Who are venture capitalists? How do they get their returns?

What will be an ideal response?


Venture capitalists are investors or investment companies whose specialty is financing new, high-potential entrepreneurial companies and second-stage companies. They get their returns either by selling their percentage share of the business to another investor through a private transaction or by waiting until the company goes public.

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The amount written on the bond certificate is known as its ____________________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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The most important metric in the airline industry is _____, which is how much it costs to fly a passenger one mile of the journey.

A. cost per available seat-mile (CASM) B. cost per available seat (CAS) C. cost per mile (CM) D. cost per hour (CH)

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Copied below is a portion of the answer report that shows the constraints related to the faculty assignment. Which of these statements is best according to the answer report?

Cell Name Cell Value Formula Status Slack $S$15 Saba_assigned 3 $S$15<=$Q$15 Binding 0 $S$15 Saba_assigned 3 $S$15>=$T$15 Not Binding 1 $S$16 Geoff_assigned 3 $S$16<=$Q$16 Binding 0 $S$16 Geoff_assigned 3 $S$16>=$T$16 Not Binding 1 $S$17 Tim_assigned 2 $S$17<=$Q$17 Not Binding 1 $S$17 Tim_assigned 2 $S$17>=$T$17 Binding 0 $S$18 David_assigned 3 $S$18<=$Q$18 Binding 0 A) Geoff is assigned to teach Introduction to Operations. B) Tim is assigned to teach two courses. C) David is assigned to teach Management Science. D) Saba is assigned to teach two courses.

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Two teenagers held up a gas station at gunpoint and ran off with a bag of money. The police saw them run into Jill's apartment building where there are only four apartments off a common hall and no apparent way out of the building but the front door. The police knock on Jill's door. She says she's the only one there. The police can:

A) search the apartment without a warrant because Jill voluntarily answered the door. B) search the apartment without a warrant because they are in hot pursuit of the fugitives. C) not search the apartment, because they have no reason to believe that the teenagers are in Jill's apartment rather than in the others. D) not search the apartment, because voluntary consent to enter is necessary.

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