Fundraising for venture capital investments have continued to increase in recent years. One crucial step in the investment process is the valuation of the target company. Investors are faced with the great challenge of valuing a young venture without a corporate or financial history, a firm...

Chapter 1: Get into the Entrepreneurial Mindset -- Part 1: Five Lessons from Lean Startup Thinking -- Chapter 2: Start with the Customer in Mind -- Chapter 3: Define and Communicate Mission and Vision -- Chapter 4: Synthesize an Integrative Operating Model -- Chapter 5: Identify Metrics that...

1 Introduction -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Background to Design Thinking for new Business Contexts -- 1.3 Structure of Content -- 1.4 Using the Book: A Reader’s Guide -- 2 Evolution of the Relationship Between Design and Business Activities -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Design Thinking and...

1. Attending to the External Environment to Identify Potential Opportunities -- 2. Co-contructing an Opportunity With a Community of Inquiry -- 3. A Lean Framework for Starting a New Venture -- 4. Managing New Ventures -- 5. Scaling New Ventures.

Chapter 1: Introduction -- PART 1: VALUATION -- Chapter 2: From business models to business planning -- Chapter 3: Profitability, Intangible Value creation, and scalability patterns -- Chapter 4: Boosting sustainable growth with innovative intangibles -- Chapter 5: Cherry Picking Intermediaries:...