The Life And Journey Of An Entrepreneur

If you spend enough time working with startups, certain recurring themes emerge. This book explores key themes by telling the stories of 17 different companies. The authors have chosen specific startups to illustrate: 1) The challenges of driving customer awareness 2) The importance of founding teams 3) The hurdles of investing in hardware products 4) The fateful role timing plays in the outcome of startups 5) The difficulties startups face getting acquired Lord, Mirabile and Mandato have been founders, senior management team members, or board members for over three dozen early stage companies. Collectively, they have decades of startup investing experience in hundreds of companies. It is rare to find so much startup experience in one concise volume, and the fascinating narrative stories of these startups and their founders make for a very enjoyable way to acquire this collective wisdom.

Katongo Maines autobiography is the first book to be published in a new series of memoirs, entitled Remarkable Women of Zambia, that will show how women have made their mark in politics, civil society, education, business and NGOs. Women were always involved in Zambias Independence struggle and after it was achieved they queued alongside men to vote in the first elections. They have never given up their involvement in public life but, as elsewhere, it was men who slipped into most positions of real power and stayed there. For women throughout the world, the struggle to fulfil their potential continues and it is hoped that this series will not only claim a place for the remarkable women who figure in Zambias modern history but also act as an inspiration to younger women today. Katongo Maines story tells of a remarkable young girl from a poor family who defied her mother by refusing an arranged marriage, determined instead to become a nurse with a career and salary of her own.

A Journey with Purpose This is a guide when youre unsure of where and how to start your journey to success. A Journey with Purpose is intended to provide direction and value to hardworking, driven people. This book is for anyone who may feel they have more to contribute to the world but lack direction on where and how to start and have limiting beliefs or setbacks that are keeping them from reaching their true potential. This book provides simple and easy-to-accomplish tips and ideas that will guide anyone in identifying and pursuing their true purpose. The values this book will provide in your life are the following: Clear tips that show you how to identify your purpose in life Ideas to guide you when youre faced with challenges experienced by many people and starting something new Keys to facing failure, obstacles, and inaccurate beliefs shared by others on the journey to success Strategies that can be used now to change yourself to be more successful tomorrow New sense of direction, understanding of yourself, and meaning in your life Ability to find what your contribution to making the world a better place is Clear understanding of where to start and how to keep the ball rolling once you have

This is the story of Bob Lifton who was born in Brooklyn in 1928 to a working class Jewish family and grew up to lead a fascinating life in business and politics that connected him to remarkable people from artists and scientists to kings. With his business partner, a World War II war hero, Liftons entrepreneurial spirit led him to a broad range of business endeavors, including an Oscar winning movie score, ownership of the U S mens National Soccer Team, being landlord to Donald Trump in Atlantic City and buying the Navy aircraft carrier he served on. Their company was the first to integrate a hotel in the South. As President of the American Jewish Congress, and Co-Chair of the Middle East Project of the Council on Foreign Relations, Lifton interacted with Prime Ministers of Israel and heads of Arab nations with a focus on resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. His story will introduce the reader to the famous and infamous, describing his conversations with Presidents Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter, winning the gratitude of President George H.W. Bush, meetings with Nelson Mandela and Yasser Arafat and fending off overtures from Jimmy Hoffa.

Award winning Entrepreneur, Ideator, Mentor and Philanthropist shares his entrepreneurial life journey.Coming from a humble background in the small city of Puri, Orissa in India, I have come a long way by building new successful businesses in the Gulf, while raising multibillion-dollar funds for various corporations as well as working on new business venture ideas and bringing them to fruition. I love what I do. My purpose in life is to create successful businesses, taking great ideas and turning them into valuable, profitable entities. My core belief is based upon adding value to society through increasing employment and improving financial literacy to make as many people financially independent as humanly possible.

A Balanced Approach Emotional awareness is critical for entrepreneurs throughout every stage of the business life cycle. As their businesses begin and then mature, entrepreneurs face increasingly complex emotional challenges that they must navigate as they take their businesses from an idea to the maturation period of growth and expansion, to succession planning and divestiture, to the day they step aside. John Waldron has leveraged his own entrepreneurial experience and that of the hundreds of business owners he has counseled to build an essential framework that addresses the important balance between the tangible and intangible complexities of each stage of The Entrepreneurial Journey. To achieve the greatest level of success, you have to balance the technical with the emotional. The Entrepreneurial Journey will help potential entrepreneurs navigate both, so so that they may bring their businesses to their full potential.

It was a great pleasure to work with all the CO-AUTHORS of this book to bring out their stories, perspectives and insights on how they did what they did. Pursuit: Journey Of An Entrepreneur. Is about how some of the most successful entrepreneurs grew from failing to succeeding in life. The book talks about how every challenge provides you with an opportunity to breakthrough limitations both personally and professionally. The journeys communicate how support is always available to anyone and everyone who take the big step of becoming an entrepreneur and how that support can be generated and utilized to fuel not just your growth but also your potential. More than change, this book is about evolving day after day in your entrepreneurial journey. So, here it is, for not just your reading pleasure, but also as a reference guide to help you shorten the learning curve and outshine in your own personal endeavors. As you are going to learn by reading from the contributors of this book, you will understand that all of them have one common thing to say... TAKE ACTION. Go ahead, read the book, take action and bring about a positive difference in your life, business and career - today!

While most small business books cover niche components of the start-up model, From Idea to Exit takes a more comprehensive approach, tackling the entire entrepreneurial journey from the initial seed idea through a well-planned exit strategy. Through a persuasive narrative, the author draws from his own success a practical call to action for those who dream of taking that first big step. Allworth Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, publishes a broad range of books on the visual and performing arts, with emphasis on the business of art. Our titles cover subjects such as graphic design, theater, branding, fine art, photography, interior design, writing, acting, film, how to start careers, business and legal forms, business practices, and more. While we don't aspire to publish a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are deeply committed to quality books that help creative professionals succeed and thrive. We often publish in areas overlooked by other publishers and welcome the author whose expertise can help our audience of readers.