The Book Every Entrepreneur Has to Read

Advice from one entrepreneur to another

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• Publisher: Tracey McDonald Publishers
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781998958733
• eBook ISBN: 9781998958740
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Entrepreneurship
• Index: Business

Starting a business is one thing. Making that business successful is quite another. We've all read the failure statistics of start-ups, yet we entrepreneurs are a determined bunch of people – we are not easily deterred and will try, and try, and try again.We are the drivers of economic growth and job creation, but sadly we are often the unsung heroes of the South African economy. With the lack of support for start-ups and absence of knowledge-sharing, being an entrepreneur is far from easy and what is missing is business guidance and mentorship.Mistakes are made that could be avoided. We certainly don't have all the answers all of the time, especially when we're starting out. But you know who does? Those who've been down the same path before.And that is where the value of this book, The Book Every Entrepreneur Has to Read, lies. It is full of sage advice, lessons learned, and thousands of hours of hard-earned knowledge from thriving entrepreneurs, covering …What they wish they knew when they were starting out.What they wouldn't do again, and the lesson learned.Wisdom they have picked up along the entrepreneurial journey from mindset to idea, planning to execution, funding to partnerships, networking to negotiating, innovation to strategy, hiring to company culture, social media to technology, and everything in between.Don't become a statistic – start reading and make notes and lists of what you can do today, to not only negotiate the sometimes hazardous entrepreneurial journey, but excel from a great idea to a successful business.

Table of contents

• TITLE PAGE
• IMPRINT PAGE
• DEDICATION
• CONTENTS
• UNLEASHING THE ENTREPRENEURIAL ‘LUCK OF THIRTEEN’ TO GROW YOUR BUSINESS
• CONQUERING UNCHARTED REALMS: THE ODYSSEY OF A DISRUPTIVE ENTREPRENEUR
• TRIFLES, TRENDS, AND TRUTHS: SOLID FOUNDATIONS FOR RADICAL INNOVATION
• MY ENTREPRENEURIAL JOURNEY IN SEVEN INSIGHTS
• THE ACCUMULATION OF ADDITIONAL LAYERS
• CROSSING THE I’s AND DOTTING THE T’s: THE I TO T PARADOX
• ARE YOU ALL IN?
• DON’T LET THE FEARS OF FINANCIAL FAILURE CONSTRICT YOUR CREATIVITY
• UMABONAKUDE
• REMOVING THIS CAN HELP YOU WIN
• GROWTH IN YOUR ABSENCE: HOW TO TAKE A SABBATICAL WITHOUT YOUR BUSINESS NEEDING YOU
• FIND PURPOSE, THEN WATCH THE MAGIC UNFOLD
• MAKE THEM CARE
• SLIDING DOOR MOMENTS
• OUR JOURNEY TOWARDS BECOMING UNIMPORTANT
• EMPTY NEST SYNDROME
• CHANGING TIMES REQUIRE NEW SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND NEW SCHOOL MANAGEMENT
• UP THE SNAKES/DOWN THE LADDERS
• FIVE THINGS I WISH I WAS TOLD IN 2016
• SHUT UP AND BUILD IT
• THE JOURNEY OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP: REFLECTIONS, REGRETS, AND RESILIENCE
• A HUNDRED YEAR START-UP
• WHAT I WISH I KNEW
• PRIME EXAMPLE
• UNLEASHING YOUR ENTREPRENEURIAL SUPERPOWERS
• PURPOSE. PASSION. PERSISTENCE.
• THE VALUE OF BUILDING A BUSINESS WITH AN EXIT IN MIND
• NOBODY BOUGHT A DRILL TO MAKE HOLES
• LACK OF FINANCIAL UNDERSTANDING
• IT’S PERSONAL AND CONFRONTATIONAL
• A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP WITH PAIN
• SEIZE THE DAY
• GO IN WITH A LITTLE LESS NAIVETY
• HOW KNITTING FUELS AN ENTREPRENEURIAL BUSINESS INTO ITS 21ST YEAR
• A HABIT OF HOPE
• I WISH SOMEONE HAD PULLED ME ASIDE, AND SAID …
• LESSONS FROM AN INTRAPRENEUR TO AN ENTREPRENEUR
• LACK OF FINANCIAL DISCIPLINE
• START AS IF YOU ARE A THOUSAND BIG!
• TACKLING THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT
• CATCHING WAVES
• UNLOCKING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH LinkedIn
• THE FIVE WISHES OF AN ENTREPRENEUR
• DON’T LOSE THE JOY
• MEANING, CONNECTION AND TALENT ARE THE ENGINES OF SUCCESS
• UNLEASHING THE POWER OF DETERMINATION IN DEAL MAKING
• I WISH I’D KNOWN, EARLIER IN MY LIFE, OF THE EXCITEMENT THAT COMES WITH BEING AN ENTREPRENEUR
• MARKET-CREATING INNOVATIONS
• APPRECIATIONS