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. List of Sponsors and Ads 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 Index

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