The Entrepreneurial Effect

Every entrepreneur wants to know more and to able to do more, learning from those that have succeeded is one of the best ways to accomplish that. The entrepreneurs in this book discuss the skills needed to be successful in starting, growing and managing technology-based business in the 21st century. Lessons include being an entrepreneur, marketing, strategy & planning, people, sales, growth, technology, investors, financing, operations, corporate culture and a test of your entrepreneurial capability. When you want to be the best, learn from the best, and here is your opportunity with 25 of the best lessons in entrepreneurship. Every entrepreneur wants to know more and to able to do more, learning from those that have succeeded is one of the best ways to accomplish that. The entrepreneurs in this book discuss the skills needed to be successful in starting, growing and managing technology-based business in the 21st century. Lessons include being an entrepreneur, marketing, strategy & planning, people, sales, growth, technology, investors, financing, operations, corporate culture and a test of your entrepreneurial capability. When you want to be the best, learn from the best, and here is your opportunity with 25 of the best lessons in entrepreneurship.
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Acknowledgements

Foreword – Feridun Hamdullahpur

Introduction – James Bowen

Recognizing if you are an Entrepreneur – Robert Pavlis

Lessons for Entrepreneurs – Dan Matthews

Entrepreneurs and Creativity – Robert Tong

Fifteen Points for Entrepreneurs – Roger Skubowius

Ten Keys To Business Success – Jim Estill

Step, Step, Wow: My Philosophy on Business and Entrepreneurship – Dan Latendre

Random Nuggets: Trust and Adaptation – Steven McCartney

A Systems View of Business Plans – James Bowen

Codifying Innovation, Sharing Success – Iain Klugman

Entrepreneurship: an Eastern European Lesson – Vita Gasima

Learning Lessons the Hard Way: The Market, Finances and People – Carol Leaman

How To Build a Great Product – Larry Borsato

Creating Hi-Tech Success Through Market Failure – Steve Carkner

Market and Sell for Results – Kevin Hood

Think Big! Build Your Sales and Marketing Processes Properly – Right from the Get-Go – Rick Endrulat

Managing Growth – Randall Litchfield

Ten Common Legal Pitfalls for Technology Entrepreneurs to Avoid – Tom Hunter

People – Rod Foster

Outsourcing made Possible – Cameron Hay

The Innovation Centre and Entrepreneurship Development in Waterloo – Josie Graham

The Keys to Social Entrepreneurship – Mike Morrice

Lessons Learned Along the Way: You have to Care – Ted Hastings

Time Management – Adam Zimmer

Strategizing for Maximum Value – William M. Tatham

It's All About the Value Proposition – Ray DePaul

Angel Investors: From Possibility to Probability – Yvan Couture

How to Tame a Dragon – Andrew Maxwell and Moren Lévesque

A working couple's guide to reducing stress – Ann Zimmer

Corporate Culture: Finding Your Epic – Brydon Gilliss

The importance of workplace culture – Dave Caputo

The Shopify Case – James Bowen, Aurélien Leftick and Harley Finkelstein

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