Advanced Deck 2
Total: 20 cards
scalable
adjective
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capable of being scaled; capable of being easily expanded or upgraded on demand
arbitrator
noun
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a person chosen to decide a dispute or settle differences, especially one formally empowered to examine the facts and decide the issue
competitive advantage
noun
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what makes an entity's products or services more desirable to customers than that of any other rival
brick-and-mortar
adjective
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located or serving consumers in a physical facility as distinct from providing remote, especially online, services
ROI (Return on Investment)
noun
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performance measure used to evaluate the efficiency of an investment or compare the efficiency of a number of different investments
oust
verb
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to force someone out of a position, job, or place
VC (Venture Capital, Venture Capitalist)
noun
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an investor who provides capital to firms that exhibit high growth potential in exchange for an equity stake
memorandum of understanding (MOU)
noun
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a legal document that describes the general principles of an agreement between parties, but does not amount to a substantive contract
volatility
noun
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a statistical measure of the dispersion of returns for a given security or market index
buyout
noun
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an act or instance of buying out a company or its employees
mission statement
noun
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something that states the purpose or goal of a business or organization
opportunity cost
noun
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the opportunities foregone in undertaking one activity measured in terms of the other possibilities that might have been pursued using the same expenditure of resources
consensus
noun
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majority of opinion; agreement
bottom line
noun
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the line at the bottom of a financial report that shows the net profit or loss
line of credit
noun
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(also 'credit line') an amount of money a person or company is allowed to borrow during a particular period of time from one or more financial organizations
groupthink
noun
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a phenomenon that occurs when a group of individuals reaches a consensus without critical reasoning or evaluation of the consequences or alternatives
blue chip
noun
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a stock that sells at a high price because of public confidence in its long record of steady earnings.
remuneration
noun
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payment or compensation received for services or employment
diversification
noun
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the act or practice of spreading investments among a variety of securities or classes of securities; the act or policy of increasing the variety of a company's products
speculate
verb
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to buy goods, property, shares in a company, etc., hoping that you will make a large profit when you sell them
