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Extraordinary Entrepreneurship: The Professional's Guide to Starting an Exceptional Enterprise

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If there was such a book as the 'bible' among entrepreneur books, this would be it. Extraordinary Entrepreneurship is obviously not for people who want to start a mom-and-pop type of business. Instead, it is written for people who want to start an exceptional enterprise. This exceptional book provides a road-map through the 14-step New Venture Creation process.

Brilliant from the beginning, ('philosophy' of entrepreneurship), to the end (Investment Banker; take my firm public, pls!), in 14-steps. Nice, new ventures are categorized in (1) lifestyle venture (2) modest venture (3) promising venture (4) high-growth ventures and (5) revolutionary ventures. A great framework for the entrepreneur who needs to decide the category he aims for and what's needed.

Some of the author's findings are based on Bhide's 'the Origin and Evolution of New Business' - while Bhide's achieved a masterwork on entrepreneurship for academics, Extraordinary Entrepreneurship excells in practicality without missing depth.

Extraordinary book indeed!

I have bought and read so many books on entrepreneurship and seems to be getting the same idea and information. I was fascinated by the price of this book initially wondering why it could sell for that amount. Extraordinary Entrepreneurship is a book you cannot read and finish just at a goal. You have to keep on reading, studying and applying alot of ideas whether you are a business owner or a consultant. I have learn a great deal from this book and I want to recommend this book to anyone who is interested in starting his own business as well as someone who is into training/coaching people on entrepreneurship.

I cannot say enough about this book. It change my whole outlook and made me realize some major shortcomings of mine. I have been working steadily for the past year on a plan as a result of this book. A wee bit of repeat in a few places, but I am not complaining. I needed the review, because there is so much raw information here.

Main takeways:
If you don't plan you will most likely fail is really driven home.
Exactly what types of planning you should do in greater detail than I have ever seen before.
Explanation of various business types was like none that I have ever read before.
Confidence to succeed, resulting from tremendous knowledge gained.

Just be aware, this is no quick fix or light read. This is the real deal for serious Entrepreneurs. If you want to start a small Mom & Pop Store, then read his book on that subject. Check the Author's page for that.

It is too easy for a business book to list everything, and all they can do is listing. This one is different, it impresses me from the very beginning, great job!