Review
"This is
Seven Habits for Highly Effective Entrepreneurs. If you want to succeed in business, read
Breakthrough Entrepreneurship." Ray Bingham Managing Director, General Atlantic Partners"Highly recommended reading for both students and professionals. A compelling guide for anyone who wants to become a successful entrepreneur or just think like one."
Tom Byers Professor, Stanford University Director, Stanford Technology Venture Partners"This book tells you how to start a successful business and make a billion dollars. Even more, it is a book about how everyone in business should plan for success in our rapidly changing world. Give yourself a chance to be one of the new business leaders and
read this book."
Jim Davidson Co-CEO and Co-Founder, Silver Lake Partners"Breakthrough Entrepreneurship captures the essence of entrepreneurship. It covers all the key concepts in crystal-clear terms, and illustrates them with compelling case studies."
Thomas Eisenmann Professor, Harvard Business School Former Co-Head, Media & Entertainment Practice, McKinsey & Co.
"The book is brimming with examples and insights from the most successful entrepreneurs on the planet, including Burgstone himself. No would-be entrepreneur should be without this book."
Randall Kroszner Professor, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago Former Governor, United States Federal Reserve
From the Back Cover
"Entertaining and essential, Breakthrough Entrepreneurship is a must-read for anyone who dreams of coming up with a game-changing innovative idea, breaking away from the pack with that idea, and ultimately building a successful entrepreneurial venture."
Jay Light
Dean Emeritus, Harvard Business School
"From his early entrepreneurial days in his business school apartment, Jon Burgstone has had the insight to identify opportunities that others missed, the courage to pursue those opportunities, and the discipline to make it all happen. Together with Murphy in this new book, he provides a step-by-step framework to help others identify, pursue and succeed with their own start-up dreams."
Brad Loftus
Partner & Managing Director, The Boston Consulting Group
"Breakthrough Entrepreneurship isn't just a how-to guide. It's a step-by-step framework that shows you how to come up with great entrepreneurial ideas, build companies, make money, and lead a fulfilling life."
John Scharffenberger
Founder, Scharffenberger Cellars
Founder, Scharffen Berger Chocolate
"Entrepreneurs learn by doing, and Breakthrough Entrepreneurship is a great guide for all those who aspire to control their own destiny."
K. Ram Shriram
Founding Board Member, Google Inc.
"Breakthrough Entrepreneurship provides a comprehensive framework for entrepreneurial achievement, one drawn from the hands-on experience of some of America's most solid and successful company founders."
Ikhlaq Sidhu
Chief Scientist, Fung Institute
University of California, Berkeley
"Amazing and flat-out fun, Breakthrough Entrepreneurship is a must-read for anyone who dreams of finding true entrepreneurial success."
Matt Szulik
Ernst & Young National Entrepreneur of the Year Award Winner
"Breakthrough Entrepreneurship tells readers everything they've always wanted to know about entrepreneurship. By presenting an easy-to-follow methodology for building successful companies, the authors help aspiring entrepreneurs focus their efforts in the right direction - without having to learn lessons the hard way. Most importantly, the book is easy, fun and entertaining to read."
Burghardt Tenderich
Professor, Annenberg School for Communication
University of Southern California
What separates the world's extraordinary entrepreneurs from the millions more whose efforts fail to achieve a breakthrough? The most important distinction is whether they have access to the proven entrepreneurial framework that the top performers use to build value and achieve their goals. Without this kind of structure and guidance, even the brightest, most tenacious innovators most often fall short. Now, Breakthrough Entrepreneurship closes the gap. Jon Burgstone is the founding Faculty Chair at the Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology at the University of California, Berkeley. He's studied entrepreneurship for years and advised hundreds of new ventures on how to succeed. Moreover, he practiced exceptional entrepreneurship as the co-founder and CEO of SupplierMarket, an Internet technology firm that sold for $1.1 billion in a record 362 days. Working with business journalist Bill Murphy Jr., Burgstone has now written a book that can help just about any aspiring founder to build a great new venture. Burgstone and Murphy distill key lessons from the experiences of today's most interesting entrepreneurs-people like Peter Thiel (PayPal, Facebook), Jim Koch (Boston Beer Co.), Wendy Kopp (Teach for America), and many, many others. You don't have to be the most knowledgeable person in the field to succeed as an entrepreneur. You don't have to be the founder with the most "advanced" ideas to come out on top. You just need to be the best at recognizing opportunities, minimizing risk, and following through. Breakthrough Entrepreneurship shows you how.
