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The Practice and Mindset

Second Edition

January 2020 | SAGE Publications, Inc

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Entrepreneurship: The Practice and Mindset – Vantage Shipped Access Card, Second Edition gives you access to a learning and reading platform that makes it easier to understand your course material so you can get a better grade. It blends short, interactive multimedia activities with examples and presents them in easy-to-read sections of content from Entrepreneurship: The Practice and Mindset, Second Edition by Heidi M. Neck, Christopher P. Neck, and Emma L. Murray. The short quizzes with guided feedback let you know where to focus your precious study time.

 

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About Entrepreneurship: The Practice and Mindset

 

Based on the world-renowned Babson Entrepreneurship program, Entrepreneurship: The Practice and Mindset catapults students beyond the classroom by helping them develop an entrepreneurial mindset so they can create opportunities and take action in uncertain environments.


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    • diagnostic chapter pre tests and post tests that identify opportunities for improvement, track student progress, and ensure mastery of key learning objectives
    • test banks built on AACSB standards, the book’s learning objectives, and Bloom’s Taxonomy provide a diverse range of test items. Each chapter includes 100 test questions to give instructors options for assessing students
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    • instructions on how to use and integrate the comprehensive assessments and resources provided
  • assignable SAGE Premium Video (available via the SAGE vantage platform, linked through SAGE coursepacks) that is tied to learning objectives, and curated and produced exclusively for this text to bring concepts to life, featuring: 
    • Corresponding multimedia assessment options that automatically feed to your gradebook
    • Comprehensive, downloadable, easy-to-use Media Guide in the Coursepack for every video resource, listing the chapter to which the video content is tied, matching learning objective(s), a helpful description of the video content, and assessment questions 
    • Entrepreneur Challenge, Entrepreneurship in Action, and Make the Pitch video activities with assignable assessment questions, complete assignable chapter knowledge check quizzes, and take a comprehensive chapter test, bring the subject matter to life in a way a traditional print text cannot 
  • chapter-specific discussion questions to help launch engaging classroom interaction while reinforcing important content;
  • lively and stimulating Entrepreneurial Exercises written by Heidi Neck that help students develop the discovery, thinking, reasoning, and implementation skills necessary to thrive in highly uncertain environments;
  • Mindset Vitamins are brief, fun, daily activities that can help you practice developing your entrepreneurial mindset every day;
  • suggested projects, experiential exercises, and activities help students apply the concepts they learn to see how the work in various contexts, providing new perspectives;
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  • teaching notes for the cases that include sample answers to case questions, as well as summaries and analyses;
  • sample answers to questions in the text that provide an essential reference;
  • sample pitch decks that provide suggested models to help students in developing pitch decks of their own; and
  • all tables and figures from the textbook. 
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    • helpful hints and feedback (provided with all assignments) that offer context and explain why an answer is correct or incorrect, allowing students to study more effectively.
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NEW & KEY FEATURES of Entrepreneurship: The Practice and Mindset, Second Edition 

New To This Edition:

  • A new chapter on Developing Your Customers helps students gain a deeper understanding of customers. 
  • 15 new case studies and 16 new Entrepreneurship in Action profiles highlight a diverse range of entrepreneurs and starts ups. 
  • 16 new Mindshift Activities provide students with even more opportunities to practice developing their entrepreneurial mindset and skillset.  
  • New expanded coverage of prototyping, incubators, accelerators, building teams, and marketing trends. 
  • Streamlined table of contents allows students to begin exploring new opportunities earlier in the text.  
  • Updated research, statistics, and examples throughout.  

Key Features:

  • 2 Mindshift Activities per chapter challenge students to take action outside the classroom and do entrepreneurship.  
  • Instructors are provided with detailed, imaginative experiential learning activities.  
  • A chapter on Learning From Failure helps students anticipate setbacks, develop grit, and understand the value of experimentation and iteration. 
  • Coverage of contemporary topics such as design thinking, business model canvas, bootstrapping, and crowdfunding are covered in depth, exposing your students to the latest developments in the field.   
  • The text concludes with Creating Your Pitch Deck, delivering a template to help students create a unique and memorable way to present their business idea to investors.
  • VentureBlocks Simulation can be packaged with the book to help students practice entrepreneurial processes. Created by Heidi Neck and Anton Yakushin, the simulation has students complete missions to practice interviewing customers, identifying new opportunities, and reflecting on what they learn.

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