Subject category:
Entrepreneurship
Published by:
Harvard Business Publishing
Version: 14 October 2003
Length: 25 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics:
Capital-asset-pricing; Costs of bankruptcy; Zero sum negotiations; Decision making; Long term financing; Venture capital; Entrepreneurial finance and management; Teams; Board of directors; Cross functional management; Community development; Employee benefits; Advertising; Execution; Revenue growth
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Abstract
Circles, a corporate concierge company on the verge of profitability, must make a decision whether to take a D-round venture capital despite ever-changing and ever-worsening terms. A four-year-old company with several major clients, it has met its business plan projections and finds itself only a month or two away from profitability. Co-founder Janet Kraus works with her board and management team to consider alternatives to taking venture capital money. Together, they weigh the pros and cons of different types of funding and growth strategies and, ultimately, they must decide which path to pursue.
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Abstract
Circles, a corporate concierge company on the verge of profitability, must make a decision whether to take a D-round venture capital despite ever-changing and ever-worsening terms. A four-year-old company with several major clients, it has met its business plan projections and finds itself only a month or two away from profitability. Co-founder Janet Kraus works with her board and management team to consider alternatives to taking venture capital money. Together, they weigh the pros and cons of different types of funding and growth strategies and, ultimately, they must decide which path to pursue.