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George, Gerard.

Inventing entrepreneurs : technology innovators and their entrepreneurial journey / Gerard George, Adam J. Bock. - Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2009. - xvi, 286 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Prentice Hall entrepreneurship series .

Ch. 1. Inventing entrepreneurs --
pt. I. Discovering entrepreneurial options --
Ch. 2. Entrepreneurial purpose --
Ch. 3. Inventing entrepreneurial options --
Ch. 4. Technology licensing --
Ch. 5. Lifestyle business --
pt. II. Cultivating an entrepreneurial identity --
Ch. 6. The entrepreneurial academic --
Ch. 7. Entrepreneurial journey model --
Ch. 8. Sample journeys --
pt. III. Assembling the entrepreneurial tool kit --
Ch. 9. Understanding industry context --
Ch. 10. Accumulating business skills and knowledge --
Ch. 11. Primer on financing the technology-based growth company --
pt. IV. Visualizing the road ahead --
Ch. 12. The managerial challenge --
Ch. 13. Preparing for frowth --
Ch. 14. Exit --
pt. V. Preserving identity --
Ch. 15. Identity, growth, and learning on the journey.

ISBN: 9780131574700 (pbk.) 0131574701 (pbk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Technological innovations.
Inventions.
New products.
Entrepreneurship.

LC Class. No.: T212 / .G46 2009