Drawing on the most up-to-date and relevant research, this concise textbook is an accessible guide to harnessing the appropriate resources when launching a new start-up business. The focus is on the wide range of tangible and intangible resources available to entrepreneurs in the early stages of a new venture. This second edition brings in material on crowdfunding, digitalization and Covid-19, and dedicates new chapters to:

lean start-ups and business models
idea generation and opportunity development and
business incubators and accelerators.

The book supports students with learning objectives, a summary, discussion questions and a practical call to action in each chapter. A teaching guide and slides are also available for instructors. Resourcing the Start-up Business will be a valuable textbook for students of entrepreneurship and new venture creation globally.

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Information

Publisher

Routledge

Year

2022

ISBN

9781000772791

Edition

Topic

Business

Subtopic

Business General

Index

Business

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Introduction to the Case Studies
1 Developing Your Entrepreneurial Learning Capabilities
2 Business Start-up Skills and Competences
3 The Nature of Entrepreneurial Opportunities
4 Business Models and the Lean Start-up Approach
5 Entrepreneurial Learning and Business Start-up
6 Social Capital as an Entrepreneurial Resource
7 Human Capital and Business Start-up
8 Formal Finance for Business Start-up
9 Informal Finance and Business Start-up
10 Dynamic Capabilities in Entrepreneurial Ventures
11 Growing New Businesses
12 Understanding Theories of Entrepreneurship
13 Business Start-up and Economic Development
14 Conclusions: Dynamic Entrepreneurial Learning
Index