Bio Of A Serial Entrepreneur

What is an Entrepreneur? I think it is a person that takes a chance in organizing a business; risking their money to earn more money than what they started with. America is surrounded with entrepreneurs, some are small risks and many are risking everything they own. Most entrepreneurs are under- funded and 51% do not survive after their 2nd year. Think of a local shopping centers that offers: a 7 11 store, Nails/Spa, Pizza, Sub shop, a local Diner or Restaurant, etc. totals 5 entrepreneurs that invested their savings into a business: risking all of their money. You can find 4, 5 and more businesses in your neighborhood, all thinking they can do a job better than the failed Entrepreneur before them. I have learned the following steps are necessary to succeed: A business requires the following: 1. Start with a Business Plan, a must. 2. Sales Forecast, monitor closely, daily, monthly. 3. Funding Flexible: best Case and worst Case 4. Relying on friends and family for funding are risky and can cause years of frustration; last resource. 5. Leadership: Don’t demand a successful task unless you can do it yourself. 6. Make decisions quickly, Do Not Procrastinate 7. Find a business you like, no love. 8. Be willing to work late at night and arrive early in the morning. 9. First in....Last out..... of Business! 10. Entrepreneurs are what makes Capitalization work in America; cherish the Opportunity. Good Luck Serial Entrepreneur CEO

Bio of a Serial Entrepreneur, first editionSerial Entrepreneur, second editionWilliam G. Forhan, known as Bill Forhan, was born, raised, and educated in Michigan, and he also spent the major part of his life in business in Michigan before relocating to Florida to continue in business ventures.Upon retiring five years ago from major businesses, Bill decided to write Bio of a Serial Entrepreneur, first edition.The first-edition book was written with the intension of reflecting on his business and personal life.He decided to share his story with readers that seek reading enjoyment and share some business insight.His retirement from major businesses is because of the slow onset of Parkinson's disease, which has limited his mobility in walking or doing sports, which he misses (golf and tennis). Also, he has a breathing disorder that he has gained control over (emphysema).He has a clear, creative mind and is computer literate. Becoming an author started a new career.For clarity purposes, an entrepreneur is an individual who sets up business or businesses; identifies and solves problems, I creative, innovative, an opportunist, a risk-taker, a self-starter, and open-minded with the hope of making a profit from the enterprise.The major types of entrepreneurs:Serial entrepreneur. Continuously comes up with new ideas, starts the businesses, and oftentimes sells to investors or shareholders. Serial entrepreneurs start the businesses with little intention of operating any of them for a long time. They are high risk-takers with lots of unique ideas and are not always interested in a career with a particular business/company.Lifestyle entrepreneur. Creates profit from pure passion. The lifestyle entrepreneur chooses to build a business they are passionate about and grows the business into a long-term, residual income that is sustainable.Social entrepreneur. Pursues solutions to social problems. As a serial entrepreneur, Bill has started and purchased over fifty-five companies in multiple industries ranging in a size of five employees to two hundred. The companies were in the travel and medical industries. Seven of the companies were public trading on the OTCBB (over-the-counter BB), and seven operated as private companies.He was the CEO of all the companies and took the profits of many companies to purchase or start up new companies; this included the risk of his personal funds for investments.During Bill's business years, he traveled to many destinations: ten European countries; South America: Rio de Janeiro; Asia: Hong Kong; and Hawaii, one hundred times over.He cruised the Caribbean over twenty-five times and visited many resorts in North America and more.His story will take you down his memory days of over fifty years of building many companies, some winners and some losers.Bill has had several success stories and some mistakes through his journey.We hope you can enjoy reading and find wisdom in how to become an entrepreneur by reading Serial Entrepreneur.

Achieve annual returns of 25% or more with a well-designed angel portfolio Written by David S. Rose, the founder of Gust—the global platform that powers the world of organized professional angel investing—Angel Investing is a comprehensive, entertaining guide that walks readers through every step of the way to becoming a successful angel investor. It is illustrated with stories from among the 90+ companies in which David has invested during a 25 year career as one of the world’s most active business angels and includes instructions on how to get started, how to find and evaluate opportunities, and how to pursue and structure investments to maximize your returns. From building your reputation as a smart investor, to negotiating fair deals, adding value to your portfolio companies and helping them implement smart exit strategies, David provides both the fundamental strategies and the specific tools you need to take full advantage of this rapidly growing asset class. He details the advantages of joining an angel group, explains how seed and venture funds can help leverage an investor’s resources, and reveals how recent regulatory changes and new online platforms are making startup investing accessible to millions of Americans. Making money is no longer about sitting back and reading stock listings, David says. It is now about being part owner of an exciting startup that can be fun and financially rewarding. Angel Investing teaches investors how to carefully select and manage investments, establish a long term view, and approach angel investing as a serious part of an alternative asset portfolio while also enjoying being an integral part of an exciting new venture.

The process of innovation in life science is capital intensive, associated with a high risk as well as highly regulated and is therefore distinct from other types of innovation. This book closes the educational gap in life science entrepreneurship and fills a market niche. It allows you to understand, manage and successfully lead the innovation process in life science. Learn how to develop and successful market biomedical technology Increase the return of your investments in biomedical innovation Get ready for a new career in a life science start-up Discover how to transfer a bio- or medtech project from academia to industry Obtain a comprehensive overview of the innovation process in life science

An adventure-packed biography of a dynamic entrepreneur, whose exciting career sees him scoring win after win against dangers, setbacks and adversities. Fred sets off on the adventure of a lifetime, surviving a near hurricane in the Navy and seeing parts of the world he could only dream of, growing up in a small Irish town during World War II. Through his life, Fred faces new and exciting challenges: a career in Shell Petroleum leads to his building a highly successful tomato farm and building a privately-commissioned oil refinery, where his plant in Northern Ireland is targeted by bomb plots and death threats. Undeterred by bombs, six-month bank strikes, competitor espionage, and even being held on suspicion of IRA activity, he moves on to launch Atlas Oil International, still trading after forty years. Fred's rollercoaster career changes see him shifting to semi-state Venture Capital Analyst as MD of the Irish Health Services Development Corporation, a stint in the Saudi desert, and a confrontation with the Saudi military commander. When his fortune is severely trimmed in the Lloyd's debacle and the Stock Market crash, he recovers with aplomb, launching Greenman Group and repeating his entrepreneurial success in London and Europe. Still smiling, Fred takes on his biggest challenge yet at 87: writing his larger-than-life story in Adventures of a Serial Entrepreneur: Achievements over Adversity.

Just as nuclear fusion produces massive energy from combining two nuclei, a fusion in business, technology, and the arts can release massive value—creating whole new companies, industries, and human capabilities. Examples of the fusion technique for high-value, radical innovation are presented in this unique collection of stories about innovating across industries, fields, organizational silos, nations, social class, and more. This book is the result of a global research study of 30 world-class innovators who have collectively created billions of dollars’ worth of business value, as well as new advances in the arts and sciences that bring joy to the world and can save millions of lives. Insights from the journeys of the innovators provided in this book will help leaders, organizations, and individuals succeed in their innovative endeavors. In addition, each chapter provides a link to a short video that provides further insights, mostly from the innovators themselves. Innovation through Fusion is essential reading for individual innovators who would like to create the future; teams and organizations that need to craft radical or high-value innovations (especially across industries or organizational silos); and leaders concerned about declining returns on innovation efforts and uncertain about organizational survival in a disruptive world. The author provides a new model of lateral innovation—useful both as an innovation process and as a framework to assess your lateral innovation capabilities. The book is replete with value-creation examples of lives saved, billions of dollars of savings/growth, and new products, services, and companies, as well as stories of leading lateral innovators—who they are and how they succeeded. For the author’s talk on Fusion at EmTech Asia/MIT Technology Review, featured in Asian Scientist magazine, click here: https://www.asianscientist.com/2019/04/features/ipi-singapore-emtech-asia-cj-meadows-innovation/ For a review of the book on YourStory, click here: https://yourstory.com/2021/02/fusion-innovation-entrepreneurs-business-value-social-impact?utm_pageloadtype=scroll

The bestselling classic that launched 10,000 startups and new corporate ventures - The Four Steps to the Epiphany is one of the most influential and practical business books of all time. The Four Steps to the Epiphany launched the Lean Startup approach to new ventures. It was the first book to offer that startups are not smaller versions of large companies and that new ventures are different than existing ones. Startups search for business models while existing companies execute them. The book offers the practical and proven four-step Customer Development process for search and offers insight into what makes some startups successful and leaves others selling off their furniture. Rather than blindly execute a plan, The Four Steps helps uncover flaws in product and business plans and correct them before they become costly. Rapid iteration, customer feedback, testing your assumptions are all explained in this book. Packed with concrete examples of what to do, how to do it and when to do it, the book will leave you with new skills to organize sales, marketing and your business for success. If your organization is starting a new venture, and you're thinking how to successfully organize sales, marketing and business development you need The Four Steps to the Epiphany. Essential reading for anyone starting something new. The Four Steps to the Epiphany was originally published by K&S Ranch Publishing Inc. and is now available from Wiley. The cover, design, and content are the same as the prior release and should not be considered a new or updated product.