Today's top experts in entrepreneurship deliver a streamlined, step-by-step guide for crafting effective business plans "Timmons is one of the two most powerful minds in entrepreneurship in the nation." --Success Business Plans That Work arms entrepreneurs and small business owners with an easy-to-follow template for writing persuasive business plans, along with proven models that can be used to analyze potential business opportunities from initial idea to viable venture. This value-packed book will show both entrepreneurs and current business owners how to: <ul>
<li>Determine what to include in each plan, why, and for whom </li>
<li>Recognize and avoid common pitfalls in the process </li>
<li>Use the renowned "Timmons Model" to analyze potential business opportunities </li>
</ul>

Business Plans that Work

Business & Money

Zacharakis, Andrew

Timmons,Jeffry

Spinelli,Stephen

Business Development & Entrepreneurship

McGraw=Hill

The entrepreneur's step-bystep guide to venture capital--where to find it, how to secure it, and what to do with it Fewer than 40 percent of entrepreneurs seeking new business funding each year actually get that funding. How to Raise Capital improves those odds, providing prospective as well as current business owners with the knowledge they need to prepare an effective loan proposal, locate a suitable investor, negotiate and close the deal, and more. The all-star team of entrepreneurial experts behind How to Raise Capital gives readers top-level educational theory with hands-on, real-world knowledge. This thorough examination of the inner workings of the venture capital industry explores: <ul>
<li>Resources available to entrepreneurs, from SBA loans to angel investors </li>
<li>Proven strategies for identifying and approaching equity sources </li>
<li>Characteristics of a "superdeal"--from the investor's perspective </li>
</ul>

How to Raise Capital : Techniques and Strategies for Financing and Valuing your Small Business

Timmons, Jeffry A.

Economics

Turn your great idea into BIG PROFITS with a powerful, persuasive business plan! With any endeavor, good planning is the key to good results―especially in the launch of a new business or product. Business Plans That Work gives you an easy-to-follow template for conceptualizing, writing, focusing, and revising a business plan that converts your business idea into financial profit. A virtual blueprint for entrepreneurial success, this new edition of the popular entrepreneur’s guide provides all the tools you need to communicate the value of your idea to investors and attract key talent, and create a plan you can turn to throughout the entire process of starting and running a business. You’ll learn how to:
<ul>
<li>Determine what to include in each plan, why, and for whom </li>
<li>Secure the capital you need to get the project off the ground </li>
<li>Assess opportunities and risks involved in your project </li>
<li>Avoid common pitfalls that cost money, time, and effort</li>
</ul>
With Business Plans That Work, you have everything you need to create winning strategies for development, sales, marketing, operations, distribution, and everything else successful ventures are founded on.

Business Plans that Work: A Guide for Small Business 2/E

Management & Leadership

Entrepreneurs who need to find the solutions to key challenges will turn to Bygrave. The second edition explores the trials and tribulations of entrepreneurship so that they’ll have the necessary tools to start their own businesses. It offers new coverage on social enterprises and ethics due to the rise in green trends and corporate scandals. A new chapter has been added on entrepreneurial selling that examines how to sell to multiple stakeholders. New case studies have also been added to several chapters to provide more relevant views. In addition, updated examples and references are included to provide entrepreneurs with the most useful information.

Entrepreneurship

Bygrave, William D.

John Wiley&Sons, Inc.

A totally updated and revised new edition of the most comprehensive, reliable guide to modern entrepreneurship For years, the Portable MBA series has tracked the core curriculum of leading business schools to teach you everything you need to know about business-without the cost of earning a traditional MBA degree. The Portable MBA in Entrepreneurship covers all the ins and outs of entrepreneurship, using real-life examples and handy tools to deliver clear, honest, practical advice on starting a successful business. If you're planning to start your own business, you'd best start with the facts. This reliable, information-packed resource shows you how to identify good business opportunities, create a business plan, do financial projections, find financing, and manage taxes. Other topics include marketing, selling, legal issues, intellectual property, franchising, starting a social enterprise, and selling your business. <ul>
<li>Completely updated with new examples, new topics, and full coverage of topical issues in entrepreneurship</li> <li>Includes customizable, downloadable forms for launching your own business</li> <li>Comes with Portable MBA Online, a new web site that gives readers access to forms, study guides, videos, presentations, and other resources</li> <li>Teaches you virtually everything you'd learn on entrepreneurship in today's best business schools</li> </ul>
Whether you're thinking of starting your own business or you already have and just need to brush up on entrepreneurial basics, this is the only guide you need.

The Portable MBA in Entrepreneurship

Finance

wiley

How do you come up with a good idea for a business? What are the unique marketing challenges that you'll face? How do you acquire the necessary financing? Written by one of the biggest names in the field, this book will arm readers with the knowledge to turn inspiration into results. It explores the trials and tribulations of entrepreneurship so that readers will have the necessary tools to start their own businesses. Critical steps are explained in an engaging style that helps make complex issues easy to understand. * Integrates case studies throughout the chapters to show readers how the information is applied in the real world. * Outlines successes as well as failures to paint a realistic picture of the difficulties involved in starting a business. * Discusses how to recognize opportunities and formulate a winning strategy. * Explains how to create a business plan and build pro forma financial statements. * Covers how to acquire equity financing and getting access to funds.

BYGRAVE

2023 Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research BCERC Proceedings: BCERC Proceedings

Babson College Center for Entrepreneurship

2021 Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research BCERC Proceedings: BCERC Proceedings

Education & Reference

Entrepreneurship, 3rd Edition explores the trials and tribulations of entrepreneurship so that they’ll have the necessary tools to start their own businesses. It offers coverage on social enterprises and ethics due to the rise in green trends and corporate scandals. A chapter on entrepreneurial selling that examines how to sell to multiple stakeholders is included in this text, as well as case studies that provide relevant views. Up-to-date examples and references provide entrepreneurs with the most useful information.

Entrepreneurship, 4th Edition delves into the trials and tribulations of entrepreneurship so students will have the necessary tools to start their own businesses. It provides coverage on social enterprises and ethics due to the rise in green trends and corporate scandals. Up-to-date examples and references provide entrepreneurs with the most essential information.

Entrepreneurship 4e

Corbett, Andrew C.

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Business Plans that Work

How to Raise Capital : Techniques and Strategies for Financing and Valuing your Small Business

Business Plans that Work: A Guide for Small Business 2/E

Entrepreneurship

The Portable MBA in Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship

2023 Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research BCERC Proceedings: BCERC Proceedings

2021 Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research BCERC Proceedings: BCERC Proceedings

Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship 4e