A Venture Is Expected to Have an Exit Value of $10,000,000

question 10

Multiple Choice

A venture is expected to have an exit value of $10,000,000 five years from now. If venture investors invest $1,000,000 now, and expect a 20% compounded rate of return on their investment, what portion of the exit value would they need?

• A) 10.5%
• B) 20.1%
• C) 24.9%
• D) 28.8%
• E) 32.5%

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Definitions:

Social Loafing

The situation where persons demonstrate lower effort levels in pursuit of a goal as part of a group than they do when working individually.

Risky-Shift Effect

A phenomenon where a group collectively decides on a course of action that is riskier than the decisions that individual group members would make on their own.

Informational Influence

Informational Influence occurs when individuals conform to the behaviors or attitudes of a group to obtain and accept accurate information or because they believe the group is competent.

Groupthink

A phenomenon that occurs within a group of people, where the desire for harmony or conformity results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome.