Question: Imagine you have a friend who has created a new board game. A prototyping lab in the College of Engineering where your friend goes to college made a prototype of the game for him, which he took to a trade show; it received an enthusiastic response. He even obtained orders for 2,000 copies of the game. When you asked your friend how he plans to pay for the initial production run of the game, he said that he plans to bootstrap his company and will pay for everything from his profits. Does your friend have a good sense of the financial implications of launching a new product into the marketplace? What scenario is more likely to play out for your friend?