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Imagine that you are Matt Chapman. Prepare a memo that recommends which strategy Workbrain should pursue and why.

Write a 5–7 page paper in which youdo the following

:

1. Discuss if the company even needs to raise money.

2. Discuss what other financing alternatives are available.

3. Discuss whether Workbrain should prepare for an IPO.

4. Determine if now is the right time for an IPO.

5. Determine which exchange would serve the company better (TSX or NASDAQ) and why.

6. Determine if the shareholders would be better off if the company pursued potential acquirers rather than an IPO.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements

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•Typed, double -spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12) with one - inch margins on all sides;

• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.

The following are specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment:

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Evaluate exit strategies for new business ventures

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•Use technology and information resources to research issues in new business

ventures and entrepreneurship

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•Write clearly and concisely about new business ventures and entrepreneurship

using proper writing mechanics.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic/organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following grading criteria:

1. Discuss if the company even needs to raise money.

a. Completely discussed if the company even need to raise money.

2. Discuss what other financing alternative

Completely discussed what other financing alternatives are available.

3. Discuss whether Workbrain should prepare for an IPO

a. Completely discussed whether Workbrain should prepare for an IPO.

4. Determine if now is the right time for an IPO.

a. Completely determined if now is the right timefor an IPO.

5. Determine which exchange would serve the company better (TSX or NASDAQ) and why

a. Completely determined which exchange would serve the company better (TSX or NASDAQ) and why

6. Determine if the shareholders would be better off if the company pursued potential acquirers rather than an IPO.

a. Completely determined if the shareholders would be better off if the company pursued potential acquirers rather than an IPO

.