Exam 12: Creating New Ventures

Social entrepreneurs are different from conventional commercial entrepreneurs in many respects.Which of the following is not a significant difference between the two types?

What is not a common characteristic of an entrepreneur?

Almost two-thirds of new ventures fail within the first two years.Which of the following is not a common reason for failure?

Which of the following stages of funding of a new venture attract the least investment and interest from venture capitalists?

Which of the following is not a common trigger for the creation of a new venture?

A typical psychological profile of an entrepreneur would not necessarily include:

Which of the following is not one of the three basic types of entrepreneur?

A business plan for a new venture has many components.Which of the following would you not expect to be a significant component in a business plan?

The technology clusters in Silicon Valley and Boston in the USA are attributable to a number of historical factors.Which of the follow is not a significant explanatory factor?

For an academic entrepreneur based in a university, licensing-out a technology to a commercial partner may be more appropriate than forming a spin-out venture because:

Technology entrepreneurs are different to conventional entrepreneurs in all but which of the following ways:

Listing on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in London is more attractive to many new ventures because of a number of factors.Which of the following is not a common benefit?

Which of the following is not a common source of initial funding for a new venture?

Which of the following is not typically associated with innovation by smaller firms:

Successful high-growth new ventures are associated with all but which of the following characteristics?