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Course Home Page toc =Tasks for this assignment: =
 * 1) Re-read the wiki page on Opportunities (or don't if you have great recall)
 * 2) View the Powerpoint files on opportunity evaluation (on the opportunities page) and how venture capitalists evaluate potential venture opportunities (shown below) along with the wiki page on the value chain and competitive forces models.
 * 3) Webvan. Evaluate a business that failed (famously) after showing incredible promise (at least to its founder Louis Borders, investors and early adopters).
 * 4) **Answer these - Webvan Collapse Case Questions - to complete this assignment. **

Powerpoints - Opportunity Evaluation
How venture capitalists evaluate opportunities 

Wiki page - Competitor and Industry Analysis
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Webvan Promotional Videos
media type="youtube" key="3StIOV14hrM" width="420" height="315" One of a series from Webvan in 2000 that tries to point up how unpleasant the grocery store experience is.

media type="youtube" key="O7PRoReIUVE" width="420" height="315" And yet another video illustrating the unpleasant experience of the grocery store.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Read: Case Study
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Read the case in the Word document provided here: [|Webvan Collapse Case] (links to google doc with public access). AND ALSO OPEN THIS LINK TO VIEW SOME FINANCIALS on Webvan which you will be asked about in the discussion questions. When you are done answer the four questions presented at the end of the case using the link to the google form below: =<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Turn this in: Google form for submitting case answers = <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5;">Use this link - Webvan Collapse Case Questions - to submit your answers to the case questions

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