Assignments for Class #7

Read the chapter from Mark Twain's "Roughing It". Link is on the Important Links list at left. Read the University of Chicago "scholarly article". Link is on the Important Links list at left. Be prepared to discuss both these readings in class.

Revise and expand the Enterprise Value spreadsheet. Revise by correcting per share amounts and using a spreadsheet to calculate values. Expand by adding values for Google, Starbucks, and Under Armour and by adding the age of the founding entrepreneur at time of IPO and at the initial founding of the company. Links to the IPO documents of these companies are at left under the Important Links list. You can get the Enterprise Valuation Comparison spreadsheet format by clicking here. Link your spreadsheet to your blog so I can comment, then place a link back to your blog below.

Create a first year budget for your company idea. The budget should be for the first 12 months of your start up and include a sales projection based on your target market and all the other expense items from your previous slides. Try to keep to the template we discussed in class and remember, format is important since we're sharing information. Link this spreadsheet to your blog so I can comment, then place a link back to your blog below.

Apply "the Secret of Socrates" from HTWFAIP in an attempt to persuade at least one person to your way of thinking and write about this in your blog and link this back to this course blog. Continue to make friends with your journalist using HTWFAIP and Mark Twain's Advice. Write about your progress and link this back to this course blog. Apply all the principles of HTWFAIP in your social interactions. Pick the social interaction that had the best results, write about this in your blog then place a link back to your blog below.

Review the Angel Investing, Venture Capital Investing, and US Government Small Business assistance websites. These links are on the Important Links list at left. Be prepared to discuss both this in class.

There is no class on Monday, March 16th due to UMBC Sping Break. These assignments are due Monday, March 23rd at 12 Noon. Please link all assignments for Class #7 in the comments area below. If you have revised a previous assignment to improve a grade, please place all prior and current assignment links together in the comments area below. Please link to your specific assignment in each link, NOT to your entire blog.