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How to Create a Business Plan
entrepreneur.com— — “Whether you’re just starting out, need funding or want to monitor the health of your business, creating a business plan is your first step on the path to success. Read our extensive how-to to get started on your plan.”
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Getting Smart about Franchising
startupnation.com— — Venturing into the world of franchising could be the right move for an entrepreneur who likes the idea of an already-established business formula.
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Sources of Capital and What to Expect
vcexperts.com— — “This chapter is focused on the funding sources and what to expect from each. In some instances you will find a blurring of terms regarding whether the topic is really a source of capital or a financing instrument.”
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The Art of the Pitch
guykawasaki.com— — This reading, based on Chapter 3 of The Art of the Start, explains how to pitch your organization in a shorter and clearer way.
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Chapter 3 - Valuing the Privately Held Business
vcexperts.com— — “Company owners should consider determining their business’s value for reasons other than just keeping score or knowing the potential selling price. Other purposes include securing financing for business growth, dividing assets in a divorce and estate tax planning.”
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Chapter 11 - Compensating Your Key Executives
vcexperts.com— — “Since both start-ups and buyouts depend in large part on extraordinary performance by managers qua proprietors, one principal aim of the planners of new ventures is to put stock or stock equivalents in the hands of senior managers without occasioning tax liability.”
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Economic Potential of International Franchising in Emerging Markets
franchise-chat.com— — “International franchising has grown significantly since the 1960s because of both push and pull factors. Domestic saturation, increased competition and diminishing profits at home have pushed franchisors to examine their opportunities abroad…”
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Moot Corp's Guide to Creating Fundable Business Plans
mootcorp.org— — The ability to grab potential investors’ attention from the moment they start reading is a must for any successful venture.
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What are the biggest roadblocks to IT's involvement in innovation at your company?
au.idgcast.com— — “CIOs discuss the common obstacles that stand in the way IT’s ability to drive change.”
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What the Business Plan Expert Knows: Who to Keep in Mind, Pitfalls to Aviod
feedroom.businessweek.com— — Dave Lavinsky, co-founder of business plan developer Growthink, has writen over 1,000 business plans. He describes common misconceptions and what potential investors want to see.
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Business Definition for: Entrepreneur
dictionary.bnet.com— — Definitions from BNET.
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Entrepreneurship
econlib.org— — “The term entrepreneur, which most people recognize as meaning someone who organizes and assumes the risk of a business in return for the profits, appears to have been introduced by Richard Cantillon…”
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Entrepreneurship
econlib.org— — “The term entrepreneur, which most people recognize as meaning someone who organizes and assumes the risk of a business in return for the profits, appears to have been introduced by Richard Cantillon (1697-1734), an Irish economist of French descent.”
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Entrepreneurship: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org— — “Entrepreneurship is the practice of starting new organizations or revitalizing mature organizations, particularly new businesses generally in response to identified opportunities.”
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3 results for: entrepreneurship
dictionary.reference.com— — “a person who organizes and manages any enterprise…”
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Feasibility Checklist
eventuring.kauffman.org— — “Use this tool to identify strengths and weaknesses in your Business Plan and to test your growth concept for feasibility.”
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Getting To Know Business Models
investopedia.com— — “When analyzing companies, investors can easily get caught up in details such as performance figures, stock ratios and valuation tools while forgetting a more basic question: how does the company actually make money?”
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Angel Investor
entrepreneur.com— — “Originally a term used to describe investors in Broadway shows, “angel” now refers to anyone who invests his or her money in an entrepreneurial company…”
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Managing Risk in a New Venture
inc.com— — “You can’t get rid of all the risk of starting up a business, but you can certainly take a few steps to mitigate it.”
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Boards That Are Not Bored
eventuring.kauffman.org— — “Given this, should a startup or small entrepreneurial company have a board of directors? I say, emphatically, YES!”