Billion-Dollar Brands
The iconic "Swoosh" logo of this athletic brand was originally designed by a university student for just $35 in 1971.
What is Nike?
Revenue minus expenses equals this.
This term refers to a company's symbol, design, or mark that helps customers instantly recognize it.
What is a Logo?
A presentation given to potential investors is called a ______.
What is a Pitch?
This is a person who buys goods or services.
What is a Consumer? (Customer works)
I started in a garage, was once called BackRub, and my name comes from a mathematical term meaning 1 followed by 100 zeros.
What is Google?
This occurs when the value of money decreases because prices rise over time.
What is Inflation?
Businesses use this online network to engage customers, build brand awareness, and promote products through platforms like TikTok and Instagram.
What is Social Media?
The estimated worth of a company is called its ______.
What is Valuation?
This is money that is borrowed and must be paid back, often with extra money called interest.
What is Debt? (Loan works)
This company owns brands including Oreo, Ritz, Cadbury, and Sour Patch Kids.
What is Mondelez International?
A startup receives $500,000 from investors in exchange for 25% ownership. This means the company is valued at this amount.
What is $2,000,000
A company may lower prices for a short time to attract customers during a ______.
What is a Sale?
I'm a smiling sponge that became one of Shark Tank's biggest successes.
What is Scrub Daddy?
This is the idea that people compete by offering better prices or quality.
What is Competition?
Headquartered in Beijing, this private multi-billion dollar tech company is the parent organization behind the global sensation TikTok.
What is ByteDance?
Investors who provide money to very young startups are often called these.
What are Angel Investors?
This psychological marketing principle makes products seem more desirable when they are limited in quantity or availability.
What is Scarcity?
This video doorbell company was rejected on Shark Tank before later being acquired by Amazon.
What is Ring?
This is the act of using money to buy something with the hope that it will grow in value or earn more money in the future.
What is Investing?
Concerned about the increasingly commercial direction of their former employer, OpenAI, a group of safety-focused researchers broke away in 2021 to found this rival billion-dollar AI startup.
What is Anthropic?
The amount an investor expects to receive relative to their original investment is known as this.
What is Return on Investment? (ROI)
The "4 Ps" of marketing are Product, Price, Place, and this.
What is Promotion?
This entrepreneur made his fortune selling Broadcast.com during the dot-com boom and later became the outspoken owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks.
Who is Mark Cuban?
This is a document that shows how much money a business has, spends, and earns over time.
What is a Financial Statement? (Income Statement of P&L Statement work too)