The book covers the process of getting a new venture started, growing the venture, and successfully harvesting it. Through text, case studies, and hands-on exercises, this how-to text guides students in discovering the concepts of entrepreneurship and the competencies, skills, tools, and experience to equip students to successfully launch a new venture and recognize entrepreneurial opportunities.

Contents:
Part One: The Entrepreneurial Mind for an Entrepreneurial Society 1. The Entrepreneurial Mind: Crafting a Personal Entrepreneurial Strategy
2. America’s Entrepreneurial Revolution Goes Global
Part Two: The Opportunity
3. The Entrepreneurial Process
4. The Opportunity: Creating, Shaping, Recognizing, Seizing
5. Screening Venture Opportunities
6. The Business Plan
Part Three: The Founder and Team
7. The Entrepreneurial Manager
8. The New Venture Team
9. Personal Ethics and the Entrepreneur
Part Four: Financing Entrepreneurial Ventures
10. Resource Requirements
11. Franchising
12. Entrepreneurial Finance
13. Obtaining Venture and Growth Capital
14. The Deal: Valuation, Structure, and Negotiation
15. Obtaining Debt Capital
Part Five: Startup and Beyond
16. Managing Rapid Growth: Entrepreneurship Beyond Startup
17. The Family as Enterprise
18. The Entrepreneur and the Troubled Company
19. The Harvest and Beyond