TY - GEN AU - Timmons,Jeffry A. AU - Spinelli,Stephen TI - New venture creation: entrepreneurship for the 21st century SN - 0071232729 U1 - 658.1 PY - 2004/// CY - Boston, etc. PB - McGraw-Hill/Irwin KW - New business enterprises KW - Handbooks, manuals, etc KW - Entrepreneurship N1 - Accompanied by 1 computer disc (CD-ROM): "The new business mentor 2003 : an entrepreneur's interactive business planning advisor"; Includes bibliographical references and index; Pt. 1. The opportunity -- Ch. 1. The entrepreneurial revolution -- Ch. 2. The entrepreneurial process -- Ch. 3. The opportunity: creating shaping, recognizing, seizing -- Ch. 4. Screening venture opportunities -- Ch. 5. Entrepreneurs and the continuing Internet revolution: the expanding frontier -- Ch. 6. Franchising -- Pt. 2. The founders -- Ch. 7. Entrepeneurialmind in thought and action -- Ch. 8. The entrepeneurial manager -- Ch. 9. The new venture team -- Ch. 10. Personal ethics and the entrepreneur -- Pt. 3. Resource requirements -- Ch. 11. Resource requirements -- Ch. 12. The business plan -- Pt. 4. Financing entrepeneurial ventures -- Ch. 13. Entrepeneurial finance -- Ch. 14. Obtaining venture and growth capital -- Ch. 15 The deal: valuation, structure, and negotiation -- Ch. 16. Obtaining debt capital -- Pt. 5. Startup and after -- Ch. 17. Managing rapid growth: entrepreneurship beyond startup -- Ch. 18. The entrepreneur and the troubled company -- Ch. 19. The harvest and beyond -- Ch. 20. Crafting a personal entrepeneurial strategy N2 - Presented in a perforated paperback format, this work covers the process of getting a new venture started, growing the venture, successfully harvesting it and starting again. Through case studies and exercises, it aims to guide students in discovering the concepts of entrepreneurship and the competencies, skills, know-how and experience ER -