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Financial Management for Technology Start-Ups: How to Power Growth, Track Performance and Drive Innovation 2nd Revised edition [Minkštas viršelis]

  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 248 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 235x155x14 mm, weight: 375 g
  • Išleidimo metai: 03-Jan-2022
  • Leidėjas: Kogan Page Ltd
  • ISBN-10: 1398603066
  • ISBN-13: 9781398603066
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 248 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 235x155x14 mm, weight: 375 g
  • Išleidimo metai: 03-Jan-2022
  • Leidėjas: Kogan Page Ltd
  • ISBN-10: 1398603066
  • ISBN-13: 9781398603066
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:

More than a third of start-ups fail due to founders having a poor understanding of financial management. Become financially savvy with this easy to understand guide and learn how to effectively grow your business, communicate with investors and progress to the next level.

Start-ups face many challenges but managing the finances does not need to be one. Financial Management for Technology Start-Ups offers a complete financial toolkit on how to use this area of your business to your advantage. This book contains invaluable tools and insights designed specifically for tech start-ups, with a concentrated focus on what is important in financial terms for technology-based and innovation focused entrepreneurial businesses.

The fully updated second edition offers greater analysis of financial statements directly from real-world start-ups, charts the success of businesses that went from start-up to scale-up with all new case studies and covers new digital technologies, emerging opportunities in the ecosystem, developing markets and much more. For entrepreneurs and tech innovators, this is a must-have book to help take your idea from concept to company with clear and effective financial insights.



Build your business from start-up to scale-up and beyond with this guide for tech ventures on how financial management can be used to get ahead.

Recenzijos

"A great resource for founders looking to understand the key financial measures that impact their businesses, with many worked examples and cases directly relevant to the real challenges start-ups face. An essential addition to any founder's toolkit." * Kamran Malik, Partner, Ernst & Young, UK * "An invaluable resource on the essentials of financial management for established and aspiring entrepreneurs alike." * Acting Dean, Paris School of International Affairs * "A smart, jargon-less book that shows how accounting numbers can be used to propel a tech start-up to success." * Sikrant M. Datar, Dean, Harvard Business School *

About the author xi
Preface xiii
List of abbreviations
xvii
Acknowledgements xix
01 Now is the time
1(16)
Why bother with financial management?
2(2)
The new business of business
4(3)
Like never before
7(7)
Chapter summary
14(1)
Review questions
15(1)
Further reading
15(1)
References
15(2)
02 Tech start-ups: why they're different
17(27)
Growth in a tech world
18(18)
Risk and potential
36(6)
Chapter summary
42(1)
Review questions
42(1)
Further reading
42(1)
References
42(2)
03 Start-up contribution analysis
44(25)
The start-up financial control loop
45(2)
Financial control in three steps
47(7)
Achieving profitability
54(5)
Contribution margin in a `winner takes all' world
59(8)
Chapter summary
67(1)
Review questions
67(1)
Further reading
68(1)
References
68(1)
04 Start-up financial analysis
69(33)
The three statements that count
70(1)
The balance sheet
70(14)
The income statement
84(8)
The statement of cash flows
92(8)
Chapter summary
100(1)
Review questions
100(1)
Further reading
101(1)
References
101(1)
05 Start-up progress analysis
102(42)
What type of ownership structure is best?
102(3)
The auditor's opinion
105(7)
Equity issues
112(6)
Assessing progress using financials
118(24)
Chapter summary
142(1)
Review questions
142(1)
Further reading
142(1)
References
143(1)
06 The importance of being liquid
144(17)
The cash budget
145(7)
Financing your start-up with debt
152(2)
Debt financing
154(5)
Chapter summary
159(1)
Review questions
159(1)
Further reading
160(1)
References
160(1)
07 What's it worth to you?
161(24)
Equity financing
162(3)
Venture capital valuation
165(9)
Term sheets: look before you take the money
174(6)
What about crowdfunding?
180(3)
Chapter summary
183(1)
Review questions
183(1)
Further reading
183(1)
References
184(1)
08 Tracking your start-up's growth
185(29)
Are your returns what they should be?
186(2)
How does a tech firm cost its products?
188(23)
Chapter summary
211(1)
Review questions
212(1)
Further reading
212(1)
References
213(1)
Glossary 214(5)
Resources 219(1)
Index 220
Alnoor Bhimani is Professor of Management Accounting at the London School of Economics (LSE) and was previously Head of the Department of Accounting and Founding Director of LSE Entrepreneurship based in London, UK. He regularly delivers business and technology focused talks at conferences and events across the globe, is a professionally certified accountant and has a PhD from LSE and an MBA from Cornell University where he was a Fulbright Scholar.