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Ken Hendricks buys companies more often than most people buy toothpaste. He claims his ability to size up the numbers is innate. More ordinary, five-sensed entrepreneurs may need a little help dissecting the financials. But they can still learn from Hendricks’s five rules for a successful acquisition.

Content: Article | Author: Ken Hendricks | Source: Inc. Magazine | Subject: Entrepreneurship

Got guts-and 15 other must-haves-to start up your own shop?

Content: Article | Author: Paul Scott | Source: MBA Jungle | Subject: Entrepreneurship

FormNet® is designed to save you the time and expense of creating business documents from scratch. You can download and customize various business forms according to your needs, and immediately put them to work in your business–all for free.

Content: Online Resource | Source: Entrepreneur.com | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Free Stuff / Tools

Evidence suggests that small firms benefit from business planning as new ventures are assessed and started. Yet relatively few make use of business planning, or go about such planning in an inconsistent way that invites errors and omissions. This paper presents a systemized web-based venture planning model that provides opportunities for entrepreneurs to collect the appropriate information and assess their ventures. This model is based … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Cole Ehmke, Michael Boehlje | Source: Purdue University | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Free Stuff / Tools

Why do so many successful entrepreneurs feel like fakes?

Content: Article | Author: Leigh Buchanan | Source: Inc. Magazine | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Organizational Behavior

Seth Godin’s advice on starting a business with no money.

Content: Article | Author: Seth Godin | Source: ChangeThis | Subject: Entrepreneurship

This work is an examination in words and pictures of the way particular individuals, some famous and some not, have created businesses/careers from nothing but their own drive and talent.

Content: Book | Authors: Charles Handy, Elizabeth Handy | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, People

Private equities are an important and growing part of the worldwide capital markets, and include early stage investments, often backed by venture capital. In the article “Venture-Backed Private Equity Valuation and Financial Statement Information,” Professors Antonio Dávila of IESE, and George Foster and Chris Armstrong of Stanford analyze how financial statement information impacts the valuation of firms by private equity investors in the U.S. market. … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Antonio Dávila, Chris Armstrong, George Foster | Source: IESE Insight | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Finance, Venture Capital

Leasing new space is an event that can have major implications for any business. If a company leases space that ultimately turns out to be unsuitable for all its operations, or if the lease does not allow for expansion, the growth of the company can be unduly hindered. If too much space is leased, the company will end up wasting limited cash resources. … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Joseph G. Hadzima Jr. | Source: Boston Business Journal | Subjects: Operations, Small Business

His goal: To single-handedly save the world’s women from obesity. With Curves, he seems to be pulling it off. And he’s built a billion-dollar business along the way.

Content: Case Study | Author: Alison Stein Wellner | Source: Inc. Magazine | Subject: Entrepreneurship | Industry: Other | Company: Curves

Anyone who tends toward arrogance should be sentenced to a term of VC fund-raising during a tight market.

Content: Quotation | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital

Even the unforeseeable can be prepared for if you have the right tools. Start-ups are often faced with the unknown, when traditional methods cannot help them. But there are two options for managers of young companies such situations. So how to choose which method is most appropriate? Authors Sommer, Loch and Dong look at a sample of 62 start-up companies in Shanghai to shed light … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Christoph Loch, Jing Dong, Svenja Sommer | Source: INSEAD Knowledge | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Strategy

A business guide for entrepreneurs. Contents include:
– Entrepreneurship
– A Sensible Approach to Writing a Good Business Plan
– Raising Venture Capital
– Accounting Policies and Procedures for Early Stage Companies
– Legal Issues for Early Stage Entrepreneurs
– Managing Explosive Growth in Technology Companies
– Choosing an Exit Strategy

Editor’s Note: some info is basic, some is quite thorough; the accounting info … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Sources: PwC, Sullivan & Worcester LLP, Washington Technology Partners Inc. | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Reference / Search

There’s only a fine line between entrepreneurship and insubordination.

Content: Quotation | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Organizational Behavior

Venture capital is a crucial part of enterprise and job creation, but it also represents a market in itself. Does the venture capital sector behave like other markets, or does it have features that mark it as different? By identifying the characteristic features of the venture capital market, this paper from Bruce Kogut, Pietro Urso and Gordon Walker, provides valuable information for policy makers looking … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Bruce Kogut, Gordon Walker, Pietro Urso | Source: INSEAD Knowledge | Subjects: Finance, Venture Capital

A look at the basics of stock and options granting for entrepreneurs.

Content: Article | Author: Joseph G. Hadzima Jr. | Source: Boston Business Journal | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Finance

For people with the mindset and motivation to create entrepreneurial change there is still the question of how they can operate to be successful within their company environment, since each company’s culture, goals and its set of opportunities are different. That is to say, what types of opportunities do they look for, where do they look for them and how do they move these opportunities … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Neal Thornberry | Source: Babson Insight | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Leadership

I have often had entrepreneurs tell me with great confidence that they either do or do not want to set up their venture as a Subchapter S corporation. Equally often when I ask them why they want to take that course of action I find they don’t really understand what is involved.

Content: Article | Author: Joseph G. Hadzima Jr. | Source: Boston Business Journal | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Legal

Jay Abraham offers 21 principles to help businesses jump-start their sales and profits.

Content: Article | Author: Jay Abraham | Source: JayAbraham.com | Subjects: Marketing / Sales, Small Business

To many guerrilla marketers, technology is to be lauded because it has put them online — giving them access to the speed of email, the power of fresh information, the warmth of closely connected people, and the marketing muscle of the World Wide Web. To others, technology is the hero because it allows them to flourish in a home-based business. This article examines 25 areas … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Jay Conrad Levinson | Source: Guerrilla Marketing | Subjects: Marketing / Sales, Small Business