Entrepreneurial Finance

Entrepreneurial Finance: Finance and Business Strategies for the Serious Entrepreneur is the definitive business finance guide by Harvard Business School senior lecturer and former Kellogg Distinguished Professor Steven Rogers. For over two decades, it has served as the essential financial roadmap for entrepreneurs at every stage of building a business.

The book covers the full financial journey of a new or growing enterprise, from writing a compelling business plan and reading financial statements to managing cash flow, valuing a company, and securing the right mix of debt and equity financing. Rogers presents these complex subjects using real-world case studies, step-by-step frameworks, and the kind of plain, practical language that translates classroom theory into boardroom action.

What sets this book apart from other business finance texts is both its source and its scope. Rogers writes not only as a distinguished academic but as a successful entrepreneur himself, which means the insights feel earned rather than theoretical. Updated editions bring in timely material on crowdfunding, intrapreneurship, venture capital in private markets, and financing pathways specifically tailored for women and minority business owners, topics most traditional finance texts have historically overlooked.

Whether you are launching a startup, scaling a growing company, or studying entrepreneurship at the MBA level, Entrepreneurial Finance delivers the tools, strategies, and confidence needed to make sound financial decisions and build a business that lasts.