Books written by Andrew Zacharakis

The Portable MBA in Entrepreneurship

11 Teri Lammers and Annie Longsworth , “ Guess Who ? ... 17 Scott W. Kunkel and Charles W. Hofer , “ The Impact of Industry Structure on New Venture Performance , ” Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research , 1993 ( Babson Park ...
Entrepreneurship

When co‐CEOs Dave Gilboa and Neil Blumenthal founded Warby Parker with two other Wharton MBA classmates in 2008, the idea of buying a pair of glasses online was unheard of. As an MBA student and former finance guy, Gilboa was shocked ...
Business Plans that Work: A Guide for Small Business 2/E

A virtual blueprint for entrepreneurial success, this new edition of the popular entrepreneur’s guide provides all the tools you need to communicate the value of your idea to investors and attract key talent, and create a plan you can ...
Business Plans that Work: A Guide for Small Business 2/E

A virtual blueprint for entrepreneurial success, this new edition of the popular entrepreneur’s guide provides all the tools you need to communicate the value of your idea to investors and attract key talent, and create a plan you can ...
The Portable MBA in Entrepreneurship

Exhibit 6.8 looks at the common-sized income statement for The History Shoppe and Barnes & Noble. The first discrepancy appears in the COGS. The History Shoppe projects COGS of 56 percent of revenue whereas Barnes & Noble is projecting ...
Entrepreneurship

Through a connection at his previous company, Rachleff began to recruit Adam Nash as his replacement. Nash, who had never had CEO experience, was, however, a veteran in Silicon Valley, having worked at Apple, eBay, and LinkedIn.
The Portable MBA in Entrepreneurship

Enterprising nonprofits tend to act more entrepreneurially. A study was conducted by the Yale School of Management–The Goldman Sachs Foundation Partnership on Nonprofit Ventures, to better understand how and why enterprising nonprofits ...
Entrepreneurship

The text covers all stages of the entrepreneurial process from searching for an opportunity to shaping it into a commercially attractive product or service, launching the new venture, and building it into a viable business.
Entrepreneurship

3 (1995): 554–580. 54. Myra Hart, Howard Stevenson, and Jay Dial, ''Entrepreneurship: A Definition Revisited,'' in Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 1995, eds. William Bygrave, Barbara Bird, Sue Birley, Neil Churchill, Michael Hay, ...
How to Raise Capital: Techniques and Strategies for Financing and Valuing your Small Business

Drawing on the authors' unmatched experience in the start-up trenches, along with literally dozens of high-profile, real-life examples of entrepreneurial success and failure, this straight-talking book will show you how to: Locate and ...
Business Plans that Work

This value-packed book will show both entrepreneurs and current business owners how to: Determine what to include in each plan, why, and for whom Recognize and avoid common pitfalls in the process Use the renowned "Timmons Model" to analyze ...
Business Plans that Work

This value-packed book will show both entrepreneurs and current business owners how to: Determine what to include in each plan, why, and for whom Recognize and avoid common pitfalls in the process Use the renowned "Timmons Model" to analyze ...
Entrepreneurship

How do you come up with a good idea for a business? What are the unique marketing challenges that you'll face? How do you acquire the necessary financing? Written by...