There can be various parameters to measure the impact. Some of them are:
Suppose you have recently established a social venture whose mission is to raise the literacy rate...
Technology has advanced how organizations raise money or seek debt to finance their operations. Today, social media and the Internet have influenced these processes. For this discussion, provide an example of a venture capital strategy that you would use to start your own business. Discuss how this strategy is different than traditional debt structures.
Consider the following scenario. You have recently delivered the first phase of a mission-critical software intensive system. All of your customers and stakeholders are very happy, and you proceed with the second phase of development. This phase will add another set of highly desired features and will take about a year to develop and deliver. You are doing incremental development, so multiple internal versions will be built and tested prior to delivery. You currently use a configuration management system, with...
You have purchased 1 million shares in a restaurant chain venture. At this zero-stage investment, your company's assets are $110,000 plus the idea for your new product. Look back at your restaurant chain venture. Suppose that when you first approach your friendly VC, he decides that your shares are worth only $0.45 each. a. How many shares will you need to sell to raise the additional $567,000? Answer is complete and correct. Shares 1.260,.000 0 b. What fraction of the...
You have purchased 1 million shares in a restaurant chain venture. At this zero-stage investment, your company’s assets are $140,000 plus the idea for your new product. Suppose that when you first approach your friendly VC, he decides that your shares are worth only $0.60 each. a. How many shares will you need to sell to raise the additional $774,000? (Enter your answer in whole numbers, not in millions.) b. What fraction of the firm will you own after the...
Suppose that you invested $100,000 in a business venture a number of years ago, your annual rate of return has been 11% and you have been given an offer of $283,942.00 to purchase your share of the business. How many years (round to the nearest whole year) have you been invested in the business (i.e. assume you invested on January 1, 200X and it is now December 31, 20XX)? Group of answer choices A. 8 years D. 10 years B. 11...
Suppose that each week, you deposit $44 into a savings account whose annual rate is 2.8% with weekly compounding. How much will you have in the account after 9 years?
Suppose you are given several resistors whose resistances are within the range 15 to 40 Ω. You connect them all in parallel and let your three partners measure the total resistance. Three different measurements have been obtained: 8, 34 and 92Ω. Which of these three you would assume to be correct?
Suppose you are a British venture capitalist holding a major stake in an e- commerce start-up in Silicon Valley. As a British resident, you are concerned with the pound value of your U.S. equity position. As an economist, you estimate 3 scenarios for the future, as described in the table below: Scenario Probability Forecast exchange rate (£/$) Forecast asset value (in $) 1 0.2 0.7485 $1,000,000 0.4 0.7470 $700,000 N 3 0.4 0.7451 $500,000 (a) Estimate your exposure to the...
Suppose you have an employee whose lack of commitment is affecting others in th work group. How would you go about persuading the prson to change this attitude?
Zero Coupon Bonds Suppose your company needs to raise $30 million and you want to issue 30-year bonds for this purpose. Assume the required return on your bond issue will be 8 percent, and you’re evaluating two issue alternatives: An 8 percent semiannual coupon bond and a zero coupon bond. Your company’s tax rate is 35 percent.a. How many of the coupon bonds would you need to issue to raise the $30 million? How many of the zeroes would you...