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This new and updated third edition equips real-world entrepreneurs with the same state-of-the-art business knowledge and information taught to MBA candidates in top business schools. Within this book you’ll find all the entrepreneurial advice you need to run a business:
- Recognizing great entrepreneurial opportunities
- Writing a business plan and building your financial statements
- Securing financing with venture capital or debt financing
- Franchising your business
- Managing a growing business
- Protecting intellectual property
- Selling a business when the time comes
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Opportunities for entrepreneurs with vision are endless in today’s global economy. More and more people are seizing the opportunity to get out of someone else’s office and into their own–starting their own businesses and finding independence. Success is by no means a guarantee, but there’s no reward without risk. The Portable MBA in Entrepreneurship is designed to lessen that risk.
This new and updated Third Edition equips real-world entrepreneurs with the same state-of-the-art business knowledge and information taught to MBA candidates in top business schools. William Bygrave and Andrew Zacharakis lead an all-star team of professors, consultants, and entrepreneurs in bringing this bestselling business resource into step with the times through a host of new case studies and examples. Changing legal, tax, and regulatory climates for small businesses and entrepreneurs are examined and explained in full detail, and–as in previous editions–you’ll find all the entrepreneurial advice you need to run a business:
- Recognizing great entrepreneurial opportunities
- Writing a business plan and building your financial statements
- Securing financing with venture capital or debt financing
- Franchising your business
- Managing a growing business
- Protecting intellectual property
- Selling a business when the time comes
As always, The Portable MBA in Entrepreneurship brings you the collective wisdom of some of the top names in business and academia, in plain, accessible language. Solid and substantive, written in a clear and engaging style, this book is a cutting-edge education in entrepreneurship at a cut-rate price.
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The only book that offers a state-of-the-art education in entrepreneurship
. . . From an all-star team that includes:
William D. Bygrave, Babson College · Jeffry Timmons, Harvard University and Babson College · Abdul Ali, Babson College · Kathleen Seiders, Babson College · Andrew Zacharakis, Babson College · William Wetzel, University of New Hampshire · Joel Shulman, Babson College · Elizabeth Gatewood, Indiana University · Richard Mandel, Babson College · Joseph Iandiorio, Iandiorio & Teska · Steve Spinelli, Babson College · J. William Petty, Baylor University · Julian Lange, Babson College · Ed Marram, Babson College · Donna Kelly, Babson College
Starting your own business is an increasingly popular and feasible response to today’s changing job market, and the best entrepreneurial wisdom available is in The Portable MBA in Entrepreneurship, Third Edition. Edited by William Bygrave and Andrew Zacharakis, two seasoned professors of entrepreneurship at Babson College, it covers all the fundamentals–from opportunity recognition to venture capital to formulating smart business plans. This revised volume of the 600,000-copy bestseller includes a wealth of new case studies, as well as updated tax and legal information. Geared towards both MBA candidates and aspiring entrepreneurs, The Portable MBA in Entrepreneurship guides the reader through the startup process and beyond, culling wisdom from the best and brightest in the field. If you’re ready to see what the entrepreneurial world has to offer you, this book is your ticket.
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- PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons Inc
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0471271543
- ISBN 13 9780471271543
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number3
- Number of pages500
- EditorBygrave William D., Zacharakis Andrew
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