| TRENDSETTERS INC. Term sheet Negotiations | Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital | | | Introduction: Trendsetter Inc. was formed by Wendy Borg and Jason Kushdog‚ the CEO and the COO respectively‚ in March 2000‚ to deliver innovative warehouse and distribution management software program for clothing retailers. The “founders” started the firm after quitting their respective jobs and decided to pool in their savings in the firm. The software produced by the firm would contain a demand
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The US company National Office Machines (NOM) entered Japan using an International Joint Venture (325). Besides serving as a means of mitigating political and economic risks‚ International Joint Ventures provide a safer way for firms to enter markets that present legal and cultural barriers; making it less risky than acquiring a company within the desired country. Because of this decision‚ National Office Machines was able to access and integrate into the Japanese market‚ which was previously a very
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spin-out‚ as Thermo Electron Corporation discovered with their previous spin-out of Thermo Cardiosystems‚ was an effective way to raise capital to pursue new markets‚ especially for their business model. It bypasses the costly route of traditional venture capital financing by introducing Thermo Electron Technologies with a private offering of stock‚ and then when the market is right‚ following up with a public offering of stock (IPO). Thermo ’s investment banker‚ Lehman Brothers‚ had indicated that
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something he said “that lasts longer than the taste and memory of a delicious candy”. Inside every sweet wrapper he imprinted coins and stamps in gold and silver foil dating back to AD60 – real gems it seems. When asked how he came upon this new business venture his reply was “I blame it on modern technology‚ the internet and even today it continues to support the whole chain; from procurement through to delivery‚ customer service included.” THB Confectionery has a global market because of one small competition
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Entering into a business venture requires a common knowledge for businessmen to know that there are a lot of processes and undertakings that they are about to undergo. That those undertakings aren’t just as easy as diving in a business and hope for the best‚ but thinking and finding every ways to make that venture possible and most importantly‚ a success. One of such risky venture is the making of a business proposal. We‚ as students of Business propose this Business plan pertaining to the production
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Trendsetter Inc. are looking for Venture Capitalists that could provide funds that can help them establish and scale-up their business. Trendsetter Inc. was a software startup company that provided innovative warehouse and distribution solutions mainly to clothing retailers. Out of the 7 pitch they had conducted‚ they got a positive response from six Venture Capitalists and have received two “Term-sheets” - summaries of the terms and conditions under which the Venture Capitalists would invest in Trendsetter
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Angel financing is defined as ‘‘[i]nformal venture capital-equity investments and non-collateral forms of lending made by private individuals ...using their own money‚ directly in unquoted companies in which they have no family connection PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree Report‚ 2004. Thomson Reuters; https://www.pwcmoneytree.com’’ (Harrison and Mason 1999). It plays a crucial role in financing growth-oriented ventures by filling the gap between informal family
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Background Walnut Venture Associates is a small group of angel investors with backgrounds in the software industry. RBS is a small software company that makes billing and enterprise management software specifically targeted at other software companies. RBS and Walnut are deciding whether Walnut should invest in RBS‚ and then if they are willing‚ whether RBS finds the terms of the deal satisfactory. This case memo illustrates that the venture capitalists are looking for good managers in a particular
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SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY INTRODUCTION The definition for small-scale industrial undertakings has changed over time. Initially they were classified into two categories- those using power with less than 50 employees and those not using power with the employee strength being more than 50 but less than 100. However the capital resources invested on plant and machinery buildings have been the primary criteria to differentiate the small-scale industries from the large and medium scale industries. An
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MARTINEZ CONSTRUCTION COMPANY IN GERMANY 1. General presentation of the case study (Summary) Martinez Construction is a well-established construction company in Eastern Spain. Because of a recent decline in contracts in the Spain society‚ Martinez Construction Company needed to expand to international market in order to survive (expand and grow). After a survey in the international market‚ the newly
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