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Record Nr.

UNINA9910410650603321

Autore

Koester Eric

Titolo

Green entrepreneur handbook : the guide to building and growing a green and clean business / / Eric Koester

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press LLC, , [2011]

©2011

ISBN

1-000-21882-1

0-429-13001-5

1-283-00457-7

9786613004574

1-4398-1731-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (436 p.)

Collana

What every engineer should know ; ; v. 46

Disciplina

658.4083

Soggetti

New business enterprises - Environmental aspects

Entrepreneurship

Environmental engineering - Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover; Contents; Series Preface; Acknowledgments; Author; Introduction; Part I. The Great Green Opportunity; Chapter 1. Why Are We Going Green?; Chapter 2. Becoming a Greentrepreneur (a.k.a. Green Entrepreneur); Chapter 3. Drivers of the Green Revolution; Chapter 4. Markets for Green Products; Part II. The Green Startup; Chapter 5. Green Ideas, Inventions, and Businesses; Chapter 6. Forming and Founding; Chapter 7. Assembling Talent; Chapter 8. Raising Green (Money); Chapter 9. Green Intellectual Property; Chapter 10. Making the Sale; Part III. The Green Playing Field

Chapter 11. Understanding UtilitiesChapter 12. How Project Finance Works; Chapter 13. Working with the Government; Chapter 14. Laws, Regulations, Initiatives, and More; Chapter 15. Grants, Loans, and Other Green Government Funds; Chapter 16. Taxes and Incentive Programs; Part IV. Green Progress (So Far); Chapter 17. Greening Your Business; Chapter 18. Green Certifications; Chapter 19. Venture Capital and Clean Technology; Chapter 20. International Landscape; Chapter 21. Growth



Opportunities; Part V. Green Business Fundamentals; Chapter 22. Market Research and Business Planning

Chapter 23. Forming the BusinessChapter 24. Founders; Chapter 25. Employees; Chapter 26. Securities; Chapter 27. Raising Money; Chapter 28. More about Fundraising; Chapter 29. Strategies for Managing Startup Intellectual Property; Chapter 30. Service Partners; Chapter 31. M&A and IPOs; Appendix: Additional Resources; References and Reading List; Back cover

Sommario/riassunto

Annotation