09/05/2012 22th of May: ICampus: download case study + 6 questions (9am to 6pm end) Doyen A015 to A023 : we have the locals: tell him what we want (we have to book the locals) Entrepreneurial finance Different case studies cover the four parts (follow the IPO of Facebook) Project assessment: some toughts on business plan case studies: the knots and cachet tehnologies Introduction All these elements fits together. Business plan has to be written. Not a real predictor for success. People:
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edocs‚ Inc. – Case questions 3. The most important terms for edocs founder Kevin Laracey to further discuss in future negotiations will be the following: • The valuation proposed by the Venture Capital investors‚ a number that could easily be inflated by shopping the deal around as the venture capital market is booming. • The Board of Directors provision‚ as Mr. Laracey wants to make sure that in the first years of the Company he will remain CEO‚ and that the co-founders of edocs will be part
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Euntrepreneurial Finance Lecture 1: Ventures: ( new projects/ ideas that make it extremely difficult to attract financing since it’s a new product by eutreprenures with no data and history to back up that they will return or make profit or even successfully launch the product) It is an alternative asset! Lack of tangible assets‚ expecting negative earnings and have uncertain prospects. Traditional assets: publically traded shares‚ bonds‚ foreign exchanges‚ commodities‚ real estate.
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valued them lesser than other Venture Capitalists as they were not convinced of their ability to generate $500‚000 in revenues in the first year of operations. One thing that both the owners of the firm knew was that even though the initial valuation of both the VCs was not very different‚ they would need to be careful in analyzing the term
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Seminars focus on developing areas within the business and publishing worlds. Aspatore Books is a privately held company headquartered in Boston‚ Massachusetts‚ with employees around the world. TERM SHEETS & VALUATIONS An Inside Look at the Intricacies of Term Sheets & Valuations By‚ Alex Wilmerding If you are interested in licensing the content in this book (for publications‚ web sites‚ educational materials)‚ purchasing bulk copies for your team/company‚ or for sponsorship‚ promotions
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to use these projections for valuation? Car Wash Partners Management Tom Curtis – successful entrepreneur from the past. Credible? Curtis capable of leading major change in this industry? No further management team as yet Investors Cabot Brown (Brown & McMillan) Start up-VCs? First deal Who are their investors? Bill Burgin (Bessemer Partners) Experienced VC Investing with a friend? Does the investment fit their needs? Car Wash Partners Valuation Who puts up the money? (BMC
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intermediaries discussed in the case for the effective functioning of capital markets? i. Venture Capitalist: provides capital for the company in the early stage of development and ensures company to have a good management team and sustainable business. VC demand high return on investment and sells stock usually to public through IPO. ii. Investment Bank underwriters: provide advisory financial services‚ make offerings to companies‚ underwrites the shares and introduce firm to the investors normally
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Course Description The aim of this introductory course in corporate finance is to provide students with fundamental concepts for understanding firms’ financing decisions and the basic tools for the valuation of a corporation. This course is divided into two parts. Section I discusses valuation frameworks and the theory of corporate finance. The concepts developed in this section will be useful for economic decisions making irrespective of whether you intend to specialize in finance or not
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I. CASE FACTS Purinex was a drug-discovery and -development company based in Syracuse‚ New York‚ that sought to commercialize therapeutic compounds based on its purine drug-development platform. Purine was a naturally occurring molecule that played an important role in numerous biochemical processes. Purinex had developed a process for creating small molecules that acted as selected agonists (activators) or antagonists (blockers) for specific purine receptors in the cell membrane. Purinex’s goal
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page views per month. Facebook has completed two rounds of venture financing at very high valuations‚ the first at a valuation of ~$100M and the second at ~$550M (valuations are unconfirmed). These valuations were driven by the multiple acquisition offers that Facebook has reportedly turned down (the latest was a rumored $750M offer). Facebook is already generating significant revenue‚ so despite all the valuation and web traffic metric hype‚ it has also established a very real business. Interviews
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