LLE has grown profitably while relying on project-generated cash, higher-margin services, nontraditional financing relationships, and strategic partnerships. After a $150,000 line of credit is denied, learners evaluate self-financing, a diversified nontraditional financing network, and strategic partner capital.
Players tasks
Have learners evaluate all three financing strategies, compare cost, cash flow, risk, ownership/control, growth speed, flexibility, and independence, make and defend a primary recommendation, and select one 90-day implementation action.
Learning objectives
Learners analyze financial bootstrapping, working-capital pressure, cost of capital, debt and control, resource dependence, financing diversification, and strategic partner capital.
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Case content and teaching direction are based on the supplied Breaking Barriers: The Capital Decision Part 3 materials and teaching notes. Additional LiveCase characters are fictional composites created for immersion and are not presented as research participants.
Who is this for?
Undergraduate and graduate entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial finance, small business management, strategic management, minority entrepreneurship, women in business, social entrepreneurship, and financial management.
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