Friday, January 30, 2009

Assignments for Class #2

For next class we have the following assignments:

Watch: Tucker and the Alexander Graham Bell Story.

Read: Moore: Crossing the Chasm: Author's note, preface and pp. 3 -59
Twain: Tom Sawyer excerpt, Under Armour IPO excerpt
I haven't gotten the Starbucks IPO so we can defer that reading until later.

Write: 2 pager on "My Favorite Entrepreneur". Get it posted!
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22 comments:

  1. Ryan MontgomeryJanuary 30, 2009 at 9:46 AM

    As I commented on the other blog, my paper is available for everyone to read and comment at

    kingdommusician.blogspot.com

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  2. ToddJanuary 30, 2009 at 5:46 PM

    Mine is up too at:

    http://carter-inds-430a.blogspot.com/

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  3. ProfessorJanuary 31, 2009 at 4:34 AM

    Thats great Todd. For extra credit, someone post the date that Ben & Jerry's went public, and the link to their IPO document, if available.

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  4. ToddJanuary 31, 2009 at 11:33 AM

    Thanks. The date of Ben and Jerry's IPO was on October 30, 1985 (with 450,000 shares at $13.00 per share). But in 1984 they started offering 75,000 shares at $10.50 per share. However, they are bought by Unilever in 2000.

    I could not find an IPO document for them.

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  5. Matt DiehlJanuary 31, 2009 at 7:36 PM

    Hey, I just posted mine. You can find it at:

    http://21stcenturydiehl.blogspot.com/

    Thanks a bunch!

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  6. ProfessorJanuary 31, 2009 at 8:51 PM

    Here's something you all should know. When a company "goes public" like Ben & Jerry's did on October 30, 1985, those 450,000 shares represent new owners in the company. The $13 price per share is the cost of becoming an owner of Ben & Jerry's but only on that date--after that the shares trade on an exchange and the price can go up or down.

    In this particular public offering these new owners paid a cumulative $5.85 million. Of that money, some goes to lawyers, accountants, printers and investment bankers but most goes either to buy existing shares that the founders are selling or newly issued shares and the money goes into the company's bank account for use in expanding the company or paying back debt used to start the company.

    After the initial offering of the new stock you can find out the "Enterprise Value" of the company at any time by multiplying the price the public shares trade at in the stock market by the number of "Outstanding Shares" and adding the amount of debt the company has on its "Balance Sheet". All of these capitalized terms are important numbers in understanding any company, and the Outstanding Share number and the Balance Sheet are required to be disclosed in detail by the Securities and Exchange Commission for any company that trades publicly on a stock exchange in the United States. These numbers are updated, by law, every 3 months and upon any special event and are available to anyone at SEC.gov.

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  7. Jimmy SpamerJanuary 31, 2009 at 11:56 PM

    My essay is up on jimmy2024.blogspot.com

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  8. Natalie WilsonFebruary 1, 2009 at 10:59 AM

    Hey Guys,

    Ignore my help on posting request, I figured it out..you can see my paper at:

    http://natalie42988.blogspot.com/

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  9. Amanda FefelFebruary 1, 2009 at 11:49 AM

    Hey Everyone,

    You can find my blog at http://amandafefel.blogspot.com/

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  10. emily15February 1, 2009 at 5:29 PM

    Hey all,

    You can find my paper at:

    http://mcs330.blogspot.com/

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  11. HafAzn2nrFebruary 1, 2009 at 6:40 PM

    Threw in a little twist using our other assignment. . .

    Feel free to check it out and leave any feedback!

    http://bellinds430.blogspot.com/

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  12. A-BroadFebruary 1, 2009 at 7:54 PM

    My blog is up at http://alexbroadwater.blogspot.com/

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  13. Marquita TaylorFebruary 1, 2009 at 10:23 PM

    my blog is up, and available for your viewing pleasure.

    Check it out! http://marquitainds430.blogspot.com/

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  14. ABWFebruary 1, 2009 at 10:34 PM

    Assignment 1 Posted.

    http://bccventures.blogspot.com/

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  15. ProfessorFebruary 2, 2009 at 12:42 AM

    Does anyone know how the make the URLs that you all are posting into hotlinks so you can just click on them and go to your blogs directly? Right now I'm cutting and pasting the URLs into the browser.

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  16. ToddFebruary 2, 2009 at 8:21 AM

    Just figured out how.

    You put this in your post:
    <'a href=>"your website at www.mywebsite.com"title of website like your name or the assignment number or title of assigment or whatever title you want to give it<'/a>.

    You have to fill out only the www.something.com and the title part to make it to work (and you have to remove the ' at the beginning and end)


    My blog


    Google Blog help topic about this topic

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  17. AnonymousFebruary 2, 2009 at 11:32 AM

    Here is my paper! Sorry it is late, I was having trouble becoming a member...not good with computers. But you can find it at...

    http://nattiec21.blogspot.com

    Thanks:)

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  18. Shane YFebruary 2, 2009 at 3:24 PM

    Here is my paper.

    http://shaneyap.blogspot.com/

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  19. PatrickFebruary 2, 2009 at 3:48 PM

    here we go -

    http://patrick-aussierules.blogspot.com

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  20. Jonathan TFebruary 2, 2009 at 3:57 PM

    I had some problems making the post available for everybody. It should work now.

    Sorry its late.

    http://tizzelthethinktank.blogspot.com/

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  21. CaitlynFebruary 2, 2009 at 6:32 PM

    Here is my blog and assignment:
    http://americanentrepreneurship.blogspot.com/

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  22. Ksenia G.February 2, 2009 at 7:10 PM

    All typos defeated! Here is my essay:
    http://kseniag.blogspot.com/

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