The entrepreneur's growth startup handbook : 7 secrets to venture funding and successful growth /
An accessible guide to handling the unforeseeable consequences of becoming an entrepreneur in today and tomorrow's economy The spirit of an entrepreneur is often characterized as one of unbridled passion and a sense of fearlessness. But what about the consequences of choosing to become an entre...
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| Μορφή: | Ηλ. βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
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Hoboken, New Jersey :
John Wiley & Sons,
[2013]
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| Σειρά: | Bloomberg financial series.
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- The Entrepreneur's Growth Startup Handbook: 7 Secrets to Venture Funding and Successful Growth; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction; Why This Book?; Overview of the Book; Therefore ... ; Chapter 2: What Makes a Great Entrepreneur?; The Big Dream; Are Leaders Born or Made?; Are You Driven Enough?; Are You a Macromanager?; Are You a Rational Optimist?; Do You Have a Healthy Fear of Failure?; Do You Have Little Fear of Risk?; Can You Control without the Freak Part?; Is Your Life Disciplined?; Therefore ... ; Chapter 3: Staying Focused While Working on New Ideas.
- In Comes the New IdeaThe Complementary Business; Following the King of All Media; Not Just Reverse Mergers; The New Idea Relieving Boredom; The New Idea after Years of Grooming Top Deputies for Main Business; The New Opportunity Following Financial Success; The New Opportunity as a Hedge; When the New Thing Is Bigger; Sell That Sucker; Therefore ... ; Chapter 4: Getting a Life: How to Have a Business and a Life; The Downside of Workaholism; Tips for Working Smart; Time Shift!; Delegate!; Work from Home ... Sometimes; Work Hard/Play Hard Can Be Dangerous; More Vacation with Less Work ... and More Howard.
- ``Me ́ ́ Time StrategiesFinding Less Work on Business Trips; Get off Your Butt!; The Early Weekender; Turn It off, or Mostly; Therefore ... ; Chapter 5: Employee Management 101; Is It Really That Important?; Finding the Right People; The Hire from the Big Company; My Law Firm Experience; Howard Stern Redux: Home Growing the Staff; Looking Inward and Building a Family; Issues Female Entrepreneurs Face in Hiring; Retaining Great Employees in Entrepreneurial Companies; To Get Loyalty, Give Loyalty; Structuring Compensation Right; Therefore ...
- Chapter 6: Finding the Right Business Partner for Your VentureDo You Want to Fly Solo?; Founding Partners; Best Friend Partners; Couple Partners; Family Partners; Get an Attorney and Get It in Writing; Investor Partners; Investor Veto Powers; Settling on Valuation; Investor Involvement; Rainmaking Partners; Determining the Need for Equity; Direct Stock Grants; Stock Options; Phantom Equity; Worker Bee Partners; Therefore ... ; Chapter 7: Financing Your Company's Growth: The 6 Most Common Methods of Financing; Financing Market Drivers; The Economy and Stock Market; Industry Trends.
- Politics and the Regulatory EnvironmentBasics of the Process; Making the Contact; Meeting with Investors; The Six Methods; Bootstrap; Government Financing; Bank Financing; Friends and Family; Angel, Venture Capital, and Private Equity; Initial Public Offering (IPO) or Public Company (PIPE) Financing; Therefore ... ; Chapter 8: Too Pooped to Produce?: Common Causes of Exhaustion and How to Recover; Causes of Burnout; Spousal/Family Pressure; Unexpected Business Pressures or Stagnation; Surprising Success; Burnout Prevention; Adjust the Plan-Up or Down; Take a Break; Rely More on Others.
