Burnrateisthespeedatwhichastartupbusinessconsumesmoney....
問題詳情:
Burn rate is the speed at which a startup business consumes money. My rate was $75,000 a month. Four months after my company was set up, I had only a quarter of the starting capital left in the bank.
Looking for guidance, I went to talk to my friend, Arthur Walworth about my new venture.
“Times of great change always bring out the risk-takers,” he said. “And they leave winners and losers. My grandfather invested a lot of money in a project of Thomas Edison’s that ended up in failure.”
I was lost in thought at the notion of a Thomas Edison’s project ending in failure. Damn. It could happen to anybody! I must continue.
At that time CD-ROM sales had bombed, so investors were fleeing from the field. I didn’t turn away from mine entirely, but instead linked it to the Internet.
My plan was to offer consumers descriptions of home-design products by using a special software and let them modify the designs. Then we can enable them to get online professional and constructional help to have their houses built, decorated and furnished according to their own choice.
To realize my plan I needed investors, so I continued to meet regularly with venture capitalists. One said I had a great idea. But I needed to test it. Get the money somewhere. To get this money from a VC is going to cost my wife and my children! He turned down my request.
Wife? Children? I barely remembered them.
I was working nonstop―struggling to turn the key in the lock, to find the right way ahead.
The pressure was terrible. It was just at this time that my parents and sisters stepped up. Two hundred thousand dollars. A lot of money to them, invested in this crazy son and brother without a moment’s hesitation. Dad and Mom had driven out from <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />
With their help my company survived and has been prospering ever since.
51. When the author’s company started operation, he had _______.
A. $450,000 B. $400,000 $350,000 $300,000
52. Arthur implies that to start a business in times of change, people have to _______.
A. rely on famous people all the time B. invest as much money as possible
C. face the risks of possible failure D. think about nothing but success
53. The author’s company was engaged in ______.
A. furniture design and production B. online home-design service
C. traditional home designing D. home decoration business
54. Faced with a very unfavorable market situation, the author decided ______.
A. to improve his service B. to start a new business
C. to withdraw his money D. to reduce his investment
55. It is implied that venture capital is often ______.
A. risky B. timely C. secure D. abundant
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51-55 BCBAA知識點:閲讀理解
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