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Part 1- APA Format-250 Words

Objective: Compute the different methods of early-stage funding.

Prompt:  Visit the SBA Website . The Website has useful information on a number of startup issues. Discuss at least three important facts that you finds at the site. Take a look at the SBA loan programs.

What steps do you need to undertake to qualify for these programs?

Part 2- APA Format-700 Words

Course Objective:

Compute the different methods of early stage funding

Prompt:

Financing is a necessary, but not the only sufficient ingredient for the entrepreneurial endeavor.

Funding your venture goes hand in hand with the merit and validity of your opportunity as well as with your skills and knowledge to execute your idea.

Grassroots financing from the entrepreneurs themselves and other investor sources are a crucial ingredient for the start up enterprise. Close family members and friends and neighbors are by far the two biggest sources of informal capital for startups.

Many entrepreneurs look to family and friends for their initial seed capital to augment their own investments in their startups. Many entrepreneurs waste a lot of valuable time by prematurely seeking seed capital from business angels and even from formal venture capitalists—searches that come up empty-handed almost every time.

Entrepreneurs must also understand that they themselves will have to put up about two-thirds of the initial capital needed to launch their ventures.

Address the following questions:

1.    What can you learn about equity financing on the Web? Search for some investor/entrepreneur matching sites.

2.    Do you think these services are effective? Would they work for your business?

3.    What can you learn about venture capital on the Web?

4.    What regions and sectors are receiving the most money? Which venture capital funds are the most active? Are they investing in your sector?
 
Instructions:

•    Write an APA 6th formatted paper of 700words, typewritten in double-spaced format (Arial 12-point font or Times New Roman styles), page margins Top, Bottom, Left Side and Right Side = 1 inch, with reasonable accommodation being made for special situations and online submission variances. Use template provided per Week 1.

•    In your response, make certain that you include at least two credible outside references from search engines or scholarly sources from the APUS Online Library.

Part 3- APA Format-350 Words

Class, I appreciate your participation in this forum. For this forum, create an original post addressing the topic(s) below. Use examples from the readings, or from your own research to support your views as appropriate.

Discussion Points (Use your browser to conduct research on the following):

1) When looking at the chronology of the development of the Internet, which development do you believe to be the most important? Why?

2) In terms of online users, are the genders equally represented? How about for minorities? What types of resources are available online, specifically for men?

How valuable to you believe these resources are? What types of resources are available online, specifically for women? How valuable to you believe these resources are? Are there resources available to specific ethnicities?

3) If you know of any good web sites with resources for men, please share the URLs and tell us why you feel the site is of value to men. If you know of any good web sites with resources for women, please share the URLs and tell us why you feel the site is of value to women.

4) How beneficial are health and medical web sites? How reliable is the information?

5) The Internet has been championed as inherently democratic. Do you agree? Are there reasons why this theory is flawed? Why?

6) Provide the URL of at least two sites that discuss the impact of the Internet on any one of the concepts discussed this week and provide a brief review of the information contained there. Did you learn anything new? Were you surprised by any of the information presented on the site?

Part 4- Topic: Killing With Keyboards

Please look at the file, “Killing With Keyboards” from the class Course Materials/copied resources (file is 14840keyboard.pps) then answer the following questions:

1.    What is at risk here?

2.    Identify 5 possible threats, and 5 vulnerabilities in this scenario.

3.    Discuss measures that could be taken to reduce the risks.

APA Format- 250 Words

Attachment:- Key board.rar