Research Catalog

Title

Harvard business essentials: entrepreneur's toolkit : tools and techniques to launch and grow your new business.

Publication

Boston : Harvard Business School Press, [2004], ©2004.

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

Harvard Business School.

Description

xix, 258 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

"Starting an independent business is rife with both opportunity and peril. From the basics of writing a business plan to the challenges of financing the new venture, the Entrepreneur's Toolkit is the essential resource for success."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

The Harvard business essentials series

Uniform Title

Harvard business essentials series.

Subject

• New business enterprises

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Self-diagnosis : do you have the right stuff to start a business? -- 2. Finding and evaluating the opportunity : is it real and large enough? -- 3. Organizing the enterprise : which form is best for you? -- 4. Building a business model and strategy : how they work together -- 5. Writing a business plan : the basics -- 6. Financing the business : where's the money? -- 7. Angels and venture capitalists : for serious outside equity -- 8. Going public : adventures in the capital markets -- 9. Enterprise growth : the challenge to managemet -- 10. Keeping the entrepreneurial spirit alive : the ultimate challenge of success -- 11. Harvest time : reaping what you've sown -- App. A. Understanding financial statements -- App. B. Breakeven analysis -- App. C. Valuation concepts -- App. D. Online help when you need it -- App. E. Rule 144.

ISBN

• 1591394368
• 9781591394365

LCCN

• 2004010859
• R5-467390

OCLC

• ocm57513893
• SCSB-5111246

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries