Product Description

Successful entrepreneurs have key attitudes and skills that enable them to achieve more – and earn more. ‘How to be an Entrepreneur’ reveals what they are by drawing on in-depth interviews with many leading entrepreneurs, ideas from the world’s top business gurus, and the entrepreneurial experience of the author.

 

Where most books for entrepreneurs focus on how to carry out the tasks of being an entrepreneur such as writing business plans, meeting the bank, raising money and so on, this audio programme focusses on how to BE an entrepreneur –  explaining  how to learn and practice the beliefs and skills to become successful.

  

This is no get-rich-quick-scheme. Being an entrepreneur will always require hard work but How to be an Entrepreneur will help you to focus this work on doing the right things –avoiding the mistakes made by so many others on their quest for self-made success.

 

In this programme Steve Parks, author, entrepreneur and business speaker, is live on stage sharing the key ideas from the book in an inspiring and motivating presentation.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #577132 in Books
• Published on: 2006-09-21
• Format: Audiobook
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Audio CD

Review
... a valuable asset to anyone aspiring to success as their own boss. - Ethno News March 2008

About the Author
Steve Parks is the author of Start your Business Week by Week, The Small Business Handbook and How to Fund Your Business. His knowledge comes from personal experience in starting and running successful businesses and from in-depth interviews with many leading entrepreneurs, and he shares his insights with humour and passion.  Steve is also the founding Chief Executive of the Institute of Entrepreneurs, to be launched later in 2006, with backing from the Prime Minister.

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Customer Reviews

Real entrepreneurs
If you think real entrepreneurs are the guys competing for a job on The Apprentice, think again. If you are serious about running your own business and you want to be as successful as the best of them, in your own right, then you need to figure out how the real entrepreneurs do it.

This is about the things that make a difference to HOW you go about things in business when you work for yourself and no-one else. How you think, how you plan, what you focus on. How to build a system that works. How to get better at all things entrepreneurial. How to network successfully for business.

How to start your business so that it can grow into an entrepreneurial giant. Or just how to make it the best in your field. How to re-shape and tune your existing business so that it can prosper. How to get and keep the right attitude. And how to recruit the right people to help you achieve your business goals.

Streamlining your business and keeping the focus for you, and your team, isn't easy. But this book shows you how in clear, straightforward steps.

Become an Entrepreneur
If you're thinking of Starting a business then great, but don't do it until you've read this book, If you're already running a business but are stuck in a rut and/ or looking to grow it then read this book.

I started my Electrical contracting business over a year ago now and wish i'd had this book then, it's full of usefull ideas, tips and advice on how you can improve yourself, your business and your staff.

Rather than being written about the mundane business stuff such as legal/ accounts etc this book concentrates on what i consider the fun side of business the stuff that makes a real entrepreneur!

The book i'm sure will also be great for me as a reference for the future growth of my business and won't be sitting on the shelf gathering dust now i've read it.

So happy reading and good luck with your business(es)

Paul

Sensible overview
I found this book somewhat uneven. The section on types of opportunities, for example, seemed rather thin. On the otehr hand, the section on the "talent cake" (a resource for use in recruitment, appraisal, and staff development) is neat. Overall, the view that in entrepreneurship there are certain attitudes that are key, seems a very sensible one.