The Basics of a Start

Integrative Problem Samantha Sampson retired a few years ago at the age of 55. Because she is bored with retirement and still relatively young, Samantha has considered starting a business of her own. However, she doesn’t know anything about business. As a result, Sam has hired the consulting firm for which you work to give her a brief tutorial on business and finance. To begin her lesson, Ms. Sampson has asked you to answer the following questions: What does it mean to maximize value? What is sustainability, and how is this concept related to finance?

I need help with question 6 on how to create the customer pivot table as given. Also, can you provide the steps of how to do that in Excel? Also, please provide the steps in order to solve the problem for Finance.

Integrative Problem Samantha Sampson retired a few years ago at the age of 55. Because she is bored with retirement and still relatively young, Samantha has considered starting a business of her own. However, she doesn’t know anything about business. As a result, Sam has hired the consulting firm for which you work to give her a brief tutorial on business and finance. To begin her lesson, Ms. Sampson has asked you to answer the following questions: What is finance, and why is it important to understand finance to run a successful business? What are the major areas of the finance discipline? How has finance changed since the beginning of the twentieth century? What are some of the financial trends that are currently of interest to businesses? What is value, and how is it determined? What does it mean to maximize value? What is sustainability, and how is this concept related to finance? What is lean manufacturing? How is the goal of value maximization related to lean manufacturing?

Integrative Problem Samantha Sampson retired a few years ago at the age of 55. Because she is bored with retirement and still relatively young, Samantha has considered starting a business of her own. However, she doesn’t know anything about business. As a result, Sam has hired the consulting firm for which you work to give her a brief tutorial on business and finance. To begin her lesson, Ms. Sampson has asked you to answer the following questions: What is lean manufacturing? How is the goal of value maximization related to lean manufacturing?

Integrative Problem Samantha Sampson retired a few years ago at the age of 55. Because she is bored with retirement and still relatively young, Samantha has considered starting a business of her own. However, she doesn’t know anything about business. As a result, Sam has hired the consulting firm for which you work to give her a brief tutorial on business and finance. To begin her lesson, Ms. Sampson has asked you to answer the following questions:   d.What are some of the financial trends that are currently of interest to businesses? e. What is value, and how is it determined? f. What does it mean to maximize value? g. What is sustainability, and how is this concept related to finance? h. What is lean manufacturing? How is the goal of value maximization related to lean manufacturing?

Analyzing a cost-volume-profit graph Nolan Rouse is considering starting a Web-based educational business, e-Prep MBA. He plans to offer a short-course review of accounting for students entering MBA programs. The materials would be available on a password-protected Web site; students would complete the course through self—study. Rouse would have to grade the course assignments, but most of the work would be in developing the course materials, setting up the site, and marketing. Unfortunately, Rouse’s hard drive crashed before he finished his financial analysis. However, he did recover the following partial CVP chart: Requirements Label each axis, the sales revenue line, the total costs line, the fixed costs line, the operating income area, and the breakeven point. It Rouse attracts 300 students to take the course, will the venture be profitable Explain your answer. What are the breakeven sales in students and dollars?

Mini Case Suppose you decide (as did Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg) to start a company. Your product is a software platform that integrates a wide range of media devices, including laptop computers, desktop computers, digital video recorders, and cell phones. Your initial market is the student body at your university. Once you have established your company and set up procedures for operating it, you plan to expand to other colleges in the area and eventually to go nationwide. At some point, hopefully sooner rather than later, you plan to go public with an IPO and then to buy a yacht and take off for the South Pacific to indulge in your passion for underwater photography. With these issues in mind, you need to answer for yourself, and potential investors, the following questions. What is an agency relationship? When you first begin operations, assuming you are the only employee and only your money is invested in the business, would any agency conflicts exist? If you expanded and hired…

Mini Case Suppose you decide (as did Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg) to start a company. Your product is a software platform that integrates a wide range of media devices, including laptop computers, desktop computers, digital video recorders, and cell phones. Your initial client base is the student body at your university. Once you have established your company and set up procedures for operating it, you plan to expand to other colleges in the area and eventually to go nationwide. At some point, hopefully sooner rather than later, you plan to go public with an IPO and then to buy a yacht and take off for the South Pacific to indulge in your passion for underwater photography. With these plans in mind, you need to answer for yourself, and potential investors, the following questions:   1. Briefly describe the use of stock options in a compensation plan. What are some potential problems with stock options as a form of compensation? 2. Briefly explain how regulatory agencies and legal…

BUSINESS AND CONSUMER LOANS

PROMOTING MYSELF (Chapter 8)• Create an outline for each of the following promotional strategies you plan to use as you begin your career. o Advertising: What does your resume look like? What does it say about you? Also consider what your social media profile says about you. If a prospective employer were to look at your Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter profile, would they like what they saw? Would it reflect the image of a thoughtful, driven professional?o Sales Promotion: Do the companies you want to work for offer unpaid internships? If so, how do you go about applying for them? How can you adjust your personal financial situation to take an unpaid internship if it helps to advance your career?o Personal-Selling: What will you say in an interview that will convince a prospective employer that he or she is better off with you than without you?o Public Relations: What do your colleagues think about you? Would your professors or classmates recommend you? Think about what you can do to…

Create notes a financial proposal to seek funding for your new uber business venture in st.kitts and nevis. 1. Business Market – Size of the market, the competition, channels of distribution

Create notes for a financial proposal to seek funding for your new uber business venture in st.kitts and nevis. 1. Business Market – Size of the market, the competition, channels of distribution 2. Financing requested – How much money will be required to fund the start-up? In whatcurrency? Provide a justification for the amount requested.3. Source of Funding – From where will the business seek funding, commercial bank, venturecapitalists or any other? Provide a detailed justification for the choice.4. Management Structure – Provide an Organizational Chart, identify key personnel, theirrespective roles and the number of employees.