Entrepreneurship, by Hisrich, Peters and Shepherd is intended for the undergraduate and graduate courses in entrepreneurship and has been designed to instruct students on how to formulate, plan, and implement a new venture. Students are exposed to detailed descriptions of #how to# embark on a new venture in a logical manner. Actual case studies and entrepreneur profiles help illustrate successful and not-so-successful ventures. ÍNDICE Part I: The Entrepreneurial Perspective 1. The Nature and Importance of Entrepreneurs 2. The Entrepreneurial and Intrapreneurial Mind 3. The Individual Entrepreneur 4. International Entrepreneurship Opportunities Part II: Creating and Starting the Venture 5. Creativity and the Business Idea 6. Legal Issues for the Entrepreneur 7. The Business Plan: Creating and Starting the Venture 8. The Marketing Plan 9. The Organizational Plan 10. The Financial Plan Part III: Financing the New Venture 11. Sources of Capital 12. Informal Risk Capital and Venture Capital Part IV: Managing, Growing, and Ending the New Venture 13. Entrepreneurial Strategy: Generating and Exploiting New Entries 14. Strategies for Growth and Managing its Implications 15. Accessing Resources for Growth from External Sources 16. Going Public 17. Ending the Venture