Venture capital

working there because I felt appreciated and wanted to be a part of the greater goal of the company. If employers do not value their staff it leads to many conflict-resolution scenarios. These retail experiences motivated me to pursue my own business venture because I saw many holes in the industry. I think the key to a successful business is noticing the holes and creating solutions to fix them. My interest in this particular degree program comes from my employment at large corporations and my…

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap, and Others Don’t Report by David Smith How can a good company become a great one? This is the question Jim Collins answers in his book, Good to Great. To find the answer, Collins assembled a team of researchers and set out on a 5-year study of 1,435 established companies to find the ones that made the leap to greatness. To be included on the final list, a company had to make a leap from average results to results of sustained excellence.…

Multinational companies need to organized to have presence in foreign markets. Companies can create growth and profit if they penetrate foreign markets the correct way. A company can structure the business so it can be public. It can allow the company to raise funds by investors through an initial public offering. When a company is in the correct geographic area and provides a service or product that is in demand, the opportunities are endless for a multinational. ABB Sells Unit to NKT Cables…

of the senior most titles in the company. A well-formed technical background with many years of experience clubbed with my MBA degree would surely help me find a better job than the former one. Working in such companies for 2-4 years I would then venture into the entrepreneurship sector of networking as that being my ultimate goal. Thus due to my many years of experience it will be easier for me to head a company, realize the problems of the employees and also deal effectively with my clients.…

Q: Using one real world company as a case study, discuss how the business model canvas approach can provide researchers with a framework for assessing the feasibility of a business’s design The feasibility of a business’s design depends on whether the business is able to effectively establish a systematic model. Thompson (2005) defines feasibility as a “controlled process for identifying problems and opportunities, determining objectives, defining successful outcomes and assessing costs and…

First of all, I would like to extend my gratitude to our professor Chris McEvoy for presenting us with the opportunity to conduct an interview with a startup, as it was a mind changing event for me. For our interview, the startup that agreed to work with us was Socio: A next level event experience. The main model of this startup is to make an event a fun experience and cut down the needs of carrying business cards. They developed an android, iOS app that helps user to share information with…

companies today (Bell, 2007). Exploring what the angel investor is and why they invest will give some answers as to why they might be a good partner. What makes an offer attractive to the angel investor, and the differences between angel investors and venture capitalists will show more information of their pros and cons and give ideas to the business person who is looking for an investor. Is an angel investor a good fit for the entrepreneur will be exposed by delving into this information.…

The Problem Overview Snapchat recently announced that they will be selling sponsored branded lenses to companies for a fee of up to 750,000. The two questions that arise from this deal is which companies are Snapchat going to chose to feature on their sponsored lenses? And the second question is will companies pay for this one-day feature in which Snapchat will create a lens for the specific company? Right now Snapchat’s revenue stream is coming from Advertising and a part of the phone…

Ventria Bioscience is a new business which modifies plant crops and processes them into genetically modified pharmaceutical drugs. The venture originally started as a way to improve the production of rice. Along the way, the founders realized the potential use in the proteins from rice which could be altered to provide medicinal relief for children from diarrhea and other diseases which cause dehydration. Many infants and children in third world countries would benefit from this recent…

This paper compares and contrasts three types of business planning. Using the dimensions of start-up vs internal, growth vs strategic and feasibility vs operations, these three articles examines common elements as well as contrasting orientations of the different perspectives to business planning offered by the various authors. A business planning type is suggested for the author’s agro-business, based on the company’s profile, sector factors and product type. Start-Up Vs Internal Business…