Friday, June 8, 2012

Sources of seed capital

The reason of venture capital funds  is given by the inadequate offer of capital made by financial institutions and the high demand for funds for new firms or those that present a high risk but they have a great potential of development.


Therefore, venture capital (venture capital), provide financing for the first stage of bussiness or financing for the expansion of these companies.Initially, the venture capital funds are seeking to meet the needs of young companies for seed capital and for start-up financing.


Seed capital is directed to research and developing activities, for new products and technologies, before starting commercial production. The amount of funds is limited, the investment has a large time horizon,the risk of bankruptcy is very high and further financing for production is very high.


Venture capital is classified according to the time of investment, so that seed type financing  occurs in the product research phase, before the product to be ready for market.


The source of venture capital,seed capital, are true business partners, that supports the risks of business  and offer their experience and advice. The source requires no warranties and it does not attract personal liability.

Thursday, June 7, 2012

I don't understand the following assignment. Please explain it in plain English.You are to “draft” a fictitious situation or scenario for your...

You are asked make up a fake celebrity that you will pretend is your client.  You need to make up a situation that your client is involved in, but make sure it is appropriate (nothing vulgar).  You need to write a summary paragraph(s) making sure to include the 5 W's of reporting (who, what, when, where, why). Include the information that you and your public relations team would use to troubleshoot this situation.  Make sure that you use a fake celebrity, so no real names.  For example, my client celebrity might be Jessie Powell who is a professional baseball player.  Obviously, I made him up.  He is accused of taking steriods(again, made up).  My job would be to troubleshoot as I would with a public relations team to tell what happened and make sure to tell who, what, when, where, and why.

What does the phrase: "There's nothing to fear, except fear itself" mean?How do you feel about the idea of fear? and how do think the phrase ...

Fear is a powerful emotion that can cause people to behave badly. Fear of the unknown caused the Puritans to believe in witchcraft and led to the destruction of many lives. This is an example of allowing fear to overtake your whole being, so that a person will do anything he/she has to in order to quit being afraid. On the other hand, I don't believe admitting that you're afraid is bad as long as you don't allow it to control you.


Fear can be a positive motivating factor as well. I have a senior student who had slacked off at the beginning of the semester. His grades fell greatly, and he was told he might not graduate. His fear of not graduating with his classmates and of disappointing his parents motivated him to do extra assignments, to come to school every day, and to get his homework in on time. 


I don't know if you've been reading or listening to the news about the fifteen-year-old girl from Ireland who committed suicide due to bullying, but I think this is a perfect example of how fear can have a positive and a negative effect. I believe people who bully others are cowards who are afraid of being picked on or embarrassed themselves. They allow their fears to cause negative results. Those who are being harassed are also afraid to have to deal with the bullying on a daily basis. Their fear, rightfully so, becomes the motivating factor in their lives. The young, Irish girl's fear of being further harassed resulted in her death. Hopefully, however, something positive will come from this situation. It has brought the situation of bullying in our schools to the forefront, and now something can be done to make schools, parents, and students more responsible.


FDR used this phrase to positively motivate American society to remain hopeful instead of giving up. If we become too afraid, we then allow others to control us, and we no longer have control of our own lives. FDR wanted to inspire Americans to respond to a bad situation by doing something positive and not allowing their fears to keep them from reacting at all.

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Who is the main character in My Side of the Mountain?

Sam Gribley is the main character.  Sam lives in the woods for an entire year, fending for himself.  Almost as much a "central" character as Sam are the wild animals with whom he interacts.  You can find out more about "My Side of the Mountain" by visiting the link below. 

Use the 'Large Hadron Collider (LHC)' as an example of a technological development and briefly state what the moral and ethical issues raised are?

The LHC is designed to accelerate atoms to hyperspeeds and collide them together, on the theory that this breaks them apart into subatomic particles.  It is hoped this will open the door to greater understanding of the nature of matter and the origins of the universe.


The problem is, just as with the atomic bomb, we aren't sure exactly what will happen.  That is, we are advancing technology we don't fully understand.  There have been some who say such a collider could open tiny black holes that swallow all the Earth, although true scientists don't believe this and it is more of a conspiracy theory.  The ethical issue is how aggressively we should pursue this new technology if there is actually any danger of results that are harmful to humans.  What if this technology, as with the atom bomb, can be used as or developed into a weapon?


This facililty also has a very large dollar cost attached to it, and one can argue that the potential scientific value of such research is not worth denying that kind of funding to other areas of human need, or other research that might be more valuable to advancing human interests.

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

How successful were diplomatic efforts in ending World War 2 and in establishing the terms of peace?If you can please explain and give details.

The USA engaged in much diplomacy to end World War II, but not with its opponents.  The only thing acceptable to USA from its opponents was total surrender without conditions.  This stance by USA probably had the effect of prolonging the war, since no one wants to surrender without retaining some rights.  So in this respect you could say that lack of diplomacy with enemies had an effect on the ending of WW II.  It may have postponed the ending.


With Britain, on the other hand, USA engaged in much ongoing diplomacy.  Much discussion and arguing and compromise as to how to pursue victory in Europe, took place between war-leaders of Britain and USA, and at Tehran, Russia.  This finally led to a blueprint for smashing Germany, in which each of the three played big parts in ending World War II and establishing the terms of peace.

Show how Tintern Abbey traces Wordsworth spiritual growth as a poet.

Woodsworth's "Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey," mimics and reflects his famous definition of poetry:  emotion recollected in tranquility.  He shows the process of writing poetry, at least his process. 


The poem is more about his memories of the area from when he visited five summers ago, than it is about the area in the present of the poem.  His recollections are what moves or enables him to achieve the sublime (lines 36-49). 


Notice "again I hear," "Once again," "I again repose," and "Once again," again.  Recollection.  Woodsworth is revealing how he writes.  He's giving the reader an example of how he creates.


One's reaction to nature may be more ecstatic when it's first seen, as this area was for Woodsworth when he was younger, he writes, but it is in recollection and contemplation that "We see into the life of things."  That's when Woodsworth wrote his poetry.

Discuss at least two characteristics of Romanticism in John Keat's poem "Ode toa Nightingale".

The poet in Ode To A Nightingale  is an escapist .He escapes through imagination .On his way the bower of the bliss wher the nightingale is ...