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Assignment 1: Business Plan for Room for Dessert Restaurant Within the context of the “Room for Dessert” restaurant case study, take on the role of an investor. Determine if you would make an...

Assignment 1: Business Plan for Room for Dessert Restaurant

Within the context of the “Room for Dessert” restaurant case study, take on the role of an investor.

Determine if you would make an investment in “Room for Dessert”restaurant by analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of the proposed business plan.

Consider the Sahlman article “How to Write a Great Business Plan” as you complete the assignment.

The following are specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment:

• Evaluate the competitive landscape, sales, and distribution channels for new business ventures.

• Use technology and information resources to research issues in new business ventures and entrepreneurship.

• Write clearly and concisely about new business ventures and entrepreneurship using proper writing mechanics.

For this assignment, write a 5–7 page paper for each of the following questions in separate sections, Make sure you have Citations in each paragraph, DO NOT COPY must be Unique original work NO Plagiarism, Need to have :CONCLUSION, , and RECOMMENDATIONS SECTIONS SEPARATE , write the assignment in the

Assignment 2: Case Study – Ockham Technologies: Living on the Razor’s Edge

Referencing the Ockham Technologies: Living on the Razor’s Edge case study, write a 5–7 page paper in which you do the following:
Each question must be answered as separate section , and make sure no Plagiarism , citations must be used to enure no Plagiarism, should have separate Conclusion, Recommendation section, and reference must be mentioned in reference section .
Q1. Determine the best funding alternative for Ockham Technologies and how it will affect the formation of the Board of Directors (look at Resource Dependency Theory to understand how to select members for a Board of Directors/Advisors)
Q2. Discuss how you would handle the increasing tension between you and Mike Meisenheimer if you were Jim Triandiflou.
Q 3. Determine if Ockham should outsource its system-development efforts, and if so, to which company, and if not, how it should it complete development of the system for IBM.

Note:
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
• Write the assignment in the Professional Sample Paper format
• Typed, double-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12) with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow JWMI style guide and writing format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length. The following are specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment:
• Synthesize the basic components of a business plan.

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Running Head: OCKHAM TECHNOLOGIES LIVING ON THE RAZORS EDGE 1
Title of Paper  
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OCKHAM TECHNOLOGIES LIVING ON THE RAZORS EDGE 2 
Abstract 
Ockham Technologies requires venture funding to improve their capabilities and for meeting 
their growth requirement. Selecting the best venture capitalist among the available options is 
crucial as it will not alone meet the current requirement, but it will have a significant impact on 
the future. Conflict of opinion is commonly present in such organizations, but a well-defined 
organizational structure that defines the roles and responsibilities will eliminate various 
confusions and will result in forming the best strategy for the company. Ockham Technologies 
already faced more trouble due to outsourcing, therefore improving the internal capabilities will 
enable them to complete their IBM project successfully and improve their overall business in 
long-term.
OCKHAM TECHNOLOGIES LIVING ON THE RAZORS EDGE 3 
Introduction 
Ockham Technologies has got IBM as their client and had to develop the software as per 
their requirement, but they were working on short duration. There is a requirement for funding 
for Ockham Technologies (Wasserman, 2004). There are three options available for them, but 
these funding will have a direct impact on the board of directors of the company. It has created 
more conflict between both the co-founders of the company. It is essential for Ockham 
Technologies to select the best funding for the company and resolve the conflict between both 
the co-founders for successful completion of the IBM project. A detailed analysis of all these 
scenarios along with the dilemma as for whether to outsource or make use of in-house 
capabilities to deliver the IBM project is made in this paper.  
Best Funding Alternative 
There are three funding alternatives available for the Ockham Technologies. These 
funding strategies have a direct impact on the formation of the Board of Directors of the 
company. 
Crew Offer: 
Crew offer is the first funding alternative available for Ockham Technologies. Noro-
Moseley has undervalued the company when compared to other alternative options. They will 
keep the Ockham Technologies with them. The crew would pay about $10 million to the 
Ockham Technologies. Crew initial decided to pay $3 million immediately and the remaining $7 
million as per the requirement of the company (Wasserman, 2004, p. 10). The board will have 
three directors as the members, and it will consist of Crews, Triandiflou and Meisenheimer. The 
Crews will take 50% of the control from the day one they provide the fund. The company will 
lose their flexibility in the decision making and will have to face more challenges in the business 
OCKHAM TECHNOLOGIES LIVING ON THE RAZORS EDGE 4 
operations.  Crews are into the real estate business and making them key in the business might 
result in challenging the entire business operations.  
Noro-Moseley Deal: 
The next deal was Noro-Moseley deal. They agreed to pay $4 million to the company 
(Wasserman, 2004, p. 11). The board will have about five directors as the members, and it will 
consist of two inside members Triandiflou and Meisenheimer, one outsider and remaining two 
will be the venture capitalists. In this case, two venture capitalists directors will be from Noro-
Moseley. They will get more than 50% control over the business. It will result in the company 
losing more control over the business as Noro-Moseley will have more dominant power.  
Monarch Capital Partners:

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