Timmons & Spinelli's, New Venture Creation: Entrepreneurship For The 21st Century, 6/e is a perforated paperback text that covers the process of getting a new venture started, growing the venture, successfully harvesting it and starting again. Through text, case studies, and hands-on exercises, the book guides students in discovering the concepts of entrepreneurship and the competencies, skills, know-how and experience that are sufficient to pursue different entrepreneurial opportunities. The authors recognize that there is no substitute for actually starting a company, but believe that it is possible to expose students to many of the vital issues and immerse them in key learning experiences.



Table of contents:

Part I The Opportunity

Chapter 1. The Entrepreneurial Revolution

Chapter 2. The Entrepreneurial Process

Chapter 3. The Opportunity: Creating, Shaping, Recognizing, and Seizing

Chapter 4. Screening Venture Opportunities

Chapter 5. Entrepreneurs and the Continuing Internet Revolution: The Expanding Frontier

Chapter 6. Entrepreneurial Opportunities: The Franchise Alternative

Part II The Founders

Chapter 7. The Entrepreneurial Mind in Thought and Action

Chapter 8. The Entrepreneurial Manager

Chapter 9. The New Venture Team

Chapter 10. Personal Ethics and the Entrepreneur

Part III Resource Requirements

Chapter 11. Resource Requirements

Chapter 12. The Business Plan

Part IV Financing Entrepreneurial Ventures

Chapter 13. Entrepreneurial Finance

Chapter 14. Obtaining Venture and Growth Capital

Chapter 15. The Deal: Valuations, Structure and Negotiation

Chapter 16. Obtaining Debt Capital

Part V Startup and After

Chapter 17. Managing Rapid Growth

Chapter 18. The Entrepreneur and the Troubled Company

Chapter 19. The Harvest and Beyond

Crafting a Personal Entrepreneurial Strategy