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FIN3240 – Entrepreneurial Finance

FINAL CASE EXAM:                     Telephony Translations, Inc. (A)

REQUIRED: This final case exam is based on the case in Chapter 16 of the textbook. It requires each  student  to  submit  ONE  (double-spaced)  written  report.  The  file  should  be  submitted electronically on UM Learn. The deadline is 5pm Friday August 19, 2022. No late submission will be accepted.

FORMAT: There is no required format. Present your analysis in the format you think will best communicate them.

However, the written report should start with a two-page (double-spaced) executive summary in which summarizes your key answers to the questions below, as well as their justifications. In the rest of the written report, you should also have sections explaining the detailed answers to each question below.

1.   Evaluate Dave Santolli’s entrepreneurial thinking and leadership at Faxtech and at TTI (20%)

2.   What are the lessons and insights from the case? (20%)

3.   Evaluate the progress and situation facing TTI in 2006.  What should the company do? What should the investors/directors do? (20%)

4.   How  does  the  pursuit  of new  venture  opportunities  support  and  interfere  with  an entrepreneur's life? (10%)

5.   Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of an early and a late harvest of a business. Why does an emerging technology business complicate the process? (15%)

6.   Assess the intervention and turnaround by Bob Cooper of Signit Ventures that lead Dave from Faxtech  to  TTI.    How  important was  Steve  Oldham,  the  turnaround  specialist assisting with Faxtech in the process? (15%)