Week 8 discussions

Week 8

Discussion 1:

E-activity - Use the Internet or the Strayer Library to identify a business recently acquired or financed by a venture capitalist. Be prepared to discuss

•Based on your research conducted in the e-Activity, evaluate the business decision to use a venture capitalist to raise funds, indicating whether or not you believe the company will benefit from this decision in the long run. Provide support for your position.

•Assess the challenges for businesses using the resources of a venture capitalist, given that significant returns on the investment are likely to be impacted by the firm. Indicate how a business can manage these expectations. Provide support for your rationale.

Discussion 2:

•While US GAAP requires assets to be valued at the lower of cost or market, there is a belief that assets with value fluctuations should be valued at market and adjusted on a regular basis. Create an argument supporting the use of market value for investment valuation. Provide support for your argument.

•Assess the potential abuses of companies using a market value approach to investment valuation and how it may impact decisions made by the public relying on the information