Chapter 1: Practicing Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship May Be Different From What You Think
Beyond the Startup: Ways to Access Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship Is a Method That Requires Entrepreneurial Thinking
The Entrepreneurship Method Described
Entrepreneurship Takes Deliberate Practice
Chapter 2: Activating an Entrepreneurial Mindset
The Entrepreneurial Mindset
How Your “Why Statement” Connects to Your Entrepreneurial Mindset
Habits to Practice for an Entrepreneurial Mindset
Chapter 3: Creating and Recognizing New Opportunities
The Two Dimensions of Social Entrepreneurship
Social Entrepreneurs Solve Wicked Problems
Types of Social Entrepreneurship
Social Entrepreneurs and Their Stakeholders
Chapter 4: Using Design Thinking
What Is “Opportunity” in Entrepreneurship?
Opportunities Start With Thousands of Ideas
Four Pathways to Opportunity Identification
The IDEATE Method for Creating New Opportunities
Challenges Moving From Idea to Opportunity
Chapter 5: Building Business Models
Design Thinking Is Human Centered
Design Thinking Requires Empathy
The Design-Thinking Process: Five Phases
A Deeper Dive Into Observation and Interviewing
Chapter 6: Developing Your Customers
What Is a Business Model?
The Four Parts of a Business Model
The Customer Value Proposition
Different Types of CVPs and Customer Segments
Two Canvases, One Business Model
Chapter 7: Testing and Experimenting With New Ideas
Chapter 8: Developing Networks and Building Teams
Experiments: What They Are and Why We Do Them
A Deeper Look at Prototypes
The Scientific Method Applied to Entrepreneurship
Interviewing for Customer Feedback
The Reward of Gathering Your Own Evidence
Chapter 9: Creating Revenue Models
Networking to Build the Founding Team
Chapter 10: Planning for Entrepreneurs
Generating Revenue From “Free”
Chapter 11: Anticipating Failure
Failure and Entrepreneurship
Using Resilience to Overcome Failure
Chapter 12: Bootstrapping and Crowdfunding for Resources
Crowdfunding Versus Crowdsourcing
Crowdfunding Startups and Entrepreneurship
The 4 Contexts for Crowdfunding
A Quick Guide to Successful Crowdfunding
Chapter 13: Financing for Startups
What Is Equity Financing?
Chapter A Supplement A: Financial Statements and Projections for Startups
3 Essential Financial Statements
The Journey of Cash: The Cash Conversion Cycle
Building Pro Forma Financial Statements
Building Assumptions: Operating Policies and Other Key Assumptions
Chapter 14: Navigating Legal and IP Issues
Types of Legal Structures
Intellectual Property (IP)
Chapter 15: Engaging Customers Through Marketing
The Basic Principles of Marketing
Entrepreneurial Marketing
Chapter 16: Supporting Social Entrepreneurship
The Most Common Planning Activities for Entrepreneurs
The Questions That Any Type of Planning Document Must Answer