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Business plans are unique documents-they are filled with dreams, often unrealistic, as well as blueprints on how companies intend to achieve those dreams. Dot-com BPs are especially interesting, given harsh recent events, and that is why they are being collected in an archive compiled by Webmergers.com and the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, working with the Center for History and New … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Sources: University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business, Webmergers.com | Subject: Entrepreneurship

Regardless of company size or industry, the creation of new products and services and the entry into new markets is the life blood of business growth. These critical activities form the core of entrepreneurship and we asked some Babson professors and noteworthy entrepreneurs to comment on important factors that lead to success in starting and managing innovative new business ideas.

Editor’s Note: This is an … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Source: Babson Insight | Subject: Entrepreneurship

Content: Book | Author: Josh Lerner | Subjects: Industry Specific, Venture Capital

How do you foster entrepreneurship in your mainstream business? Babson Professor Allan R. Cohen talks about leading change from within the organization.

Content: Article | Author: Allan R. Cohen | Source: Babson Insight | Subject: Entrepreneurship

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Entrepreneurs or a venture team often engage in a torturous, checkered process of nurturing and idea into a successful business. Professors Yves Doz and Peter Williamson show that alliances, at different stages of venture development, may help reduce the burn rate as well as improve the chances of success. Download the full text of this working paper to find explanations on an applied managerial level, … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Peter Williamson, Yves Doz | Source: INSEAD Knowledge | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Strategy

It’s your moment. You have 10 minutes to wow a captive audience of venture capitalists. How do you make the most of that time? If you’re one of the 23 women entrepreneurs recruited by Springboard Enterprises, you spend five grueling weeks in the nonprofit’s boot camp crafting the perfect pitch.

Find out what A.G. Breitenstein and two other female entrepreneurs discovered about themselves and their … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Susan Greco | Source: Inc. Magazine | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Women in Business

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Content: Thought Leader | Source: Business 2.0 | Subjects: Management, Venture Capital

In this case study, Professors Pierre Hillion and Theo Vermaelen use Log On America’s decision to issue a floating-price convertible preferred stock to discuss optimal capital structure. You are asked to compare this financial innovation with alternatives such as equity financing, debt financing and convertibles with a fixed conversion price. Then you’re asked to support (or undermine) the legal case of LOA against the banks … [ Read more ]

Content: Case Study | Authors: Pierre Hillion, Theo Vermaelen | Source: INSEAD Knowledge | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Finance | Industry: Investment Banking | Company: Log On America

How do you foster entrepreneurship in your mainstream business? Babson Professor Allan R. Cohen speaks about the fact that leaders are not just those at the top; they can and must be in all kinds of jobs throughout the organization.

Content: Article | Author: Allan Cohen | Source: Babson Insight | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Leadership

Get advice on putting together a business plan from the SBA (Small Business Administration)

Content: Online Resource | Source: Small Business Administration (SBA) | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Small Business

Here Inc.com presents homegrown marketing ploys to jump-start sales, increase your customer base, and help get new products to market. Topics include:
– Acquiring Customers
– Product Sales
– Word of Mouth
– Partnerships
– Trade Shows
– More Original Approaches

Content: Article | Source: Inc.com | Subjects: Marketing / Sales, Small Business

Content: Book | Authors: Guy Kawasaki, Raymond W. Smilor | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Management

Content: Book | Authors: J. Gregory Dees, Jed Emerson, Peter Economy | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Nonprofit

Here’s a quick primer of the various methodologies commonly used for valuing businesses (for purposes of imminent sale or otherwise).

Content: Article | Author: Elena Fawkner | Source: ManagerWise | Subject: Small Business

“A comprehensive free resource of small business information. Packed with dozens of guides, tools and techniques.”

Content: Online Resource | Source: BizMove.com | Subject: Small Business

If the bureaucratic trap is like a cage that restricts the opportunities for people to contribute all they can, the entrepreneurial trap is a void, a black hole into which people disappear when they lack direction or accountability. The issue is balance: enough breadth in jobs and decentralization in decisions to allow initiative and creativity, but enough discipline and direction and controls to focus local … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Source: Babson Insight | Subjects: Bureaucracy, Entrepreneurship

“This guide is a checklist for the owner/manager of a business enterprise or for one contemplating going into business for the first time. The questions concentrate on areas you must consider seriously to determine if your idea represents a real business opportunity and if you can really know what you are getting into. You can use it to evaluate a completely new venture proposal or … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Source: BizMove.com | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Small Business

How do you hire a CEO, when you’re not even sure what a CEO does? That’s the query we received from an angst-ridden company founder who had tried and failed — twice — to replace himself. One sleepless night he finally realized he didn’t even know how to write a job description for a replacement CEO. To give guidance to that company builder — and … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Jennifer Reingold | Source: Inc. Magazine | Subjects: Corporate Governance, Entrepreneurship