Entrepreneurial finance 7th edition
by J Chris leach and Ronald W. Melicher
All Chapters 1-16 Covered
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Part
1: THE ENTREPRENEURIAL ENVIRONMENT.
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1. Introduction to Finance for Entrepreneurs.
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2. Developing the Business Idea. Part
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2: ORGANIZING AND OPERATING THE VENTURE.
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3. Organizing and Financing a New Venture.
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4. Preparing and Using Financial Statements.
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5. Evaluating Operating and Financial Performance. Part
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3: PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE.
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6. Managing Cash Flow.
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7. Types and Costs of Financial Capital.
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8. Securities Law Considerations When Obtaining Venture Financing. Part
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4: CREATING AND RECOGNIZING VENTURE VALUE.
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9. Projecting Financial Statements.
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10. Valuing Early-Stage Ventures.
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11. Venture Capital Valuation Methods. Part
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5: STRUCTURING FINANCING FOR THE GROWING VENTURE.
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12. Professional Venture Capital.
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,13. Other Financing Alternatives.
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14. Security Structures and Determining Enterprise Values. Part
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6: EXIT AND TURNAROUND STRATEGIES.
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15. Harvesting the Business Venture Investment.
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16. Financially Troubled Ventures: Turnaround Opportunities
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INTRODUCTIONeTOeFINANCEeFOReENTREPRENEURSeFOCUS
Theepurposeeofethisefirstechaptereisetoepresenteaneovervieweofewhateentrepreneurialefinanceeiseabou
t.e Inedoingesoeweehopeetoeconveyetoeyouetheeimportanceeofeunderstandingeandeapplyingeentreprene
urialefinanceemethodseandetoolsetoehelpeensureeaneentrepreneurialeventureeisesuccessful.eWeepres
enteaelifeecycleeapproachetoetheeteachingeofeentrepreneurialefinanceewhereeweecovereventureeopera
tingeandefinancialedecisionsefacedebyetheeentrepreneureaseaeventureeprogressesefromeaneideaethrou
ghetoeharvestingetheeventure.
LEARNINGeOBJECTIVES
LOe1.1:eCharacterizeetheeentrepreneurialeprocess.
LOe1.2:eDescribeeentrepreneurshipeandesomeecharacteristicseofeentrepreneurs.
LOe1.3:eIndicateeseveralemegatrendseprovidingewaveseofeentrepreneurialeopportunities.eL
Oe1.4:eListeandedescribeetheeseveneprincipleseofeentrepreneurialefinance.
LOe1.5:eDiscusseentrepreneurialefinanceeandetheeroleeofetheefinancialemanager.eL
Oe1.6:eDescribeetheevariousestageseofeaesuccessfuleventure‘selifeecycle.
LOe1.7:eIdentify,ebyelifeecycleestage,etheerelevantetypeseofefinancingeandeinvestors.eLO
e1.8:eUnderstandetheelifeecycleeapproacheusedeinethisebook.
CHAPTEReOUTLINE
1.1 THEeENTREPRENEURIALePROCESS
1.2 ENTREPRENEURSHIPeFUNDAMENTALS
A. WhoeiseaneEntrepreneur?
B. BasiceDefinitions
C. EntrepreneurialeTraitseoreCharacteristics
D. OpportunitieseExisteButeNoteWithouteRisks
1.3 SOURCESeOFeENTREPRENEURIALeOPPORTUNITIES
A. SocietaleChanges
B. DemographiceChanges
C. TechnologicaleChanges
D. EmergingeEconomieseandeGlobaleChanges
E. Criseseande―Bubbles‖
F. DisruptiveeInnovation
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