BUS 368 Venture Capital and Banking
BUS 368 Week 1
Assignment Keys to Successful Investing
Prepare a two- to
three-page paper addressing the keys to successful investing as you would apply
them to a product or service that you would launch. Using Appendix A, address
the following points:
Describe the key financial ratios required for successful
investing and analyze the accuracy of the presented numbers.
Discuss how you would differentiate your product or service
so that it would be considered unique.
Analyze the exit strategy for your business and explain the
trigger for the exit strategy.
Submit your two-to three-page paper (not including title and
reference pages). Your paper must be formatted according to APA style as
outlined in the approved APA style guide, and you must cite at least two
scholarly sources in addition to the textbook.
BUS 368 Week 2 Assignment – Financial Analysis
Utilizing Chapter 6, prepare a two- to three-page paper that
addresses the following points:
Describe how the analysis of the financial statements and
projections can be useful in determining the sources of financing available for
a new venture.
Describe the ratios that should be used to raise short-term
and long-term financing.
Explain the validity of the ratios.
Submit your two- to three-page paper (not including title
and reference pages). Your paper must be formatted according to APA style as
outlined in the approved APA style guide, and you must cite at least two
scholarly sources in addition to the textbook.
Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that
will be used to evaluate your assignment.
BUS 368 Week 3 Assignment Key Financial Terms
Prepare a two page paper that addresses the following
points:
Discuss the advantages of net present value versus the
internal rate of return.
Use the Internet and/or Ashford University Library and/or
Mergent Online to look up and describe the cash payback method. Explain the
advantage of a discounted cash flow method of analysis.
Analyze at least three problems that may arise over a long
time frame by using the internal rate of return method. Explain how these terms
can be utilized to calculate the value of an entrepreneurial venture.
BUS 368 Week 4 Assignment Exit Strategies
Exit Strategies
From Chapter 10, prepare a two- to three-page paper that
addresses the following points:
Identify at least three alternative exit strategies and
analyze how each strategy impacts the potential resources required to initiate
a new venture.
Analyze how you can structure your venture to avoid
potential exit strategy problems and suggest alternative strategies for the developing
venture.
Submit your two- to three-page paper (not including title
and reference pages). Your paper must be formatted according to APA style as
outlined in the approved APA style guide, and you must cite at least two
scholarly sources, in addition to the textbook.
Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that
will be used to evaluate your assignment.
BUS 368 Week 5 Assignment – Final Paper
To complete the following assignment, go to this week’s
Final Paper link in the left navigation.
Focus of the Final Paper
Develop a financing plan to raise capital for a new venture.
The paper should be eight to ten pages in length and should cover major course
concepts. The paper should have a minimum of five sources in addition to the
text. Be sure to address the following points in your financial plan:
Analyze the past performance of an organization similar to
the one that you are considering as your start-up.
Determine what funding will be available for the start-up
for the long and short term. Some sources may include personal funds, funds
from relatives, Small Business Administration, sweat equity, venture capital,
Angel investors, vendor financing, partnering, and short and long term
financing, etc. Be sure to describe why the sources were
selected.
Describe how much funding will be required for the venture
and be sure to address how funding will be utilized. Discuss the type of pro
forma projections to be used to increase borrowing capacity credibility.
Recommend solutions to mitigate risks such as management,
technical, marketing, programmatic and cost risk.
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