Entrepreneurship Quiz 1 Flashcards
What is equity investment
Funds received by a business in exchange for a percentage of ownership of the business
Nonequity financing can come from
Banks, credit cards, asset leasing, individuals, and suppliers
Debt is any form of
Of capital infusion that must be paid back with interest
Debt
A generic term to describe any type of nonequity funding tied to the business
The most common forms of debt for new businesses can be classified as follows
1- loans from
A-banks or finance company
B- individuals
C- founders
2- credit cards
3- supplier credit
Loan is
A contractual agreement where by the firm receives some amount of money that amount be repaid over a specified period of time at a specified interest rate
Assist based lending
A loan provided for the purchase of a necessary asset for the business
Credit card
Card entitling one to resolving credit that is not tied to any particular asset, doesn’t have a set repayment schedule typically has a set upper limit and is usually tied to a much higher interest rate than that of a bank loan
Supplier credit
Another form of nonequity funding that is available . Suppliers often provide credit on both physical assets (refrigerators, molding, equipment) and the actual supplies provided
Grants
Special funds that do not require repayment and are designed to aid businesses in specific areas
Investors can be
Passive or active, majority or minority owners , companies that might ultimately wish to buy the whole new venture, and suppliers looking to add new demand volume for their products
Equity investments traditionally involves selling a percentage of the
Business to an outside party
Venture capital is
A that is organized to make significant equity investments in high growth new ventures
Business angel
Hight net worth individuals who invest in businesses not as a business but as individuals
Crowd funding
Funds received by a business by soliciting a large number of small investors usually via the internet