Customer Reviews

New Business Ventures And The Entrepreneur

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I think I consumed this book from a different perspective. As a repeat entrepreneur, I see what makes the technical workings of a functional business starter.

I liked specifically
- being able to learn from another person's mistakes
- confirming what needs to be addressed before even starting a business
- once in a while taking inventory (I never define success so I am never successful)
- focusing on the important (and not just the urgent)

I recommend this book to people in the midst of running a business (or those that can take downtime to re-read the book over the holidays). If you're travelling with the book you might want to check it because it does weigh a ton.

What's best about this book is that it gives supporting data for its claims and models. Typically, "entrepreneurship" is considered a soft skill that can't be taught or shown with data, but Roberts does this with plenty of research and supporting charts.

I require this text in my graduate New Venture course at Western Michigan University. The real life cases and fundamental concepts covered provide a great foundation for New Venture teaching. I also require my start-up consulting clients to read Chpt 1,2 & 3 along with the case study "R&R". Good way to find out if they have what it takes. I first used and enjoyed this book from the other side of the class during my MBA studies at the GSB - University of Chicago.

Well this review would be alot easier to do if I would have actually received this product. I will never be ordering anything and I mean anything from amazon ever again.

I ordered this book for my MBA course and had a case study due prior to the beginning of the class. I ordered and paid for expedited shipping. The book was supposed to arrive the weekend before the beginning of the class. It didn't-nor did it arrive before the class started.

I called Amazon customer service on the first day of class. The rep didn't give a care about the issue I was having and simply told me to refuse the shipment when it came and my money would be refunded.

When the book finally did arrive, the post office told me it was shipped by regular 3rd class mail. It is funny...I get better customer service by the private sellers on Amazon than I do from Amazon. I probably will not order another text book from Amazon directly.