Includes appendix glossary and index

The entrepreneurial life -- Entrepreneurial integrity: a gateway to small business opportunity -- Getting started -- Franchises and buyouts -- The family business -- The business plan: visualizing the dream -- The marketing plan -- The human resource plan: managers, owners, allies, and directors -- The location plan -- The financial plan, part 1: projecting financial requirements -- The financial plan, part 2: finding sources of funds -- The harvest plan -- Customer relationships: the key ingredient -- Product and supply chain management -- Pricing and credit decisions -- Promotional planning -- Global marketing -- Professional management in the entrepreneurial firm -- Managing human resources -- Managing operations -- Managing risk -- Managing assets -- Evaluating financial performance.