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Book contents
- Engineering Entrepreneurship from Idea to Business Plan
- Engineering Entrepreneurship From Idea to Business Plan
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Book part
- Week 1 Create Value in Three Phases
- Technological Innovation and Innovators
- Week 2 Phase 1 CREATE VALUE THROUGH A NEW IDEA
- Weeks 3–4 Phase 2 Creating a Product
- Week 5 Patenting and Protecting Your Intellectual Property
- Week 6 Phase 3 THE BUSINESS MODEL AND BUSINESS PLAN CUSTOMERS, TARGET MARKETS, COMPETITORS, AND MARKETING
- Week 7 MANUFACTURING, SOURCING, DISTRIBUTION, AND REACHING THE CUSTOMER
- Week 8 Select Your Business Model
- Week 9 Estimated Cost, Price, and Profits
- Week 10 Assemble a Business Plan to Attract Investors
- Beyond Week 10 Execution Phases 4–7 THE VIEW BEYOND THE BUSINESS PLAN CREATING AND OPERATING THE BUSINESS
- Preparing to Be an Entrepreneur
- 40 Teams and Teamwork
- 41 Leadership Issues in Start-Up Businesses
- 42 What We Know about Entrepreneurs
- 43 Creating Value as an Engineer in India
- 44 Technology Licensing Option for Inventors
- Appendices
- References and Selected Bibliography
- Index
42 - What We Know about Entrepreneurs
from Preparing to Be an Entrepreneur
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 November 2016
- Engineering Entrepreneurship from Idea to Business Plan
- Engineering Entrepreneurship From Idea to Business Plan
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Book part
- Week 1 Create Value in Three Phases
- Technological Innovation and Innovators
- Week 2 Phase 1 CREATE VALUE THROUGH A NEW IDEA
- Weeks 3–4 Phase 2 Creating a Product
- Week 5 Patenting and Protecting Your Intellectual Property
- Week 6 Phase 3 THE BUSINESS MODEL AND BUSINESS PLAN CUSTOMERS, TARGET MARKETS, COMPETITORS, AND MARKETING
- Week 7 MANUFACTURING, SOURCING, DISTRIBUTION, AND REACHING THE CUSTOMER
- Week 8 Select Your Business Model
- Week 9 Estimated Cost, Price, and Profits
- Week 10 Assemble a Business Plan to Attract Investors
- Beyond Week 10 Execution Phases 4–7 THE VIEW BEYOND THE BUSINESS PLAN CREATING AND OPERATING THE BUSINESS
- Preparing to Be an Entrepreneur
- 40 Teams and Teamwork
- 41 Leadership Issues in Start-Up Businesses
- 42 What We Know about Entrepreneurs
- 43 Creating Value as an Engineer in India
- 44 Technology Licensing Option for Inventors
- Appendices
- References and Selected Bibliography
- Index
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- Engineering Entrepreneurship from Idea to Business PlanA Guide for Innovative Engineers and Scientists, pp. 201 - 202Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016