Part I: The Entrepreneurial Perspective. Chapter 1: The Nature and Importance of Entrepreneurship. Chapter 2: The Entrepreneurial and Intrapreneurial Mind. Chapter 3: The Individual Entrepreneur. Chapter 4: International Entrepreneurial Opportunities. Part II: Creating and Starting the Venture. Chapter 5: Creativity and the Business Idea. Chapter 6: Legal Issues for the Entrepreneur. Chapter 7: The Business Plan. Chapter 8: The Marketing Plan. Chapter 9: The Financial Plan. Chapter 10: The Organizational Plan. Part III: Financing the New Venture. Chapter 11: Sources of Capital. Chapter 12: Informal Risk Capital and Venture Capital. Part IV: Managing, Growing, and Ending the New Venture. Chapter 13: Preparing for the New Venture Launch: Early Management Decisions. Chapter 14: Managing the Early Growth of the New Venture. Chapter 15: New Venture Expansion Strategies and Issues. Chapter 16: Going Public. Chapter 17: Ending the Venture.