Effectual entrepreneurship [electronic resource] / Stuart Read ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2011.Description: xii, 238 p. : col. illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
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Contents:
Myth : entrepreneurs are visionaries -- I don't have a good idea -- Myth : entrepreneurs are risk takers -- I don't have enough money -- Myth : entrepreneurs are extraordinary forecasters -- I don't know how to take the plunge -- Myth : entrepreneurs are not like the rest of us -- I'm human : I'm afraid of failing -- The bird-in-hand principle : start with what you have -- Worldmaking : understand transformation -- The affordable loss principle : risk little, fail cheap -- Financing : bootstrap the venture -- The crazy quilt principle : form partnerships -- Ownership and control : manage investors -- The lemonade principle : leverage surprise -- Business plans and business models : make pitches -- Venture identity : build brand -- The pilot-on-the-plane principle: apply non-predictive control -- When the venture grows up -- Entrepreneurship as a technology for social change.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Myth : entrepreneurs are visionaries -- I don't have a good idea -- Myth : entrepreneurs are risk takers -- I don't have enough money -- Myth : entrepreneurs are extraordinary forecasters -- I don't know how to take the plunge -- Myth : entrepreneurs are not like the rest of us -- I'm human : I'm afraid of failing -- The bird-in-hand principle : start with what you have -- Worldmaking : understand transformation -- The affordable loss principle : risk little, fail cheap -- Financing : bootstrap the venture -- The crazy quilt principle : form partnerships -- Ownership and control : manage investors -- The lemonade principle : leverage surprise -- Business plans and business models : make pitches -- Venture identity : build brand -- The pilot-on-the-plane principle: apply non-predictive control -- When the venture grows up -- Entrepreneurship as a technology for social change.

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