Startup Management
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Startup Management explores the foundational principles and practices necessary to launch and sustain a new business venture. The course covers essential topics such as opportunity recognition, business model development, financing strategies, team formation, product-market fit, and growth management. Students will examine real-world case studies and engage in practical exercises that emphasize entrepreneurial mindset, innovation, and agile decision-making. By the end of the course, participants will gain the knowledge and skills to navigate the challenges faced by early-stage startups and develop actionable plans for market entry and scaling.
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New Venture Creation Entrepreneurship for the 21st Century 10th Edition by Stephen Spinelli
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Chapter 1: The Global Entrepreneurial Revolution for a Flatter World
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Q1) What is true of the majority of America's self-made entrepreneurs?
A) They accumulated their wealth through luck.
B) They are invisible to most Americans.
C) They fit the media stereotype.
D) They prefer social status to financial independence.
Answer: B
Q2) According to Thomas Friedman,his book titled "The World is Flat" refers to the convergence of technology and world events that are playing a role in bringing about significant changes in traditional value chains.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Who among the following is most likely to be called a philanthropist?
A) Lydia,an entrepreneur,who acquires a foreign company
B) Ahmed,an entrepreneur,who exercises monopoly in the highly profitable oil and natural gas sector
C) Zainab,an entrepreneur,who funds the construction of a public school in her locality
D) Eric,an entrepreneur,who sells his innovation in the aviation industry
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: The Entrepreneurial Mind: Crafting a Personal
Entrepreneurial
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Q1) Although the skills of a manager and an entrepreneur overlap in the area of solid management skills,a manager is more driven by the conservation of resources,while the entrepreneur is more ___.
Answer: opportunity-driven
Q2) Which of the following volumes of the Praeger Perspectives proceeds through the life cycle of a new venture startup by tackling several key steps in the course of action?
A) People
B) Process
C) Place
D) Plan
Answer: B
Q3) According to an old maxim,how long will venture capitalists work with a startup before declaring the company a "lemon"?
A) Up to a year
B) About two and a half years
C) At least three years
D) Three to five years
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: The Entrepreneurial Process
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Q1) Fast-growth firms should strive to create high-impact,new product and service improvements with development expenditures that account for no more than approximately _____ percent of revenues.
A) 2
B) 6
C) 10
D) 15
Answer: B
Q2) Discuss the overall paradoxical conflict inherent in the entrepreneurial process.
Answer: The world of entrepreneurship is not neat,tidy,linear,consistent,nor predictable and is fraught with paradoxes.To thrive in the entrepreneurial environment,one needs to be very adept at coping with ambiguity,chaos,and uncertainty,while having management skills that mitigate risk in the face of all this uncertainty.The classic paradox is high growth,highly profitable companies in rapidly growing markets frequently are cash-flow negative,requiring ongoing investment to fund this shortfall.
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Chapter 4: Clean Commerce and Sustainable Enterprise
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Q1) Thinking like a _____ requires one to look at his or her immediate environment,or to think small,while not losing the perspective of the larger environment one is operating in.
Q2) Which of the following is closely tied to molecular thinking?
A) Adhering to traditional chemical processes
B) Taking the larger perspective by looking at the entire eco-system
C) Looking at the immediate environment
D) Minimizing atom economy
Q3) NatureWorks was the first company to deliver aesthetically appealing,ecologically friendly home cleaning products to mainstream retailers (as opposed to just natural products stores).
A)True
B)False
Q4) In what mature industry did the entrepreneurial firm Method manage to change the rules?
A) Garden products
B) Consumer packaged goods
C) Home Furnishings
D) Retailing
Q5) Briefly discuss the concept of systems thinking.
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Chapter 5: Opportunity Recognition
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Q1) Which of the following functions is performed by the right brain?
A) Logical
B) Intuitive
C) Rational
D) Analytical
Q2) According to research,what is the primary reason companies lose customers?
A) Product quality issues
B) Competitive offers
C) Customer service issues
D) Changing needs
Q3) According to the capital markets food chain for entrepreneurial ventures,the enterprise value of a company in the R&D stage venture is typically under $1 million.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The key to succeeding is failing slowly.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Briefly discuss the risk/reward tolerance as a personal criterion in evaluating venture opportunities.
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Chapter 6: Opportunities for Social Entrepreneurship
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Q1) The Fourth Sector Project seeks to recognize a new model of social entrepreneurship known as the _____ model.
Q2) A venture that invests in early-stage companies operating in the education and health care areas of social concern and explicitly promotes the environmental and social focus of its funds is an example of a(n)_____ fund,a type of social venture capital.
Q3) Muhammad Yunus revolutionized the banking industry in the late 1970s by offering microloans to the poorest of the poor with heavy collateral.
A)True
B)False
Q4) _____ is a type of social venture capital whose purpose is typically economic development and job creation in impoverished areas.
A) Focused fund
B) Community fund
C) VC with a conscience
D) Philanthropy fund
Q5) Enterprising nonprofits may incorporate outside investment,in the form of ____,to scale the organization for increased social impact.
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Chapter 7: The Business Plan
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Q1) Briefly discuss the nature of venture capitalists that one has to keep in mind when raising venture capital.
Q2) Which of the following is the first step in writing an action plan?
A) Creating an overall schedule
B) Creating an action calendar
C) Segmenting information
D) Meeting the venture capitalists
Q3) Discuss the guidelines to be followed for effectively closing a venture deal.
Q4) The business plan is more of an end in itself than a work in progress.
A)True
B)False
Q5) When speaking with venture capitalists,the entrepreneurial team should be prepared to provide the complete details of ongoing talks with other venture capitalists.
A)True
B)False
Q6) When creating a(n)_____ for a business plan,the tasks on the do list need to be placed on a calendar and re-evaluated to be sure the overall schedule works,and everyone understands due dates.
Q7) Briefly discuss any two uses of a business plan.
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Chapter 8: The Entrepreneurial Leader and the Team
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Q1) Briefly discuss the entrepreneurial culture in growing new ventures.
Q2) The key to success in high-potential ventures is directly related to the talent and quality of the lead entrepreneur and the ____.
Q3) Discuss the concept of management in rapid-growth firms.
Q4) Which stage of the entrepreneurial transition is characterized by an erosion of founders' creativity?
A) The planning stage
B) The doing stage
C) The leading stage
D) The leading managers stage
Q5) What percentage of a fully diluted company do investors typically like to see set aside for attracting future talent and creating incentives and rewards for high performance?
A) 5 to10 percent
B) 10 to 20 percent
C) 20 to 30 percent
D) 30 to 40 percent
Q6) What are the five fundamental realities with nearly any new venture?
Q7) Discuss the impact of the Internet on virtual teams and collaboration.
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Chapter 9: Ethical Decision Making and the Entrepreneur
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Q1) When making ethical decisions,always choose an approach you feel most comfortable with and stick to those principles.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Discuss why entrepreneurs who truly know themselves make the best ethical decisions.
Q3) Statutes do not always have the effect they were intended to have.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What is the most widely used approach to ethical decision making?
A) The Aristotelian approach
B) The utilitarian approach
C) The deontology approach
D) The Machiavellian approach
Q5) _____ is one of the oldest approaches to ethics provided by Aristotle.
A) Placing one's duty to society over one's self-interest
B) Choosing actions that will provide for the greatest good
C) Focusing on the consequences of an action
D) Emulating exemplary role models
Q6) The _____ construct classifies moral judgment into six stages of development.
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Chapter 10: Resource Requirements
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Q1) If a new venture is organized as a corporation,it must have a board of directors elected by ____.
Q2) The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)requires companies to file paperwork with the _____ Commission faster.
Q3) One advantage of owning resources during the startup is that it puts the entrepreneur in a better position to commit and de-commit quickly.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Discuss the three important factors that an entrepreneur must consider when selecting accountants.
Q5) According to the strategic principles identified by Paola Dubini and Howard Aldrich,effective entrepreneurs are more likely than others to:
A) undertake actions to decrease their network density.
B) undertake actions to reduce network diversity.
C) avoid carrying out random activities.
D) discriminate between production and symbolic ties.
Q6) State the hypotheses concerning networks and entrepreneurial effectiveness.
Q7) When hiring consultants for a firm,the best referral system is ____.
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Chapter 11: Franchising
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Q1) At the most fundamental level,margin analysis is the defining quality of the opportunity recognition process.
A)True
B)False
Q2) If adding suppliers to an approved list is impossible,this constitutes a de-facto _____ agreement.
Q3) The service delivery system is the basis for a franchise venture's competitive advantage.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Describe the ideal business format of a top-ranked franchise operation.
Q5) Transaction analysis considers how customers purchase goods and services from franchise outlets.
A)True B)False
Q6) The capital outlay requirements to become a franchisee with a dominant national player are generally less than what it costs to join a regionally successful operation. A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Entrepreneurial Finance
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Q1) Transactions cash balances
Plus Accounts receivable
Plus Inventory
Plus Other operating current assets (e.g. ,prepaid expenses)
Less Accounts payable
Less Taxes payable
Less Other operating current liabilities (e.g. ,accrued expenses)
This formula is used to calculate ____.
Q2) What are the three core principles of entrepreneurial finance?
Q3) According to the principles of entrepreneurial finance,cash sooner is preferred to cash later.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which critical issue faced by entrepreneurs is concerned with the constituencies for whom value must be created or added to achieve a positive cash flow?
A) Slicing the value pie
B) Covering risk
C) Creating value
D) Ignoring the value pie
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Chapter 13: Obtaining Venture and Growth Capital
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Q1) Discuss how timing is a critical aspect of raising risk capital.
Q2) What is the average number of hours that a venture capitalist will spend conducting due diligence on a promising venture?
A) 25
B) 60
C) 120
D) 400
Q3) With mezzanine financing,the principle amount may be converted into equity.
A)True
B)False
Q4) If the goal of a company is to raise a specific amount of capital in a short time,it can opt for private placements.
A)True
B)False
Q5) It is best to be vague about other investors one is considering for a venture while discussing with a potential venture capitalist.
A)True
B)False
Q6) ESOP stands for ____.
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Chapter 14: The Deal: Valuation, Structure, and Negotiation
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Q1) What is the typical expected holding period for a second stage venture capital investment?
A) 3-5 years
B) 4-7 years
C) 5-10 years
D) More than 10 years
Q2) Discuss the characteristics of successful deals.
Q3) Strategic circumference is never an intentional outcome.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A cram-down round has no effect on founders' ownership as founders are normally protected against dilution.
A)True
B)False
Q5) In the context of venture capital investment,discuss the consequences of venturing into an unknown territory.
Q6) Name the factors that influence an actual deal in reality.
Q7) Share price equals the price paid divided by the number of shares.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Obtaining Debt Capital
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Q1) According to Babson College Adjunct Professor Leslie Charm,what should an entrepreneur look for when seeking to develop a constructive banking relationship?
Q2) For new and young businesses,lenders do not like to see total debt-to-equity ratios greater than _____.
A) 1
B) 1.1
C) 1.2
D) 1.5
Q3) In the case of inventories or equipment,what is the amount that could be realized from an auction or quick sale called?
A) Liquidation value
B) Under value
C) Eigen value
D) Leverage value
Q4) If a loan exceeds the limits of a local bank,part of the loan amount may be offered to _____ banks to diversify the risk profile.
Q5) Loans made to finance improvements to business properties and plants are called _____ loans.
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Chapter 16: Leading Rapid Growth, Crises, and Recovery
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Q1) Most causes of failure are external and not in control of the company management.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What three areas does a turnaround specialist diagnose?
Q3) Which bankruptcy law gives a firm immediate protection from creditors?
A) Chapter 7
B) Chapter 11
C) Chapter 13
D) Chapter 6
Q4) Bankruptcy law defines the priority of creditors' claims when a firm is liquidated.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Which approach to management requires managing and working with peers and subordinates outside the formal chains of command?
A) Systems approach
B) Consensus approach
C) Commune approach
D) Operational approach
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Chapter 17: The Family As Entrepreneur
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Q1) Studies indicate that family-influenced companies consistently outperform nonfamily businesses on annual shareholder return,return on assets,and both annual revenue and income growth.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The goal of dialogue is to find solutions that are not constrained by the boundaries of either of the original positions.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Most often formal family investment funds are created after a family has liquidated all or part of their family group.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Organizational formalization has been shown to constrain entrepreneurial behavior in family enterprises.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What are the six dimensions for family enterprising?
Q6) Discuss why a financial mind-set is more effective than an operational mind-set.
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Chapter 18: The Harvest and Beyond
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Q1) Identify four avenues by which a company can realize a harvest from the value it has created.
Q2) In a management buyout,which of the following is a problem that the managers buying out the owners and running the company typically face?
A) Lack of capital
B) Lack of expertise
C) Issues with the legal structure
D) Issues with employee retention
Q3) For many would-be entrepreneurs,_____ is the most attractive harvest option of all in terms of value.
A) merger
B) acquisition
C) public offering
D) strategic alliance
Q4) What are some of the disadvantages of being a public company?
Q5) A public offering increases public awareness of the company and contributes to the marketability of the products.
A)True
B)False
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