TY - BOOK AU - Timmons, Jeffry A. AU - Spinelli,Stephen TI - New venture creation : : entrepreneurship for the 21st century SN - 9780071262330 AV - GC HD 62.5 .T55 2007 PY - 2007/// CY - [New York] PB - McGraw Hill KW - ENTERPRENEURSHIP KW - NEW BUSINESS ENTERPRISE N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; PART I: THE ENTREPRENEURIAL MIND FOR AN ENTREPRENEURIAL SOCIETY -- 1. The Entrepreneurial mind: crafting a personal entrpereneurial strategy -- 2. America's entrepreneurial revolution goes global -- PART II: THE OPPORTUNITY -- 3. The entrepreneurial process -- The opportunity: creating, shaping, recognizing, seizing -- 5. Screening venture opportunities -- 6. The business plan -- PART IV: FINANCING ENTREPRENEURIAL VENTURES -- 10. Resource requirements -- 11. Franchising -- 12. Entrepreneurial finance -- 13. Obtaining venture and growth capital -- 14. The deal: valuation, structure, and negotiation -- 15. Obtaining debt capital -- PART V: STARTUP AND BEYOND -- 16. Managing rapid growth: entrepreneurship beyond startup -- 17. The family as enterprise -- 18. The entrepreneur and the troubled company -- 19. The harvest and beyond ER -