Author: John Thompson
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040009387
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 421
Book Description
What does it take to be – or to become – a successful entrepreneur? Are there specific personality types that are best suited to entrepreneurship? And can these types, or rather the attributes that combine to forge them, be learned or acquired? In this book, John Thompson answers these questions – and many more – to let the reader see through the eyes of the entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs: Talent, Temperament, Opportunity and Mindset introduces the world of entrepreneurship from a person-centred perspective. Part 1 builds an understanding of the entrepreneur as a person based on the key factors of talent and temperament – a unique framework for understanding and exploiting entrepreneurial opportunities. Part 1 also explores the entrepreneurial mindset and how it can be honed and strengthened. The process of starting and growing a business is then described in detail in Part 2, which also examines entrepreneurship in the context of opportunity and strategy. Part 3 introduces the infrastructure and environment in which the entrepreneur has to operate and tells the stories of famous entrepreneurs through dozens of case vignettes, including classic figures such as Henry Ford, through to social entrepreneurs and even anti-social entrepreneurs such as Al Capone! This insightful, empirically-based take on the entrepreneur provides students with an accessible and original way into entrepreneurship. Whatever their background, students at all levels will value the author’s accessible writing style and invaluable insights.
The Powerful Entrepreneur
Author: Arthur Shulsky
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781979963763
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
What does Joan of Arc have to do with your modern mobile app product? How does Genghis Khan relate to you as CEO of your own business venture? Have you ever wondered if Julius Caesar would have been as prolific of a leader in our fast-paced times? Why should we ignore the lessons from history just because we wage war using a smartphone while our ancestors used iron and steel? These questions are at the heart of this book, a collection of 40 gripping stories from world history, expanding upon the drama of the greatest characters from the past. Each chapter engages the reader to look at history through the eyes of a modern entrepreneur, driving relevant capitalist lessons from the stories of our ancestors. This book has been written for all the different personalities that venture the entrepreneurial lifestyle. For those of us that love history, this book drives a historical viewpoint not explored before. For those of us that enjoy a good story, relish the attention to the characters and the drama that unfolds. For those of us that love business, be prepared to be taught relevant lessons from the blood, sweat and efforts of the powerful entrepreneurs that sowed the same success you so rightly pursue.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781979963763
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
What does Joan of Arc have to do with your modern mobile app product? How does Genghis Khan relate to you as CEO of your own business venture? Have you ever wondered if Julius Caesar would have been as prolific of a leader in our fast-paced times? Why should we ignore the lessons from history just because we wage war using a smartphone while our ancestors used iron and steel? These questions are at the heart of this book, a collection of 40 gripping stories from world history, expanding upon the drama of the greatest characters from the past. Each chapter engages the reader to look at history through the eyes of a modern entrepreneur, driving relevant capitalist lessons from the stories of our ancestors. This book has been written for all the different personalities that venture the entrepreneurial lifestyle. For those of us that love history, this book drives a historical viewpoint not explored before. For those of us that enjoy a good story, relish the attention to the characters and the drama that unfolds. For those of us that love business, be prepared to be taught relevant lessons from the blood, sweat and efforts of the powerful entrepreneurs that sowed the same success you so rightly pursue.
The Elon Musk Method
Author: Randy Kirk
Publisher: Leaders Press
ISBN: 9781943386444
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
What does Elon Musk know that you don't? Elon Musk built Zip2.com from a start-up to $22 million paycheck in three years. Then Musk built X.com from a start-up to $160 million paycheck in four years. Since then, he has created SpaceX and Tesla giving Musk an estimated net worth of $20 billion. Would you like to achieve even a fraction of his success? Now you can. Serial entrepreneur and best-selling author, Randy Kirk, exposes 16 secret principles that guide Elon Musk in his entrepreneurial decisions, including: How to become a visionary that profits; How to uncover the principles of running a successful business; How Elon Musk uses networking to scale his businesses; How you should be using your passion and persistence; How to maximize the potential of any business regardless of its size; The counterintuitive thinking about quality and cost; Why The Elon Musk Method works to generate successful enterprises of any kind. Follow SpaceX's founding member's Jim Cantrell's advice and read this book now because "Randy captures the essence of what drives Elon and this gives us valuable insight into what has become one of the most influential people of our time." Filled with dozens of Elon Musk quotes, you'll have a rare opportunity to gain proven principles and methods that are unlike anything you'll read elsewhere. Grab your copy now to start applying time-tested wisdom to your business today!
Publisher: Leaders Press
ISBN: 9781943386444
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
What does Elon Musk know that you don't? Elon Musk built Zip2.com from a start-up to $22 million paycheck in three years. Then Musk built X.com from a start-up to $160 million paycheck in four years. Since then, he has created SpaceX and Tesla giving Musk an estimated net worth of $20 billion. Would you like to achieve even a fraction of his success? Now you can. Serial entrepreneur and best-selling author, Randy Kirk, exposes 16 secret principles that guide Elon Musk in his entrepreneurial decisions, including: How to become a visionary that profits; How to uncover the principles of running a successful business; How Elon Musk uses networking to scale his businesses; How you should be using your passion and persistence; How to maximize the potential of any business regardless of its size; The counterintuitive thinking about quality and cost; Why The Elon Musk Method works to generate successful enterprises of any kind. Follow SpaceX's founding member's Jim Cantrell's advice and read this book now because "Randy captures the essence of what drives Elon and this gives us valuable insight into what has become one of the most influential people of our time." Filled with dozens of Elon Musk quotes, you'll have a rare opportunity to gain proven principles and methods that are unlike anything you'll read elsewhere. Grab your copy now to start applying time-tested wisdom to your business today!
Lessons of an Entrepreneur
Author: Ray Pekowski
Publisher: Outskirts Press
ISBN: 9781478787372
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Learn from the Past. Deal with the Present. Change the Future. Lessons of an Entrepreneur is written for those who want to create a culture of stewardship and servant leadership. Whether you are just starting your first business or well established in your industry Ray Pekowski reveals his secrets to his success and his principals of being a servant leader. Wisdom is the ultimate reward for a lifetime of passionate investment in a multitude of decisions about life, faith, business, family and your personal vision of your own future. In this powerful book, Pekowski gives us the incredible benefit of dozens of lessons learned from his journey to success. The logic underlying his resilience is revealed through his mantra: "Nobody goes through life with an unbroken chain of success. Everybody has failure and mistakes. We all embarrass ourselves. We all have pain. We all have problems. We all have pressure. The people who succeed have resilience." If you want to learn how to grow your business, take calculated risks and survive the most trying of times, Lessons of an Entrepreneur is for you. Pekowski is someone you want to work for, learn from and be around. He will help you see what it takes to do the very best for your employees and your customers. Buckle up for a great ride from a terrific leader of our time.
Publisher: Outskirts Press
ISBN: 9781478787372
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Learn from the Past. Deal with the Present. Change the Future. Lessons of an Entrepreneur is written for those who want to create a culture of stewardship and servant leadership. Whether you are just starting your first business or well established in your industry Ray Pekowski reveals his secrets to his success and his principals of being a servant leader. Wisdom is the ultimate reward for a lifetime of passionate investment in a multitude of decisions about life, faith, business, family and your personal vision of your own future. In this powerful book, Pekowski gives us the incredible benefit of dozens of lessons learned from his journey to success. The logic underlying his resilience is revealed through his mantra: "Nobody goes through life with an unbroken chain of success. Everybody has failure and mistakes. We all embarrass ourselves. We all have pain. We all have problems. We all have pressure. The people who succeed have resilience." If you want to learn how to grow your business, take calculated risks and survive the most trying of times, Lessons of an Entrepreneur is for you. Pekowski is someone you want to work for, learn from and be around. He will help you see what it takes to do the very best for your employees and your customers. Buckle up for a great ride from a terrific leader of our time.
Be the Solution
Author: Michael Strong
Publisher: Wiley
ISBN: 9780470450031
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
What if the distinction between business and doing good vanished? What if all those who engaged in business were committed to a deeper purpose, and all those committed to doing good were entrepreneurial and enterprising? What would it take for a world of seven billion such people to solve all the world’s problems? More and more people are looking for meaning and purpose in their lives as employees, as consumers, and as investors. More and more people have more than enough material goods and are more interested in the qualities of the goods they buy; in the experiences associated with the services they provide and buy; in the way the companies they buy from act as citizens; and in self-actualization—rising up Maslow’s hierarchy. As an increasing percentage of the population reaches the point at which they no longer need more stuff, what will they do, how will they live their lives? If you are one of these people, wondering where to go from here, how to “be the solution” in the twenty-first century, Be the Solution provides an original perspective on how to create a better world. Focused entirely on entrepreneurial and Conscious Capitalist solutions to the challenges and opportunities facing humanity, Be the Solution shows how the entrepreneurial passion to create a better world, in combination with Conscious Capitalist business practices, can solve far more of the world’s problems than any other approach. In combination with leading Conscious Capitalists such as John Mackey writing on “Conscious Capitalism,” leading social entrepreneurs such as Muhammad Yunus writing on “Social Business,” and leading legal reform experts such as Hernando de Soto writing on “Is Economic Freedom for Everyone?,” entrepreneurial educator Michael Strong lays out a philosophical, social, and legal framework for a FLOW vision through which all problems may be solved entrepreneurially. FLOW, Inc., is an organization cofounded by John Mackey and Michael Strong to promote Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s concept of flow as optimal experience—the state in which we are so immersed in challenging, creative activity that we forget that time is passing. To be engaged in flow activities is happiness itself. Whether we are creators of enterprises or entrepreneurially creative within our life as employees, we can embody the entrepreneurial spirit and, in the words of Michelangelo, “criticize by creating.” In addition, FLOW refers to the global flow of goods, services, capital, humans, ideas, and culture, in a positive win-win-win world based on love rather than fear. Combining the best of the positive psychology and human potential movements with the best of free market thinking, FLOW offers a unique perspective on how to Be the Solution in the twenty-first century.
Publisher: Wiley
ISBN: 9780470450031
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
What if the distinction between business and doing good vanished? What if all those who engaged in business were committed to a deeper purpose, and all those committed to doing good were entrepreneurial and enterprising? What would it take for a world of seven billion such people to solve all the world’s problems? More and more people are looking for meaning and purpose in their lives as employees, as consumers, and as investors. More and more people have more than enough material goods and are more interested in the qualities of the goods they buy; in the experiences associated with the services they provide and buy; in the way the companies they buy from act as citizens; and in self-actualization—rising up Maslow’s hierarchy. As an increasing percentage of the population reaches the point at which they no longer need more stuff, what will they do, how will they live their lives? If you are one of these people, wondering where to go from here, how to “be the solution” in the twenty-first century, Be the Solution provides an original perspective on how to create a better world. Focused entirely on entrepreneurial and Conscious Capitalist solutions to the challenges and opportunities facing humanity, Be the Solution shows how the entrepreneurial passion to create a better world, in combination with Conscious Capitalist business practices, can solve far more of the world’s problems than any other approach. In combination with leading Conscious Capitalists such as John Mackey writing on “Conscious Capitalism,” leading social entrepreneurs such as Muhammad Yunus writing on “Social Business,” and leading legal reform experts such as Hernando de Soto writing on “Is Economic Freedom for Everyone?,” entrepreneurial educator Michael Strong lays out a philosophical, social, and legal framework for a FLOW vision through which all problems may be solved entrepreneurially. FLOW, Inc., is an organization cofounded by John Mackey and Michael Strong to promote Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s concept of flow as optimal experience—the state in which we are so immersed in challenging, creative activity that we forget that time is passing. To be engaged in flow activities is happiness itself. Whether we are creators of enterprises or entrepreneurially creative within our life as employees, we can embody the entrepreneurial spirit and, in the words of Michelangelo, “criticize by creating.” In addition, FLOW refers to the global flow of goods, services, capital, humans, ideas, and culture, in a positive win-win-win world based on love rather than fear. Combining the best of the positive psychology and human potential movements with the best of free market thinking, FLOW offers a unique perspective on how to Be the Solution in the twenty-first century.
Entrepreneurs
Author: John Thompson
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040009387
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 421
Book Description
What does it take to be – or to become – a successful entrepreneur? Are there specific personality types that are best suited to entrepreneurship? And can these types, or rather the attributes that combine to forge them, be learned or acquired? In this book, John Thompson answers these questions – and many more – to let the reader see through the eyes of the entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs: Talent, Temperament, Opportunity and Mindset introduces the world of entrepreneurship from a person-centred perspective. Part 1 builds an understanding of the entrepreneur as a person based on the key factors of talent and temperament – a unique framework for understanding and exploiting entrepreneurial opportunities. Part 1 also explores the entrepreneurial mindset and how it can be honed and strengthened. The process of starting and growing a business is then described in detail in Part 2, which also examines entrepreneurship in the context of opportunity and strategy. Part 3 introduces the infrastructure and environment in which the entrepreneur has to operate and tells the stories of famous entrepreneurs through dozens of case vignettes, including classic figures such as Henry Ford, through to social entrepreneurs and even anti-social entrepreneurs such as Al Capone! This insightful, empirically-based take on the entrepreneur provides students with an accessible and original way into entrepreneurship. Whatever their background, students at all levels will value the author’s accessible writing style and invaluable insights.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040009387
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 421
Book Description
What does it take to be – or to become – a successful entrepreneur? Are there specific personality types that are best suited to entrepreneurship? And can these types, or rather the attributes that combine to forge them, be learned or acquired? In this book, John Thompson answers these questions – and many more – to let the reader see through the eyes of the entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs: Talent, Temperament, Opportunity and Mindset introduces the world of entrepreneurship from a person-centred perspective. Part 1 builds an understanding of the entrepreneur as a person based on the key factors of talent and temperament – a unique framework for understanding and exploiting entrepreneurial opportunities. Part 1 also explores the entrepreneurial mindset and how it can be honed and strengthened. The process of starting and growing a business is then described in detail in Part 2, which also examines entrepreneurship in the context of opportunity and strategy. Part 3 introduces the infrastructure and environment in which the entrepreneur has to operate and tells the stories of famous entrepreneurs through dozens of case vignettes, including classic figures such as Henry Ford, through to social entrepreneurs and even anti-social entrepreneurs such as Al Capone! This insightful, empirically-based take on the entrepreneur provides students with an accessible and original way into entrepreneurship. Whatever their background, students at all levels will value the author’s accessible writing style and invaluable insights.
Mission Entrepreneur
Author: Jen E. Griswold
Publisher: Mango Media Inc.
ISBN: 1633536467
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
The military veteran and entrepreneur teaches fellow military spouses how to deploy their unique skills in the field of startup businesses. Military spouses face some unique challenges when it comes to pursuing a career, often putting their ambitions on hold due to relocation. Ironically, these same people have the ideal skill set for achieving entrepreneurial success: work ethic, vision, passion, and resilience. In Mission Entrepreneur, veteran and military spouse Jen E. Griswold shares her personal story of transforming those skills into a successful business career. From her extensive training in the U.S. Air Force, Griswold learned the value of integrity and the importance of teamwork. After using these lessons to start multiple businesses that are able to be run from anywhere, she’s giving back to her military community by sharing what she learned.
Publisher: Mango Media Inc.
ISBN: 1633536467
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
The military veteran and entrepreneur teaches fellow military spouses how to deploy their unique skills in the field of startup businesses. Military spouses face some unique challenges when it comes to pursuing a career, often putting their ambitions on hold due to relocation. Ironically, these same people have the ideal skill set for achieving entrepreneurial success: work ethic, vision, passion, and resilience. In Mission Entrepreneur, veteran and military spouse Jen E. Griswold shares her personal story of transforming those skills into a successful business career. From her extensive training in the U.S. Air Force, Griswold learned the value of integrity and the importance of teamwork. After using these lessons to start multiple businesses that are able to be run from anywhere, she’s giving back to her military community by sharing what she learned.
Everyday Entrepreneur
Author: Fred Dawkins
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1459719107
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
Successful entrepreneur Fred Dawkins uses storytelling and an informal approach to take readers through a series of business lessons that will show them how to identify their own entrepreneurial strengths and strike out on their own.
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1459719107
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
Successful entrepreneur Fred Dawkins uses storytelling and an informal approach to take readers through a series of business lessons that will show them how to identify their own entrepreneurial strengths and strike out on their own.
The Elite Entrepreneur
Author: Ephren W. Taylor
Publisher: BenBella Books
ISBN: 1935618059
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
If anyone knows what it takes to be an elite entrepreneur, it's Ephren Taylor. Author of a 2009 Wall Street Journal bestseller Creating Success from the Inside Out, Taylor started his first business venture at age 12, when he began making video games. By age 17, he built a multimillion-dollar technology company and took a company public at age 23. Now 27, Taylor appears weekly on FOX News and has been featured on 20/20, PBS, Black Enterprise and CNN Money, and even his own infomercial as the youngest ever African-American CEO of a publicly traded company. In The Elite Entrepreneur: How to Master the 7 Phases of Growth & Take Your Business from Pennies to Billions, Taylor, with Rusty Fischer, relays his years of successful business experience to take the guesswork out of entrepreneurialism. Full of anecdotes, tips, strategies and resources, The Elite Entrepreneur and Taylor identify and gives readers advice on the essential seven phases of business: •Startup •Branding •Sales •Hiring •Innovation, joint ventures and partnerships •Stock offerings •Charity and social entrepreneurship The Elite Entrepreneur contains a checklist to help readers determine what their next steps should be. This book will provide the reader — young or old, doctorate or GED-holder — the motivation and tools to break the mold and become an Elite Entrepreneur.
Publisher: BenBella Books
ISBN: 1935618059
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
If anyone knows what it takes to be an elite entrepreneur, it's Ephren Taylor. Author of a 2009 Wall Street Journal bestseller Creating Success from the Inside Out, Taylor started his first business venture at age 12, when he began making video games. By age 17, he built a multimillion-dollar technology company and took a company public at age 23. Now 27, Taylor appears weekly on FOX News and has been featured on 20/20, PBS, Black Enterprise and CNN Money, and even his own infomercial as the youngest ever African-American CEO of a publicly traded company. In The Elite Entrepreneur: How to Master the 7 Phases of Growth & Take Your Business from Pennies to Billions, Taylor, with Rusty Fischer, relays his years of successful business experience to take the guesswork out of entrepreneurialism. Full of anecdotes, tips, strategies and resources, The Elite Entrepreneur and Taylor identify and gives readers advice on the essential seven phases of business: •Startup •Branding •Sales •Hiring •Innovation, joint ventures and partnerships •Stock offerings •Charity and social entrepreneurship The Elite Entrepreneur contains a checklist to help readers determine what their next steps should be. This book will provide the reader — young or old, doctorate or GED-holder — the motivation and tools to break the mold and become an Elite Entrepreneur.
The Entrepreneur's Manual
Author: Richard M. White
Publisher: Echo Point Books & Media, LLC
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
You are holding in your hands the ultimate guide to transforming your dream business into a reality. Drawing upon years of trial and error, Richard White imparts his insights on how to establish a successful business and keep it running strong. Substituting complex theories for critical advice rooted in real-life experience, White makes designing and managing a successful business model more accessible than ever. The Entrepreneur's Manual covers everything entrepreneurs need to know, from identifying your niche market, to forecasting and controlling sales, to building a solid foundation of effective employees. White's rare advice has made this manual mandatory reading not only for entrepreneurs, but for anyone who wants to better understand the business world. In addition to motivating prospective business owners, this book, above all others in its field, delivers results. This superior guide on the secrets behind successful entrepreneurship possesses the qualities of a true classic: its advice remains as relevant as ever. Find out why The Entrepreneur's Manual has been the mandatory business guide for nearly half a century.
Publisher: Echo Point Books & Media, LLC
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
You are holding in your hands the ultimate guide to transforming your dream business into a reality. Drawing upon years of trial and error, Richard White imparts his insights on how to establish a successful business and keep it running strong. Substituting complex theories for critical advice rooted in real-life experience, White makes designing and managing a successful business model more accessible than ever. The Entrepreneur's Manual covers everything entrepreneurs need to know, from identifying your niche market, to forecasting and controlling sales, to building a solid foundation of effective employees. White's rare advice has made this manual mandatory reading not only for entrepreneurs, but for anyone who wants to better understand the business world. In addition to motivating prospective business owners, this book, above all others in its field, delivers results. This superior guide on the secrets behind successful entrepreneurship possesses the qualities of a true classic: its advice remains as relevant as ever. Find out why The Entrepreneur's Manual has been the mandatory business guide for nearly half a century.
On the Private and Public Virtues of an Honorable Entrepreneur
Author: Felix R. Livingston
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1498575587
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
Alexis de Tocqueville’s writings on honor, and his observation that a democracy’s definition of honor “stands for the peculiar individual character of that nation before the world,” provide inspiration for an ideal entrepreneurial innovator discussed in this book. Beginning with Aristotle, contributions of the giants of moral, political, and economic thinking are aggregated in a Credo for honorable entrepreneurs who are dedicated to freedom and general human flourishing. The Credo’s maxims and duties can help entrepreneurs prevent a separation of the honorable and the useful, which is a moral challenge faced by many leaders in all parts of society. Like-minded individuals who share this vision can rebalance power and repair America’s triune social order, while creating wealth and a surplus that can benefit the poorest among us.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1498575587
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
Alexis de Tocqueville’s writings on honor, and his observation that a democracy’s definition of honor “stands for the peculiar individual character of that nation before the world,” provide inspiration for an ideal entrepreneurial innovator discussed in this book. Beginning with Aristotle, contributions of the giants of moral, political, and economic thinking are aggregated in a Credo for honorable entrepreneurs who are dedicated to freedom and general human flourishing. The Credo’s maxims and duties can help entrepreneurs prevent a separation of the honorable and the useful, which is a moral challenge faced by many leaders in all parts of society. Like-minded individuals who share this vision can rebalance power and repair America’s triune social order, while creating wealth and a surplus that can benefit the poorest among us.