Humans are born with the entrepreneurial spirit. By nature, we're curious, innovative, and driven to build and create. Those qualities are essential to our ongoing growth, happiness, and success, in every aspect of our lives. Unfortunately, our entrepreneurial nature can become weighed down by other forces; our need for security, our reluctance to take risks, and our dwindling assurance that we can do the things we set out to do. In From Idea to Exit, author Jeffrey Weber draws on his own experiences and in-depth research to construct a framework of ideas and practices that will strengthen and sustain the entrepreneurial experience, no matter what shape it might take. He outlines proven methods for mastering the demands of an evolving enterprise, even as readers build the skills of an evolving entrepreneur. By channeling their innovative drive through the sound practices and logical, planned processes described in this book, readers can achieve even their most daring goals. Whether the reader is a free agent preparing to enter his or her first entrepreneurial adventure, a mid-level worker wanting to step up innovative energies through a new sense of corporate ownership, a small business owner determined to grow entity to the next phase, or a corporate leader looking to reignite the innovative fires that fuel success, he or she will find the ideas, answers, and step-by-step solutions in this book. From Idea to Exit guides readers through the four main phases of the entrepreneurial journey.
Phase I: Idea Determine the form of entrepreneurship and identify what obstacles to overcome to launch the idea
Phase II: Startup Transition from the idea in logical, manageable steps plan (and adjust) goals, create and execute a formal business plan, generate leads, and refine evolving business priorities
Phase III: Running Pull together a management team and build the valuation of the company
Phase IV: Exit Maximize the organization's value and finalize the transaction of an exit plan
