New Venture Creation: Entrepreneurship for the 21st Century
- 7th
- Chennai McGraw Hill Education (India) Pvt. Ltd. 2009
- 658
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