Metapath Software OUTLINE • What happened. • The broader themes: – The interplay of terms. – Options in private equity. WHAT HAPPENED (1) • The Company turned down Cell Tech: – Offering 30% of their capitalization indicated that their base business had limited upside. – Clearly there were ongoing financing risks and liquidity issues. – The fit was not compelling. • Cell Tech stock fell $9 --> $3 – After 3 years and several acquisitions‚ it rebounded. WHAT HAPPENED (2)
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stretch! Metapath Software 1. How has Metapath’s ownership structure changed with each round of financing? How has Metapath’s financing history affected the offer from Roberston & Stephens (RSC)? Straight-redeemable‚ cheap common structure in first two rounds by STI and Bessemer Third and fourth rounds were standard convertible preferred stock instruments 2. What is your estimate of a fair valuation of Metapath? 3. What are the immediate and future costs and benefits to the Metapath shareholders
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more than Metapath has previously raised in all four rounds combined‚ so RSC is taking on more risk by offering this much funding. Because RSC will be putting up so much cash‚ RSC is going to want stricter terms to compensate them for their risk. In addition‚ Metapath has a
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Metapath was a hi-tech company providing software products for wireless carriers. It had a revenue of 22 million and was emerging as the premier company in its market space. The ultimate goal of the founder‚ Hansen‚ was to see the Metapath go IPO in two years. However‚ this company confronted two main obstacles for that goal: concentrated customers and fluctuant quarterly revenues. To expand his business and also solve these problems‚ Hansen need to again raise more money. Like most of the software
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Introduction……………………………………………………..……...P.2 2) Identify Software Categories 1. Definition of System Software………………………………….P.3-4 2. Definition of Application Software………………………….….P.5 3. The difference between system software and application software………………………………………..P.6-7 3) Two examples of system software and the benefits 1. Microsoft Windows 7……………………………………………P.8-12 2. Mac OSX…………………………………………………………P.13-14 4) Two examples of application software and the benefits 1. Excel……………………………………………………………
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Software Engineering Notes Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 5 Definitions 5 Characteristics of a software Product 5 Components of software 6 Types of Software Product 6 History 6 Software Crisis:- 1965-1985 6 Software myths 7 The 4Ps of Software engineering 7 Software Development Life Cycle(SDLC) 8 Waterfall Model 8 Waterfall Strengths 9 Waterfall Deficiencies 9 When to use the Waterfall Model 10 Spiral SDLC Model 10 Spiral Model
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Abstract Software architecture plays an important role in the achievement of particular qualities we want to see in our software under development. On the other hand specific software demands some distinct qualities in software architecture. Now question arises how software architecture becomes the base to achieve the certain qualities and how qualities influence the architecture. Architecture provides the base for the development of the core product so by inspecting the architecture we can predict
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CHAPTER 6 SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE Thomas M. Pigoski Technical Software Services (TECHSOFT)‚ Inc. 31 West Garden Street‚ Suite 100 Pensacola‚ Florida 32501 USA +1 850 469 0086 tmpigoski@techsoft.com Table of Contents 1. Introduction............................................................... 1 2. Definition of the Software Maintenance Knowledge Area .......................................................................... 1 3. Breakdown of Topics for the Software Maintenance
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#2: SOFTWARE EVALUATION: AyaNova‚ Service Industry Software Mary Jo Davis‚ Chong Tao‚ Submitted: April 10‚ 2007 Table of Contents 1. Abstract 2. Summary of Software Category: Business application software‚ by definition is: a software group that does not run the computer‚ but rather provides a tool for the user to accomplish a specific type of task by using the computer’s capabilities. Application software can
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Strategies. In I. College‚ System Design & Architecture (p 3. Mall‚ R. (2000). Fundamentals of Software Engineering. In R. Mall‚ Software Life Cycle Mdels (p 4. Microsoft. (2013). Chapter 16: Quality Attributes. Retrieved from www.msdn.microsoft.com/: http://msdn.microsoft.com/enus/library/ee658094.aspx 5. Pressman‚ R. s. (2001). Software Engineering. New York: Thomas Cassan. 6. Sommerville‚ L. (2012). Software Engineering. New Delhi‚ India: Dorling Kindersley.
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