This document contains homework assignments and discussion questions for an entrepreneurship course (ENTR 530). It includes assignments on venture capital, private equity chapters and questions, and a final course project. Students are asked to complete multi-part questions from the chapters in short papers. Examples of questions include explaining how private equity firm performance and fundraising correlate with public markets, and ways public capital can address gaps in venture funding. The document provides resources and instructions for the private equity coursework over several weeks.

1. ENTR 530 Week 1 Homework Assignment
Venture Capital
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ENTR 530 Week 2 Homework Chapter 2
Questions
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Chapter 2 Questions

2. 1. What are the major subcategories of private equity, and how do their
investment approaches differ?
5. Why would a corporation, like Intel, want to invest in private equity?
6. Which type of LP might be inclined to increase its private equity
investment allocation going forward? Why?
7. What is the primary role of a fund-of-funds, and what type of investor
is likely to invest in one?
9. In the LPA, how are the interests of the LP and GP aligned?
10. What is the purpose of a “concentration limit”?
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ENTR 530 Week 3 Homework Assignment
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3. ENTR 530 Week 3 Homework Chapter 3
Questions
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Chapter 3 Questions
1. Why do investors prefer proprietary deals? Why would an
entrepreneur or a seller prefer these deals?
3. What are the key points to include in a pitch to a potential investor?
5. What are the channels for an investor to seek out an investment
opportunity?
6. How does an entrepreneur find an investor?
8. Why might an investor prefer a CEO who had failed in the past?
9. Why would a general partner want to do most of the reference checks
himself?
12. Why would an entrepreneur backed by a top-tier firm be more likely
to start another venture?
13. Give three reasons why a private equity firm would syndicate a deal.
How do the reasons differ for VC and buyout firms?
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4. ENTR 530 Week 3 You Decide
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ENTR 530 Week 4 Homework Assignment
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1. In a two-page paper, please complete the following questions from
the end of Chapter 6 on page 196.
o Questions 1, 3, 5, 12, 14

5. 1. In a two-page paper, please complete the following questions from
the end of Chapter 7 on page 235.
o Questions 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 12, 16
 Note: The number of questions in #2 above are short
answer, so in terms of the amount of work, it is not
significantly greater than other exercises
Chapter 6 pg. 196 (Answer questions 1, 3, 5, 12, 14 in a (2) page paper)
1. How do venture capital boards differ in composition from the
boards of companies that have been bought out?
Chapter 7 pg. 235 (Answer questions 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 12, 16 in a (2) page
paper)
Exits are ultimately how private equity firms realize returns on their
investments. Describe the various ways as it relays for a private equity
firm to exit an investment.
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ENTR 530 Week 5 You Decide
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6. ENTR 530 Week 6 Homework Assignment
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I: Chapter 12 page 371
Question 1: Why are there extreme disparities in performance among
private equity funds relative to disparities in performance among other
asset classes?
Question 2: The evidence indicates that first-time funds tend to be the
weakest performers; why would someone want to invest in one?
Question 3: Why do subsequent funds tend to outperform their
predecessors? Is there a correlation between performance and
maturity?
Question 4: If performance persists, why would anyone ever invest in a
mid- or bottom-tier fund?
Question 6: As a lower-tier fund, how would you go about improving
your performance?
Question 10: From an LP’s perspective, when does it make sense for a
private equity firm to grow?
Question 13: Over time, why do VC groups tend to become less
specialized? Is this more common for funds focused on certain sectors
than others?

7. II: chapter 13 - page 395.
Question 2: (VC) How is the level of private equity fund-raising
correlated with the public markets? Why is this the case?
Question 4: (VC) Why are experienced VC and buyout firms more active
than their less seasoned peers during periods of public market
attractiveness?
Question 6: Why would private equity firms be willing to pay higher
prices for enterprises during boom periods when they are no more likely
to go public or be sold for higher valuations than enterprises purchased
in other periods? Why not sit on the sidelines until valuation
expectations come down?
Question 7: Draw the shift in supply and demand for private equity
capital from the peak of the boom in 2007 to the immediate recession
that followed in 2008 to the period of recovery in 2009
Question 11: What are some of the ways that public capital can better
address the gaps in venture funding? What are some examples?
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ENTR 530 Week 7 Final Course Project
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