Essays on Venture

In the age of slavery, white American society considered African people to be benighted heathens with the other skin color, body structure, and inappropriate traditions and culture. Such conclusions were drawn mostly upon the widespread idea about the superiority of Whites and the absence of Christianity in Africa. American society prevented the assimilation of African-American slaves even after the generations of their presence on the American land and repudiated their equality to Whites even when they started to adopt Christian way of life. For Americans, African people had continued to be barbarians who had come to America to be ...

Introduction to Entrepreneurship

Introduction to Entrepreneurship

Introduction

The term ‘entrepreneurship’ became very popular in the 21st century when people recognized the importance of introducing major changes in the world. Today, many people abandon their career as an employee and start entrepreneurial ventures with intent to earn unlimited income and to meet their self-actualization needs. Considering the scope of entrepreneurship in supporting a country’s economic growth, governments worldwide are willing to finance potential entrepreneurial start-ups today. This paper will critically explore the scope of entrepreneurship, giving particular emphasis to the operations of small business houses.

Obviously, time and money are two important factors ...

Question One.

I work in the food service industry. Some of the means by which we have been able to attain competitive advantage are by ensuring that our restaurant is in an area with less competition but high visibility so that our clientele can easily reach us. We also studied new competition to see which products they were selling and at what price and adjusted our prices accordingly. By adjusting our prices accordingly due to the competition, we compromised on the quality of our product as we the business had to cut short on some ingredients in order to make the ...

Introduction

Under Armour is the brainchild of Kevin Plank who initiated the company in 1996, which has grown to a multi-billion business venture operating in the American market and producing accessories and sports clothing. It is among the largest suppliers of casual and sportswear apparel in the Americas. The company is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland with franchises across Houston, Austin, Denver, Texas, New York and other major states in North and South America. Further, Forbes notes that Under Armour’s core business is the manufacture, marketing, and distribution of branded sports apparel including footwear, accessories for men and women and ...

Equality between females and males cannot be attained using legal channels only. How people, cultures, and societies perceive gender and equality can make an immense difference. The aspect means that individuals must start believing and behaving as if women and men are equal. The attitudes towards equality and females are shaped in various ways. They can arise from personal experiences, social values, or people’s upbringings. Two essential contributors of stereotypes and attitudes are culture and popular media. This paper examines popular media particularly print media to identify how women are represented as well as their presence or absence ...

Yale University Investments Office: February 2011

David Swensen definition of efficient markets hypothesis: A financial market is (informationally) efficient when market prices reflect all available information about value. From the case study it can be said that Swensen believed in market timing in markets for stocks, bonds, private equity, real estates, oil and gas. Features of private equity markets that make market timing difficult are valuation, performance, regulation and the ongoing volatility and uncertainty in global markets. Based on the case analysis David Swensen would pick on option two that is a fund managed by energy industry experts with engineering undergraduate degrees from prominent state ...

Introduction

As the head of the information technology department of the Emirates Airline, there is a need to introduce varying degrees of change within each section of the unit to inject efficiency in the entire operations. As such, the changes will focus on customer booking and seat reservations to improve customer care and uplift the overall image of the department. The change is of low urgency because it is a long-term endeavor that will gradually ensure quality services to the entire clientele. Further, it is proactive and has been informed by the deliberations within the Department, aiming to introduce sustainable ...

1. Drivers of high costs of General Motors production According to the estimations of the market specialists, the usage of raw materials for the production of cars is the major problem of automobile industry resulting in the increase of the expenses and costs. In this regard, it is clear that some companies succeed to find cheaper raw materials with the purpose to save expenses spent for the production of the vehicles. However, in the majority cases this approach fails because of the problems with the quality of the production of the goods with the usage of new raw materials. ...

INTERNET BUSINESS

Abstract: A usage of internet has become popular in the field of business. E-business is the business which the business owners can sell and buy the products over the internet. It keeps the preserve to hold the position on the competitive market. It helps to increase the role of internet and increase the market share. With the help of websites, the startup business has been utilized the essential characteristics of the business facility provided on the internet business. The improvement of information technology in the internet business plays an active role in the startup business. It offers online service ...

Investment Appraisal

Investment Appraisal This report presents the critical investment appraisal of the new coffee shop venture to be initiated by Tesco Ltd. The report includes a thorough analysis of the café market and industry and also attempts to evaluate the target market and market segmentation. Towards the end, the report also includes the appraisal of the investment and financial analysis of the five-year forecast of the venture.

The British coffee market has grown considerably in the past few years that is evident from the fact that approximately $8 billion was spent by Britons in coffee shops last year. In 2015, ...

The following two decisions were made by our department:

Our chief chose to build the group measure as our venture were growing and chose to procure new hopefuls even there were number of low maintenance staff regardless he didn't ascertain the need and didn't made fitting particular sort of prerequisites. Strict eight and half hour working-hours arrangements as chose by higher administration to get high efficiency yet has affected awful and diminished general efficiency by 15%. In first decision, by considering the optimization model supervisor can give a chance to low maintenance laborers to join the organization by continuing the meeting procedure according to prerequisite determination and apportioned ...

Introduction

The fast food industry is a multi-billion venture for companies operating in the United States and those that have a foothold in the global market. One of the successful American publicly traded franchises is McDonald's with food stores both in the United States and beyond. McDonald's has a net worth of about $110B, annual revenues of $25.36 B and a profit margin of $5.7B by close of the financial year in 2016. Besides, McDonald's has a strong history of acquisition spanning from the 90’s where it acquired Chipotle. Followed by Donato Pizza, KeyCorp, Essex Capital Markets Inc., Wallach ...

Put together a business canvas for E-ink. (Refer to your Business Model Generation reading!)

2. What is E Ink’s unfair advantage (i.e. what does it have that acts as a barrier to entry for its competitors)? E Ink had built strong partnerships with investors and experts that enabled them to propel their products in the market through adequate funding. By the time other companies were trying to explore various types of display technologies, E Ink had already established collaborations with world-class investors (Yoffie and Mack 1). Essentially, the business required large amounts of capital to tackle the financial demand of the venture. For instance, to successfully build a technical display solution, ...

The world has a rich array of contemporary art such as films, musicians, televisions shows, and exhibits that are used to communicate various issues of societal concern. Presently, television shows have grown from recorded films meant for entertainment to reality films that reveal real events of people’s lives. Notably, Shark Tank is an example of a reality show where investors and entrepreneurs meet to negotiate on business deals. The film shows real life events that shape the lives of those that meet the investors. Primarily, Shark Tank brings out the ideal of the American Dream and assists the ...

Pervin Goker

Introduction Man has created various concepts for his convenience, one of which is institutions, and these are essential for maintaining order in that they streamline the activities to achieve a particular objective. There is a formal organisation to institutions which lay out rules and regulations for the conduct of the operations earmarked for them. This essay deals with the issue of mind and culture over institutions in nurturing social capital in four selected nations of the world. The essay has basically two parts viz. the theoretical basis and the implementation. The theoretical basis consists of resource, bare necessities and ...

Part 1 - Executive Summary

Most people are in need of organic foods which do not have any chemicals. Establishing an organic food supermarket will be able to provide the fresh fruits and vegetables to the people. The business will be hoping to offer best-quality feeds to the people which will promote their wellness. The venture is hoping to make profit through distributing the organic food and promote the environmental wellness. The potential growth of the business is diversifying through providing the food material, producing their own suppliers and manufacturing natural products such as creams (Canavari and Olson, 2007). When carrying out organic food ...

Business Plan to Pitch to Investors

Business plan to Pitch to Investors

Service station gloves are essential in ensuring that motorists are protected from the bacteria. Yeast, animal bacteria and vegetable bacteria, which are found on these gases pump handles. The introduction of clear gloves that are easily disposable and available in gas stations will make sure that customers are not harmed by bacteria as the gloves will be disposable. The external environment surrounding this business venture is both supportive and challenging. With increased sensitization of customers through advertisements, brochures, placards, and billboards placed near service stations, the customers will tend to gravitate towards adopting ...

Abstract

Entrepreneurship refers to the willingness or the ability of an individual to start and manage a Business Venture. The risks associated with the new Business Venture are taken into account and the individual develops the plan to manage those risks and implement the plans in order to make profit. Such an individual can be referred to as an Entrepreneur. A new business venture depends heavily on innovation, inspiration, motivation and human and non-human resource planning and the risks associated with these factors. An individual faces two options after graduation, whether to start a business venture or join an organization ...

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Product 3 Place 4 Price 4 Promotion 5 Social media 5 Televised communication 6 Personal selling 6 SWOT Analyses 6 Threats 7 Findings 7 Challenges 8 Opportunities 9 Recommendations: 9 Conclusion 11 Last US bag 14 Abstract: The Last US Bag company is a leading company which provide its consumers customized products and services and it is the main promotional strategy of the company. The market mix explains that the company is strong in its products and are able to cover maximum areas for its supply chain. There are explanations about the company’s SWOT analysis and recommendations from ...

Question 1: Why Cartwright Lumber Company needs cash

Despite the profitability of Cartwright Lumber Company, it still faces cash flow challenges. The financial statements indicate that the company has a low balance in its cash account. Profitability does not necessarily mean the firm has a stable cash flow. The income statements indicate that Cartwright Lumber has been profitable in each of the years from 2001. The net income has increased from $31,000 in 2001 to $44,000 in 2003. However, its cash balance has declined in each of the years. Large sales and profitability do not automatically translate into cash flows. The company has large balances ...

Introduction

Zip car organization was a business that was established for sharing cars with its roots in Boston. The business was established from a financial model and business structure that would allow it to take off as a start-up. Following later operations lessons and new information, the business revised and developed another finance and business structure design that would improve their performance and growth. The business aimed to expand to the rest of the nation and across the globe. The writer will explore the original financial and business plan formulated by the business. The author will analyze the second financial ...

Introduction

Wal-Mart is the world largest retail company operating both in the US and the international markets through joint ventures and subsidiaries in other countries. Wal-Mart was established in 1962 by Sam Walton in Brentonville, Arkansas and was traded in the public market in 1972. The company took anticyclical measures in the 90s by considering the international expansion. The company has established itself in Mexico, China, Canada, and Argentina. The company has successfully been able to establish a vibrant market by attracting more consumers through its Every Day Low Price (EDLP) (Horngren, 2008). This is a consumer centric approach combined ...

Corporate History and Background 3

Corporate Business Strategy 4 Corporate Structure 4 Corporate Stakeholders 6 Corporate Identity, Image, and Reputation 6 Internal Communication Strategies 7 Corporate Social Responsibilities Strategies 8 Corporate Advertising Strategies 9 Media Relations Strategies 10 Investor Relations Strategies 11 Government Relations Strategies 11 Crisis Communication Strategies 12 Recommendations 13

References 14

Corporate History and Background The history of Toyota can be dated back to 1924 when the Toyoda Model G Automatic Loom was invented by Sakichi Toyoda. In 1933, Sakichi Toyoda’s son Kiichiro Toyoda started the production of Toyota automobiles and this venture was established as a division of Toyoda Automatic Loom ...

Discussion of Banyan Tree Green Homes Program

Banyan Tree Green Homes Program 3 Introduction 3 Concepts and Theories of Sustainability 3 Analysis of Banyan Tree Green Homes Program 5 Sustainability Motivations 6 Sustainable Business Practices 7 Benefits of Adopting Sustainable Business Practices 8 Challenges Facing Sustainable Business Practices 9 Recommendations 10 Conclusion 10

References 12

Banyan Tree Green Homes Program Introduction The hospitality industry is an important part of social, economic and environmental development given its role in leisure services and tourism throughout the world. Given the rapid changes observed in the industry, it is important to understand the potential threats that the various activities undertaken in hospitality ...

International Business Division

International Business Division

The population of Germany accounts for 80.6 million, out of which 74% population accounts for the urban population. The ethnic amalgamation is found to be extensive due to the prevalence of German population with the majority of 91.5%, Turkish population with the majority of 2.4%, whereas 6.1% population accounts for the Greek, polish, Italian and Spanish minorities. In accordance with the religious aspects, 34% population accounts for the Protestant, whereas 34% population accounts for the Roman Catholic. Similarly, 3.7% population accounts for the Muslim religion, however, 28.3% population account for the other unaffiliated religions (Statista, 2016b). ...

Business

a) Define the term due diligence. How is it applied to the acquisition of new venture? According to the class textbook, due diligence is defined as a thorough analysis of every facet of an existing business. Due diligence is applied in the acquisition of the new venture in many ways. First, it is through the use of the due diligence that an entrepreneur will be able to evaluate the viability of the venture to be bought on various feasibility scales. Through due diligence, an entrepreneur is able to understand the current business situation and if there is any need ...

Hi, your analysis highlights the fundamental factors that an entrepreneur should consider when starting or buying a business. The first reasonable step is establishing the legal requirements of the venture through due diligence. Secondly, the entrepreneur should conduct a business valuation by addressing the three essential elements: degree of control, the accuracy of projections, and start-up costs (Berkman, 13). Hi, based on your analysis due diligence is the critical assessment of an existing venture. An entrepreneur or investor carries out due diligence to evaluate or forecast the success of the business. Business valuation also helps the investor or entrepreneur ...

Proposal for Business Plan Model for EMR Project

Proposal for Business Plan Model for EMR project Business Plans are documents that represent the specific details of a business covering three major aspects of a business – the concept, market for the intended product or service and the financial sources which are further broken down into summary of the plan, details of the business, marketing strategies, competition assessment, growth strategies, operations and management, and financial information (Burns Millyard, 2016). The primary purpose of the business plan is to demonstrate the objectives and direction of the business .Six typical of Business plans have been described as start-up, internal, strategic, feasibility, ...

Crime refers to an offense that is legally recognized as deserving punishment. The most common form of legal punishment is the detention of an individual in a prison. In contemporary detention facilities, such people are incarcerated: this works for both adult and delinquents. Delinquents are persons aged below 17 years and who according to the law are still minors. In most cases, they persist in crime despite the numerous efforts to rehabilitate them back into the society. This, therefore, culminates the question, is it true that crime can be traced through an individual’s life back to their younger ...

Legislation Interpretation

Purpose of Judicature Act 1908 The Act provides for rules that are to be used in securing and ensuring just, speedy and cost-effective determination and disposal of all sorts of civil proceedings and interlocutory applications in New Zealand. Section 1.4 of the Act provides that the rules set by this Act shall apply to the practice and procedures of the court in all civil proceedings and interlocutory application except in cases where appeals are filed to the Court of Appeal of Supreme Court (Judicature Act 1908).

Proposed Changes

The Judicature Act 1908 has undergone several amendments over time. The most recently ...

Investment Proposal for Cengage Learning, Inc.

Executive Summary

Purpose of the Paper The main purpose of the paper is to prepare an effective investment appraisal for Cengage Learning by using various financial management tools.

Overview of the Paper

The paper comprises of following material that can be seen in the overall paper. Investment appraisal techniques for introducing new product line Selection of two most common techniques Importance of techniques through literature Testing of Feasibility of new project Interpretation and conclusion on the analysis Techniques Used Results It is found from the above two analysis that the project is viable for the company and has potential to provide high return ...

Hello Professor & Class,

As our textbook states, a business plan, or what is sometimes referred to as a loan proposal, investment prospectus, or a venture plan, serves as a roadmap for any entrepreneur wanting to start investing in an enterprise he believes will be a success. It is a document that is a considered as a road map which outlines the plans on how to achieve one’s goals. It must be comprehensive enough to cover all aspects of the new venture from planning and risk projections to marketing and implementation procedures of the whole plan. A business plan is primarily used ...

Business and Law

BUSINESS AND LAW Introduction The breaching of contracts and denial of human rights have risen over the past few years due to the lack of enough knowledge. The paper covers several cases whose judgment is based on the Australian common law and consumer acts in the IRAC format

Question 1

Issue: Does Brenda have an action against Steven for the breach of contract? Rule: According to the Australian contract law, an anticipatory breach of contract can occur from time to time. An anticipatory breach of contract refers to where one party informs the other that they will not deliver what was ...

How the President’s Stimulus Plan for High-Speed Rail (HSR) will not work

The president’s HSR plan will spend billions to offer a rail service to a small percentage of the travelers. Importantly, the federal cannot afford this extravagant program, and it will cost taxpayers a lot of money. Thus, the plan will not work as previously expected. The federal has a large budget deficit of about 1.4 trillion (Utt, 2011). Thus, a massive expenditure on the HRS will heighten the deficit more. American citizens have realize that the plan will cost more compared to the perceived benefits. Although there seems to be small opposition on the HRS, it is clear ...

The Importance of Financial Information

Financial information is an important tool that helps an entrepreneur to gather data about other business segments such as marketing, distribution, manufacturing and management. Therefore, it is the role of the financial information to consolidate and quantify all the historical information concerning the entrepreneurial operations. For the financial information to be beneficial to the business, the entrepreneur needs to have a proper knowledge on how the data related to the information was gathered and analyzed. Improper analysis of the financial information as a result of misinterpretation of data can be fatal to the performance of the business as it ...

I. Introduction The implementation of effective communication channel is vital if people from different organizational levels will be able to communicate well towards the achievement of its goal. An effective communication is achieved when those involved in the process have a higher level of awareness; as Norton pointed out, in “understanding your personal style of communicating, you will go a long way towards creating good and lasting impressions with others” (Norton, n.p). Basically, a one on one communication necessitates that both parties give their undivided attention, and be active listeners in order to arrive at a better understanding. In ...

Entrepreneurial finance course has been a fascinating experience and an opportunity for improving my skills and knowledge on financial management. Notably, the course’s major aim is to facilitate learners’ understanding of the value and resource allocation in businesses. I have been able to approximate the required amount to raise to start and run a business. Besides, I have had the opportunity to get accessed to the right sources of funding with reasonable interest rates and favorable terms. Ideally, most concepts within the Entrepreneurial Finance course were significant for individuals’ and organisational development. Some of the outstanding concepts included ...

Innovation

Executive summary Business organizations have implemented and embraced different organizational strategies that have contributed positively to the performance, and general business productivity. Product innovation strategy has been one of the strategies used to improve product performance and increase sales within an organization. Innovation models are important features of a successful organization. Advanced technology has led to the use of improved business strategies in increasing productivity and performance. Business organizations have embraced different changes in the social and technological aspect to provide products and services suitable for customers. Multiple innovation models may be incorporated into the business strategy to provide ...

International Expansion of Corporate Entities – A Case Study of Urban Outfitters

Urban Outfitters is an American clothing manufacturer that is known for some popular brands like Free People and Anthropologie. The clothing company has gained a lot of results in the United States and has grown to become a popular local brand. However, in the past few years, Urban Outfitters has embarked on an internationalization plan. This has led to the expansion of the company and its activities to different regions around the world. The purpose of this paper is to conduct a case study of Urban Outfitters and its internationalization strategy. In order to attain this end, the following ...

The franchise business model is based on a successful business model of another firm. The franchisor gets to avoid the liability of building other stores and further investment to continue the distribution of its goods and services to its consumers while the franchisee benefits from the success of the franchisor (Santa Clara University, 2016). The franchisee makes more profits than a direct employer because a franchisee has direct shares in the business venture. KFC is an example of a business that has adopted the franchising business model. The company which is global operates on both company-owned and franchises across ...

The given scenario concerns an organization that is intending to develop a business plan to provide a service to a needy community. The organization is, however, expecting difficulties in obtaining finances for the community project. There are two options that the board is deciding upon, either being transparent in their financials or overstate them to ensure proper financing of their venture (Chang et al., 2015).  The project to be established belongs to the category of the non-profit organization because the services are to be provided to a needy community (Stymiest, 2014). Therefore, the board should be transparent in its ...

I sincerely affirm that in today’s intensely competitive work environment, graduates who have pursued a graduate degree program are accorded with a competitive edge over their counterparts. I believe that an MBA degree program would facilitate the achievement of my personal and professional goals. At this point in time, I have itemized two-fold objectives: (1) to become an active participant in a global organization within the next one to three (3) years after graduating from the program; and (2) to establish an entrepreneurial venture which I envision to becoming an instrumental contributor to the economic growth of the ...

Innovation and Risk Management

Innovation and Risk Management

Introduction

This report aims at producing a strategic growth report for Apple Inc. Apple Inc is a telephony company that provides innovative products to suit customer’s needs. The innovativeness of Apple Company is a significant factor in steering its growth in the international market. The paper delivers the strategic growth plan in four parts. The first part is an overview of Apple Inc and why it is innovative. The second part contains the strategies that Apple can adopt to realize the proposed growth. Third is the components of New Product Development and how it can ...

Abstract

The study seeks elaborate on the nonprofit and for-profit hospital joint venture and giving growing similarities in their operation capacities. The growing need for improvement by nonprofit hospitals regarding healthcare delivery requires high capital generation and more funding. Overdependence on sponsors and well-wishers for grants do not support the community benefit fully. This makes nonprofit hospitals not to deliver high quality health care, and unable to settle bills and outsourcing high technology to support medication. The conversion from nonprofit to for-profit hospital, and joint venturing with for-profit hospital help in improving performance, delivery, and high-quality health care. The paper ...

The following literature review evaluates scholarly research on the challenges of entrepreneurship, project management and sustainable development in Africa. Based on the discussion meaningful implications and suggestions are mentioned towards the end. Africa is a land of magnificent natural sceneries and resources but even in the 21st century it is still considered the Dark Continent, bearing metaphorical meaning. It is the least developed continent in the world. Despite major efforts in improving the lives of Africans there are many challenges that face the continent.

Sustainable Development in Africa

Africa has immense natural resources and precious minerals. For decades the practice of finding energy ...

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Analysis3 Current Market Features..3 Marketing Summary..3

Competitive Advantage.3

Segmentation, Targeting & Positioning...4

Branding5

Potential Impact on Consumer Behavior..6

Growth Opportunities.7

Conclusion..8 References..9 Amazon Review & Strategy Analysis Current Market Factors Amazon is among a number of firms that emerged quickly during the 1990’s or 2000’s. Among the others that have done the same would include Google, Twitter and Facebook. Twenty years ago, Amazon and these other firms were in their infancy or did not exist. The veritable explosion of social media, mobile computing and internet technology in general has served as a vehicle to help those firms progress from their nascent stages to the ...

Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances

1. A joint venture is a type of partnership or strategic alliance between a few entities which engage in the same activity or project. The pool of knowledge and expertise that appears when two companies start a specific project offers a great deal of creativity and technology exchange. Also, it is important to point out that partnership that may seem similar to a joint venture is usually long-term, while the latter is established specifically for one particular purpose. The main advantage of joint ventures is in complementary abilities that the companies may use to benefit. It refers to finance, ...

Question 1:

Wendy Borg and Jason Kushdog were two entrepreneurs who came together to form Trendsetters Inc. trendsetter Inc. was a startup aimed at providing new warehousing and distribution solutions to clothing retailers. They however had a major challenge of capital as they only had six weeks of operations before they could run out of the initial seed capital they had invested. This prompted them to seek for alternative sources of capital, venture capital being one of the most lucrative one. Neither of them had knowledge in how venture capitals work since Wendy had her background in supply chain management and ...

At different stages of startup implementation business angels, venture capitalists and are concerned as the main traditional sources of financing for such projects. At the same time, entrepreneurs have more options of raising money through crowdfunding, an innovative method of online fundraising from a large number of investors. It is defined as popular method of financement. The three mentioned methods are appropriate for the Teaching Penny Stocks project. Before applying one of these financement models on practive, it is nessecary to define their advantages and disadvantages. It should be noted that getting access to capital is no longer crucial ...

Introduction

The article concentrated on acquiring a superior comprehension of variables that impact the E&P venture administration achievement and corporate money related execution inside Petrobras S.A. The goal of the present study is to get a superior comprehension of variables that impact administration achievement and corporate money related execution of E&P activities. The article speaks to contextual analysis in a Brazilian oil organization, depicting basic variables keeping in mind the end goal to gauge venture administration achievement and corporate money related execution (Salazar-Aramayo et al., 2013, p.589). The model created is a hypothetical develop known as an auxiliary and estimation ...

International Operations and Management

International Operations and Management Hedley (2016) revealed that managing international operations is an increasing concern for global companies (Harrison, 2011, p.3). Some of the reasons given by upper management are to remain competitive, as a growth opportunity, and to improve profits (Harrison, 2011, p.3). Global companies revealed that the main difficulty is choosing what entry strategy to use, which includes licensing, exporting, joint venture or direct investment (Foley, 1999, p.31). The report will examine the opportunities and continuing challenges of an international operation for a global automotive company under the entry strategies of joint venture and direct investment.

International Operation Challenges and Opportunities

Joint ...

Biography

I can describe myself as a highly accomplished entrepreneur. I have gained a great deal of experience in business startup, growth, as well as, exit. So far, I have been a Chief Executive Officer in three companies and my role in contributing to their success cannot go unrecognized. I started my career by establishing my biotechnology company, Volentix Pharmaceuticals. Starting this company was stimulating, exciting, and frightening at the same time. Nonetheless, this company did not operate for a long time due to some difficulties and hardships, but I did not lose hope. I learned a lot from this ...

Even with cyber security systems and measures in place, company cannot think themselves safe, for there are always some loopholes or vulnerabilities left in the defense system. Their exploitation may affect companies in many ways, with impact making itself felt through reputational damage, the loss of delicate information, and expenditure associated with the deployment of additional cyber protection mechanisms. Companies incur heavy financial losses estimated at hundreds of thousands of dollars. The US-based AWS Inc. is the company that should not deem itself as being invincible, as big companies are the first in line for a big-scale attack. To ...

Marketing is part and parcel of any business, for it gives it a platform to showcase their product to the potential customers. Companies and business invest a fortune in advertising campaigns to make their products known to customers (Kerin et. al, 2016). Marketing should be done strategically such that it catches the eye of the customer or rather make it “attractive”. Information is crucial, and it is an asset to many businesses. Passing information to the customers on the existence of a product is critical, and it should be done in sites which are accessible to many customers at ...

The precise message of the advertisement

The literature around entrepreneurship has often been focused on the success of entrepreneurs. However, it has increasingly become important to develop some consensus on the importance of the understanding of the relevance and significance of the concept of entrepreneurial failure. The knowledge of both success and failure is vital to building a holistic understanding of the entire concept of entrepreneurship, and to develop endurance to the challenges associated with the business (Naqvi, 2011). Business failure is a challenging experience that most entrepreneurs have undergone in the history of entrepreneurship. Some individuals have argued that failure has significant impacts on ...

Short – Term Investing

Introduction A treasury bill or a T-Bill is a short-term maturing promissory note, usually lasting for three months to one year. Nyawata (2012) asserts that the federal or national governments are the ones that issue T-Bills as their primary instruments of regulating the supply of money within the national economy, as well as raising funds for various government projects through open market operations. The central banks of the respective countries are the ones responsible for issuing and paying on T-Bills. According to Thau (2000) T-bills do not have any form of explicit interest, but they sell at a discount ...

According to the Greenberg website, the company has been owned and run by the Greenbergs for three generations, and it is more like a family tradition rather than a business. Sam’s mother, whose husband converted Turkey smoking to a business venture, treats the Turkey Smoking place as her late husband’s shrine. The business has been able to grow its client base over the years at a rate of 5-7% annually (Underwood, 2003). The customer base growth can be attributed to the fact that the Greenbergs have been able to maintain old clients, and the same time, acquire ...

MANAGEMENT

We have been given the task to design a mini venture and discuss the learnings from our experience. The name of our business venture is Pets Go. Pets Go is basically a pet store which was decided to be established in the area of Halifax in Canada. We will answer the seven basic questions of who, what, when, why, where, how much and how often in relation to this business venture. As mentioned, the location for this business venture was decided as Halifax, Canada. Halifax is the capital of the smallest province of Canada, Nova Scotia. The city of ...

Article questions

A business cannot succeed if there is no commitment, dedication and the right attitude. On top of that, every individual who aspires to start a business should critically examine the market if it is fit for the product or the service he/she plans to sell

There are various situational factors that Paola had to consider before starting her Five Sense Spa and Salon. First, she had to critically examine the demand for quality services by the customers, accessibility, and the environment of her spa and salon, and the availability of capital and partners who are interested in her venture.

Paola’s expectations

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Best buy enterprise has had minimal innovation activities over the past few years; the company's financial position is declining, revenue fell by 4.7% from two years ago and 2.4% since last year for a total loss of 1.32 billion or 3.36 per share. Cash flow is down 2.6 billion due to charges in the closure of stores in the UK, China, and Turkey, also, the reopening on 50 stores in China. Profit is down by 1.7 billion with a year-on-year growth of negative 361. This report will cover a situational analysis of potential causes of the company's revenue, cash ...