Harvard business essentials
Subtitle: entrepreneur's toolkit : tools and techniques to launch and grow your new business.
Contributors: Harvard Business School.
Series: The Harvard business essentials series; The Harvard business essentials series; Harvard business essentials series
Publisher: Harvard Business School Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
Subjects: New business enterprises.
Other titles: Entrepreneur's toolkit
Description: "Starting an independent business is rife with both opportunity and peril. From the basics of writing a business plan to the challenges of financing the new venture, the Entrepreneur's Toolkit is the essential resource for success."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Self-diagnosis: do you have the right stuff to start a business?; title: Finding and evaluating the opportunity: is it real and large enough?; title: Organizing the enterprise: which form is best for you?; title: Building a business model and strategy: how they work together; title: Writing a business plan: the basics; title: Financing the business: where's the money?; title: Angels and venture capitalists: for serious outside equity; title: Going public: adventures in the capital markets; title: Enterprise growth: the challenge to management; title: Keeping the entrepreneurial spirit alive: the ultimate challenge of success; title: Harvest time: reaping what you've sown; title: Appendix A. Understanding financial statements: a primer; title: Appendix B. Breakeven analysis: a useful decision tool; title: Appendix C. Valuation concepts: what is a business really worth?; title: Appendix D. Online help when you need it; title: Appendix E. Rule 144: selling restricted and control securities.