TY - BOOK AU - Harris,Tom TI - Start-up: a practical guide to starting and running a new business SN - 9783319945460 U1 - 658.421 PY - 2019/// CY - Cham : PB - Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer KW - Industrial management. KW - Leadership. KW - Management N1 - Introduction -- How Good Is Your Idea? -- How Can You Protect Your Ideas? -- What Is a Company? -- How Do You Market Your Product? -- How Do You Finance Your Business? -- How Do You Create a Financial Model? -- How Do You Write a Business Plan? -- Your Role and Your Team -- Closing Remarks N2 - Many people dream of starting their own business one day, but are not sure how to make it a reality, or whether they will succeed. In this book the author presents a comprehensive user guide for aspiring entrepreneurs, and provides expert advice and guidance on every major aspect of launching a new business. Step-by-step, this inspiring and highly readable book explains how would-be entrepreneurs can evaluate the strength of their business idea, protect their inventions, understand the legal steps and responsibilities involved in forming a company, position their products in the market, create a business plan and acquire financing. Featuring case studies, practical exercises and tips, the book helps to demystify the process of starting a new business, giving readers the confidence to start up, and greatly increasing the chances of their entrepreneurial dream becoming a reality. It also offers a valuable learning resource for entrepreneurship and start-up clubs at universities and business schools ER -