Dollinger index

Entrepreneurial Strategies 149 DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Why do new ventures need strategies? How do the major entry wedges help cre ...

150 ENTREPRENEURSHIP What are the key elements affecting entrepreneurial strategy in the following environments? a. Emerging in ...

Entrepreneurial Strategies 151 Making People Laugh, for Money In 1998, Evan Spiridellis showed his brother, Gregg, a streaming c ...

152 ENTREPRENEURSHIP SOURCE: Adapted from Ronald Grover, “Three Minute Moguls,” Business Week, January 30, 2006: 91, and Robert ...

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154 The Business Plan Each plan, like a snowflake, must be different. —Joseph Mancuso OUTLINE LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading ...

The Business Plan 155 Robert Byerly: Pressed for Success It wasn’t the prices that bothered Robert Byerly about his local dry cl ...

156 ENTREPRENEURSHIP OWdo we put to use all the analysis and evaluation we did in Chapters 2, 3, and 4? We write a business plan ...

The Business Plan 157 of development and only a tiny fraction of all startups will ever “go public,” but the model is widely tau ...

158 ENTREPRENEURSHIP Gumpert’s approach emphasizes that “things change” and “stuff happens,” so entre- preneurs should not lock ...

The Business Plan 159 will it keep the entrepreneurs from remaining flexible? This is the trade-off between planning and reactin ...

160 ENTREPRENEURSHIP Planning and Performance. The firm also benefits from the planning process. Research shows a positive relat ...

The Business Plan 161 Context: What does the big picture look like? Risk and Reward: What can go right and what can go wrong? S ...

162 ENTREPRENEURSHIP The copy number of the plan (e.g., “copy 2 of 7”). This is a matter of security and exclusivity. For secur ...

The Business Plan 163 and should be one to three pages in length, with absolutely no padding or puffery. A sample summary for a ...

164 ENTREPRENEURSHIP Type of Business: The summary should describe the firm’s industry or sector in about ten words. Some inves ...

The Business Plan 165 Business Plan Executive Summary Babyyourway.com 13310 Grouse Point Trail Carmel, IN 46033 Ph: (555-555-866 ...

166 ENTREPRENEURSHIP II. Objectives A. Short term B. Long term III. Market Analysis A. Overall market B. Specific market C. Comp ...

The Business Plan 167 X. Summary and Conclusions XI. Scheduling and Milestones Appendixes The main body of the business plan con ...

168 ENTREPRENEURSHIP “to be a good corporate citizen” or “to have a reputation for integrity” or “to develop innovative products ...