- Subject: Entrepreneurship. - Mandatory book for this week's assignment (file attached - please include in citations): Hisrich, Robert D., Peters, Michael P., Shepherd, Dean A.. (2020). Entrepreneur

1. C hoose a ty p e o f b usin ess y o u w ould lik e to r u n. T hen s e a rc h th e In te rn et fo r

gove rn m ent g ra nts th at m ig ht b e a pplic a b le fo r y o u a nd y o u r b usin ess.

2. S hould th e g ove rn m ent p ro vid e g ra nts fo r e ntr e pre neurs s ta rtin g n ew b usin esse s?

S hould th e g ove rn m ent g uara nte e lo ans fo r s m all b usin esse s th at a re m is sin g th e

nece ssa ry tr a ck r e co rd , a sse ts , o r o th er in gre die nts to o bta in a c o m merc ia l b ank

lo an? Wh at b enefit s d o w e, a s a n atio n o f ta xp a ye rs , r e ce iv e fr o m s u ch g ra nts a nd

lo an g uara nte es?

3. S earc h th e In te rn et fo r s e rv ic e s th at p ro vid e a cce ss to b usin ess a ngels o r in fo rm al

in ve sto rs . H ow d o th ese s it e s w ork ? If y o u w ere a n e ntr e pre neur lo okin g fo r

fu ndin g, h ow m uch w ould it c o st to u se th is s e rv ic e ? H ow m an y b usin ess a ngels

a re r e gis te re d o n th e ty p ic a l d a ta base ? H ow m an y e ntr e pre neurs a re r e gis te re d o n

th e ty p ic a l d ata base ? H ow e ff e ctiv e d o y o u b elie ve th ese s e rv ic e s a re ? ( U se d ata

w here p ossib le to b ack u p y o ur a nsw er.)

4. A naly ze th e p ro sp ectu se s o f fiv e c o m pa nie s g oin g p ublic . W hat a re th e r e aso ns

th ey s ta te fo r g oin g p ublic ? H ow a re th ey g oin g to u se th e p ro ce eds? W hat a re th e

m ajo r r is k fa cto rs p re se nte d?