Download or read book Roadmap to Entrepreneurial Success written by Robert W. Price and published by Amacom Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the first strategic guide for entrepreneurs since the "tech wreck." Straightforward and detailed, it sweeps aside outdated concepts and provides you with a thoroughly contemporary toolkit for sustainable growth. It is based on two hypotheses: that entrepreneurs must learn to finance and operate their ventures in a highly unpredictable environment; and that there is always a bull market for innovative, well-executed ideas.
Download or read book Why Startups Fail written by Tom Eisenmann and published by Currency. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you want your startup to succeed, you need to understand why startups fail. “Whether you’re a first-time founder or looking to bring innovation into a corporate environment, Why Startups Fail is essential reading.”—Eric Ries, founder and CEO, LTSE, and New York Times bestselling author of The Lean Startup and The Startup Way Why do startups fail? That question caught Harvard Business School professor Tom Eisenmann by surprise when he realized he couldn’t answer it. So he launched a multiyear research project to find out. In Why Startups Fail, Eisenmann reveals his findings: six distinct patterns that account for the vast majority of startup failures. • Bad Bedfellows. Startup success is thought to rest largely on the founder’s talents and instincts. But the wrong team, investors, or partners can sink a venture just as quickly. • False Starts. In following the oft-cited advice to “fail fast” and to “launch before you’re ready,” founders risk wasting time and capital on the wrong solutions. • False Promises. Success with early adopters can be misleading and give founders unwarranted confidence to expand. • Speed Traps. Despite the pressure to “get big fast,” hypergrowth can spell disaster for even the most promising ventures. • Help Wanted. Rapidly scaling startups need lots of capital and talent, but they can make mistakes that leave them suddenly in short supply of both. • Cascading Miracles. Silicon Valley exhorts entrepreneurs to dream big. But the bigger the vision, the more things that can go wrong. Drawing on fascinating stories of ventures that failed to fulfill their early promise—from a home-furnishings retailer to a concierge dog-walking service, from a dating app to the inventor of a sophisticated social robot, from a fashion brand to a startup deploying a vast network of charging stations for electric vehicles—Eisenmann offers frameworks for detecting when a venture is vulnerable to these patterns, along with a wealth of strategies and tactics for avoiding them. A must-read for founders at any stage of their entrepreneurial journey, Why Startups Fail is not merely a guide to preventing failure but also a roadmap charting the path to startup success.
Download or read book The Fail Safe Startup written by Tom Eisenmann and published by Penguin Business. This book was released on 2021-04 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Summary Roadmap to Entrepreneurial Success written by BusinessNews Publishing, and published by Primento. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The must-read summary of Robert Price's book: "Roadmap to Entrepreneurial Success: Powerful Strategies for Building a High-Profit Business”. This complete summary of the ideas from Robert Price's book "Roadmap to Entrepreneurial Success" shows that there are no shortcuts to success - gaining startup investment requires a sound, well-researched business plan. In his book, the author explains that this will be your roadmap to attaining your short, medium and long-term goals, because it should identify roadblocks, align your expectations with reality and keep you motivated. This summary provides a straightforward framework of ten steps that will help you to present a winning business. Added-value of this summary: • Save time • Understand key concepts • Expand your knowledge To learn more, read "Roadmap to Entrepreneurial Success" and discover the key to attracting investors by focusing on what they are looking for.
Download or read book Entrepreneur s Roadmap to Success written by Randy R Steele and published by . This book was released on 2016-05 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The expertise required to build and achieve scalable and transferable business success is a skill possessed by few individuals. This book provides candidly honest opinions and insightful questions to consider while weighing if the challenging path of an entrepreneur is the right direction to take for the reader. Todd Kinart President/CEO, SII Investments Inc. Anyone who is considering going into business for themselves should not only read this book, but live it. The way it takes the reader from 'square one' thru inception, implementation and execution will provide the reader with guidance and a knowledge base that will help them to succeed. This book will be one the business owner will want to keep handy and read time and again. W. Shane Garrow Senior Vice President The Private Bank at Bank of Oklahoma An aspiring entrepreneur will fi nd this book of great value and comfort. It will suggest roads to travel and the pitfalls to avoid. It provides cautious encouragement of the rewards and sacrifi ces required of a successful business owner. It is a one-stop source to guide an entrepreneur down the path to success. Jeff Rhodes, Attorney Riseling & Rhodes
Download or read book Disciplined Entrepreneurship written by Bill Aulet and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-08-12 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 24 Steps to Success! Disciplined Entrepreneurship will change the way you think about starting a company. Many believe that entrepreneurship cannot be taught, but great entrepreneurs aren’t born with something special – they simply make great products. This book will show you how to create a successful startup through developing an innovative product. It breaks down the necessary processes into an integrated, comprehensive, and proven 24-step framework that any industrious person can learn and apply. You will learn: Why the “F” word – focus – is crucial to a startup’s success Common obstacles that entrepreneurs face – and how to overcome them How to use innovation to stand out in the crowd – it’s not just about technology Whether you’re a first-time or repeat entrepreneur, Disciplined Entrepreneurship gives you the tools you need to improve your odds of making a product people want. Author Bill Aulet is the managing director of the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship as well as a senior lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management. For more please visit http://disciplinedentrepreneurship.com/
Download or read book Leapfrog written by Nathalie Molina Niño and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-08-28 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For women entrepreneurs (and anyone sick of the status quo), this smart, unapologetic collection delivers fifty proven hacks to leapfrog over obstacles and succeed in business. "A must-read for any woman who has a great idea and the nagging thought that doors are closed to her; Molina Niño helps to blow them open."--Publishers Weekly Think the most critical factor for becoming a great entrepreneur is grit, risk-taking, or technical skills? Think again. Despite what every other business book might say, historical data show the real secret ingredients to getting ahead in business are being rich, white, and male. Until now. Leapfrog is the decades-overdue startup bible for the rest of us. It's filled with uncompromising guidance for winning at business, your way. Leapfrog is for entrepreneurs of all stripes who are fed up with status quo advice--the kind that assumes you have rich friends and family and a public relations team. Refreshingly frank and witty, author Nathalie Molina Niño is a serial tech entrepreneur, the founder and CEO of BRAVA Investments, and a proud daughter of Latinx immigrants. While teaching budding entrepreneurs at Barnard College at Columbia University and searching the globe for investment-worthy startups, she has met or advised thousands of entrepreneurs who've gone from zero to scalable business. Here she shares their best secrets in the form of fifty "leapfrogs"--clever loopholes and shortcuts to outsmart, jump over, or straight up annihilate the seemingly intractable hurdles facing entrepreneurs who don't have family money, cultural capital, or connections.
Download or read book The Entrepreneur s Roadmap written by New York Stock Exchange and published by . This book was released on 2017-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entrepreneur's guide for starting and growing a business to a public listing
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Download or read book From Idea to Success The Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network Guide for Start Ups written by Gregg Fairbrothers and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2011-08-19 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turn Your Great Idea into a Thriving Business! “A guide that sets first-time entrepreneurs’ feet in the right direction.” Geoffrey Moore, author, Crossing the Chasm “There are many books on entrepreneurship, but this is one of the few that will convert individuals to entrepreneurs.” Desh Deshpande, founder, Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation, MIT; chairman, A123 Systems; cochair, National Council for Innovation and Entrepreneurship About the Book: Are you among the many Americans who dream of starting a business but think you don’t know how? Help has arrived . . . For generations, Dartmouth College and the Tuck School of Business have influenced and driven global entrepreneurship. Dartmouth firsts include the world petroleum industry, technological breakthroughs like artificial intelligence and BASIC computer language, as well as popular products, such as the Nerf football and the game Crainium. Today a key resource for the Dartmouth Community is the Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network (DEN), which helps anyone from undergraduates to faculty to alumni get their ideas off the ground and into the marketplace. In From Idea to Success, entrepreneur, professor, and DEN founder Gregg Fairbrothers takes you step by proven step through the DEN approach, showing you how to apply the same principles to make your vision a reality. If you have an idea—any idea—from major technology innovations, to consumer products or services, to social enterprises, From Idea to Success shows you how to bring it to fruition. This A to Z guide based on the startup experiences of literally hundreds of entrepreneurs makes the process simple as possible by breaking it down into three distinct parts: Step 1: Focusing and Refining Your Idea Define your goals, pinpoint your market, protect your idea, manage the risks in your undertaking Step 2: Business Planning Best Practices Create a business plan, build your team, learn about the competition, raise finances, get the important legal issues right the first time Step 3: Managing Your Company Build your negotiating, selling, and decision-making skills; manage your finances; correct your course; manage the transition to a healthy, growing business Building a vibrant company based on your own creativity and hard work is one of the most fulfilling human enterprises there is. With this book and your own experience you can think and act like a successful entrepreneur from the very start.
Download or read book 6 Secrets to Startup Success written by John BRADBERRY and published by AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn. This book was released on 2011-03-20 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It takes passion to start a new business. But that same entrepreneurial enthusiasm can also lead you astray.Over six million Americans start businesses every year. That's 11 startups a minute launched by passionate dreamers hoping to transform their lives for the better. But a huge gap exists between the skyrocketing levels of desire and what entrepreneurs actually achieve. The harsh reality is that most new businesses fail within a few years of launch. Why do so few startups make it? And what distinguishes those that do succeed? Entrepreneur, consultant, and investor John Bradberry set out to discover the answer and came to a surprising conclusionùthat the passion that drives and energizes so many founders is also the very thing that leads many of them astray. Filled with compelling real-life stories of both success and failure, this groundbreaking book reveals the key principles entrepreneurs must follow to ensure their big idea is on the right track. In 6 Secrets to Startup Success, readers will learn how to: Convert their passion into economic value with a moneymaking business model ò Improve their readiness to launch and lead a new venture ò Manage funding and cash flows ò Chart a path to breakeven and beyond ò Avoid the pitfalls that often accompany unfettered passion ò Build the stamina needed to persevere over time Complete with indispensable tools including an assessment to gauge a venture's strengths and weaknesses, 6 Secrets to Startup Success will help entrepreneurs everywhere turn their dreams into reality.
Download or read book Driven written by Manny Khoshbin and published by Entrepreneur Press. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Live Your Life Full Throttle Behind every entrepreneur's success story, there's a never-ending list of gut-wrenching failures, missed opportunities, and jaw-dropping setbacks. Real estate mogul and serial entrepreneur Manny Khoshbin is one of those entrepreneurs with a story of perseverance that will make you believe in the American Dream all over again. Driven: The Never-Give-Up Roadmap to Massive Success goes beyond Manny's personal ride through the entrepreneurial journey to deliver the habits, mindset, and insights aspiring entrepreneurs need to turn dreams into reality. Buckle up and join Manny as he shares his experiences and teaches you how to: Beat the odds and become a successful entrepreneur in your own right Challenge yourself, study your failures, and pivot your plans Double down on projects, ideas, and investments you're passionate about Spot and surround yourself with positive, successful, and like-minded people Change your mindset to achieve what you think is impossible It's imporant to remember that on your journey, you can navigate around obstacles and overcome them—just never give up. Dream big, stay ambitious, and remember that anything you really want deserves your 100 percent effort. Got it? Good. Now, let's ride.
Download or read book The Entrepreneur Roadmap written by Colin Christensen and published by Thnq Global Corporation. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entrepreneurship is not intuitive. In fact, far more businesses fail than succeed. It doesn't need to be this way. There are many avoidable mistakes. Each time you go through the journey of starting and growing a business, you learn more. Imagine having many of those lessons at your fingertips now - at the beginning of your journey. This book will help you answer the important questions about yourself and your business that you will need to know. The questions you most need to answer for your own sanity, for your investors, your customers, your employees - even those closest to you. Contained are tools and activities to help you.
Download or read book The Fail Safe Startup written by Tom Eisenmann and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2021-04-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Creating something from nothing is a daring act. Tom's wisdom and encouragement will give any reader the confidence to take the leap.' Eric Ries, bestselling author of The Lean Startup ________________ 90% of start-ups fail. But why? And is there a way to avoid the common pitfalls when you start your own business? Over the past 23 years at Harvard Business School Tom Eisenmann has helped launch thousands of startups. An astonishing 13 of these have reached unicorn status. For a decade he has explored the question of why startups fail and in The Fail-Safe Startup explains how you can succeed against the odds. Eisenmann's fascinating, often counter-intuitive, advice will help you avoid common mistakes including: * Launching too early * Aiming too high, too soon * And letting early success lead to misplaced confidence Drawing on case studies from startups of all shapes and sizes from around the world The Fail-Safe Startup will show you how to analyse the failure of others to ensure your success. ________________ 'A must read for any entrepreneur, investor, or startup team member.' Michelle Zatlyn, CEO, Cloudfare 'Eisenmann has truly helped illuminate a path to success by shining a spotlight on common startup failure patterns. His insights are invaluable, whether you're just getting started, or you're eyeing your endgame.' Jenn Hyman, CEO, Rent the Runway
Download or read book SUCCESS IN YOUR BUSINESS written by PETER. OSALOR and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Burn the Business Plan written by Carl J. Schramm and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-01-16 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Business startup advice from the former president of the Ewing Marion Kaufmann Foundation and cofounder of Global Entrepreneurship Week and StartUp America, this “thoughtful study of ‘how businesses really start, grow, and prosper’...dispels quite a few business myths along the way” (Publishers Weekly). Carl Schramm, the man described by The Economist as “The Evangelist of Entrepreneurship,” has written a myth-busting guide packed with tools and techniques to help you get your big idea off the ground. Schramm believes that entrepreneurship has been misrepresented by the media, business books, university programs, and MBA courses. For example, despite the emphasis on the business plan in most business schools, some of the most successful companies in history—Apple, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and hundreds of others—achieved success before they ever had a business plan. Burn the Business Plan punctures the myth of the cool, tech-savvy twenty-something entrepreneur with nothing to lose and venture capital to burn. In fact most people who start businesses are juggling careers and mortgages just like you. The average entrepreneur is actually thirty-nine years old, and the success rate of entrepreneurs over forty is five times higher than that of those under age thirty. Entrepreneurs who come out of the corporate world often have discovered a need for a product or service and have valuable contacts to help them get started. Filled with stories of successful entrepreneurs who drew on real-life experience rather than academic coursework, Burn the Business Plan is the guide to starting and running a business that will actually work for the rest of us.
Download or read book Entrepreneurial Leap written by Gino Wickman and published by BenBella Books. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You've thought about starting your own business . . . but how can you decide if you should really take the leap? There's a lot on the line, and you have to ask yourself difficult questions: Do I have what it takes? Is it worth it? And how the hell do I do it? You need answers, not bullshit. This book has them. Entrepreneurial Leap: Do You Have What it Takes to Become an Entrepreneur? is an easy-to-use guide that will help you decide, once and for all, if entrepreneurship is right for you—because success as an entrepreneur depends on far more than just a great idea and a generous helping of luck. In this three-part book, Gino Wickman, bestselling author of Traction, reveals the six essential traits that every entrepreneur needs in order to succeed, based on real-world startups that have reached incredible heights. If these traits ring true for you, you'll get a glimpse of what your life would look like as an entrepreneur. What's more, Wickman will help you determine what type of business best suits your unique skill set and provide a detailed roadmap, with tools, tips, and exercises, that will accelerate your path to startup success. Packed with real-life stories and practical advice, Entrepreneurial Leap is a simple how-to manual for BIG results. Should you take the leap toward entrepreneurship? Find out today and let tomorrow be the first step in your new journey, whatever shape it may take.
