Vocab

A set of shares that a private company reserves for future employees.

• Option pool

• Stock grants
• Share grants
• Equity grants

A portion of a company in the form of shares.

• dividend
• equity

• bond
• currency

The process of funding a start-up with the founder's savings.

• Bootstrapping
• Venture capital
• Seed funding
• Self-funding

To list something in official records.

• register
• document
• log
• record

An amount of money paid to someone as a profit share.

• bonus
• commission
• Payout

• interest

A brief presentation of a project to a group of people in order to gain support for it.

• Project showcase
• Campaign demonstration
• Pitch presentation
• Initiative exhibition

Money or other assets that could be used for investing.

• Investment capital
• Financial resources
• Capital gains
• Investment funds

The alternative lost when a particular option is chosen.

• Trade-off
• Sunk cost
• Opportunity cost
• Marginal cost

The founders_____the true cost involved in running the projects.

• underestimates

• underestimate

• underestimating

• underestimats

The financial consultant advised his client to buy_____in a well-known company.

• stock

• stockes

• stocks

• stocking