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Purpose of Assignment
The purpose of this assignment is to allow the student an opportunity to apply their understanding of cash flow management, break-even analysis, and short-term and long-term financing in starting and growing a business.
Assignment Steps
Resources: OECD Database, Corporate Finance
Prepare a 12- to 15-slide PowerPoint® presentation with speaker notes requesting initial funding of $500,000 to start and run a start-up company. The proposed start-up company could be an existing business model (coffee shop, pet store, etc.) or could be something entirely new and exciting.
Create the presentation in the following format, with at least one slide to cover each of the following areas:
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- Executive Summary
- Information about the Industry
- Marketing Plan
- Competitor Analysis
- 3 Year Income Statement (Profit & Loss) Projections
- Include your assumptions for why and how you will achieve your sales growth and what significant expenses and investments you expect to incur to achieve your revenue goals.
- 3 Year Proposed Funding Schedule (Sources and uses of the funds received.)
- Break-Even Analysis
- Academic and Business References
Review the following scenarios and assumption, and explain how it impacts your decision to expand:
- After Year 3, the investors are interested in your company expanding internationally to possibly outsource labor or to reduce manufacturing costs. What countries would you expand to first, and why? What factors would you need to consider in making this decision?
- What is the corporate tax rate in the countries you are considering expanding your business to, and how will that affect your decision to expand globally? (Use OECD Database or another resource to determine the corporate tax rate).
- The investors want to see a decision tree detailing the decisions you would make if you received $300K now and $200K at the end of three years instead of $500K up front.
- The investors would like your team to provide advantages and disadvantages of using debt financing versus selling company stock to raise capital for growth.
- Briefly explain the venture capital process. Does it make sense for your company to raise funds through venture capital?
Format your presentation consistent with APA guidelines.
Explanation & Answer
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TITLE PAGE
Long-term and Short term financing
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Global Expansion: Labor/Mfg. Costs.
Country?
• The company plans to expand its operations in China in the next
three years.
• The reason for the choice of this country will be based on the
labor cost that is affordable in comparison to US labor market.
• There is a readily available workforce in this country and also
the target populations are wide and therefore offer a greater
market opportunity
Corporate Tax Rate - Decision
• Corporate taxes reduce the disposable income earned by a
company and thus reduce the incentives for investors to set up
business entities in such states.
• The standard corporate tax charged in China is 25%. Although
the tax rate is slightly higher in comparison to other regions
• Although the tax is somehow high, the cost saving emanating
from cheap labor outweigh the tax payable expense
Financing: Debt vs. Equity
• The company intends to incorporate both debt and equity
financing in its capital structure.
• The company will borrow funds to finance its expansion because
this will allow the business to use the new equipment and
generate revenue before repayment
• The repayment period is long and in small installments and also
help the business benefit by not relinquishing its control.
• Equity financing doesn’t require repayment.
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Continued
• The borrower is required to repay back the loan plus
interest
• It’s also borrowing against future earnings.
• The risks and liabilities of the business are shared with
the new investors
• Equity financing gives away part of the business control
and thus decision making has to be agreed by the
shareholders
Venture Capital Decisions
• Venture Capital is an equity investment in a company’s stock at
the time when the s...