ESB
Compensation
Business Roles
Business Life Cycle
Legal Structures
100

Setting up a business with the aim to make a profit

Entrepreneurship 

100

is compensation that is paying field laborers for the amount of fruit they pick

Piece Work
100

This person manages the technological requirements of a company and stays on trends.

CIO
100

Mike is the owner of a doggy daycare and grooming business. The business is economically healthy, and he is looking for ways to finance future growth. In which business life cycle stage is Mike?

Take-Off

100

This legal structure has no ownership and pays no US federal taxes (tax exempt).

Non-Profit

200

This business cycle stage has a reliable number of customers to stay open.

Survival 

200

employee receives set amount of pay each month without overtime compensation for extra hours worked.

Salary

200

This person oversees the day-to-day operations of administrative functions of a business, second in command.

COO

200

If we are turning a business over to a family member we are doing which of the following:

Exit 

200

This legal structure is shared financial backing.

Partnership

300

This business cycle stage is when a business owner generates a consistent income, and the business is economically healthy.

Success

300

Employees most affected by minimum wage laws are compensated by ______ pay.

Hourly

300

This person creates the budgets, analyzes financial data, and forecasts company profits.

CFO

300

Sharon owns a law firm. She has recently begun earning more money, and the firm’s finances are doing well. In which business life cycle stage is Sharon?

Success

300

This legal structure is easy to create but comes with unlimited liability.

Sole Proprietorship 

400

This business cycle stage is when the business owner needs to decide if they want their company to become a big business and if so, how they will create rapid growth and finance it.

Take-Off

400

An employee who is paid a percentage of sales is paid by _____

Commission

400

This person is the highest-ranking employee in the company; Reports to the board of directors.

CEO

400

A business owner creates a business and then gets it up and running. Which business cycle stage is this?

Existence

400

Profits are taxed when earned, and then the shareholder's dividends are taxed after they are distributed. This legal structure is best for international businesses.

C-Corp

500

A business where the owner licenses their operations, products, or services, branding, and knowledge for a royalty fee.

Franchise

500

Jeff works for Green Grass Mowing Company. He is paid a fixed amount for each lawn he completes during the day. In addition to mowing lawns, Green Grass Mowing Company offers its customers a fertilization treatment for an additional cost. For every fertilization treatment Jeff secures, he receives an additional $7 in pay. Which two forms of compensation does Jeff receive for his work?  SELECT 2 

Piece Work/Commission

500
  1. Jane is an investor in a full-detail carwash that opened several years ago. She has been very pleased with the company’s management after helping select a new CEO two months ago. Which best describes the role Jane plays in the full-detail carwash? 

Stockholder or Shareholder

500

Dylan owns a small grocery store. The store has not been receiving a lot of business during the last few months and has been making a low profit. Dylan has a meeting scheduled to discuss these issues with other employees of the grocery store. In which business life cycle stage is Dylan?

Pivot/Persist

500

avoids/prevents double taxation/strict qualifications

S-Corp

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