3. which aspect discussed in the video do you think is most important for an entrepreneur in order to achieve venture capital? why?

Cash flows during the first year of operations for the harman-kardon consulting company were as follows: cash collected from customers, $385,000; cash paid for rent, $49,000; cash paid to employees for services rendered during the year, $129,000; cash paid for utilities, $59,000. in addition, you determine that customers owed the company $69,000 at the end of the year and no bad debts were anticipated. also, the company owed the gas and electric company $2,900 at year-end, and the rent payment was for a two-year period.

Rossdale co. stock currently sells for $68.91 per share and has a beta of 0.88. the market risk premium is 7.10 percent and the risk-free rate is 2.91 percent annually. the company just paid a dividend of $3.57 per share, which it has pledged to increase at an annual rate of 3.25 percent indefinitely. what is your best estimate of the company's cost of equity?

Winners of the georgia lotto drawing are given the choice of receiving the winning amount divided equally over 2121 years or as a lump-sum cash option amount. the cash option amount is determined by discounting the annual winning payment at 88% over 2121 years. this week the lottery is worth $1616 million to a single winner. what would the cash option payout be?