How Venture Capitalists Evaluate Potential Venture Opportunities Problem definition The case is about four interviews to capitalists from leading Silicon Valley firms to learn about the frameworks they use to evaluate potential venture opportunities. Following there’s a comparative summary of such interviews: Questions How Do You Evaluate Potential Venture Opportunities? How Do You Evaluate the Venture’s Prospective Business Model? Russell Siegelman: Partner‚ Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
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Case Analysis for Xerox Ajoy Singh Discussed Question 2. What is your opinion of the original vision of Xerox Technology Ventures (XTV)? What would you have done differently? Xerox’s interest in XTV came with the realization that the Xerox PARC’s technology was leaking out of the company. Industry rumor suggests that the Macintosh‚ Ethernet‚ laser printers‚ and mouse pointers were all invented by Xerox PARC and leaked out to various start-ups. The company
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Joe Louis 10 facts 1. Joe Louis was born on May 13‚ 1914‚ in Lafayette‚ Alabama 2. Joe Louis went on to become the heavyweight champion of the world‚ holding the title for nearly 12 years and through 25 challenges‚ the longest reign in professional boxing. 3. In 1942‚ Joe served in a segregated unit with Jackie Robinson in the U.S. Army‚ who later became the first African American to play major league baseball. 4. Joe won the U.S. Amateur Athletic Union 175-pound championship in
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The most important scientific invention of the nineteenth century was braille. Braille is the only written language available for the visually impaired. When Louis Braille invented braille‚ a window opened up to sightless individuals everywhere; they were no longer at disadvantage to peers who could easily read written language. In 1829‚ Louis Braille published the first braille book entitled‚ "The Method of Writing Words‚ Music and Plain Song by Means of Dots‚ For Use by the Blind and Arranged by
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* $1‚ 500‚000= $150‚000...SImply put the 10% owner will be investing $100‚000 with an expected return of $150‚000 one year from now. Implied return = ($150‚000 - $100‚000)/$100‚000 = $50‚000/$100‚000 = 50% Implied current (present) value of venture = $ Investment / Percentage Ownership = $100‚000/.10 = $1‚000‚000 Expected return = ($1‚500‚000 - $1‚000‚000)/$1‚000‚000 = 50% B. What is the present value of the entire $1.5 million‚ using the implied return from Part A? Answer: PV =
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Objectives of structuring a capital venture fund. Limited Liability Investors would like to see their liability for their investment in the fund limited to the amount of their investment‚ as they will not be usually playing an active part in the management of the investments. Avoiding an additional level of tax The investors main requirement is to avoid tax payable once receiving a dividend and then again paying a tax when the investments are realized. Suitability to all kind of investors
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Kinesiology Introduction: The word comes from the Greek words kinesis (movement) and kinein (to move). Kinesiology‚ also known as human kinetics‚ is the scientific study of human movement. Kinesiology addresses physiological‚ mechanical‚ and psychological mechanisms. Applications of kinesiology to human health include: biomechanics and orthopedics‚ strength & conditioning‚ sport psychology‚ rehabilitation‚ such as physical and occupational therapy‚ as well as sport and exercise. Kinesiology is
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Louis Pasteur was an incredible man who changed much of history that led to the improvement of public health. He was born on December 27‚ 1822 in Dole‚ Jura in France. He was the third child of parents‚ Jean-Joseph and Jeanne Roqui. His father had always dreamed for Louis to have a good education and apply that to his future career. Pasteur was only an average student skilled at drawing and painting‚ which would help him illustrate what he saw in the microscope later on in life. In a college exam
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Rebecca Huang Louis Armstrong I. Early Life A. Childhood B. Family C. Armstrong’s natural talent from God II. Performance Career A. Experiences in New Orleans and Mississippi B. Chicago and Jazz Band C. Life from 1924 to 1930s III. Late Stage A. Armstrong’s 1950 life B. The end of Louis Armstrong’s Music Life IV. Music History A. Trumpet and Early Jazz B. Collaborators and Followers C. Armstrong’s Music Style 1. A Jazz musician
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impersonal (Gere). Louis’ skepticism in the traditional medical practice arose when he found himself helpless during the mid of an epidemic of diphtheria (Gere). Eventually‚ Louis grew to become a therapeutic nihilist and came up with an experimental design to seek for the numeric evidences‚ indicating the inefficiency of the traditional healing method (Gere). The first clinical trial that Pierre Louis conducted involves the testing of the common healing method of bloodletting. Louis used his numerical
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