Effectual entrepreneurship

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.

Previous edition: 2011.

Part PART I What we know about entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship -- chapter 1 Roadmaps, myths, and the Bahamas -- chapter 2 Good ideas are everywhere -- chapter 3 Most ventures require little startup capital -- chapter 4 Fail cheap and learn quickly -- chapter 5 The plunge doesn’t have to be a plunge at all -- part PART I I How (expert) entrepreneurs think -- chapter 6 Prediction, risk, and uncertainty -- chapter 7 Opportunities are created as well as discovered -- chapter 8 Managing uncertainty through control -- chapter 9 The effectual logic of expert entrepreneurs -- part PART III The nuts and bolts of venturing: Effectuation in action -- chapter 10 The bird-in-hand principle: Start with what you have -- chapter 11 Transforming means into something valuable -- chapter 12 The affordable loss principle: Risk little, fail cheap -- chapter 13 Using slack for bootstrap financing -- chapter 14 The crazy quilt principle: Form partnerships -- chapter 15 Asking potential partners to make commitments -- chapter 16 The lemonade principle: Leverage surprise -- chapter 17 Putting it together: The effectuation process -- part PART I V I am an entrepreneur now: How far can I go? -- chapter 1…