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Entrepreneurial Finance: For New and Emerging Businesses

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I was lucky enough to be able to have Jim Stancill as one of my MBA professors at USC -- this book is a great book if you want to learn how to REALLY start a company. Specially for academics and non-business people, this is NOT your corporate finance book. This is how small companies start up and how to run a small company and even how to buy a company.

Professor Stancill, an icon at the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business, shows a unique approach to entrepreneurial / mid-market finance. If you are looking for a traditional discussion of financial concepts get one of the the many fine textbooks on the market. But if you are are ready to "get down and dirty", especially if you intend to acquire a small business in an LBO scenario, apply the lessons learned from this book. Stancill applies street-smarts to structuring a deal, and he offers a hands-on, step-by-step approach that is easy to follow even by non-financial types.

Softcover. Description said hardcover. Small amount of highlighting. Other than than it's in great condition and shipped promptly. Thank you.

I bought the book when I was an MBA student focusing on finance. The book differs from many classical finance books with its emphasis on the different finance "plays/options" throughout an entrepreneurial life-cycle (i.e. from start-ups to established businesses). Also, the book spend a great deal of time explaining the various financing tools used in the real world. Overall, a useful, first guide for entrepreneurs.

Fantastic book, well-written by one of the true academic / entrepreneurial geniuses. A must read for budding entrepreneurs.

This book is great and very interesting and I recommend to all small business owners.