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The Smart Entrepreneur is a welcome addition to the genre of business books. Full of detailed, practical guidance and real-life examples, it will be of benefit to anyone setting out into the world of entrepreneurial 'venturing'. --Anthony Clarke, CEO, Angel Capital Group
A smart investment for smart entrepreneurs. --Patrick Dunne, Group Communications Director, 3i
A must read for any entrepreneur with an aspiration for great success. This book offers practical guidance that allows ideas and innovation to flourish while applying the discipline required to develop your business. --Nigel Grierson, Managing Director, Doughty Hanson & Co. Technology Ventures
A smart investment for smart entrepreneurs. --Patrick Dunne, Group Communications Director, 3i
A must read for any entrepreneur with an aspiration for great success. This book offers practical guidance that allows ideas and innovation to flourish while applying the discipline required to develop your business. --Nigel Grierson, Managing Director, Doughty Hanson & Co. Technology Ventures
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'The Smart Entrepreneur is a welcome addition to the genre of business books. Full of detailed, practical guidance and real-life examples, it will be of benefit to anyone setting out into the world of entrepreneurial "venturing"' - Anthony Clarke, CEO, Angel Capital Group 'A smart investment for smart entrepreneurs' - Patrick Dunne, Group Communications Director, 3i 'A must read for any entrepreneur with an aspiration for great success. This book offers practical guidance that allows ideas and innovation to flourish while applying the discipline required to develop your business.' - Nigel Grierson, Managing Director, Doughty Hanson & Co. Technology Ventures
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I spent 25 years working as a venture capitalist and thus have seen thousands of business plans, many containing the same mistaken assumptions about markets, segmentation, sales and marketing strategy and so on. I have also been involved with many young businesses and seen things go both right and wrong (my own book on the subject, Angels,Dragons and VulturesAngels, Dragons and Vultures: How to Tame Your Investors... And Not Lose Your Company: Capital Advice for Entrepreneurs, covers all the issues around handling different types of investor in your business).
Sabrina Kiefer and Bart Clarysse's book covers the journey the entrepreneur needs to make from idea to success in a comprehensive, practical and readable way. They point up many of the pitfalls I have seen in plans and businesses around identifying suitable markets, making good assumptions about market share, protecting your IP, carving out your place in the value chain and, indeed, raising money. The book is illustrated and brought to life by many interesting and relevant case studies.
In 240 pages it is obviously not possible to cover every aspect of the topic in great depth, and entrepreneurs may want to move on to read around some aspects in more detail (like raising capital, for example). But this is a really good place to start and I would recommend it to all aspiring entrepreneurs.
Sabrina Kiefer and Bart Clarysse's book covers the journey the entrepreneur needs to make from idea to success in a comprehensive, practical and readable way. They point up many of the pitfalls I have seen in plans and businesses around identifying suitable markets, making good assumptions about market share, protecting your IP, carving out your place in the value chain and, indeed, raising money. The book is illustrated and brought to life by many interesting and relevant case studies.
In 240 pages it is obviously not possible to cover every aspect of the topic in great depth, and entrepreneurs may want to move on to read around some aspects in more detail (like raising capital, for example). But this is a really good place to start and I would recommend it to all aspiring entrepreneurs.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Each chapter is useful, like a tool, presenting a different way to to think about the start-up. The book helped me think through several start-up ideas and pick the one that's best for me. I know I'll be using it to further develop the idea and make it work. The book is clearly written for a real person to use -- the examples are concise -- and all the frameworks and tools are meaningful, not academic. My copy is already dog-eared and ragged from referring back to it so many times.
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