Roberts' New Business Ventures and the Entrepreneur, 6e stands out as a text designed to guide tomorrow's entrepreneurs down the difficult road ahead. Specifically, the Roberts team addresses the entrepreneur before, during and after the decision to create a new venture. Entrepreneurs need to realize that they are assuming a managerial role- both in a product and people sense. New Business Ventures, 6e will leave students with the skills needed to grasp and implement the general managerial responsibilities required to be a successful entrepreneur. The text provides an innovative approach to teaching the core general management skills via the lens of the entrepreneur. The course upon which this book I based is now the new core required course in general management at Harvard Business School.
Table of contents:
Part I: Introduction: What is Entrepreneurship?
Chapter 1 A Perspective on Entrepreneurship
Case 1.1 The Aravind Eye Hospital, Madural, India: In Service for Sight
Case 1.2 R&R
Case 1.3 Vermeer Technologies (A): A Company Is Born
Case 1.4 Endeavor: Determining a Growth Strategy
Part II: Recognizing and Analyzing Opportunity
Chapter 2 Some Thoughts on Business Plans
Chapter 3 Note on Business Model Analysis for the Entrepreneur
Chapter 4 Valuation, Financing and Capitalization Tables in the New Venture Context
Chapter 5 How Venture Capitalists Evaluate Potential Venture Opportunities
Case 2.1 Beta Golf
Case 2.2 Zipcar: Refining the Business Model
Case 2.3 Keurig
Case 2.4 Crunch
Part III: Assembling Intellectual, Human and Financial Resources
Chapter 6 The Legal Protection of Intellectual Property
Chapter 7 New Venture Financing
Chapter 8 Deal Structure and Deal Terms
Case 3.1 Sheila Mason and Craig Shepherd
Case 3.2 NanoGene Technologies, Inc.
Case 3.3 Business Plan for Room for Dessert: Adding Unique Ingredients to Life's Balancing Act
Case 3.4 Walnut Venture Associates (D): RBS Deal Terms
Case 3.5 Jim Sharpe: Extrusion Technology, Inc. (A)
Part IV: Managing the Early-Stage Venture
Chapter 9 Managing Risk and Reward in the Entrepreneurial Venture
Chapter 10 The Legal Forms of Organization
Case 4.1 ONSET Ventures
Case 4.2 E Ink: Financing Growth
Case 4.3 Valhalla Partners Due Diligence
Case 4.4 MAC Development Corp.
Part V: Managing Growth and Realizing Value
Chapter 11 Managing the Growing Venture
Case 5.1 KIPP National (A) (Abridged)
Case 5.2 Innocent Drinks
Case 5.3 Shurgard Self-Storage: Expansion to Europe
Case 5.4 Kendle International, Inc.
Case 5.5 RightNow Technologies
Case 5.6 Jamie Dimon and Bank One (A)
Table of contents:
Part I: Introduction: What is Entrepreneurship?
Chapter 1 A Perspective on Entrepreneurship
Case 1.1 The Aravind Eye Hospital, Madural, India: In Service for Sight
Case 1.2 R&R
Case 1.3 Vermeer Technologies (A): A Company Is Born
Case 1.4 Endeavor: Determining a Growth Strategy
Part II: Recognizing and Analyzing Opportunity
Chapter 2 Some Thoughts on Business Plans
Chapter 3 Note on Business Model Analysis for the Entrepreneur
Chapter 4 Valuation, Financing and Capitalization Tables in the New Venture Context
Chapter 5 How Venture Capitalists Evaluate Potential Venture Opportunities
Case 2.1 Beta Golf
Case 2.2 Zipcar: Refining the Business Model
Case 2.3 Keurig
Case 2.4 Crunch
Part III: Assembling Intellectual, Human and Financial Resources
Chapter 6 The Legal Protection of Intellectual Property
Chapter 7 New Venture Financing
Chapter 8 Deal Structure and Deal Terms
Case 3.1 Sheila Mason and Craig Shepherd
Case 3.2 NanoGene Technologies, Inc.
Case 3.3 Business Plan for Room for Dessert: Adding Unique Ingredients to Life's Balancing Act
Case 3.4 Walnut Venture Associates (D): RBS Deal Terms
Case 3.5 Jim Sharpe: Extrusion Technology, Inc. (A)
Part IV: Managing the Early-Stage Venture
Chapter 9 Managing Risk and Reward in the Entrepreneurial Venture
Chapter 10 The Legal Forms of Organization
Case 4.1 ONSET Ventures
Case 4.2 E Ink: Financing Growth
Case 4.3 Valhalla Partners Due Diligence
Case 4.4 MAC Development Corp.
Part V: Managing Growth and Realizing Value
Chapter 11 Managing the Growing Venture
Case 5.1 KIPP National (A) (Abridged)
Case 5.2 Innocent Drinks
Case 5.3 Shurgard Self-Storage: Expansion to Europe
Case 5.4 Kendle International, Inc.
Case 5.5 RightNow Technologies
Case 5.6 Jamie Dimon and Bank One (A)