Harvey quit his job at State University, where he earned $58,000 a year. He figures his entrepreneurial talent or forgone entrepreneurial income to be $8,000 a year. To start the business, he cashed in $60,000 in bonds that earned 10 percent interest annually to buy a software company, Extreme Gaming. In the first year, the firm sold 15,000 units of software at $60 for each unit. Of the $60 per unit, $50 goes for the costs of production, packaging, marketing, employee wages and benefits, and rent on a building. The total revenues of Harvey's firm in the first year were

Harvey quit his job at State University, where he earned $58,000 a year. He figures his entrepreneurial talent or forgone entrepreneurial income to be $8,000 a year. To start the business, he cashed in $60,000 in bonds that earned 10 percent interest annually to buy a software company, Extreme Gaming. In the first year, the firm sold 15,000 units of software at $60 for each unit. Of the $60 per unit, $50 goes for the costs of production, packaging, marketing, employee wages and benefits, and rent on a building. The total revenues of Harvey's firm in the first year were

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