The Portable MBA in Entrepreneurship

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 500 pages
• Published by: Wiley
• Edition: 3rd Edition March 14, 2003
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0471271543
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0471271543
• Book Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.2 x 1.7 inches
• Weighs: 2.4 pounds

Product Description
This new and updated third edition equips real-world entrepreneurs with the same state-of-the-art business knowledge and information taught to MBA candidates in top business schools. Within this book you’ll find all the entrepreneurial advice you need to run a business:

• Recognizing great entrepreneurial opportunities
• Writing a business plan and building your financial statements
• Securing financing with venture capital or debt financing
• Franchising your business
• Managing a growing business
• Protecting intellectual property
• Selling a business when the time comes

From the Inside Flap
Opportunities for entrepreneurs with vision are endless in todays global economy. More and more people are seizing the opportunity to get out of someone elses office and into their own–starting their own businesses and finding independence. Success is by no means a guarantee, but theres no reward without risk. The Portable MBA in Entrepreneurship is designed to lessen that risk.

This new and updated Third Edition equips real-world entrepreneurs with the same state-of-the-art business knowledge and information taught to MBA candidates in top business schools. William Bygrave and Andrew Zacharakis lead an all-star team of professors, consultants, and entrepreneurs in bringing this bestselling business resource into step with the times through a host of new case studies and examples. Changing legal, tax, and regulatory climates for small businesses and entrepreneurs are examined and explained in full detail, and–as in previous editions–youll find all the entrepreneurial advice you need to run a business:

• Recognizing great entrepreneurial opportunities
• Writing a business plan and building your financial statements
• Securing financing with venture capital or debt financing
• Franchising your business
• Managing a growing business
• Protecting intellectual property
• Selling a business when the time comes

As always, The Portable MBA in Entrepreneurship brings you the collective wisdom of some of the top names in business and academia, in plain, accessible language. Solid and substantive, written in a clear and engaging style, this book is a cutting-edge education in entrepreneurship at a cut-rate price.

Reader Reviews
This review is from: The Portable MBA in Entrepreneurship (Hardcover) I bought this book to help me get started on my own service business. It is helpful in many ways, and not so helpful in other ways. THE GOOD: 1) There is a load of information about entrepreneurship. This book takes you from getting started, to finding the capital you need, to tax and legal issues, to franchising your business. 2) It gives good definitions and explains words that you may be unfamiliar with. Ex... What is a sub chapter S corporation? You'll find the answer to that and many other questions in this book! 3) A great reference. It tells you where you can go to find the information that you will need. It lists journals, books, and government sites that will help you. THE BAD: 1) It reads like a text book. There is a lot of information crammed into this book, page after page after page... 2) Is this guy really an entrepreneur or just a teacher? There are a lot of theories and charts in this book... it makes you wonder. 3) It is a reference book. There was no way that I could read this book straight through, so it sits on my shelf and every once in a while I pull it down to look up words, find references to more information or read one chapter that is applicable to my life right now. OVERALL: If you are looking for an encyclopedia-like reference book for everything you wanted to know about entrepreneurship then this book is for you. If you want motivation, real world examples or unconventional techniques to help you in your business then I would suggest Harry Beckwith or Ries & Trout.