ECommerce & Entrepreneurship Final Project

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Across
  1. 2. A document describing a firm's potential customers and a comprehensive strategy to sell them goods and services.
  2. 4. The vast network of networks connecting millions of individual and networked computers worldwide.
  3. 6. Items of value that have no tangible physical properties, such as ideas.
  4. 9. Short-term source of borrowed capital for which the borrower does not pledge any assets as collateral.
  5. 10. A business form that is an entity legally separate from its owners. Its important features include limited liability, easy transfer of ownership, and unlimited life.
  6. 12. A legal entitycreated by two or more businesses joining together to conduct a specific business enterprise with both parties sharing profits and losses.
  7. 14. A summary of a company's cash flow over a period of time.
  8. 16. A form of legal protection for published and unpublished literary, scientific, and artistic works that have been fixed in a tangible or material form. It grants exclusive rights to the work's creator for a specified period of time.
  9. 17. A non-profit organization dedicated to entrepreneurs' education and the success of small business. It is sponsored by the SBA to provide consulting to small businesses.
  10. 18. Summary statement of a company's financial position at a given point in time, listing assets as well as liabilities.
  11. 19. A written document detailing a proposed venture, covering current status, expected needs, and projected results for the enterprise. It contains a thorough analysis of the product or service being offered, the market and competition, the marketing strategy, the operating plan, and the management as well as profit, balance sheet, and cash flow projections.
  12. 20. An institution specializing in the provision of large amounts of long-term capital to enterprises with a limited track record but with the expectation of substantial growth. They may also provide varying degrees of managerial and technical expertise.
  13. 24. An arrangement between a bank and a customer specifying the maximum amount of unsecured debt the customer can owe that bank at a given point in time. Also refers to a limit set by a seller on the amount that a purchaser can buy on credit.
  14. 27. The decrease in the value of assets over their expected life by an accepted accounting method, such as allocating the cost of an asset over the years in which it is used.
  15. 28. This is a form of mentoring in which workspace, coaching, and support services are provided to entrepreneurs and early-stage businesses at a free or reduced cost.
  16. 30. Created in 1953, it is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government that aids, counsels, assists, and protects the interests of small business.
  17. 37. A computer program that facilitates the location and the retrieval of information over the internet.
  18. 38. An asset pledged as security for a loan.
  19. 39. Dollar value of sales that will cover, but not exceed, all of the company's costs, both fixed and variable.
  20. 41. The process of researching, promoting, selling, and distributing a product or service. It covers a broad range of practices, including advertising, publicity, promotion, pricing, and packaging.
  21. 42. Debts a business owes, including accounts payable, taxes, bank loans, and other obligations. Short-term liabilities are due within a year, while long-term liabilities are due in a period of time greater than a year.
  22. 44. An ownership interest in a business.
  23. 45. The practice of using subcontractors or other businesses, rather than paid employees, for standard services such as accounting, payroll, information technology, advertising, etc.
  24. 46. Cash or goods used to generate income. For entrepreneurs, it often refers to the funds and other assets invested in the business venture.
Down
  1. 1. A business, of any size or type, whose primary office is in the owner's home.
  2. 3. A property right granted to an inventor to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling an invention for a limited time in exchange for a public disclosure of the invention when the patent is granted.
  3. 5. A computer system to provide access to information or Web sites.
  4. 7. The ability of an asset to be converted to cash as quickly as possible and without any price discount.
  5. 8. A person who organized, operates, and assumes the risk for a business venture.
  6. 11. A business form with one owner who is responsible for all of the firm's liabilities.
  7. 13. Someone who recognizes a social problem and uses entrepreneurial principles to organize, create, and manage a venture to make social change. They often work through non-profit organizations and citizens groups, but they may also work in the private or governmental sector.
  8. 15. Items of value owned by a company and shown on the balance sheet, including cash, equipment, inventory, etc.
  9. 21. Costs that vary as the amount produced or sold varies.
  10. 22. The sale of products and services over the Internet.
  11. 23. A relatively small amount of money provided to prove a concept; it may involve product development and market research.
  12. 25. A business arrangement in which the day-to-day operations are controlled by one or more general partners and funded by limited or silent partners who are legally responsible for losses based on the amount of their investment.
  13. 26. A computer program that enables users to access and navigate the World Wide Web.
  14. 29. Legal form of business in which two or more persons are co-owners, sharing profits and losses.
  15. 31. Individuals who have capital that they are willing to risk. They are often successful entrepreneurs who invest in emerging entrepreneurial ventures, often as a bridge from the self-funded stage to the point in which a business can attract venture capital.
  16. 32. Funding provided to companies for use in product development and initial marketing. It is usually funding for firms that have not yet sold their product commercially.
  17. 33. Identifying and targeting markets not adequately served by competitors.
  18. 34. Also known as a "profit and loss statement," it shows a firm's income and expenses, and the resulting profit or loss over a specified period of time.
  19. 35. Finished goods, work in process of manufacture, and raw materials owned by a company.
  20. 36. Developing business contacts to form business relationships, increase knowledge, expand a business, or serve the community. Also a term to describe linking computers together.
  21. 40. The difference between the company's cash receipts and its cash payments in a given period. It refers to the amount of money actually available to make purchases and pay current bills and obligations.
  22. 43. A form of legal protection given to a business or individual for words, names, symbols, sounds, or colors that distinguish goods and services. Unlike patents, they can be renewed forever as long as they are being used in business.