You Don't Need This Book: Entrepreneurship in the Connected Era

by Ben McDougal, Brad Feld (Contribution by), Victor Hwang (Foreword by)

Overview

You don't need this book.

The entrepreneurial spirit is fueled by action, and we can all do more with less in the connected era. If you commit to the adventure of a lifetime and are willing to endlessly persist, we can each achieve career nirvana while inspiring the world around us.

While the title of this book is true, if you're a caffeinated change maker thirsty for what's next, this synthesized narrative will provide innovative energy to help you start that new business, improve an existing company, fire up a side hustle, or evolve your own entrepreneurial ecosystem.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Ben McDougal is an experienced entrepreneur and energized entrepreneurial ecosystem builder. He is passionate about the art of connection, accelerating entrepreneurs, and evolving ideas into reality. Ben has been inspired by thousands of fellow founders nationwide and wrote this book to help you champion change on the timeline of now. Learn more at www.BenMcDougal.com.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781736635711
Publisher:	Pour Over Publishing
Publication date:	04/01/2021
Pages:	202
Sales rank:	1,156,195
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.00(h) x 0.46(d)

About the Author

Ben McDougal is an experienced entrepreneur and energized entrepreneurial ecosystem builder. He is passionate about the art of connection, accelerating entrepreneurs, and evolving ideas into reality. Ben has been inspired by thousands of fellow founders nationwide and wrote this book to help you champion change on the timeline of now. Learn more at BenMcDougal.com.

Few thought leaders have spent more time examining the impact a community has on entrepreneurs than Brad Feld. Brad is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, author, and global thought leader. In 2012, he helped lay the groundwork for startup community builders with a book many people still have on their shelf, Startup Communities: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City. In their 2020 best-selling book The Startup Community Way: Evolving an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, Brad Feld and Ian Hathaway use the theory of complex adaptive systems to take this conversation to the next level. Brad has also been an early-stage investor and entrepreneur since 1987. Prior to co-founding Foundry Group, he co-founded Mobius Venture Capital and, prior to that, founded Intensity Ventures. Brad is also a co-founder of Techstars. Brad holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Management Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Victor W. Hwang is an economic growth expert. His ideas have shaped the economic lives of millions of people worldwide. His work has helped over 300 communities, cities, states, companies, and even entire countries in creating greater economic prosperity. He is founder and CEO of Right to Start, a campaign fighting to rebuild the economy by making entrepreneurial opportunity available to all. Previously, he was Vice President of Entrepreneurship at the Kauffman Foundation, the world's leading philanthropy supporting entrepreneurs with an endowment of $2 billion. At Kauffman, he led initiatives that impacted over 200,000 entrepreneurs, including efforts in catalyzing capital formation, transforming economic development practices, launching a national policy roadmap, and breaking barriers for underserved entrepreneurs.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Introduction

Chapter One - Ideation

Chapter Two - Community

Chapter Three - Team

Chapter Four - Side Hustles

Chapter Five - Research

Chapter Six - Testing

Chapter Seven - Marketing

Chapter Eight - Sales

Chapter Nine - Results

Chapter Ten - Persistence

About The Author

Acknowledgements

Resources

Editorial Reviews

"Jam-packed with hard-earned tips, tactics and approaches for entrepreneurs of all stripes." -Seth Godin

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