1. Chapter 19 Financing Your Business Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management

2. Bootstrapping Presentation Create a PowerPoint Presentation defining “bootstrapping”. Research and locate 5 articles on bootstrapping companies. Summarize the articles. Then tell whether you believe bootstrapping is beneficial to a company/business. Why or Why not??? Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management

3. Start-up Money Presentation Create a PowerPoint Presentation listing “The main sources for start-up money for entrepreneurs”. Research and find 2 articles for each of these three sources for start-up money for entrepreneurs. Summarize your articles. Tell which of these three sources you think is most beneficial to an entrepreneur and explain why. Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management

4. Financing the Start-up Presentation Create a PowerPoint Presentation listing “four sources of financing”. Research and locate at least 2 businesses/companies for each of the four sources of financing. Give a brief description of each company. After your research, explain which source of financing is best for a new business. Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management

5. Venture Capitalists Presentation Create a PowerPoint Presentation defining “Venture Capital” and “Venture Capitalist”. Include “What Venture Capitalists Expect” when they invest in a start-up company. Research and locate the top 100 Venture Capital Firms. List the top 5 firms for Early Stage Companies and the top 5 firms for Later Stage Companies. In your presentation, you are to include where each company is located, how many companies/business each venture capital firm assisted in 2007, and give a brief description of each venture capital firm. Also tell why you believe a Venture Capitalist may be better for your business than a private investor or angel. Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management

6. What Bankers Expect Presentation Commercial lenders like banks rely on the five Cs to determine the acceptability of a business loan applicant. Create a PowerPoint Presentation listing and defining the 5 Cs. Research and find at least 5 articles on why the 5 C’s are important. Summarize the articles and explain why you believe the 5 C’s are important. Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management

7. Private Investor/Angel Presentation Create a PowerPoint Presentation defining “Angel”. Include “What Private Investors or Angels Expect”. Research and locate at least 5 articles on why angels or private investors are important. Summarize the articles and tell why you think an angel or private investor is better for your business than a venture capitalist. Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management