new business enterprises

This informative series gives future entrepreneurs and businesspeople practical advice about starting and running a business including developing a plan organizing time sources of funding marketing and much more.

Presents a guide to starting your own business, with information on finding the right business opportunity, developing a sales plan, checking out the competition, taxes and legal issues, managing payroll, and employees.

A guide on how to manage a small business through every phase of its life cycle draws on the author's own professional experiences of overseeing the rise, fall, and return of his company. Careers.

Provides advice to young people on how to start and operate a small business, with examples of people who have succeeded in the business world, suggestions on what type of operation to consider, and step-by-step instructions for developing a business plan.

Describes how to become a good entrepreneur and offers information on business plans, marketing, legal issues, business growth, finances, and time management.

"Venture Capitalists at Work: How VCs Identify and Build Billion-Dollar Successes offers unparalleled insights into the funding and management of companies like YouTube, Zappos, Twitter, Starent, Facebook, and Groupon. The venture capitalists profiled--among the best in the business--also reveal how they identify promising markets, products, and entrepreneurs. Author Tarang Shah, a venture capital professional himself, interviews rising VC stars, Internet and software investment pioneers, and venture investment thought leaders. You'll learn firsthand what criteria venture capitalists use to make investments, how they structure deals, the many ways they help the companies they fund, avoidable mistakes they see all too often, the role of luck in a success, and why so many startups fail. Venture Capitalists at Work also contains interviews with those on the receiving end of venture money--entrepreneurs in high-profile startups that went on to achieve great success. Whether you're an entrepreneur, an aspiring VC, an M&A professional, or an ambitious student, the knowledge you will gain from Venture Capitalists at Work could provide a significant shortcut to success."--Back cover.