Table of Contents

Part I: ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND OPPORTUNITY.
1. Understanding Entrepreneurship.
2. Preparing for the Entrepreneurial Journey.
3. Creating Opportunity.
Part II: FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS.
4. Analyzing the Industry and Market.
5. Developing and Testing a Business Model.
6. Prototyping a Solution.
7. Protecting the Startup's Assets.
8. Calculating Startup Capital Requirements.
9. Building the Founding Team.
Part III: BUSINESS DESIGN.
10. Preparing a Business Plan.
11. Designing an Entrepreneurial Organization.
12. Choosing the Legal Form of Organization.
13. Developing the Startup Marketing Plan.
14. Creating a Startup Funding Strategy.
15. Incorporating Ethics and Social Responsibility Into the Business.
Part IV: PLANNING FOR GROWTH AND CHANGE.
16. Planning for Growth and Change.
17. Funding Growth.
Case Studies.

About the Author

Kathleen Allen, PhD is a professor of entrepreneurship at the USC Marshall School of Business and founding director of the Marshall Center for Technology Commercialization. Allen works with scientists and engineers to identify markets and applications for their technologies, develop commercialization teams, and prepare them to launch ventures and seek funding. She is the author of more than 15 books in the field of entrepreneurship and technology commercialization. Her personal entrepreneurial endeavors include two successful companies in commercial real estate brokerage, development, and investment, and two technology-based businesses that commercialized patented technologies. Dr. Allen served as entrepreneur-in-residence to a major aerospace firm, serves as advisor to several private companies, and is director of a NYSE company. She was just selected as Entrepreneurship Educator of the Year for 2014 by the U.S. Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

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