InhaltsangabeAbout the Author. Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgments. Introduction: The Nature of Entrepreneurship. 1 Essential Entrepreneurial Qualities and Capabilities. 2 What Type of Venture Do You Have in Mind? 3 Identifying New Venture Opportunities. 4 Ventures that Capitalized on Market Gaps. 5 Evaluating New Venture Opportunities. 6 Developing the Business Plan. 7 Components of the Business Plan. 8 Sources of Funding. 9 Debt Financing. 10 Seeking Investors. 11 Going the Angel Route. 12 Venture Capital Funding. 13 Initial Public Offering. Epilogue Entrepreneurial Dos and Don'ts. Index.

STEPHEN C. HARPER is President of Harper and Associates, Inc., a management consulting firm. He is also Progress Energy/Betty Cameron Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Steve has worked with entrepreneurs in the United States and Canada for more than thirty years. He is on the editorial review board of the Journal of Business and Entrepreneurship and serves on the board of directors of Wachovia Bank (Wilmington area) and the Coastal Entrepreneurial Council, of which he is a cofounder and a former president and executive director.

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