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New Venture Creation: Entrepreneurship for the 21st Century | 
| Authors: Jeffry Timmons, Stephen Spinelli
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Category: Book
Buy New: $122.32
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 23033
Media: Paperback
Edition: 8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 704
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 8.5 x 1
ISBN: 0073381551
Dewey Decimal Number: 658.1141
EAN: 9780073381558
ASIN: 0073381551
Publication Date: September 4, 2008
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New Venture Creation: Entrepreneurship for the 21st Century is about the actual process of getting a new venture started, growing the venture, successfully harvesting it, and starting again. It continues to be the product of experience and considerable research in the field#xFFFD;rooted in real-world application and refined in the classroom. The design and flow of the book are aimed at creating knowledge, skills, and awareness. In a pragmatic way#xFFFD;through text, case studies and hands-on exercises#xFFFD;students are drawn in to discover critical aspects of entrepreneurship, and what levels of competencies, know-how, experience, attitudes, resources and networks are required to pursue different entrepreneurial opportunities. . . The Eighth edition includes new cases and exercises, updated Web sites, and new text material to capture the current financial, economic, technological, and globally competitive environment of this first decade of the new century. .
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 Finally, a Drug-free Cure for Insomnia! Good News/Bad News March 3, 2008
This has got to rank near the top of driest, most repetitive business (including accounting) textbooks I've come across! I should know because I already have an MBA. I could not get through more than two pages before nodding off. My eyes burned from trying to read through reverse print/images from the back of a page in what couldn't be much larger than 6 point type on gray pages! The book is printed on paper stock on par with your typical trashy Hollywood celebrity magazine. Be careful flipping pages, you might rip them. When I tried to highlight passages, it bled through to the next page! My suggestion is to skim the chapter summaries, go back and read the section(s) you need more detail on and save your eyes. br /br /The book came with a card to access online resources. Despite my book being brand new and still shrink wrapped, an error message popped up when I tried to register, stating that the access code was no longer valid or had been used previously. This was disappointing, but from others I had heard that the site was of little value. br /br /The GOOD NEWS is that this book is an excellent reference, chock-full of great information, screening tests for assessing and tweaking a business plan, examples, etc. This Timmons book (and it's previous incarnations) has withstood the test of time for decades (First published in 1974!). The screening tests and methodology for starting up a business developed at Babson College are tried and true. br /br /If you need structure and guidance in starting up a business, this is the book for you.
 A fantastic text book and a book for every entrepreneur November 10, 2006
br /br /Hi , br /br /This is a very informative book for every business student and br /for every person who desires to establish a new venture...br /Very excellent book ... br /br /Thank you br /Sal
It's an Excellent Time for New Ventures June 30, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you look around at the big businesses of today, most of them weren't around a hundred years ago. This includes not only the really new companies like Microsoft and Intel, but also the oil companies, automobile companies, airlines and more. br /br /A hundred years from now it will be the same thing. The days of cheap energy are over, global warming is coming, and the recent developments in biotechnology are opening new doors. In the next century there will be an awful lot of room for new companies that work in such areas to solve tomorrow's problems. And often the big companies of today can't make the transition. br /br /This book is sort of the general overall Bible of starting a new company. It is intended for use by individuals and by business school students thinking of starting a company. br /br /It begins with a look at the entrepreneurial mind. This examines the the attitudes, habits and behaviors seen in successful entrepreneurs. It continues through every step in the process until you've cashed out and are looking for ways to spend your fortune. br /br /Having worked for several entrepreneurs and see what happens, this book would have saved some of them an awful lot of effort.
 Earlier versions are better April 28, 2004
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
This book includes numerous tear-out exercises and cases. It might be appropriate for a classroom but it is not ideal for prospective entrepreneurs.pEarlier versions of this book had good material on writing a business plan and determining appropriate sources of capital and less extraneous fillers. Save yourself a lot of money and buy a more practical book on the subject or the 1995 version if you want the business plan and financing materials.
Book condition February 16, 2003
2 out of 27 found this review helpful
Very quick delivery. Book had some marks, but excellent condition. Would recommend strongly if you want the book right away.
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