Technology ventures: from idea to enterprise

For business, engineering, and science students and professionals who demand a comprehensive guide to high-growth entrepreneurship, "Technology Ventures" is the leading resource for analyzing opportunities and building new enterprises. Drawing on the latest academic research and practitioner insights, "Technology Ventures" integrates clear theoretical frameworks with action-oriented examples and exercises. Its broad perspective on 'technology', including clean tech, information technology and the life sciences, ensures wide-ranging appeal to anyone with an interest in high-potential ventures. The extensive features in this edition include: expanded attention to 'clean tech' startups in the energy and environment sectors; special coverage of university technology commercialization, open source innovation, and social entrepreneurship; eight cases, including two from the well-known Harvard Business School archive; a 'venture challenge' business plan exercise at the end of each chapter; and, extensive web-based resources, including sample presentations, more cases and business plans, and numerous videos of entrepreneurs and other thought leaders.

Dorf's name appears first on the earlier editions.

Part 1. Venture opportunity, concept, and strategy. Economic growth and the technology entrepreneur ; Opportunity and the concept summary ; Vision and the business model ; Competitive strategy ; Innovation strategies -- part 2. Venture formation and planning. Risk and return ; The business plan ; Types of ventures ; Knowledge, learning, and design ; Legal formation and intellectual property -- part 3. Detailed functional planning for the venture. The marketing and sales plan ; Organizational development ; Acquiring and organizing resources ; Management of operations ; Acquisitions and global expansion -- part 4. Financing and building the venture. Profit and harvest ; The financial plan ; Sources of capital ; Presentations and deal negotiations ; Leading ventures to success.