EntrepreneurialFinance,7thEdition
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J. Chris Leach, Ronald W. Melicher
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Chapters 1 - 16 With CAPSTONE CASES
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Part 1: THE ENTREPRENEURIAL ENVIRONMENT.
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1. Introduction to Finance for Entrepreneurs. t t t t
2. Developing the Business Idea. t t t
Part 2: ORGANIZING AND OPERATING THE VENTURE.
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3. Organizing and Financing a New Venture. t t t t t
4. Preparing and Using Financial Statements. t t t t
5. Evaluating Operating and Financial Performance. Part t t t t t
3: PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE.
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6. Managing Cash Flow. t t
7. Types and Costs of Financial Capital.
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8. Securities Law Considerations When Obtaining Venture Financing.
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CREATING AND RECOGNIZING VENTURE VALUE.
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9. Projecting Financial Statements. t t
10. Valuing Early-Stage Ventures. t t
11. Venture Capital Valuation Methods. t t t
Part 5: STRUCTURING FINANCING FOR THE GROWING VENTURE.
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12. Professional Venture Capital. t t
13. Other Financing Alternatives.
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14. Security Structures and Determining Enterprise Values. Part 6:
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EXIT AND TURNAROUND STRATEGIES.
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15. Harvesting the Business Venture Investment. t t t t
16. Financially Troubled Ventures: Turnaround Opportunities? Part 7: t t t t t t
CAPSTONE CASES.
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Case 1. Eco-Products, Inc. Case
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2. Spatial Technology,
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,Chapter 1 t
INTRODUCTION tTO tFINANCE tFOR tENTREPRENEURS t FOCUS
The tpurpose tof tthis tfirst tchapter tis tto tpresent tan toverview tof twhat tentrepreneurial tfinance tis
t about. tIn tdoing tso twe thope tto tconvey tto tyou tthe timportance tof tunderstanding tand tapplying
t entrepreneurial tfinance tmethods tand ttools tto thelp tensure tan tentrepreneurial tventure tis
t successful.We tpresent ta tlife tcycle tapproach tto tthe tteaching tof tentrepreneurial tfinance twhere
t we tcover tventure toperating tand tfinancial tdecisions tfaced tby tthe tentrepreneur tas ta tventure
t progresses tfrom tan tidea tthrough tto tharvesting tthe tventure.
LEARNING tOBJECTIVES
LO t1.1: tCharacterize tthe tentrepreneurial tprocess.
LO t1.2: tDescribe tentrepreneurship tand tsome tcharacteristics tof tentrepreneurs.
t LO t1.3: tIndicate tseveral tmegatrends tproviding twaves tof tentrepreneurial
t opportunities.LO t1.4: tList tand tdescribe tthe tseven tprinciples tof tentrepreneurial
t finance.
LO t1.5: tDiscuss tentrepreneurial tfinance tand tthe trole tof tthe tfinancial
t manager.LO t1.6: tDescribe tthe tvarious tstages tof ta tsuccessful tventure‘s tlife
t cycle.
LO t1.7: tIdentify, tby tlife tcycle tstage, tthe trelevant ttypes tof tfinancing tand
t investors.LO t1.8: tUnderstand tthe tlife tcycle tapproach tused tin tthis tbook.
CHAPTER tOUTLINE
1.1 THE tENTREPRENEURIAL tPROCESS
1.2 ENTREPRENEURSHIP tFUNDAMENTALS
A. Who tis tan tEntrepreneur?
B. Basic tDefinitions
C. Entrepreneurial tTraits tor tCharacteristics
D. Opportunities tExist tBut tNot tWithout tRisks
1.3 SOURCES tOF tENTREPRENEURIAL tOPPORTUNITIES
A. Societal tChanges
B. Demographic tChanges
C. Technological tChanges
D. Emerging tEconomies tand tGlobal tChanges
E. Crises tand t ―Bubbles‖
F. Disruptive tInnovation
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, 1.4 PRINCIPLES tOF tENTREPRENEURIAL tFINANCE
A. Real, tHuman, tand tFinancial tCapital tmust tbe tRented tfrom tOwners t(Principle t#1)
B. Risk tand tExpected tReward tgo tHand tin tHand t(Principle t#2)
C. While tAccounting tis tthe tLanguage tof tBusiness, tCash tis tthe tCurrency t(Principle t#3)
D. New tVenture tFinancing tInvolves tSearch, tNegotiation, tand tPrivacy t(Principle t#4)
E. A tVenture‘s tFinancial tObjective tis tto tIncrease tValue t(Principle t#5)
F. It tis tDangerous tto tAssume tthat tPeople tAct tAgainst tTheir tOwn tSelf-
t Interests(Principle t#6)
G. Venture tCharacter tand tReputation tcan tbe tAssets tor tLiabilities t(Principle t#7)
1.5 ROLE tOF tENTREPRENEURIAL tFINANCE
1.6 THE tSUCCESSFUL tVENTURE tLIFE tCYCLE
A. Development tStage
B. Startup tStage
C. Survival tStage
D. Rapid-Growth tStage
E. Early-Maturity tStage
F. Life tCycle tStages tand tthe tEntrepreneurial tProcess
1.7 FINANCING tTHROUGH tTHE tVENTURE tLIFE tCYCLE
A. Seed tFinancing
B. Startup tFinancing
C. First-Round tFinancing
D. Second-Round tFinancing
E. Mezzanine tFinancing
F. Liquidity-Stage tFinancing
G. Seasoned tFinancing
1.8 LIFE tCYCLE tAPPROACH tFOR tTEACHING tENTREPRENEURIAL tFINANCE
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DISCUSSION tQUESTIONS tAND tANSWERS
1. What tis tthe tentrepreneurial tprocess?
The tentrepreneurial tprocess tcomprises: tdeveloping topportunities, tgathering tresources,
t andmanaging tand tbuilding toperations twith tthe tgoal tof tcreating tvalue.
2. What tis tentrepreneurship? tWhat tare tsome tbasic tcharacteristics tof tentrepreneurs?
Entrepreneurship tis tthe tprocess tof tchanging tideas tinto tcommercial topportunities tand
t creatingvalue. t tWhile tthere tis tno tprototypical tentrepreneur, tmany tare tgood tat trecognizing
t commercial topportunities, ttend tto tbe toptimistic, tand tenvision ta tplan tfor tthe tfuture.
3. Why tdo tbusinesses tclose tor tcease toperating? tWhat tare tthe tprimary treasons twhy tbusinesses
t fail?