Subject Index 589top management teams, 347
value innovation, 400
Value Line, 102
value pricing, 130
values
core values, 185, 191
demographic analysis, 90
new venture creation, 438
top management teams, 347
Vanity Fair, 5
venture capital
outside equity, 266–267
software company, 528–529
venture capitalists
fragmented industries, 143
investors, securing, 302
new ventures, assisting with, 319, 320
venture completion, 395
venture growth, 54–55
versioning, 130
viral marketing, 232–233
virtual incubators, 356
virtual organizations
entrepreneurship, characteristics of, 11
human resources best practices, 377
organizational boundaries, 355–356
vision
described, 352
environmental analysis, 75
vision statement, described, 352
visionary companies, 351–355
visualization exercise, 403
voice, in personal networks, 359
voice portal business, 492–502
VRIN (valuable, rare, imperfectly imitable,
nonsubstitutable) model, 37–43, 44
The Wall Street Journal
business plan assistance, 179
as content provider, 495
data source, as, 73
electronic version, 84
fast-casual segment of Mexican food, 468
Index of Economic Freedom, 12
restaurant leader in returns-to-shareholders, 409
warrants
deal, structuring, 316–318
micro-mezzanine financing, 273
weak ties, 360
The Whole Earth Catalog, 8
women
acceptance as executives, 517–518
restaurant industry, in, 458
Women’s Venture Capital Forum, 3
Word-of-Mouth Marketing Association, 233
word-of-mouth promotion, 232, 233
work-in-progress inventory, 259
workability test for strategy, 148
working capital, 256–260
working groups, explained, 342
Workplace 2000 (Boyett and Conn), 6
workplace safety, 460
World Bank, 14, 15
World Trade Organization, 507, 517
writing business plans, 178, 180
Yellow Book, 230
Yellow Pages
advertising, 229, 230
competition, identifying, 102
Z-scores, 288–289