Description |
1 online resource (714 pages) |
Contents |
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; PREFACE; BRIEF CONTENTS; PART I: The Founder; 1 The Global Entrepreneurial Revolution for a Flatter World; Entrepreneurship Flattens the World; Two Nobel Prizes Recognize Entrepreneurship; A Macro Phenomenon; Four Entrepreneurial Transformations That Are Changing the World; Entrepreneurship as the New Management Paradigm; Entrepreneurship as a New Education Paradigm; Transformation of What and How Business Leaders Learn; Entrepreneurship as the New Not-for-Profit and Philanthropy Management Paradigm; The Energy Creation Effect |
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The Road AheadEntrepreneurship: Innovation + Entrepreneurship = Prosperity and Philanthropy; Job Creation; New Venture Formation; Entrepreneurs: America's Self-Made Millionaires; Private Equity-A New Era of Equity Creation; Building an Enterprising Society; Chapter Summary; Study Questions; Internet Resources; Exercise 1: Create a Lifelong Learning Log and Visit with an Entrepreneur; Exercise 2: The Venturekipedia Exercise-Time Is Everything!; Case: ImageCafé; 2 The Entrepreneurial Mind: Crafting a Personal Entrepreneurial Strategy; Entrepreneurs Are Good Business People |
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Three Characteristics of EntrepreneurshipConverging on the Entrepreneurial Mind; Desirable and Acquirable Attitudes, Habits, and Behaviors; Seven Dominant Themes; The Entrepreneurial Mind in Action; The Concept of Apprenticeship; Shaping and Managing an Apprenticeship; The Concept of Apprenticeship: Acquiring the 50,000 Chunks; Role Models; Myths and Realities; What Can Be Learned?; Chapter Summary; Study Questions; Exercise 1: Crafting a Personal Entrepreneurial Strategy; Exercise 2: Personal Entrepreneurial Strategy; Case: Lakota Hills; PART II: The Opportunity |
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3 The Entrepreneurial ProcessDemystifying Entrepreneurship; Classic Entrepreneurship: The Startup; Entrepreneurship and Large Corporations; Startups as the New Corporations; Entrepreneurship Means Paradoxes; The Higher-Potential Venture: Think Big; Smaller Means Higher Failure Odds; Getting the Odds in Your Favor; Threshold Concept; Promise of Growth; Venture Capital Backing; Private Investors Join Venture Capitalists; Find Investors Who Add Value; Option: The Lifestyle Venture; The Timmons Model: Where Theory and Practice Meet in the Real World; Value Creation: The Driving Forces |
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Change the Odds: Fix It, Shape It, Mold It, Make ItChapter Summary; Study Questions; Internet Resources; Case: Roxanne Quimby; 4 Clean Commerce and Sustainable Enterprise Movements Are an Opportunity Sea Change; Clean Commerce and the Sustainability Lens: Seeing and Acting on New Opportunities and Strategies; Defining the Concept: How to Look through a Sustainability Lens; Weak Ties; Systems Thinking; Thinking Like a Molecule; Illustrating the Concept: Method; Illustrating the Concept: NatureWorks; The E-Factor; Drivers of New Entrepreneurial Opportunities |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
New business enterprises -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Entrepreneurship -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Entrepreneurship
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New business enterprises
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Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Adams, Rob
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Timmons
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ISBN |
9781259747618 |
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1259747611 |
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