2012565662 Andy Pound 3035133911 CHEN Chong Chong CHEN Wenqing 2013520786 2012532160 What is SWOT Analysis? A structured planning method used to evaluate the Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities‚ and Threats involved in a project or in a business venture. What Is Air B&B AirB&B‚ a company serving people for convenient accommodation around the world‚ was founded in August 2008 in San Francisco. Services provided to visitors include rating‚ review of previous guests and other users’ recommendation
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son. The average life of a restaurant is less than three years in China. I want Little Sheep to last a century.” – Zhang Gang‚ Founder‚ Little Sheep Catering Chain Co. “Helping a great business to realize its potential takes a lot more than just capital. It is ultimately about the people‚ thus your relationship with the management team and the sort of support you can provide‚ such as introductions to key industry expertise and relevant operational best practice‚ is very important.” – Anna Cheung
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establish the company as either a LLC or a corporation. Which would specify the ownership interests by specifying how they would share profits‚ losses etc. 7. How should Pierre and Maya approach the issue of splitting the equity in the new venture between them? Pierre and Maya concluded that Pierre should be
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companies‚ they saw this an opportunity to exploit this new e-commerce niche in the SaaS Industry‚ thus creating Zuora. Cheng Zhou‚ the head of Bliss joined them and they were able to obtain $6.5 million start-up investment from Benchmark‚ a venture capital company‚ and Benioff‚ Tien Tzuo’s former boss‚ the founder of Salesforce.com Analysis of Zuora Inc as a business Tien Tzuo and K.V. Rao founded Zuora to address the need for billing efficiency. They are aware that there’s an increase in products
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people. Funding Initially funded by the Bansals themselves with 400‚000‚ Flipkart has raised funding from venture capital funds Accel India (US$1 million in 2009) and Tiger Global (US$10 million in 2010 and US$20 million in June 2011). Flipkart.com‚ on August 24‚ 2012 announced the completion of its 4th round of $150 million funding from MIH (part of Naspers Group) and ICONIQ Capital. Acquisitions • 2010: We Read‚ a social book discovery tool. The stated goal was to give Flipkart a social
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Heidi Roizen MBUS 803 – Strategy I – Dr. Tina Dacin Q.1 - Using the assigned readings‚ provide an analysis of Roizen’s network. What kinds of networks does Roizen build? What do they look like? Heidi Roizen has built herself a very strong rainmaker network (Exhibit 1). This type of network combines the clique network and the entrepreneurial (constellation) network to create a network optimized for performance impact (Dacin). A clique network is built based on similarities such as expertise or
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relax over the weekend. I met R. Narayanan‚ an entrepreneur‚ in one of the small rooms in the Madras Club. We placed our order for tender coconut water and coffee. Without wasting much time‚ I asked Narayanan to share the story of one of his initial ventures‚ the Dosa King. The Dosa King was aimed at providing hygienic and standardized masala dosas across India. A dosa is a savoury pancake made from a fermented batter of rice and black lentils; a masala dosa is a dosa with a potato masala (spiced potatoes)
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Organization by Dave Baker‚ Managing Director and CEO of Human Capital Advisors The greatest competitive edge in any company comes from its technology and its people. But technology never delivers itself‚ you need great people who can. Therefore‚ the most competitive edge to any organization is having exceptional people who can develop‚ build‚ innovate and deliver great products or services. Strategic people leadership‚ otherwise known as Human Capital‚ is critical to both short term and long term success
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SUBJECT NAME : Entrepreneurship Project: Interdisciplinary Approach SUBJECT CODE : GEN 1901 ACADEMIC YEAR : AY 2012/2013‚ Apr Semester “By submitting our work‚ we are declaring that we are the originator of this work and that all other original sources used in this have been appropriately acknowledged. We understand that plagiarism is the act of taking and using the whole or any part of another person’s work and presenting it as our own without proper acknowledgement. We also
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Customer Development in High Tech: Sales‚ Marketing & Business Development in a Startup MBA & EMBA 295F Introduction to the Course Steve Blank sblank@kandsranch.com You Are Here Plan Liquidity Idea 1st Round Company Timeline Customer Development in the High-Tech Enterprise Spring 2009 2 You Are Here Plan Liquidity Idea 1st Round Company Timeline Customer Development in the High-Tech Enterprise Spring 2009 3 How do You Get Here Plan
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