Across
- 2. young company founded by one or more entrepreneurs to develop a unique product or service and bring it to market.
- 5. private investor who provides capital for a startup, usually in exchange for convertible debt or ownership equity, as in __ Investor**."
- 6. strategic process of creating a unique name, image, and identity for a product or company in the consumer's mind."
- 9. capacity of a business model to handle a large and growing amount of work or customers without major upheaval.
- 10. organization that helps new and startup companies to develop by providing services like management training or office space.
- 12. practice of raising small amounts of capital from a large number of people, usually through online platforms."
- 14. income generated from normal business operations, often calculated as the money received from sales of goods or services."
- 17. process of creating and implementing new ideas, products, services, or processes that add value and often disrupt existing markets."
- 18. act of providing funds for a business activity, typically to start or grow a venture."
- 25. early model or sample of a product built to test a concept or process.
- 26. rights granted for creations of the mind, such as inventions, literary and artistic works, and designs, as in __ Property."
- 27. type of organization that uses its surplus revenues to further achieve its purpose or mission, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends."
Down
- 1. process of determining the present worth of an asset or a business.
- 3. obligation of one party to another, often referring to debts or financial obligations owed by a business."
- 4. capital used to start a new business, typically obtained from the entrepreneur's personal savings, friends, or family."
- 7. methodology that focuses on efficiency and maximizing customer value while minimizing waste in all processes.
- 8. structured course correction designed to test a new fundamental hypothesis about the product, strategy, or engine of growth."
- 11. value of ownership interest in a company, representing the capital contributed by stockholders."
- 13. formal written document detailing the goals of a business and how it plans to achieve them, including financial forecasts."
- 14. activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers."
- 15. focused, targetable segment of a larger market, often with specialized needs or preferences that are currently underserved."
- 16. brief presentation, often created using PowerPoint or Keynote, used to provide a quick, compelling overview of the business plan to potential investors."
- 19. arrangement where workers of different companies share office space, typically offering shared equipment and amenities."
- 20. activity of meeting and interacting with other businesspeople to exchange information and develop contacts.
- 21. individual who starts a business venture with another person or group of people.
- 22. business model where an established company licenses its business operations, brand, and knowledge to a third party."
- 23. resource with economic value that an individual or corporation owns or controls with the expectation that it will provide a future benefit.
- 24. force or speed of movement; in business, often referring to the acceleration of sales or user growth."