Homework help! Let me interview you

[Ben Visser]

I have an assignment to interview someone in the business or financial field for my entrepreneurship finance class. 

Here are the assignment details:  

"This assignment requires you to develop a “mini-case” about a lender, investor or entrepreneur. Note that this assignment is an individual assignment. The lender, investor or entrepreneur should be somebody you can personally contact. You may not use an immediate family member. The primary goal of this exercise is to give you added exposure to the lending or investing process during the early stages of creating a new business.

Ideally, you would each approach this interview as a trial run for securing initial funding for your specific new venture. You will be required to create a 3 - 4 page report (Times New Roman 12 pt. font, double spaced, 1-inch margins, in Word).

This report should be written as a professional report, not in bullet points. The following are example questions you can use when interviewing your lender or investor.

  Who is the lender/investor/entrepreneur? When did s/he get started?  What types (i.e. industry) of new businesses does this lender/investor/entrepreneur typically work with?  How does s/he evaluate business opportunities to invest in or loan to?  What are typical terms, both short term and long term, offered to
entrepreneurs/businesses by this particular lender/investor/entrepreneur?  What is the best piece of advice s/he can offer to a new business or new entrepreneur?  Include 4 – 5 actionable takeaways that can be applied by other students? In other words, what did you learn? Spend the majority of this assignment on these takeaways. Do not list just 4 or 5 bullet points. Please talk specifically about whether this type of investing/lending would work for your specific new venture. Why or why not?"

Anyone up to help out with a short virtual interview?