Hungry start-up strategy : creating new ventures with limited resources and unlimited vision /

Cohan focuses on six key start-up choices : setting goals, picking markets, raising capital, building teams, gaining market share, and adapting to change, explaining how and why start-ups must make very different choices than established companies. For each area, he provides a decision-making approa...

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Main Authors: Cohan, Peter S., 1957
Published: Berrett-Koehler Publishers,
Publisher Address: San Francisco :
Publication Dates: [2012]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Summary: Cohan focuses on six key start-up choices : setting goals, picking markets, raising capital, building teams, gaining market share, and adapting to change, explaining how and why start-ups must make very different choices than established companies. For each area, he provides a decision-making approach and lively case studies of what actual entrepreneurs have done to cook up a thriving business from scratch.
Carrier Form: xiv, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781609945282 :
160994528X
Index Number: HD62
CLC: F272.9
Call Number: F272.9/C678
Contents: Part I. Six start-up choices : Setting goals: what makes you hungry? -- Picking markets: feed your customers and they'll feed you -- Raising capital: maintain your fighting weight -- Building the team: whom do you invite to the table? -- Gaining share: satisfy your customers' cravings -- Adapting to change: don't let others eat your lunch -- Part II. Implications for stakeholders : Straight talk from start-up capital providers -- Can big companies train entrepreneurs?