Venture Vocabulary
Across
- 6. a detailed guide that includes marketing goals and the strategies to reach these goals—called the Marketing Mix. The Marketing Mix includes the five P’s: People, Product, Place, Price, and Promotion.
- 9. are anything that has value.
- 11. an organized way to gather and understand information needed to make informed business decisions based on the potential customers and competitors that exist in the market.
- 12. is a form of primary research, usually consisting of a small group of people gathered together to help discuss or answer a prepared set of questions.
- 14. is when a business’s expenses and sales equal zero because the business has sold exactly enough units to cover its fixed expenses.
- 15. an overview of your business goals and includes details on how you think you are going to achieve them.
- 17. the amount of money brought in by a business before any expenses. Equal to the total number of units sold multiplied by the selling price per unit for the period for which the statement is being prepared.
- 19. sell products in larger volumes (but less than the manufacturer) to the retailer, such as a global shoe company that gets its shoes made by the factory manufacturer and then sells them to local stores.
- 20. sell directly to the customer, for instance, a local shoe store that gets its shoes from the different shoe companies wholesalers to sell to customers that come into the store.
- 21. a quick description of your business that you use to explain it to customers and investors.
- 22. is an evaluation of a company’s internal Strengths, internal Weaknesses, external Opportunities in the market, and external Threats in the market.
Down
- 1. the operating expenses that a business must pay regardless of how many sales are made.
- 2. means to think or act like an entrepreneur.
- 3. is a specific group of customers in the broader target market who are most likely to buy a product or service.
- 4. create a product, such as a factory that creates shoes.
- 5. the amount of profit (or loss) the business earns after paying expenses and taxes.
- 7. is someone who starts and runs their own business.
- 8. is the process of starting a new business. Features are what a product does and how it appears to the senses (sight, sound, taste, smell, and touch).
- 10. are abilities that are acquired through training and practice.
- 13. offers services to customers, for example, a shoe repair shop.
- 16. the art of presenting a business in a way that communicates the value of the product or service.
- 18. a potential group of customers, people, or businesses that are able and willing to purchase a particular product or service.
- 20. is a chance of losing something.