Entrepreneurial Finance - Fundamentals of Financial Planning and Management for Small Business

With its balanced coverage of entrepreneurial finance, small business management, and entrepreneurship, this book is unique among other leading textbooks that focus on one aspect and treat the other two with minimal coverage. This book first establishes the concepts of a small business and entrepreneurship in today's economy. The entrepreneur's ideas and role in establishing a new venture is also recognized and identified. In addition, the author extensively covers the business plan by exploring its rationale, significance, and requirements anddiscusses in depth the entire process of writing a successful plan. The major topics of the finances of small businesses is addresses, followed by the major topics of how small businesses are operated, managed, and controlled. The author's philosophy of writing an inclusive and comprehensive book to cover the whole journey from starting-up to harvesting a small firm stems from the perceived need for training well-rounded, knowledgeable, skillful, and motivated young entrepreneurs who will carry the brunt of maintaining and developing a prosperous economy. This book will properly equip readers with the knowledge, skills, and practice required to establish, run, and lead their own business ventures. The book is divided into four parts: Part One, Entrepreneurial Perspective; Part Two, Entrepreneurial Organization; Part Three, Entrepreneurial Finance and Evaluation; and Part Four, Entrepreneurial Management and Control.