Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Chapter 1: Proper Preparation and the Nascent Entrepreneur
1.1 Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurial Finance
1.2 Feasibility Analysis and the Business Plan
1.3 Personal Financial Preparation
1.4 Separation of the Entrepreneur from the Business
1.5 The Top 10 Legal and Financial Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make
Summary
Review and Discussion Questions
Exercises
Key Terms
Chapter 2: Sources of Funding
2.1 Common Sources of Funding Available to a Typical U.S. Start-up Venture
2.2 Angel and Venture Capital Investment, CDFIs, and Grants
2.3 Crowdfunding
2.4 Debt
2.5 Regulatory Considerations
Summary
Review and Discussion Questions
Exercises
Key Terms
Chapter 3: Legal Forms of Business, Taxation, and Business Owner Compensation
3.1 Legal Forms of Business Organization
3.2 The Franchise and the Nonprofit
3.3 Types of Business Owner Compensation
3.4 The Taxes that Most Significantly Affect U.S. Businesses and their Owners
3.5 The Tax Consequences of Business Ownership and Business Owner Compensation
3.6 Legal Form of Business and Business Owner Compensation-Making the Decision
Summary
Review and Discussion Questions
Exercises
Key Terms
Chapter 4: Financial Statements of For-Profit Businesses
4.1 The Basic Financial Statements of a For-Profit Business
4.2 Accounting Information Systems
4.3 The Income Statement
4.4 The Balance Sheet
4.5 The Statement of Cash Flows
4.6 Financial Statements-a Few Words of Caution
Summary
Review and Discussion Questions
Exercises
Key Terms
Chapter 5: Traditional Financial Statement Analysis and Breakeven Analysis
5.1 Financial Statement Analysis
5.2 Vertical and Horizontal Analysis of an Income Statement
5.3 Vertical and Horizontal Analysis of a Balance Sheet
5.4 Ratio Analysis
5.5 Vertical, Horizontal, and Ratio Analysis-Resources and Best Practices
5.6 Breakeven Analysis
Summary
Review and Discussion Questions
Exercises
Key Terms
Chapter 6: Pro Forma Financial Statements-Part I
6.1 Pro Forma Financial Statements
6.2 Industry Research and the Schedule of Start-up Costs
6.3 The Pro Forma Pre-Revenue Balance Sheet and the Pro Forma Start-up Phase Expense Statement, Including Reconciliations of Cash and Equity
6.4 Market Research and the First Pro Forma Income Statement
Summary
Review and Discussion Questions
Exercises
Key Terms
Chapter 7: Pro Forma Financial Statements-Part II
7.1 The First Pro Forma Post-Revenue Balance Sheet
7.2 Year 2 and Subsequent Year Pro Forma Income Statements
7.3 Sharing Pro Forma Financial Statements with Potential Investors and Lenders
7.4 Postponing the Creation of Pro Forma Balance Sheets (for Year 2 and Subsequent Years) and Pro Forma Statements of Cash Flows
7.5 Breakeven Analysis-Feasibility of a Proposed New Business
7.6 Words of Caution Regarding Pro Forma Financial Statements
Summary
Review and Discussion Questions
Exercises
Appendix 7-A: Example Pro Forma Financial Statements for a Service-Based Business, Including the Treatment of Accounts Receivable, Debt, and New Equity Investment
Appendix 7-B: Example Pro Forma Financial Statements for a C Corporation Smartphone Application Business, Including the Treatment of Debt, Initial Net Losses, New Equity Investment, and Dividends
Chapter 8: Pro Forma Balance Sheets for Year 2 and Subsequent Years and Pro Forma Statements of Cash Flows
8.1 The Percentage of Sales Method
8.2 Creating a Pro Forma Balance Sheet Using the Percentage of Sales Method
8.3 The Statement of Cash Flows
8.4 Creating a Pro Forma Statement of Cash Flows from a Pro Forma Reconciliation of Cash
8.5 Making Adjustments to Plans Based on a New Venture's Completed Pro Forma Financial Statements
Summary
Review and Discussion Questions
Exercises
Key Term
Chapter 9: Working Capital Management, Bootstrapping, and Controls over Assets
9.1 Working Capital Management
9.2 Cash Management
9.3 Accounts Receivable Management
9.4 Inventory Management
9.5 Accounts Payable Management
9.6 Accrued Liabilities Management
9.7 Bootstrapping as a Source of Cash
9.8 Effective Controls over Business Assets
Summary
Review and Discussion Questions
Exercises
Key Term
Chapter 10: Time Value of Money
10.1 Time Value of Money
10.2 Simple Interest, Compound Interest, and Effective Annual Interest Rate
10.3 Time Value of Money: Lump Sums
10.4 Time Value of Money: Determination of i and n when Interest is Not Compounded Annually
10.5 Time Value of Money: Streams of Unequal Payments
10.6 Time Value of Money: Annuities
10.7 Combining Lump Sums and Annuities
Summary
Review and Discussion Questions
Exercises
Key Term
Appendix 10-A: Present Value and Future Value Tables
Chapter 11: Capital Budgeting
11.1 Capital Budgeting Analysis: When Is It Needed?
11.2 Determination of Capital Budgeting Analysis Data
11.3 Expected Annual After-Tax Benefit
11.4 Payback Method
11.5 Net Present Value
11.6 Internal Rate of Return
11.7 Capital Budgeting: Special Circumstances
11.8 Lowest Total Cost
Summary
Review and Discussion Questions
Exercises
Key Terms
Chapter 12: Cash Harvest and Business Exit
12.1 Non-Business-Exit Cash Harvest Options
12.2 Business-Exit Cash Harvest Options
12.3 Exiting: Positioning a Company for Sale
12.4 Exiting: Selling a Business
12.5 The Post-Sale Transition
12.6 Business Dissolution
Summary
Review and Discussion Questions
Exercises
Key Terms
Chapter 13: Business Valuation
13.1 Why Perform a Business Valuation?
13.2 The Discounted Cash Flow Method of Business Valuation
13.3 Equity Value vs. Enterprise Value
13.4 Discount Rate and Cash Flow Determination for Purposes of Business Valuation
13.5 Using Business Valuation to Determine Asking Price
Summary
Review and Discussion Questions
Exercises
Key Terms
Chapter 14: Personal Finance and Wealth Management-Part I
14.1 Protection of Assets
14.2 Maintenance of Financial Liquidity and Investment of Excess Cash
14.3 Cash and Cash Equivalents
14.4 Bonds
14.5 Equities
14.6 Real Estate
14.7 Commodities, Precious Metals, and Collectables
Summary
Review and Discussion Questions
Exercises
Key Terms
Chapter 15: Personal Finance and Wealth Management-Part II
15.1 Retirement Planning
15.2 College Planning
15.3 Estate Planning
Summary
Review and Discussion Questions
Exercises
Key Terms
Glossary
Notes
