Workshop A: October 1, 2008
Location: Thornton 102
7:00 - 8:30 PM
Accounting for Entrepreneurs
Summary
This session is meant to give you a
basic overview of accounting principles that will be helpful in case analyses
to understand:
- how to read the
financial statements of a company (balance sheet, income statement, and
the statement of cash flows)
- how to determine the
health of a company from financial statements
- how well a company is
performing
- how accounting
definitions of "value" differ from those of a financial or
market determination of "value"
After this session, you will be
expected to "run the numbers" when evaluating a case. We will also
discuss the case method of instruction.
Required Readings (Policy on
Required Readings)
- Readings from the
Textbooks:
- Technology Ventures (Dorf and Byer): Ch 17 The Financial Plan (Highlights: 17.1, 17.9)
- Additional articles to read:
Study Questions (Policy on
Study Questions)
