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No-nonsense guidelines for growing a business from scratch
Entrepreneurship remains the wave of the future, but as with anything in business, long-term success requires mastery of basic fundamentals. The Entrepreneur's Guide to Finance & Business balances quantitative with qualitative issues and provides a straightforward, practical overview of the business and financial knowledge required to become a successful entrepreneur.
Professor Steven Rogers, a leader in the field and one of BusinessWeek's 10 best entrepreneur educators, goes beyond generic small-business issues to focus on highgrowth start-ups and innovators. Integrating hands-on aspects such as business valuation models and cash flow analysis with qualitative issues of marketing, management, and strategic planning, he provides:
- Clear explanations and examples of the differences between entrepreneurial and corporate finance
- Proven strategies for developing an effective business plan
- Innovative techniques for structuring a deal and financing a new business
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Manish Ajmani.......2004-03-17
A must for every Entrepreneur or anyone who inspires to be one. Easy to read with examples from real life situations. The book walks through all necessary steps for either starting or acquiring a business with all the help to avoid any pitfalls.
The book not only details on the financial side (wealth creation)of the entrepreneurship but also stresses on the social obligations of job creations.
It scores 11 out of 10.
The Entrepreneur's Guide to Finance & Business: Wealth Creat.......2003-09-26
The book is easy to read and understand. It is couched in a manner where the average individual can easily understand the various financial issues along with the 'why to use' the financial steps along with the pitfalls which will be avoided by using the recommended financial steps.
A book to buy for or by anyone running their own small busines!
The only thing better than reading this book, is to listen to him speak in class.
An accessible, all-around guide to setting up a business.......2003-08-30
Steven Rogers, a professor at the Kellogg School of Management, has put together a comprehensive handbook for aspiring entrepreneurs. Written in plain language that does not assume prior knowledge of business or economics, this guide covers all the major topics that entrepreneurs face in setting up and managing a business: writing up a business plan, compiling and understanding financial statements, making a company profitable, valuing a company, and raising money.
On the one hand, Professor Rogers has written a reference book that assembles much of the information that people intuitively know. In that sense, the guide can be useful to people who want to make sure they are "not forgetting something." On the other hand, though, this guide tackles many issues that quite a few entrepreneurs look down upon: for example, accounting. Professor Rogers not only explains how entrepreneurs should handle the mundane aspects of business like accounting, but also elucidates why entrepreneurs should pay attention to those aspects at all. In doing so, he alerts entrepreneurs about the kind of problems they may face and recommends action to prevent them.
Professor Rogers has compiled anecdotes, business quotations, industry data, and mathematical formulae (which he explains in detail), to write an accessible guide for aspiring business owners. This balance, between serious and humorous, and fact and theory makes the book both fun to read and very useful -- a definite read for those daunted by the prospect of starting their own business.
The definitive guide to entrepreneurship.......2002-11-18
The thousands of budding entrepreneurs in the world share many common pitfalls. Among them is the need for adequate information regarding financing their dreams and a workable, usable, and meaningful plan of action. This book, by one of the country's leading professors of entrepreneurship, and others, is the definitive guide to mapping a viable and long-term plan of action for entrepreneurial success.
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This book shows how to assess market opportunities. Building on lessons learned by studying numerous entrepreneurs, the book details the author's seven domains model for assessing new business ideas. The model is comprised of four market and industry domains and three related to the entrepreneurial team. These seven domains address the central questions in the assessment of any market opportunity: Are the market and industry attractive? Does the opportunity offer compelling customer benefits as well as distinct advantage over other solutions to the customer's needs? Can the team deliver the results they seek and promise to others? The book is practical and sets out how to run a customer-driven feasibility study that will guide the assessment of any new business idea or opportunity before any investment or time has been spent on the project.
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Great product.......2007-02-20
This book came when expected and was in great condition. Terrific seller!
Great book for testing your idea. .......2006-03-21
This book is the best of the business books I reviewed for ideas on how to help approach the research and analysis for my business idea. It's more aimed at folks with business ideas that are geared to being large scale enterprises rather than a small individual proprietiorship . This book is the best of the business books I reviewed for ideas on how to help approach the research and analysis for my business idea. It's more aimed at folks with business ideas that are geared to being large scale enterprises rather than a small individual proprietorship. Most of the "How to write a business plan" books are worthless. You can find the same information on the Internet for free - try the SBA website. This provides a nice structure for analysis outside those cookie-cutter books.
A Must Read before plunging into an Entrepreneurial lifestyl.......2005-03-24
Everyone likes their own ideas and everyone believes that their own ideas are fool-proof. There's no way to check and grind your idea/business plan before going to actual VCs. Till now the only way to analyze your idea was by going through the 3Fs (Famliy, Friends and Fools).
Here is where 'The New Business Road Test' comes in as a savior. This book has all the ideas/ procedures/ questions/ & guidelines to review and grill your idea to perfection before plunging into the real venture. There are many books out there to tell you HOW to write a business plan, but none to actually analyze your business plan.
The presentation of the book is quite simple to understand and refer to in future. The 'Seven Domain Analysis' diagram really makes it simple to review any idea/plan and term it as feasible or not-feasible.
I read the book before going into my first venture and it made me look at my business plan in a whole different way. I was not only able to identify the loop holes but also the ways i could improve my business plans. Even today while I am lookin at a new venture, I find myself always going back and refering to this book.
Once Read, this book will make a place in your entrepreneurial life. This is a must-read book for entrepreneurs as well as VC aspirants.
For the novice and expert alike...........2004-11-10
Having launched several major ventures over the past decades, I have learned that careful advance planning and analysis cannot be over-emphasized. Through the years, I have struggled to develop a robust framework to analyze opportunities before investing time and money.
Mullins has beaten me to the task. Full of frameworks and anecdotes, theory and practice. Thorough, logical, insightful, and easy to follow. An excellent roadmap for the novice and expert alike. My three copies are already dog-eared.
the New Business Road Test.......2004-11-08
As an aspiring entrepreneur you are so convinced that your great idea will work that you want to go straight to the business plan. This book gives you the framework and discipline to force yourself to cut your emotional ties with your idea and pick it apart. If your idea still stands after having gone through the rigorous scrutiny described in the book then you have a very strong foundation for taking your idea to the next stage.
An excellent book that I strongly recommend to anybody who has a great idea for a new business, product or service regardless of whether as an entrepreneur or business executive
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One of the top business plan writing guides among a crowd!.......1996-11-18
If you are preparing a business plan to sell the merits
of your business to an outside investor, this is the book
you should use for guidance. BUY THIS BOOK TODAY!
Most business planning guides do not address the investor,
in fact, they often ignore the
investor completely. In addition to preparing a sound plan, this book tells you how to value your
business, communicate this value to your investor, and
demonstrate to the investor how he/she will get their money
out.
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The Definitive Business Plan: The Fast-track to Intelligent Business Planning for Executives and Entrepreneurs ("Financial Times")
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Provides a practical, problem-solving approach to the finances of entrepreneurs and small businesses by presenting common financial problems and their solutions. Financial Planning for the Entrepreneur provides a bridge between entrepreneur and small business management & marketing and finance through a review of the 12 problem areas in financial management. These are presented through questions and thought-provoking problems at the beginning of the book. The book also presents 18 popular business and industry profiles covering several important areas not covered in the SBA "start-up" series. This gives readers the feel of having the necessary background about a prospective firm before developing a business plan. Finally, realistic case studies are provided for each of the 12 problem areas and focus on each of the 18 industries presented in the book. This gives readers an opportunity to apply the mechanics of solving a financial problem to a real-world situation. A valuable book for any small business owner or entrepreneur wishing to learn more about specific financing problems facing their particular businesses and the solutions available to them.
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How did The Millionaire Mailman become a best seller is such a short time? Because it answers fundamental financial questions, that's imperative for anyone who does not want to spend their retirement years bagging groceries to make ends meet. This is the definitive financial book to learn about asset protection, wealth creation, tax efficiency modeling, and asset allocation for retirement, small business development, and estate planning for any income level.
The Millionaire Mailman is a product of decades of financial training, investment teaching, and 21st century wealth building strategies, combined with solid professional credentials. However, the cornerstone of this book is the result of intimate, inside, first-hand knowledge on how the rich becomes rich and stays rich.
This knowledge wasn't acquired by sending out impersonal questionnaires to complete strangers. It was acquired through friendships with hundreds of millionaires over a period of many years. They talked. I listened. I learned.
The Millionaire Mailman focuses your energies on key financial components that will lay the foundation for exponential net worth growth. You can confidently take the offensive to managing your money.
The Millionaire Mailman promotes direct discussions on the key challenges that are blocking you from reaching your financial goals.
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EXCELLENT BOOK. It delivers what it promised........2007-08-27
EXCELLENT BOOK. It delivers what it promised.
EXCELLENT BOOK. If you ever wanted to know EVERYTHING about investing, financial planning, taxes, and making money this is required reading.
I haven't counted every word, but even the glossary must have defined at lease a thousand financial terms. It is filled with hundreds of pages of sound financial advice. Obviously, this book has been THOUOGHLY researched.
My friends are buying copies for their adult children. I asked them why, and they said that this book is filled with the things EVERY young person need to know and they, as the parent, may have failed to communicate. Perhaps, because they, the parents took for granted that their children would absorb the information just by being their children.
And, these are my CPA's, those with MBA's, leader of major corporations, and my stockbrokers. I do not understand why, but my wealthier and better-educated friends understand the value of this book more than the less educated and less wealthy. That is very unfortunate. But isn't that usually the case? Often, those that need the information the most appreciate it the less.
ANYONE that sincerely wants to buy a thoroughly researched financial reference book filled with hundreds of pages of detailed factual financial information will not be disappointed. Buy it today.
Financial Planning For The Not-Yet Millionaire,Pocket Change And A Prayer: That's ALL you need To get started
It's not BAD, but ..........2007-08-19
The Millionaire Mailman does contain a plethora of financial information. "My Inside Story On How I Became Rich..." however, is nonexistent.Did he write his own review? There are hundreds of pages of facts, but no tales of delivering mail in the sweltering heat of Texas while being offered lemonade by "the richest families in Texas" in their air conditioned homes(or anything like that). I was expecting a story, but I got a book full of facts you can literally find anywhere. I suppose it's nice to have all that copious information in one place if you need it, but there is nothing amusing or intersting or even any advice. "Inside Story" was very misleading to me.
The Definitive Financial Book .......2007-07-31
It is breathtaking in scope. Clearly, it has been rigorously researched and documented. The hundreds of pages of timely business and personal finance advice are relevant in everyway. It explains in minute details how to prosper in any situation. Buy it today.
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The Millionaire'$ Manual (A Workbook for Wealth)
Paul E. Vogelgesang
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In plain English, the author explains what it took to become a "self-made millionaire" before the age of 40. Not by means of a trust fund, large inheritance or winning the lottery, but by using basic investing techniques, a good financial team and some risk in starting a business and purchasing parcels of real estate. This will be explained in his focused, prove and simple to use workbook for wealth. He takes you through 105 steps his readers need to consider in preparing for their own wealth building. His "dos"and "don'ts" cut straight through the mystery most readers have regarding insurance goal setting, basic spending, investing, taxes, starting a business, real estate investments and retirement planning. His ideas can be utilized each year in annual family financial meetings or for a lifetime!
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My dad, Silas Baker, has always been my entrepreneur and financial inspiration. In 1938, after marrying my mother, Lucille, on Christmas eve, with only the change in his pockets and a prayer on his lips, he left the red dirt cotton fields of Huntsville, Alabama and moved north to Nashville, Tennessee. He was 19 and my mother was only 17. Dad had an uncanny ability to maintain his focus even when everyone around him lost his or hers. In more than 50 years as the Chief Executive Officer of his own companies, he never played hooky from work. Since I worked for him for 10 of those years, I often wished that he would say, "Don, lets forget about work today and go fishing." But, of course, he never did. Committed to his big family, he took his family obligations and business responsibilities seriously. Facing hostile discrimination, violent competitors, few resources, many obligations and very little formal education, dad built one of the most successful construction firms in middle Tennessee. This book, with hundred of pages of researched information, is about how to create wealth by persevering during difficult life moments, understanding basic financial concepts and the power of God.
Customer Reviews:
I agree, it is breathtaking in scope........2007-08-16
I agree, it is breathtaking in scope. Clearly, it has been rigorously researched and documented. It bridge Christianity with timely business and personal finance advice. With more than two-dozen chapters and 500 plus pages, it explains in minute details on how to prosper in any situation. Buy it today.Financial Planning For The Not-Yet Millionaire
Breathtaking in Scope.......2007-07-30
Pocket Change And A Prayer, is breathtaking in scope. Clearly, it has been rigorously researched and documented. It bridge Christianity with timely business and personal finance advice. With more than two-dozen chapters and 500 plus pages, it explains in minute details on how to prosper in any situation. Buy it today.
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