership (general)
two or more; moderate time and legal costs
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Limited Partnership
one or more general and one or more limited partners; moderate time and legal costs
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Corporation:
a legal entity that separates personal assets of the owners (shareholders) from the assets of the business
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S Corporation:
provides limited liability for shareholders; plus, corporate income is taxed like personal income to the shareholders
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Limited Liability:
creditors can seize the corporation’s assets but have no recourse against the shareholders’ personal assets
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Business Angels
wealthy individuals who invest money in fledgling ventures in exchange for the excitement of launching a business and a share in any financial rewards
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TRADEMARKS
Intellectual property rights that allow firms or others to differentiate their products and services through the use of unique “marks”
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COPYRIGHTS
Intellectual property rights to “writings” in written and electronically-stored formsProtects the “form of expression of an idea” and not just words themselves
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PATENT BASICS
Intellectual property rights granted for inventions that are “useful,” “novel,” and “non-obvious
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Which one over 10-15 years had the time period increase from 17-20 years
Patent
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Balance Sheet:
financial statement that provides a snapshot of a venture’s financial position as of a specific date
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Income Statement:
financial statement that reports the revenues generated and expenses incurred over an accounting period
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Operating Income or Earnings Before Interest and Taxes (EBIT):q
indicates a firm’s profit after operating expenses, excluding financing costs, have been deducted from net sales
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Statement of Cash Flows:
shows how cash, reflected in accrual accounting, flowed into and out of a firm during a specific period of operation
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Which of the following business orgs proviede s owners with limited investor liabilty income passed directly to the owners?`
Limited Liability Company (LLC)
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Current Assets:
cash & other assets that are expected to be converted into cash in less than one year (cash, recievables, inventory)
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Retained earnings
Earnings u keep from previous years on SE
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Marketable Securities
Short term, high quality, highly liquid investments that typically pay interest
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Inventory stages
Raw Materials, WIP, Finished product that they hope to sell
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Use of Cash
Amount of coin, currency, and checking account balances
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3 parts of cash flow
Operating, investing, financing
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CURRENT LIABILITIES
Payables, accrued wages, bank loans
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Investment banker and com. Bankers use ratios during which life cycle stage
Rapid Growth Stage
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Entr angels and captialist are important during which life cycle stage
Development
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Trend Analysis:
used to examine a venture’s performance over time
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Cross-sectional Analysis:
used to compare a venture’s performance against another firm at the same point in time
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Industry Comparables Analysis:
used to compare a venture’s performance against the average performance in the same industry
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Cash Build
Net sales – Change in receivables
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Cash Burn:
cash a venture expends on its operating and financing expenses and its investments in assets
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Net Cash Burn =
Cash burn – Cash build
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What net cash means
If cash flow from operating + cash flow from investing = positive, The venture is building cash Negative amount = Net burn position
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Current ratio meaning
If >1, all current assets could pay all current liabilites
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Quick ratio meaning
Ratio <1, liquid assets wouldn’t be enough to pay off current liabilities

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