Inventing Entrepreneurs: Technology Innovators and their Entrepreneurial Journey

Gerry George
Adam Bock
Title Inventing Entrepreneurs: Technology Innovators and their Entrepreneurial Journey
Edition 1st
ISBN 9780131574700
ISBN 10 0131574701
Published 31/12/2007
Published by Pearson Higher Ed USA
Pages 304
Format Paperback
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Total Price $48.95 Add to Cart
Description

For undergraduate and graduate courses in entrepreneurship.

 

This book discusses the various paths and decisions that the entrepreneur will experience on their journey, as well as insights and tools to prepare them for it.

Table of contents
Chapter 1:    Inventing Entrepreneurs

Section 1:    Discovering Entrepreneurial Options

Chapter 2:    Entrepreneurial Purpose
Chapter 3:    Inventing Entrepreneurial Options
Chapter 4:    Technology Licensing
Chapter 5:     Lifestyle Businesses

Section 2:    Cultivating an Entrepreneurial Identity

Chapter 6:    The Entrepreneurial Academic
Chapter 7:    Entrepreneurial Journey Model
Chapter 8:    Sample Journeys

Section 3:    Assembling the Entrepreneurial Toolkit

Chapter 9:    Understanding Industry Context
Chapter 10:    Accumulating Business Skills and Knowledge
Chapter 11:    Primer on Financing the Technology-based Growth Company

Section 4:    Visualizing the Road Ahead

Chapter 12:    The Managerial Challenge
Chapter 13:    Preparing for Growth
Chapter 14:    Exit

Section 5:    Preserving Identity

Chapter 15:     Identity, Growth and Learning on the Journey

Features & benefits

For undergraduate and graduate courses in entrepreneurship.

 

This book discusses the various paths and decisions that the entrepreneur will experience on their journey, as well as insights and tools to prepare them for it.

 

Entrepreneurial Decisions

 

The core of this books focuses on the researchers and scientists who made an entrepreneurial decision: to work closely with the companies that commercialize technology, to become founders of new ventures, or to become founders and executive management of new ventures.  

 

Entrepreneurial Capacity

 

The authors also discuss entrepreneurial capacity–whether individual characteristics and skills match the requirements for a new venture.  And they look specifically at the entrepreneurial academic--university scientists who have had success in entrepreneurship.

 

Entrepreneurial Journey

 

The authors propose a simple framework for mapping entrepreneurial journeys, so that students can learn from the experience of other peers and colleagues.  In addition, the authors have provided both tools and insights to help students on this journey.

 

Role Identity

 

To see how inventing entrepreneurs can preserve scientific identity through the entrepreneurial transformation, the authors revert to a discussion on the individual’s role identity.

 

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