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1
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The exercise of prudence, such as would be expected of a reasonable person, in the careful evaluation of a business opportunity.

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Due Diligence

2
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Specialized brokers that bring together buyers and sellers.

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Matchmakers (Business Brokers)

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A group of people bound by a shared history and commitment to share a future together, while supporting the development and well-being of individual members.

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Family

4
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An organization in which either the individuals who established or acquired the firm or their descendants significantly influence the strategic decisions and life course of the firm.

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Family Business

5
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Couples teams who own and manage businesses.

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Co-preneurs

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Commitment based on being something that the family member “ought to” do.

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Obligation-Based Commitment

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Commitment based on being something that the family member “wants to” do.

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Emotional Attachment (Desire-Based Commitment)

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Commitment based on being something that the family member “has to” do.

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Cost-Based Commitment

9
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Commitment based on being something that the family member “needs to” do.

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Need-Based Commitment

10
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A document that outlines the basic concept underlying a business and describes how that concept will be realized.

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Business Plan

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An abbreviated business plan that presents only the most important issues and projections for the business.

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Mini-Plan (Short Plan, Abbreviated Plan)

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A complete business plan that provides an in-depth analysis of the critical factors that will determine a firm;s success of failure, along with all the underlying assumptions.

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Comprehensive Plan

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A section of the business plan that conveys a clear and concise overall picture of the proposed venture and creates interest in the venture.

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Executive Summary (Overview)

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A section of the business plan that describes the product and/or service to be provided and explains its merits.

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Product/Service Plan

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A section of the business plan that describes how the firm will reach and service customers within a given market.

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Marketing Plan

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A section of the business plan that offers information on how a product will be produced or a service provided, including descriptions of the firm’s facilities, labor, raw materials, and processing requirements.

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Operations and Development Plan

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A section of the business plan that describes a new firm’s organizational structure and the backgrounds of its key employees.

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Management Team Section

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A section of the business plan that identifies the potential risks that may be encountered by an investor.

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Critical Risks Section

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A section of the business plan that indicates to an investor how much money is needed, and when and how the money will be used.

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Offering

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A section of the business plan that projects the company’s financial position based on well-substantiated assumptions and explains how the figures have been determined.

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Financial Plan

21
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Projections of a company’s financial statements for up to five years, including balance sheets, income statements, and statements of cash flows, as well as cash budgets.

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Pro Forma Statements

22
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A disclosure document that describes a financial security for potential buyers (investors).

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Prospectus (Offering Memorandum)

23
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Business activities that direct the creation, development, and delivery of a bundle of satisfaction from the creator to the targeted user.

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Small Business Marketing

24
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The fundamental benefit or solution sought by customers.

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Core Product/Service

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The basic physical product and/or service that delivers those benefits.

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Actual Product/Service

26
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The basic product and/or service plus any extra or unsolicited benefits to the customer that may prompt a purchase.

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Augmented Product/Service

27
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The process of locating and describing potential customers.

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Market Analysis

28
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The combination of product/service, pricing, promotion, and distribution activities.

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Marketing Mix

29
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A description of potential customers in a target market.

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Customer Profile

30
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Patents, trademarks, and copyrights, which are used to differentiate products and images from those of competitors and prevent rivals from stealing competitive advantage. Also includes trade secrets. Intangible assets of the company.

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Intellectual Property

31
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The gathering, processing, interpreting, and reporting of market information.

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Marketing Research

32
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Market information that has been previously complied.

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Secondary Data

33
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New market information that is gathered by the firm conducting the research.

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Primary Data

34
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A group of customers or potential customers who have purchasing power and unsatisfied needs.

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Market

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The division of a market into several smaller groups, each with similar needs.

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Market Segmentation

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Specific characteristics that distinguish market segments according to the benefits sought by customers.

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Benefit Variables

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Specific characteristics that describe customers, their purchasing power, their consumption patterns, and other factors.

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Demographic Variables

38
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A strategy that defines the total market as the target market.

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Unsegmented Strategy (Mass Marketing)

39
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A strategy that recognizes different preferences of individual market segments and develops a unique marketing mix for each.

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Multisegment Strategy

40
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A strategy that recognizes the existence of several distinct market segments but focuses on only the most profitable segment.

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Single-Segment Strategy

41
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A prediction of how much a product or service can be sold within a given market during a specified time period.

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Sales Forecast

42
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A forecasting method that begins with a variable that has a very large scope and systematically works down the sales forecast.

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Breakdown Process (Chain-Ratio Method)

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A forecasting method in which all potential buyers in a target market’s submarkets are identified and the estimated demand is added up.

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Buildup Process

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A forecasting method in which sales is the estimated variable.

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Direct Forecasting

45
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A forecasting method in which variables related to sales are used to project future sales.

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Indirect Forecastingq

46
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Managers and other key persons who give a company its general direction.

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Management Team

47
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An interconnected system of relationships with other people.

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Social Network

48
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The advantage created by an individual’s connections in a social network.

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Social Capital

49
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A powerful sense of obligation to repay in kind what another has done for or provided for us.

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Reciprocation

50
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A business owned by one person, who bears unlimited liability for the enterprise.

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Sole Proprietorship

51
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Liability on the part of an owner that extends beyond the owner’s investment in the business.

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Unlimited Liability

52
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A legal entity formed by two or more co-owners to operate a business for profit.

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Partnership

53
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A document that states explicitly the rights and duties of partners.

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Partnership Agreement

54
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The liability of each partner resulting from any one partner’s ability to legally bind the other partners.

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Joint and Several Liability

55
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`A document or clause conferring the authority to act as an agent on another’s behalf in a particular context.

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Agency Power

56
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A business organization that exists as a legal entity and provides limited liability to its owners.

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Corporation

57
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A business organization that is recognized by the law as having a separate legal existence.

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Legal Entity

58
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An ordinary corporation, taxed by the federal government as a separate legal existence.

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C-Corporation

59
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A document that establishes a corporation’s existence.

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Corporate Charter

60
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A document specifying the number of shares owned by a stockholder.

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Stock Certificates

61
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The right of stockholders to buy new shares of stock before they are offered to the public.

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Preemptive Right

62
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A situation in which the courts conclude that incorporation has been used to perpetuate a fraud, skirt a law, or commit some wrongful act and remove liability protection from the corporate entity.

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Piercing the Corporate Veil

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A partnership with at least one general partner and one or more limited partners.

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Limited Partnership

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A partner in a limited partnership who has unlimited personal liability.

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General Partner

65
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A partner in a limited partnership who is not active in its management and has limited personal liability.

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Limited Partners

66
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A type of corporation that offers limited liability to its owners and passes taxable income or losses on to stockholders.

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S Corporation (Subcharter S Corporation)

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A form of organization in which owners have limited liability but pay personal income taxes on business profits.

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Limited Liability Company

68
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A form of corporation that shields owners from liability and is set up for individuals in certain professional practices.

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Professional Corporation

69
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A form of corporation for enterprises established to serve civic, educational, charitable, or religious purposes; not for generation of profits.

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Nonprofit Organization

70
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Verification of whether a nonprofit organization is staying true to its stated purpose.

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Organizational Test

71
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An organizational relationship that links two or more independent business entities in a common endeavor.

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Strategic Alliance

72
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The governing body of a corporation, elected by the stockholders.

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Board of Directors

73
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A group that serves as an alternative to a board of directors, acting only in an advisory capacity.

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Advisory Board

74
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A facility that provides shared space, services, and management assistance to new businesses.

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Business Incubator

75
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An analysis of how a firm plans to create profits and cash flows given its revenue sources, its cost structures, the required size of investment, and sources at risk.

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Business Model

76
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A business model based on selling to business customers electronically.

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Business-to-Business (B2B) Model

77
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A business model based on selling to final consumers electronically.

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Business-to-Consumer (B2C) Model

78
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Web-based business offering participants the ability to list products for consumer bidding.

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Auction Sites

79
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A business model in which a website simply provides information about a business, its products, and other related matters.

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Information-Based Model

80
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A business model in which a website provides information (content) that attracts visitors, usually with the hope of generating revenue through advertising or by directing those visitors to other websites.

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Content-Based Model

81
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A business model in which a website provides a mechanism for buying or selling products or services.

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Transaction-Based Model