Chapter 8 The business planning process. The topics discussed in this chapter are: explain why it is important to look to the future when determining a venture’s value, describe how the time pattern of cash flows relates to venture value, understand the need to consider both forecast period and terminal value cash flows when determining a venture’s value, understand the difference between required cash and surplus cash, . | Lecture Entrepreneurship Chapter 8 - William D. Bygrave Andrew Zacharakis Sean Wise