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Effectual Entrepreneurship

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Effectual Entrepreneurship

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Effectual Entrepreneurship book

Effectual Entrepreneurship

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Effectual Entrepreneurship book

ByStuart Read, Saras Sarasvathy, Nick Dew, Robert Wiltbank
Edition 2nd Edition
First Published 2016
eBook Published 12 September 2016
Pub. Location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315684826
Pages 324
eBook ISBN 9781315684826
Subjects Economics, Finance, Business & Industry
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Read, S., Sarasvathy, S., Dew, N., & Wiltbank, R. (2016). Effectual Entrepreneurship (2nd ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315684826

ABSTRACT

What are you waiting for?

Whether you’re dreaming about starting a business, learning about entrepreneurship or on the brink of creating a new opportunity right now, don’t wait. Open this updated bestseller. Inside you’ll find everything you need, including:

  • a new and popular way to learn about and to practice entrepreneurship.
  • new practical exercises, questions and activities for each step in your process.
  • specific principles derived from the methods of expert entrepreneurs.
  • over seventy updated case briefs of entrepreneurs across industries, locations and time.
  • new applications to social entrepreneurship, technology and to large enterprises.
  • plentiful connections to current and foundational research in the field (Research Roots)
  • brand new chapter on "The Ask" - strategies for initiating the process of co-creating with partners
  • data that will challenge conventional entrepreneurship wisdom
  • a broader perspective on the science of entrepreneurship

In this vibrant updated edition, you will find these ideas presented in the concise, modular, graphical form made popular in the first edition, perfect for those learning to be entrepreneurs or those already in the thick of things.

If you want to learn about entrepreneurship in a way that emphasizes action, this new edition is vital reading. If you have already launched your entrepreneurial career and are looking for new perspectives, take the effectual entrepreneurship challenge! this book is for you. If you feel that you are no longer creating anything novel or valuable in your day job, and you’re wondering how to change things, this book is for you.

Anyone using entrepreneurship to create the change they want to see in the world will find a wealth of thought-provoking material, expert advice and practical techniques in these pages and on the accompanying website: www.effectuation.org

So, what are you waiting for?

TABLE OF CONTENTS

part |1 pages

PART I What we know about entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship

chapter 1|9 pages

Roadmaps, myths, and the Bahamas

chapter 2|9 pages

Good ideas are everywhere

chapter 3|9 pages

Most ventures require little startup capital

chapter 4|16 pages

Fail cheap and learn quickly

chapter 5|12 pages

The plunge doesn’t have to be a plunge at all

part |1 pages

PART I I How (expert) entrepreneurs think

chapter 6|14 pages

Prediction, risk, and uncertainty

chapter 7|10 pages

Opportunities are created as well as discovered

chapter 8|13 pages

Managing uncertainty through control

chapter 9|14 pages

The effectual logic of expert entrepreneurs

part |1 pages

PART III The nuts and bolts of venturing: Effectuation in action

chapter 10|14 pages

The bird-in-hand principle: Start with what you have

chapter 11|12 pages

Transforming means into something valuable

chapter 12|13 pages

The affordable loss principle: Risk little, fail cheap

chapter 13|9 pages

Using slack for bootstrap financing

chapter 14|9 pages

The crazy quilt principle: Form partnerships

chapter 15|13 pages

Asking potential partners to make commitments

chapter 16|14 pages

The lemonade principle: Leverage surprise

chapter 17|7 pages

Putting it together: The effectuation process

part |2 pages

PART I V I am an entrepreneur now: How far can I go?

chapter 18|18 pages

Ownership, equity, and control: Manage stakeholders

chapter 19|16 pages

Business plans and business models

chapter 20|14 pages

The venture grows up: Create an entrepreneurial culture

part |1 pages

PART V Applications of effectuation

chapter 21|13 pages

Brand as venture identity: Marketing you

chapter 22|12 pages

Technology

chapter 23|12 pages

Entrepreneurship as a technology for social change

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