Wednesday, December 17, 2008

New Business Ventures and the Entrepreneur or Your First Year of Teaching and Beyond

New Business Ventures and the Entrepreneur

Author: Michael J Roberts

Roberts’ New Business Ventures and the Entrepreneur, 6e stands out as a text designed to guide tomorrow’s entrepreneurs down the difficult road ahead. Specifically, the Roberts team addresses the entrepreneur before, during and after the decision to create a new venture. Entrepreneurs need to realize that they are assuming a managerial role- both in a product and people sense. New Business Ventures, 6e will leave students with the skills needed to grasp and implement the general managerial responsibilities required to be a successful entrepreneur. The text provides an innovative approach to teaching the core general management skills via the lens of the entrepreneur. The course upon which this book I based is now the new core required course in general management at Harvard Business School.



Table of Contents:

Part I: Introduction: What is Entrepreneurship?

Chapter 1 A Perspective on Entrepreneurship

Case 1.1 The Aravind Eye Hospital, Madural, India: In Service for Sight

Case 1.2 R&R

Case 1.3 Vermeer Technologies (A): A Company Is Born

Case 1.4 Endeavor: Determining a Growth Strategy

Part II: Recognizing and Analyzing Opportunity

Chapter 2 Some Thoughts on Business Plans

Chapter 3 Note on Business Model Analysis for the Entrepreneur

Chapter 4 Valuation, Financing and Capitalization Tables in the New Venture Context

Chapter 5 How Venture Capitalists Evaluate Potential Venture Opportunities

Case 2.1 Beta Golf

Case 2.2 Zipcar: Refining the Business Model

Case 2.3 Keurig

Case 2.4 Crunch

Part III: Assembling Intellectual, Human and Financial Resources

Chapter 6 The Legal Protection of Intellectual Property

Chapter 7 New Venture Financing

Chapter 8 Deal Structure and Deal Terms

Case 3.1 Sheila Mason and Craig Shepherd

Case 3.2 NanoGene Technologies, Inc.

Case 3.3 Business Plan for Room for Dessert: Adding Unique Ingredients to Life’s Balancing Act

Case 3.4 Walnut Venture Associates (D): RBS Deal Terms

Case 3.5 Jim Sharpe: Extrusion Technology, Inc. (A)

Part IV: Managing the Early-Stage Venture

Chapter 9 Managing Risk and Reward in the Entrepreneurial Venture

Chapter 10 The Legal Forms of Organization

Case 4.1 ONSET Ventures

Case 4.2 E Ink: Financing Growth

Case 4.3 Valhalla Partners Due Diligence

Case 4.4 MAC Development Corp.

Part V: Managing Growth and Realizing Value

Chapter 11 Managing the Growing Venture

Case 5.1 KIPP National (A)(Abridged)

Case 5.2 Innocent Drinks

Case 5.3 Shurgard Self-Storage: Expansion to Europe

Case 5.4 Kendle International, Inc.

Case 5.5 RightNow Technologies

Case 5.6 Jamie Dimon and Bank One (A)

Books about marketing: At Home With Carolyne Roehm or Between Meals

Your First Year of Teaching and Beyond

Author: Ellen L Kronowitz

Designed specifically for pre-service and first year teachers, this practical, hands-on guidebook provides non-theoretical advice on how to tackle teaching challenges and demands.

Based on extensive actual research conducted at California State University, San Bernardino, this new and improved fourth edition offers an expanded and improved balance of theory and practice in preparation for student teaching or practicum. Material throughout the text is specifically geared to the interests of elementary, middle, and high school teachers. Based on research obtained from teachers working in urban, suburban, and rural communities, the text covers a large scope of material, making it applicable for student teachers in all regions as well as all grade levels.

New to this Edition:

  • Improved balance of theory and practice.
  • New content on standards-based planning and instruction, assessment, and time and stress management.
  • New material integrated into every chapter specifically geared to the interests of middle school and high school teachers.
  • Added emphasis on individual differences, diversity, bilingual language issues, special education and multicultural populations better prepares student teachers for diversity in the classroom.
  • Updated and expanded information on technology provides student teachers with basic guidelines for incorporating technology into the classroom.
  • Updated references and further reading suggestions.



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