What Is the Price of Taking Outside Money for Your

question 15

Multiple Choice

What is the price of taking outside money for your venture?

• A) 2X the value of your venture
• B) The possibility of being removed as founder by your board of directors
• C) Paying back investors at above market interest rates
• D) None of the above

Understand the distinction between total variable cost and total cost, including how to calculate each.

Analyze how production levels affect cost structures, specifically regarding economies and diseconomies of scale.

Interpret cost data to understand the behavior of cost curves, including Average Total Cost (ATC), and Marginal Cost (MC) curves.

Define and calculate average fixed costs for different levels of output.

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