| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
| Contents |
A. Dedication -- B. Preface -- C. Acknowledgments -- 1. The entrepreneurial spectrum -- Introduction -- The entrepreneurial spectrum -- Entrepreneurial finance -- 2. Financial statements -- Introduction -- The income statement -- The balance sheet -- The statement of cash flows -- Development of pro formas -- Checklist of financial information -- 3. Financial statement analysis -- Introduction -- Proactive analysis -- Income statement analysis -- Ratio analysis -- Breakeven analysis -- Measuring growth -- Case study -- clark company -- Gross margins -- Net margins -- Other issues to consider -- 4. Cash flow management -- Introduction -- Types of cash flow -- Cash flow forecasts -- Cash flow management -- Accounts receivable -- Accounts payable -- The cash gap -- Working capital -- Finding cash -- 5. Valuation -- Introduction -- Valuing the clark company -- Premoney and postmoney valuations -- Why value your company? -- Key factors influencing valuation -- Valuation methods -- Valuing technology and internet companies -- 6. Raising capital -- Introduction -- Value-added investors -- Sources of capital -- 7. Debt financing -- Introduction -- Types of debt -- Sources of debt financing -- Creative ways to structure long-term debt -- Long-term debt rules to live by -- Debt financing for working capital -- 8. Equity financing -- Introduction -- Sources of equity capital -- Private placements -- Corporate venture capital -- Private equity firms -- International private equity -- Advice for raising private equity -- Small-business investment companies -- Initial public offerings -- Direct public offerings -- The financing spectrum -- 9. Financing for minorities and women -- Introduction -- Minorities -- debt financing -- Minorities -- equity financing -- Women -- debt financing -- Women -- equity financing -- 10. Taking a job with an entrepreneurial firm -- Introduction -- Case study: considering a job offer from an early-stage company -- Case study analysis -- 11. Intrapreneurship -- Introduction -- The intrapreneurship spectrum -- Intrapreneurship models -- Traits of the high-growth intrapreneur -- Acts of intrapreneurship -- Signs of intrapreneurial success -- Standard operating procedures -- Intrapreneurship blunder -- 12. Crowdfunding -- Introduction -- Crowdfunding with pledges -- Crowdfunding campaigns -- Crowdfund investing through the jobs act -- Alternative crowdfund investing approaches -- A note on crowdfunding versus crowdsourcing -- A. Conclusion -- B. Notes -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 11 -- Chapter 12 |
| Summary |
A guide to setting up and managing your business' finances. It offers potent methods for keeping firm financial control of your enterprise and insightful tips for avoiding the multitude of financial barriers that may block your entrepreneurial dream |
| Analysis |
Entrepreneurship |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Copyright © McGraw-Hill 2014 2014 |
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English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Business enterprises -- Finance.
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Business planning.
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Entrepreneurship.
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entrepreneurs.
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Business enterprises -- Finance
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Business planning
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Entrepreneurship
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Makonnen, Roza.
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| LC no. |
2013048971 |
| ISBN |
9780071824064 |
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0071824065 |
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