Entrepreneur's Toolkit : Tools and Techniques to Launch and Grow Your New Business

Harvard Business Essentials

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Paperback | 23 November 2004

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The New Manager's Guide and Mentor. The Harvard Business Essentials series provides comprehensive advice, personal coaching, background information, and guidance on the most relevant topics in business. Drawing on rich content from Harvard Business School Publishing and other sources, these concise guides are carefully crafted to provide a highly practical resource for readers with all levels of experience and will prove especially valuable for the new manager. To assure quality and accuracy, a specialized content adviser from a world-class business school closely reviews each volume. Whether you are a new manager seeking to expand your skills or a seasoned professional looking to broaden your knowledge base, these solution-oriented books put reliable answers at your fingertips.

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Introduction	p. xi
Self-Diagnosis: Do You Have the Right Stuff to Start a Business?	p. 1
The Makings of an Entrepreneur	p. 2
Background	p. 7
It May Be Right for You	p. 8
Summing Up	p. 9
Finding and Evaluating the Opportunity: Is It Real and Large Enough?	p. 11
Characteristics of an Opportunity	p. 13
Where to Look for Opportunities	p. 20
From Identification to Evaluation	p. 24
Summing Up	p. 29
Organizing the Enterprise: Which Form Is Best for You?	p. 31
Sole Proprietorship	p. 32
Partnership	p. 34
C Corporations	p. 38
S Corporations	p. 41
The Limited Liability Company	p. 42
Which Form Makes Sense for You?	p. 42
Summing Up	p. 44
Building a Business Model and Strategy: How They Work Together	p. 47
Your Business Model	p. 48
Strategy	p. 53
Summing Up	p. 61
Writing a Business Plan: The Basics	p. 63
The Purposes of a Business Plan	p. 65
Suggested Format	p. 66
Style	p. 77
Final Thoughts	p. 83
Summing Up	p. 84
Financing the Business: Where's the Money?	p. 87
A Life-Cycle View of Financing	p. 88
Life-Cycle Financing of the Entrepreneurial Company	p. 95
Financing Growth at eBay	p. 102
Other Forms of External Financing	p. 106
Matching Assets and Financing	p. 107
Summing Up	p. 108
Angels and Venture Capitalists: For Serious Outside Equity	p. 111
Business Angels	p. 113
Venture Capitalists	p. 117
Making a Presentation	p. 122
A Caveat on Taking VC Capital	p. 122
Summing Up	p. 127
Going Public: Adventures in the Capital Markets	p. 129
Pros and Cons of Going Public	p. 131
The Makings of an IPO Candidate	p. 133
The Role of the Investment Bank	p. 135
The IPO Process in a Nutshell	p. 136
Alternatives to an IPO	p. 140
Summing Up	p. 142
Enterprise Growth: The Challenge to Management	p. 143
The Impact of Growth	p. 144
Sustaining Growth	p. 146
The Management Challenge	p. 152
Is It Time to Change the Guard?	p. 157
Summing Up	p. 161
Keeping the Entrepreneurial Spirit Alive: The Ultimate Challenge of Success	p. 163
Three Challenges	p. 165
What Entrepreneurial Leaders Must Do	p. 168
Summing Up	p. 176
Harvest Time: Reaping What You've Sown	p. 177
Why Entrepreneurs Cash Out	p. 178
Harvesting Mechanisms	p. 180
What's It Worth?	p. 185
Summing Up	p. 188
Understanding Financial Statements	p. 191
Breakeven Analysis	p. 207
Valuation Concepts	p. 211
Online Help When You Need It	p. 223
Rule 144	p. 227
Notes	p. 231
Glossary	p. 235
For Further Reading	p. 243
Index	p. 247
About the Subject Adviser	p. 257
About the Writer	p. 258
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Entrepreneur's Toolkit : Tools and Techniques to Launch and Grow Your New Business

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