Have you always wanted to be an entrepreneur? Are you convinced your great idea will be a world-beater? Or do you simply fancy working for yourself for a change?
Hundreds of thousands of companies are started up by would-be entrepreneurs every year, but all the statistics show that over half of those will fail pretty quickly, and most will never reach their fifth birthday.
Being an entrepreneur isn’t easy – as the stories in this book show. Sacking someone on their first day, going everywhere by bicycle because there’s no money for public transport, and not letting a wedding day get in the way of negotiations are just a few of the challenges our entrepreneurs have faced.
But if their stories of sacrifice don’t put you off, then the tips and advice that they share will give you a fantastic insight into the life of an entrepreneur. Read this book to find out if you’ve got what it takes, and how to avoid the most common mistakes.
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About the authors
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Are you an entrepreneur?
Chapter 3: Founder or co-founders?
Chapter 4: Building the team in the early days
Chapter 5: Investors
Chapter 6: The board, advisors and mentors
Chapter 7: Customers and product-market fit
Chapter 8: Intellectual property
Chapter 9: Cash flow
Chapter 10: Scaling and pivoting
Chapter 11: The end of the adventure
Interviewees and contributors
Over de auteur
Alan Cowley co-founded The Invested Investor with his father, Peter, in 2017. The mission of The Invested Investor is to improve the business creation journey for entrepreneurs and investors by helping them to understand each other better and work together more transparently and productively. It does this through sharing lessons and stories from people working in all aspects of the start-up ecosystem, which are available as podcasts via the website www.investedinvestor.com. The Invested Investor book distils these lessons for angels and would-be angels, and was published in 2018. Alan is also a Director of Camdata Ltd.
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