Venture Capital Firms

London School of Commerce

MODULE TITLE: Entrepreneurship (ENT)

PROGRAM: BA

SEMESTER: Semester Five

ACADEMIC YEAR PERIOD: October 2013 – January 2014

LECTURER SETTING ASSESSMENT: Svetoslav Paunovic

DATE ASSESSMENT SET AND LOADED ON THE STUDENT PORTAL: October 2012

DATE ASSESSMENT TO BE COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED: December 2012

ASSESSMENT TYPE: Individual assignment

Student: Vladimir Plamenac (0013JDJD1011)

Table of content

1 .Introduction- Challenges Entrepreneurs Face............. 3

2. Types of Investors and their Characteristics…………….. 4

3. Venture capital Firms……………………………………………… 6

4. Conclusion and summary……………………………………….. 8

Introduction – Challenges Entrepreneurs Face

The entire theory about a business, how to start one, how to run one, how to exit one and enter another has drastically changed as a result of rapid changes the global market has faced over the years. These changes have made some obstacles managers had to face before minor compared to the new challenges they are faced with, and they impact every segment of a typical day spent in the business environment. The distinction between successful managers and those who fall behind lies in their ability to understand these drastic changes and keep up with them, not staying behind their competitors. Everyone who has decided to take a career in the business world need to understand the day to day changes, they need to find a way to embrace them and make the most out of them.

This is what entrepreneurs have to face and understand. There are numerous factors when it comes to starting a business of your own, and one of them is flawless understanding of the business environment they are about to enter, finding loop holes and using them as well as good timing. If they are capable of understanding this, they have practically ensured success in their startup. But this is only one of the factors that influence how successful your new...