New Venture Creation: Entrepreneurship for the 21st Century is about the process of getting a new venture started, growing the venture, successfully harvesting it, and starting again. The book presents the substantial body of knowledge about the entrepreneurial process in a pragmatic way - through text, case studies, and hands-on exercises - to help readers compress their learning curves, reduce their ultimate risk and pain, and allow them to gain more from their subsequent entrepreneurial experiences.
PART I The FounderChapter 1 The Global Entrepreneurial Revolution for a Flatter WorldChapter 2 The Entrepreneurial Mind: Crafting a Personal Entrepreneurial StrategyPART II The OpportunityChapter 3 he Entrepreneurial ProcessChapter 4 lean Commerce and Sustainable Enterprise Movements Are an Opportunity Sea ChangeChapter 5 Opportunity Recognition Chapter 6 Opportunities for Social EntrepreneurshipChapter 7 The Business PlanPART III The Founder and TeamChapter 8 The Entrepreneurial Leader and the TeamChapter 9 Ethical Decision Making and the EntrepreneurPART IV Financing Entrepreneurial VenturesChapter 10 Resource RequirementsChapter 11 FranchisingChapter 12 Entrepreneurial FinanceChapter 13 Obtaining Venture and Growth CapitalChapter 14 The Deal: Valuation, Structure, and NegotiationChapter 15 Obtaining Debt CapitalPART V Start-up and BeyondChapter 16 Leading Rapid Growth, Crises, and RecoveryChapter 17 The Family as EntrepreneurChapter 18 The Harvest and Beyond
