The benefit : a well-written entrepreneurial business plan is to an entrepreneur what a midwife is to an expecting mother Mainprize, Brent and Hindle, Kevin 2007, The benefit : a well-written entrepreneurial business plan is to an entrepreneur what a midwife is to an expecting mother, Journal of private equity, vol. 11, no. 1, Winter, pp. 40-52, doi: 10.3905/jpe.2007.699057. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title The benefit : a well-written entrepreneurial business plan is to an entrepreneur what a midwife is to an expecting mother Author(s) Mainprize, Brent Hindle, Kevin Journal name Journal of private equity Volume number 11 Issue number 1 Season Winter Start page 40 End page 52 Publisher Institutional Investor, Inc. Journals Group Place of publication New York, N. Y. Publication date 2007 ISSN 1096-5572 Summary The evaluation of new ventures often involves two key aspects of entrepreneurial business plans: how best to write them and how best to rate (evaluate) them. Ultimately the performance of the venture should be the definitive criterion of quality. Surprisingly, the writing, rating and performance effects of entrepreneurial business plans (EBPs) comprise three related but under researched areas. This article empirically tested principles for writing and rating entrepreneurial business plans to draw inferences on how to improve the private equity investment evaluation process. A simplified perspective of General Systems Theory guided our empirical investigation of the input and outcome of the VC investment decision. Our empirical investigation reveals that entrepreneurial business plans that comport with the writing principles from the literature improve a new venture's likelihood of success. Language eng DOI 10.3905/jpe.2007.699057 Field of Research 150205 Investment and Risk Management HERDC Research category C3.1 Non-refereed articles in a professional journal Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30022005 Document type: Journal Article Collection: School of Management and Marketing Related Links Link Description Connect to author's final version Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 18 Jan 2010, 11:03:08 EST Wed, 24 Feb 2010, 05:01:16 EST Fri, 26 Feb 2010, 10:40:04 EST Tue, 31 Aug 2010, 16:02:44 EST Tue, 31 Aug 2010, 16:04:27 EST Tue, 31 Aug 2010, 16:06:44 EST Tue, 02 Nov 2010, 15:19:18 EST Fri, 19 Nov 2010, 11:09:16 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 6 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 575 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 18 Jan 2010, 11:03:08 EST

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