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.

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.

New to this edition: analysis of financial statements directly from start-ups, new case studies on companies that have scaled up, focus on new digital technologies and market opportunities for start-ups, information on new players and potential future tech start-ups

Autorentext
Alnoor Bhimani is Founding Director of LSE Entrepreneurship and Professor of Management Accounting at the London School of Economics. He is widely published and an established speaker to managers and business entrepreneurs, as well as scholars and accounting practitioners across the globe. He currently carries out research on the interface between business growth and digital technologies, including the Internet of Things, blockchain, AI and 3-D printing. Alnoor Bhimani received degrees from Cornell University and the London School of Economics.

Zusammenfassung
"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

Inhalt

• • Chapter - 01: Now is the Time;
  • Chapter - 02: Tech Start-ups - It's a Different World;
  • Chapter - 03: Start-up Contribution Analysis;
  • Chapter - 04: Start-up Financial Analysis;
  • Chapter - 05: Start-up Progress Analysis;
  • Chapter - 06: The Importance of Being Liquid;
  • Chapter - 07: What's it Worth to you;
  • Chapter - 08: Tracking your Start-up's Growth;
  • Chapter - 09: Glossary;
  • Chapter - 10: Resources