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New venture creation : entrepreneurship for the 21st century

This text covers the process of getting a new venture started, growing the venture, successfully "harvesting" it, and starting again. It contains tools and concepts entrepreneurs need to know prior to, and while taking the start-up plunge.
Print Book, English, 1999
Irwin/McGraw-Hill, Boston, 1999
Handbooks and manuals
xiii, 612 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm + 1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.)
9780256197563, 9780072540109, 9780072514483, 9780071167901, 0256197563, 0072540109, 0072514485, 0071167900
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Part 1 The Opportunity1. The Entrepreneurial Revolution2. The Entrepreneurial Process3. New Ventures Ideas - Opportunity Recognition4. Screening Venture Opportunities5. The Internet - the Entrepreneurs DreamPart II - The Founders6. The Entrepreneurial Mind in Thought and Action7. The Entrepreneurial Manager8. The New Venture Team9. Personal Ethics and EntrepreneurPart III Resource Requirements10. Resource Requirements11. The What, Whether, and Why of the Business PlanPart IV Financing Entrepreneurial Ventures12. Entrepreneurial Finance13. Obtaining Risk Capital14. The Deal: Valuation, Structure and Negotiation15. Obtaining Debt CapitalPart V Start-Up and After16. Managing Rapid Growth17. The Entrepreneur and the Troubled Company18. The Harvest and Beyond