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210 Entrepreneurship Articles
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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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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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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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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!”
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Working With an Advisory Board
edwardlowe.org— — “Advisers with special knowledge and expertise can help you resolve specific problems or develop aspects of your business that can open up new avenues for growth.”
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Small Group Networking Among Entrepreneurial Peers
eventuring.kauffman.org— — “In 1996, seven years after founding a small junk-removal business in Vancouver, I set a goal to rapidly grow my business. As a young entrepreneur, my biggest challenge was learning how to achieve this.”
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Making Work/Life Balance Work in Your Entrepreneurial Company
eventuring.kauffman.org— — “Entrepreneurs are notorious for their commitment to working long hours to build their businesses. In 1989, when I turned my attention from corporate work to my own company, OFS, I was no exception.”
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Ten Tips on Protecting Intellectual Property
allbusiness.businessweek.com— — “So you’ve got a great, innovative idea and you just know this could be the one to catapult your brilliance into a successful business venture.”
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The Basics of Money Management
entrepreneur.com— — Before you start making money, you’ve got to figure out how you’re going to accept payments, establish payment and credit terms, and manage your finances. This how-to by entrepreneur and author James Stephenson will help.