Glossary
Chapter 1
- Macroeconomics
- The study of large economic systems, such as those of whole countries or areas of the world
- Dry powder
- Refer to cash reserves kept on hand by a company, venture capital firm or individual to cover future obligations, purchase assets or make acquisitions
- Burn Rate
- Describe the rate at which a new company is spending its venture capital to finance overhead before generating positive cash flow from operations.
- Central banks
- financial institution given privileged control over the production and distribution of money and credit for a nation or a group of nations.
- Wealth Effect
- Behavioral economic theory suggesting that people spend more as the value of their assets rise. The idea is that consumers feel more financially secure and confident about their wealth when their homes or investment portfolios increase in value.
- Virtuous/Vicious Cycle
- a virtuous/vicious cycle is used to describe a chain of positive/negative events that reinforces itself.
- Pension Funds
- Pooled monetary contributions from pension plans set up by employers, unions, or other organizations to provide for their employees' or members' retirement benefits.
- Corporate Venture Capital
- is the investment of corporate funds directly in external startup companies.
- Private Equity & Venture Capital
- Private equity is capital invested in a company or other entity that is not publicly listed or traded. Venture capital is funding given to startups or other young businesses that show potential for long-term growth.
- Fear of Missing Out (FOMO)
- is a social anxiety stemming from the belief that others might be having fun while the person experiencing the anxiety is not present. It is characterized by a desire to stay continually connected with what others are doing.
- Recession
- is a business cycle contraction when there is a general decline in economic activity.
- Interest Rate
- is a percentage charged on the total amount you borrow or save. … If you're a borrower, the interest rate is the amount you are charged for borrowing money – a percentage of the total amount of the loan. You can borrow money to buy something today and pay for it later.
- Monetary policies
- are actions that a country's central bank or government can take to influence how much money is in the economy and how much it costs to borrow.
- Fiscal policies
- refers to the use of government spending and tax policies to influence economic conditions, especially macroeconomic conditions, including aggregate demand for goods and services, employment, inflation, and economic growth.
- Innovation Policies
- is the interface between research and technological development policy and industrial policy and aims to create a conducive framework for bringing ideas to market.
- Runway
- It refers to how long your company can survive in the market if the income and expenses remain constant.
Chapter 2
- Irrational exuberance
- unfounded market optimism that lacks a real foundation of fundamental valuation, but instead rests on psychological factors.
- Quantitative easing
- a form of unconventional monetary policy in which a central bank purchases longer-term securities from the open market in order to increase the money supply and encourage lending and investment.
- Valuation
- quantitative process of determining the fair value of an asset or a firm
- Down rounds
- refers to a private company offering additional shares for sale at a lower price than had been sold for in the previous financing round.
- Funding Gaps
- is the amount of money needed to fund the ongoing operations or future development of a business or project that is not currently funded with cash, equity, or debt.
- Product Management
- is an organisational function within a company dealing with new product development, business justification, planning, verification, forecasting, pricing, product launch, and marketing of a product or products at all stages of the product lifecycle.
- Debt financing
- occurs when a firm raises money for working capital or capital expenditures by selling debt instruments to individuals and/or institutional investors.
- Grants
- is a quantity of money, i.e., financial assistance, given by a government, organization, or person for a specific purpose. Unlike a loan, you do not have to pay back the money.
- Equity financing
- is the process of raising capital through the sale of shares.
- Bull market
- a market in which share prices are rising, encouraging buying.
- Bear Market
- a market experiences prolonged price declines.
Chapter 3
- Mental Health
- a person's condition with regard to their psychological and emotional well-being
- Self-care
- the practice of taking an active role in protecting one's own well-being and happiness, in particular during periods of stress.
- Entrepreneurship
- a person who sets up a business or businesses, taking on financial risks in the hope of profit.
- Self-awareness
- conscious knowledge of one's own character and feelings.
- Self-inquiry
- is the constant attention to the inner awareness
- Emotional fitness
- as the state wherein the mind is capable of staying away from negative thoughts and can focus on creative and constructive tasks.
- Coaching
- Coaching is a form of development in which an experienced person, called a coach, supports a learner or client in achieving a specific personal or professional goal by providing training and guidance.
Chapter 4
- Bell curve
- a graph of a normal (Gaussian) distribution, with a large rounded peak tapering away at each end.
- Business model
- a plan for the successful operation of a business, identifying sources of revenue, the intended customer base, products, and details of financing.
- Scenario Planning
- is a structured way for organisations to think about the future. A group of executives sets out to develop a small number of scenarios—stories about how the future might unfold and how this might affect an issue that confronts them.
- Communication Architecture
- defines the frequency and fidelity of information flow between individuals in your organization.
- Stakeholder management and communication
- is the process by which you organise, monitor and improve your relationships with your stakeholders. It involves systematically identifying stakeholder; analysing their needs and expectations; and planning and implementing various tasks to engage with them.
- Pricing Model
- is a structure and method for determining prices.
Chapter 5
- Regulatory Framework
- Regulatory Framework means any laws, regulations, decrees and policies officially developed and approved by the government, for the purposes of regulating a sector, a function, or more.
- Disaster Recovery
- is an area of security planning that aims to protect an organization from the effects of significant negative events.
- Customer Segment
- is a way to split customers into groups based on certain characteristics that those customers share
- Micro Data points
- are unit-level data obtained from sample surveys, censuses, and administrative systems.
- Ancillary Revenue
- is revenue that is derived from goods or services other than a company's primary product offering.
- Sentiment Analysis
- the process of computationally identifying and categorizing opinions expressed in a piece of text, especially in order to determine whether the writer's attitude towards a particular topic, product, etc. is positive, negative, or neutral.
- Touchpoints
- a point of contact or interaction, especially between a business and its customers or consumers.
Chapter 6
- Policy Infrastructure
- Infrastructure are the basic systems that undergird the structure of the economy.
- Clinical Trials
- are a type of research that studies new tests and treatments and evaluates their effects on human health outcomes.
- Open Banking
- is a banking practice that provides third-party financial service providers open access to consumer banking, transaction, and other financial data from banks and non-bank financial institutions through the use of application programming interfaces (APIs).
- Ethereum
- is a decentralized, open-source blockchain featuring smart contract functionality.
- Quantum technologies
- Application of new physics dealing with the tiny energy levels of atoms and sub-atomic particles.
- Machine learning
- is an application of artificial intelligence (AI) that provides systems the ability to automatically learn and improve from experience without being explicitly programmed.
- Graphics processing units
- a specialized processor originally designed to accelerate graphics rendering
- Drug Discovery
- In the fields of medicine, biotechnology and pharmacology, drug discovery is the process by which new candidate medications are discovered.
Chapter 7
- Triage
- decide the order of treatment of (patients or casualties).
- Key Performance Indicator (KPI)
- a quantifiable measure used to evaluate the success of an organization, employee, etc. in meeting objectives for performance.
- Customer Relationship Management
- is the process of managing interactions with existing as well as past and potential customers.
- Barometer
- an instrument measuring atmospheric pressure, used especially in forecasting the weather and determining altitude.
- Recurring revenue
- is the portion of a company's revenue that is expected to continue in the future.
- Sales Cycle
- is the process that companies undergo when selling a product to a customer.
- Procurement
- the action of obtaining or procuring something.
- Growth Metrics
- Growth metrics are used to examine a company's historical growth (and hopefully provide clues for the future)
- Moonshot
- an extremely ambitious project or mission undertaken to achieve a monumental goal
Chapter 8
- Pivot
- occurs when a company shifts its business strategy to accommodate changes in its industry, customer preferences, or any other factor that impacts its bottom line.
- Freemium
- a business model, especially on the internet, whereby basic services are provided free of charge while more advanced features must be paid for.
- Edge based applications
- Edge computing is computing that's done at or near the source of the data, instead of relying on the cloud at one of a dozen data centers to do all the work.
- Moratorium
- a temporary prohibition of an activity.
- Decentralisation
- Decentralization or decentralisation is the process by which the activities of an organization, particularly those regarding planning and decision making, are distributed or delegated away from a central, authoritative location or group.
- Reputational risks
- is a threat or danger to the good name or standing of a business or entity.
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