Global Sources Limited is Asia's leading publisher of business-to-business (B2B) trade-related magazines. In the latter half of the 1990s, the Internet became a powerful force for change in the business world, leading to an explosion of Internet-related activities by both traditional bricks and mortar companies, as well as countless upstart dot.coms. The chairman and chief executive officer of Global Sources had foreseen the opportunities afforded .....more

The partners of Three Fish Solutions, a Hong Kong-based Internet start-up company, had a meeting with a potential equity investor in their company. The partners learned that, despite a solid business plan, the investor was concerned that it was too early to make an equity investment. Short of cash, the partners were left to wonder whether they should terminate the start-up, drop the investor and search for a friendlier one, or try to accommodate some .....more

The founding partners of Three Fish Solutions, a Hong Kong-based Internet start-up company, developed what they thought was a powerful business plan in preparation for a meeting with a deep-pocketed, potential equity partner. The meeting was critical because the partners were short of cash and because it would provide them with their first opportunity to discuss their business plan with a highly respected investor. Students have the opportunity to .....more