Assignment ContentResource: Signature Assignment Grading GuideAbout Your Signature AssignmentThis signature assignment is designed to align with specific program student learning outcome(s) in your program. Program Student Learning Outcomes are broad statements that describe what students should know and be able to do upon completion of their degree. The signature assignments may be graded with an automated rubric that allows the University to collect data that can be aggregated across a location or college/school and used for program improvements. 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 FinancePrepare 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 PageTable of ContentsExecutive SummaryInformation about the IndustryMarketing PlanCompetitor Analysis3 Year Income Statement (Profit & Loss) ProjectionsInclude 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 AnalysisAcademic 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. Submit your assignment.ResourcesCenter for Writing ExcellenceReference and Citation GeneratorGrammar and Writing GuidesLearning Team ToolkitCopyright 2018 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved.

Discussion Prompt: Context and InterpretationConsider how important your own personal background is to your worldview. Your upbringing, social context, experiences, and environment all combine to shape your unique perspective. Just like we all have a background that affects how we communicate, so too does the OT have a historical context that affects how it is interpreted.Answer the following questions:Based on your reading and the lectures in Session 1, what do you see as the most important contextual issues that affect how we read the OT?How is the context of the OT different from your own?What do you think is a more authentic interpretive method: approaching the text with a preconceived notion (eisegesis) or allowing the text to speak for itself (exegesis)?Why?Do we have the right to overturn the original author’s intent?How to Study the Bible •To avoid Eisegesis • Eisegesis - importing meaning into the text • Starting with an unbendable presupposition •To Promote Exegesis • Exegesis - deriving meaning from the text •Approach the text without an unbendable presupposition •Avoid ”misguided” reliance on the Holy Spirit • The Spirit illumines our understanding, but won’t contradict the Scriptures • To Enable Historical-Theological Interpretation Support your response by referencing the text, lectures, and specific scriptures.