Describes solutions facing two entrepreneurs in mid-1981. They are considering the purchase of a small manufacturer of precision electromechanical parts. Among the issues in the case are the following: 1) If Taylor and Grayson buy Precision Parts, Inc? 2) If the Shawmut Bank provides loan? 3) If the venture capital firms to invest in? 4) What should Taylor and Grayson do? Case is designed to expose students to different kinds of opportunity. In addition, students will have to ask and answer these questions: What can go wrong and what can go wrong? They should develop a plan to manage the risk-reward in their favor. "Hide
by William A. Sahlman, Helen M. Susu Source: Harvard Business School 21 pages. Publication Date: March 12, 1985. Prod. #: 285131-PDF-ENG
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