A: The handbook provides tools and techniques to help entrepreneurs launch and grow their new businesses, covering various stages from preparation to scaling up.

A: The handbook suggests evaluating personal traits, skills, and motivations, and considering self-assessment tests to determine entrepreneurial fitness.

A: A business model canvas is a strategic management tool that allows entrepreneurs to visualize and develop their business model, focusing on key components like value propositions, customer segments, and revenue streams.

A: The lean startup methodology is an approach to building businesses and products that focuses on validated learning, experimentation, and iterative product releases to shorten development cycles and quickly discover if a proposed business model is viable.

A: Common sources include personal savings, loans from friends and family, bank loans, trade credit, crowdfunding, and angel investors.

A: Sustaining growth involves maintaining a sustainable strategy, expanding into new markets, scaling up operations, and fostering an innovation-friendly culture.