Part 1: THE ENTREPRENEURIAL ENVIRONMENT.
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1. Introduction to
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Finance for Entrepreneurs.
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2. Developing the Business Idea.
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Part 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.
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Part 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.
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Part 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.
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Part 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.
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Part 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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Part 7: CAPSTONE CASES.
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Case 1. Eco-Products, Inc.
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Case 2. Spatial Technology,
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INTRODUCTION TO FINANCE FOR ENTREPRENEURS WS WS WS WS
FOCUS
The purpose of this first chapter is to present an overview of what entrepreneurial finance is about. In doing
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so we hope to convey to you the importance of understanding and applying entrepreneurial finance method
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s and tools to help ensure an entrepreneurial venture is successful.We present a life cycle approach to the te
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aching of entrepreneurial finance where we cover venture operating and financial decisions faced by the ent
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repreneur as a venture progresses from an idea through to harvesting the venture.
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES WS
LO 1.1: Characterize the entrepreneurial process.
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LO 1.2: Describe entrepreneurship and some characteristics of entrepreneurs.
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LO 1.3: Indicate several megatrends providing waves of entrepreneurial opportunities.LO 1.4:
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List and describe the seven principles of entrepreneurial finance.
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LO 1.5: Discuss entrepreneurial finance and the role of the financial manager.LO 1.6:
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Describe the various stages of a successful venture‘s life cycle.
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LO 1.7: Identify, by life cycle stage, the relevant types of financing and investors.LO 1.8:
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Understand the life cycle approach used in this book.
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CHAPTER OUTLINE WS
1.1 THE ENTREPRENEURIAL PROCESS WS WS
1.2 ENTREPRENEURSHIP FUNDAMENTALS WS
A. Who is an Entrepreneur? WS WS WS
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D. Opportunities Exist But Not Without Risks WS WS WS WS WS
1.3 SOURCES OF ENTREPRENEURIAL OPPORTUNITIES WS WS WS
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D. Emerging Economies and Global Changes WS WS WS WS
E. Crises and ―Bubbles‖ WS WS
F. Disruptive Innovation WS
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A. Real, Human, and Financial Capital must be Rented from Owners (Principle #1)
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B. Risk and Expected Reward go Hand in Hand (Principle #2)
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C. While Accounting is the Language of Business, Cash is the Currency (Principle #3)
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D. New Venture Financing Involves Search, Negotiation, and Privacy (Principle #4)
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E. A Venture‘s Financial Objective is to Increase Value (Principle #5)
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F. It is Dangerous to Assume that People Act Against Their Own Self-
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G. Venture Character and Reputation can be Assets or Liabilities (Principle #7)
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1.5 ROLE OF ENTREPRENEURIAL FINANCE
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1.6 THE SUCCESSFUL VENTURE LIFE CYCLE
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F. Life Cycle Stages and the Entrepreneurial Process
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1.7 FINANCING THROUGH THE VENTURE LIFE CYCLE WS WS WS WS WS
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D. Second-Round Financing WS
E. Mezzanine Financing WS
F. Liquidity-Stage Financing WS
G. Seasoned Financing WS
1.8 LIFE CYCLE APPROACH FOR TEACHING ENTREPRENEURIAL FINANCESUMMAR
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1. What is the entrepreneurial process?
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The entrepreneurial process comprises: developing opportunities, gathering resources, andmanaging
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and building operations with the goal of creating value.
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2. What is entrepreneurship? What are some basic characteristics of entrepreneurs?
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Entrepreneurship is the process of changing ideas into commercial opportunities and creatingvalue. W
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hile there is no prototypical entrepreneur, many are good at recognizing commercial opportunities, te
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nd to be optimistic, and envision a plan for the future.
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3. Why do businesses close or cease operating? What are the primary reasons why businessesfail?
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