Harvard Business Review on Succeeding as an Entrepreneur

by Harvard Business Review

Overview

Great entrepreneurs don't take risks. They manage them.

If you need the best practices and ideas for launching new ventures-but don't have time to find them-this book is for you. Here are nine inspiring and useful perspectives, all in one place.

This collection of HBR articles will help you:

Zero in on your most promising prospects

Set a clear direction for your start-up

Test and revise your assumptions along the way

Tackle risks that could sabotage your efforts

Carve out opportunities in emerging markets

Launch a start-up within your company

Hand over the reins when it's time

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781422172247
Publisher:	Harvard Business Review Press
Publication date:	07/12/2011
Series:	Harvard Business Review Paperback Series
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.70(d)

Table of Contents

Beating the Odds When You Launch a New Venture Clark G. Gilbert Matthew J. Eyring 1

Finding Competitive Advantage in Adversity Bhaskar Chakravorti 19

The Questions Every Entrepreneur Must Answer Amar Bhidé 35

Making Social Ventures Work James D. Thompson Ian C. MacMillan 65

The Global Entrepreneur Daniel J. Isenberg 85

Giving Up the CEO Seat Jeffrey Hollender 101

The Founder's Dilemma Noam Wasserman 115

Why Entrepreneurs Don't Scale John Hamm 133

Meeting the Challenge of Corporate Entrepreneurship David A. Garvin Lynne C. Levesque 151

Index 185