Case Name :      Private Equity at Work: Purchasing Cake Masters

Authors :           Craig Dunbar, Ken Mark

Source :             Ivey Publishing

Case ID :            906N07

Discipline :        Entrepreneurship

Case Length :    13 pages

Solution Sample availability : YES

Plagiarism : NO (100% Original work)

An entrepreneur must decide if he should bid to acquire a commercial bakery, Cake Masters, given his objectives in his search and his investors’ expected returns of 20-30 per cent. If he bids, he must decide how much to bid and in what form of consideration. Students are introduced to valuation methodologies and will evaluate an acquisition or opportunity, understand the process of acquiring a small company, learn how preceding transactions are considered and learn about discounted cash flow analysis.