Questions from Entrepreneurial Finance


Q: Identify major factors that cause ventures to get into financial trouble.

Identify major factors that cause ventures to get into financial trouble.

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Q: Briefly describe the common pool and holdout problems that often make it

Briefly describe the common pool and holdout problems that often make it necessary for a venture to enter into a court-supervised reorganization.

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Q: Comment on Tesla’s trip from incorporating in 2003 to its IPO in

Comment on Tesla’s trip from incorporating in 2003 to its IPO in 2010. What impact do you think the IPO had on competitors in the electric car market?

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Q: Briefly define the following terms: cram down procedure, debtor-

Briefly define the following terms: cram down procedure, debtor-in-possession financing, and prepackaged bankruptcy.

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Q: Describe the business model turnaround Necton undertook. Comment on what you

Describe the business model turnaround Necton undertook. Comment on what you think would have been the challenges and your perceptions about the likelihood the new business model will succeed.

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Q: Benito Gonzalez, founded and grew the BioSystems Manufacturing Corporation over a

Benito Gonzalez, founded and grew the BioSystems Manufacturing Corporation over a several year period. However, Benito has decided to exit BioSystems as of the end of 2016 with the intention of start...

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Q: The Gamma Systems Manufacturing Corporation has reached its maturity stage and its

The Gamma Systems Manufacturing Corporation has reached its maturity stage and its net sales are expected to grow at a 6 percent compound rate for the foreseeable future. Management believes that as...

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Q: Assume that some of the information relating to the Gamma Systems Manufacturing

Assume that some of the information relating to the Gamma Systems Manufacturing Corporation has changed. Using the financial statement data, answer the following questions. A. How would your valuatio...

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Q: New information for the Gamma Systems Manufacturing Corporation has been brought to

New information for the Gamma Systems Manufacturing Corporation has been brought to the management’s attention. Use the financial statement information in Problem 5 and take into consideration that s...

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Q: It was shown earlier in the chapter that Northland Industries was suffering

It was shown earlier in the chapter that Northland Industries was suffering from balance sheet insolvency. Two scenarios are possible for Northland in year 3. In scenario 1, year 3 for Northland is e...

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