If You Really Want to Change the World: A Guide to Creating, Building, and Sustaining Breakthrough Ventures
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| Rating | : | 4.53 (781 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00WDDOS7S |
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| Number of Pages | : | 541 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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If you are embarking on a venture, pack this book.” Financial TimesKressel and Winarsky give the reader a wealth of examples to illustrate what works and what doesn’t a standard reference work for business-school courses on entrepreneurship for some years to come.” Asia Timesinsight and concrete steps the hopeful can take to advance their dreams of building something meaningful and long-lasting. 2016 Axiom Business Book Bronze Award in ENTREPRENEURSHIPThis book is a breath of fresh air If You Really Want to Change the World is a practical guide to creating and expanding a busines
Silicon Valley’s latest trend for creating new ventures is based on trial and error: test market needs with new product concepts and a minimum amount of capital, expect that the product may not meet the market need, so fail fast and try another product with the hope that a product-market fit will eventually emerge. If You Really Want to Change the World leads entrepreneurs through the critical stages of venture development, from concept to acquisition or public offering to maintaining a rich culture of innovation in the company. It is a guide by innovators for innovators, with approaches that are practica
Sam said Buy a copy for your friends and study it with them. When I was starting out this is the book that I most needed, but didn't have. There are hundreds of books written about "how I did it" or "here is what you should do" or "here are my provocative quips" but there are very few business books that go from the "what" to the "how."Collectively the authors have helped start around the world over a hundred new innovations and companies plus every kind of M&A and licensing transaction one could imagine. Their insights come from both extensive study and from a lifetime of practice. Their focus is on creating major innovations -- ones that exemplify what Steve Jobs sai. "easy to read presentation of decades with of hard won" according to Amazon Customer. For the past 12 years I have been an investor in early stage companies, having been an active investor in private companies for over easy to read presentation of decades with of hard won For the past 12 years I have been an investor in early stage companies, having been an active investor in private companies for over 30 years. This book is truly valuable. A straight forward, easy to read presentation of decades with of hard won, world class experience from the 2 authors. The simple, clear prose encapsulates a concise, powerful group of lessons. Lessons which can be easily carried in your mind, for use in multiple future settings, in various contextual circumstances. As I am in business meetings I have found myself regularly thinking through their flow charts, and templates of progress, and d. 0 years. This book is truly valuable. A straight forward, easy to read presentation of decades with of hard won, world class experience from the 2 authors. The simple, clear prose encapsulates a concise, powerful group of lessons. Lessons which can be easily carried in your mind, for use in multiple future settings, in various contextual circumstances. As I am in business meetings I have found myself regularly thinking through their flow charts, and templates of progress, and d. "Merely a semantic shift rather than a break-through start-up lesson" according to Finbar. I was not impressed with this book. The authors' approach seems predicated on having large financial resources and access to a team of brilliant people to vet and develop business ideas before they launch. They have simple moved the exploratory "pivoting" phase from after the declared start of the business to before it, and from the venture's balance sheet to someone else's. They have not eliminated this phase, so their's is essentially a semantic shift rather than a new insight into how to get to product - market fit faster. Nice if you have access to these sort of resources, but not an applicable insight fo