Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. The founder. 1. The global entrepreneurial revolution for a flatter world -- 2. The entrepreneurial mind: crafting a personal entrepreneurial strategy -- Part ii. The opportunity. 3. The entrepreneurial process -- 4. Clean commerce and sustainable enterprise movements are an opportunity sea change -- 5. Opportunity recognition -- 6. Opportunities for social entrepreneurship -- 7. The business plan -- Part iii. The founder and team. 8. The entrepreneurial leader and the team -- 9. Ethical decision making and the entrepreneur -- Part iv. Financing entrepreneurial ventures. 10. Resource requirements -- 11. Franchising -- 12. Entrepreneurial finance -- 13. Obtaining venture and growth capital -- 14. The deal: valuation, structure, and negotiation -- 15. Obtaining debt capital -- Part v. Start-up and beyond. 16. Leading rapid growth, crises, and recovery -- 17. The family as entrepreneur -- 18. The harvest and beyond.

"New Venture Creation: Entrepreneurship for the 21st Century is about the process of getting a new venture started, growing the venture, successfully harvesting it, and starting again. The book presents the substantial body of knowledge about the entrepreneurial process in a pragmatic way - through text, case studies, and hands-on exercises - to help readers compress their learning curves, reduce their ultimate risk and pain, and allow them to gain more from their subsequent entrepreneurial experiences."--Publisher's description.