Questions from General Business


Q: How does today’s view of the entrepreneur differ from the accepted view

How does today’s view of the entrepreneur differ from the accepted view of yesterday’s entrepreneur?

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Q: What is the relative significance of the four major reasons why businesses

What is the relative significance of the four major reasons why businesses fail?

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Q: Would you prefer to buy an existing business or start from scratch

Would you prefer to buy an existing business or start from scratch? Why?

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Q: Why would a business choose to introduce an employee stock ownership plan

Why would a business choose to introduce an employee stock ownership plan? What are the advantages to a business of such a decision?

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Q: Interview the owner/manager of a sole proprietorship or a general

Interview the owner/manager of a sole proprietorship or a general partnership. What characteristics of that business form led the owner to choose it? Does he or she ever contemplate changing the form...

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Q: Many new businesses need external funding to make a successful launch.

Many new businesses need external funding to make a successful launch. Some may have access to the necessary funds through partners, families, loans or other forms of finance; others look to venture c...

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Q: What benefits are there to the four original designers of joining together

What benefits are there to the four original designers of joining together as a cooperative?

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Q: What are the implications of adding three more people to the cooperative

What are the implications of adding three more people to the cooperative?

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Q: As an independent advisor, what would you recommend that the four

As an independent advisor, what would you recommend that the four original designers do?

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Q: What motivates companies like Starbucks to expand into international markets with little

What motivates companies like Starbucks to expand into international markets with little perceived interest for their product?

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