Scenario C

Multiple Choice

Scenario C. Four entrepreneurs are discussing the potential for success or failure of their ventures. A few of them realize that they did not understand the risk involved in their undertaking. They describe their start-ups in the following manner:
1. Raymond: "I had very little money invested but I was the first on the market with my product."
2. Lotina: "My firm had a very substantial amount of money invested in my venture because I had a completely new and unique product that was expensive to create."
3. Sharida: "I had almost nothing invested in my business which produced a product with many similar competitors already on the market."
4. Kevin: "I have spent an incredible amount of money getting my business going in an industry with many well-established competitors."

-According to the Entrepreneurial Strategy Matrix,Lotina most likely runs

A) a business with high start-up costs.
B) a completely novel services business.
C) an intrapreneurial team for a product with high R&D costs.
D) a small shop manufacturing simple and unique handmade products.
E) a non-profit.