Ch 01 Key Terms Flashcards
Bridge financing
temporary financing needed to keep the venture afloat until the next offering
Business angels
wealthy individuals operating as informal or private investors who provide venture financing for small businesses
Commercial banks
financial intermediaries that take deposits and make business and personal loans
Development stage
period involving the progression from an idea to a promising business opportunity
Disruptive innovation
an innovation that creates a new market or network that disrupts and displaces an existing market or network
e-commerce
the use of electronic means to conduct business online
Early-maurity stage
period when the growth of revenue and cash flow continues but at a much slower rate than in the rapid-growth stage
Early-stage ventures
firms in their development stage, startup stage, survival stage, or just entering their rapid-growth stage
Entrepreneur
individual who thinks, reasons, and acts to convert ideas into commercial opportunities and to create value
Entrepreneurial finance
application and adaptation of financial tools and techniques to the planning, funding, operations, and valuation of an entrepreneurial venture
Entrepreneurial opportunities
ideas with potential to create value through different or new, repackaged, or repositioned products, markets, processes, or services
Entrepreneurial process
developing opportunities, gathering resources, and managing and building operations with the goal of creating value
Entrepreneurship
process of changing ideas into commercial opportunities and creating value
Financial distress
when cash flow is insufficient to meet current debt obligations
First-round financing
equity funds provided during the survival stage to cover the cash shortfall when expenses and investments exceed revenues
free cash
cash exceeding that which is needed to operate,
pay creditors, and invest in assets
Free cash flow
change in free cash over time
Gig economy
where individuals accept short-term job assignments or “gigs” instead of having fulltime employment