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an internet phenomenon, where strangers learn about a business online and then decide whether or not to make an investment.
Crowdfunding
the amount an insurance company makes a policyholder pay as part of any claim. Ex. If your auto insurance has $500 deductible and your car has damages of $2000. You will pay the first $500 and your insurance will pay the remaining$1500
Deductible
- Failure to repay a loan
Default
the commitment to get something done
Determination
distinguishing a product of service “different than anything else” attracting customers, generating sales and serving as the foundation for thriving business
. Differentiated Offering
money paid by a company to a person who owns stock in that company. Dividends are optional- many companies do not pay dividends. Dividends are typically paid every three months.
Dividend
A clear concise and compelling wat to descried a business or new business concept in 30 seconds; a differentiating vision to encourage potential investors or employees to learn more.
Elevator speech
- open ended questions that prompt more than a “yes” or “no” answer
Engaging Question
Funds contributed by investors to a business. Investors contribute capital to a business because they expect a significant return on their investment when the business succeeds.
Equity (or capital)
understanding how individuals and businesses earn money and what they spend money on.
Financial Literacy
- the 12 month period a company uses to report financial results.
Fiscal Year
cost that do to vary based on the units sold by the enterprise ex. A lease for a building- the cost of the lease does not change according to how many units of your product is sold.
Fixed Cost
- a computer portal offered by Louisiana secretary of state the enables entrepreneurs to go to a single source to learn which forms they need to file, the forms required by the secretary of state, and to determine which other government agencies they may need to interact with.
. Geaux BIZ PORTAL-
An individual’s self-commitment to overcome obstacles to achieve long-term goals. The ability to keep pursuing your dream despite challenges and defeats. Perseverance, resilience, and back bone
Grit-
- a credit- worthy individual or business with sufficient liquidity that promises to repay a loan in the event that the debt holder can’t make a required payment.
guarantor
a special account where individuals can deposit retirement funds that can grow tax-deferred unit they withdraw them after they retire.
Individual retirement account (IRL)
- there are no annual income tax on any dividends or profitable sales that an IRA makes. The money remains in the account and only gets taxed when the individuals retire. If an individual withdraws money from an IRA before he/she retires they are forced to pay the IRS significant penalties for early withdrawal.
Advantages
- debt owed to someone that is paid monthly.
. Installment payment
the amount an insurance policyholder receives from the insurance company to reimburse the policyholder for a covered loss
Insurance claim
the individual or business that purchases an insurance policy for various types of protection.
. Insurance policyholde
the amount a policyholder pays for an insurance policy.
. Insurance premium
non- physical assets created by individuals or companies that hold the exclusive legal right to commercialize
Intellectual property
give the author the sole right to benefit economically from what he/she wrote
copyright
gives the inventor the sole right to benefit commercially from his/her invention.
patent-
- gives the registering individual or company the sole right to benefit from a brand or image he/she created.
. trademark
) - the federal agency that collects federal taxes and perform audits.
Internal revenue service (IRS