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Ashford 5: - Week 4 - Discussion 1

Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses.

Why is financial analysis often the entrepreneur’s Achilles’ heel?  What criteria would you would use to assess a new venture’s financial strength and viability?  Why?  What recommendation would you give an entrepreneur to add to the venture’s financial strength?  Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

Ashford 5: - Week 4 - Discussion 2

Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses.

Explore the website of Business Partners.  Some entrepreneurs say you shouldn’t raise venture capital unless you have no other alternative.  Do you agree or disagree?  Why?  Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

Ashford 5: - Week 4 - Assignment

Management Team

As the founder of a new venture, examine your team-building skills to lead a new venture team. In a three- to four-page paper, not including the title and reference pages, identify key characteristics of individuals you would select to be members of your new venture management team and explain how the strengths of the team members would support you in your new venture. Identify the specific factors that are critical to a new venture team as compared to other kinds of teams with other focuses. Describe the advantages of starting a business as a team and define drawbacks. Describe how you would reward these team members. Determine how you would, in the role of team leader, add value to the team.

Your paper must include a cover page that includes the following:

• Student’s name
• Course name and number
• Title of paper
• Instructor’s name
• Date submitted 

Your paper should be formatted in APA style as outline in the Ashford Writing Center. Use at least two ProQuest Entrepreneurship sources to support your key points.