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The Harvard Entrepreneurs Club Guide to Starting Your Own Business

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Very disappointing. The Harvard name and logo can be so deceiving. The first half of the book is spent endorsing the Harvard Entrepreneurs Club, it's members and the author. The actual content is rather lame. If you are absolutely new to the world of business, and you need the definition of CUSTOMER explained to you, maybe you'll learn a little from this book. There are so many good Business Start-Up books available. My advice is to give this one a miss.

This Guide is for undergraduate students and recent graduates with a great idea and want to start their own business. More and more students are seeking advice on starting their own business. The entrepreneurial spirit is thriving at Harvard, where many students, past and present, have become successful business owners-even founders of Fortune 500 companies. Now some of the bright minds of the Harvard Entrepreneurs Club have compiled their business knowledge and experience into one comprehensive manual to aid students in making their entrepreneurial dreams come true. This professional and practical guide will take you step by step through the process of starting and maintaining a business. Poonam Sharma and fellow members of the Club have tailored this useful resource to the unique issues and obstacles that students will face. You'll receive invaluable advice on formulating a business plan, advertising, legal protection, business ethics, and much more.

Even if you have no professional experience, little marketing know-how, or even a small bank account, this book can teach you how to join the ever-growing ranks of students who know firsthand the pleasure-and the profit-that come from being your own boss and bringing your business idea to life.

This book is highly recommended for all business students as it will ignite the entrepreneurial spirit in them.

Poonam Sharma served as a Director of the Harvard Entrepreneurs Club from October 1997 to January 1999, during which time she edited this guide. The HEC is dedicated to promoting the entrepreneurial spirit and to helping undergraduate students start their own companies. Poonam Sharma is a member of the Economics Class of 1999 at Harvard.

Reviewed by Azlan Adnan. Formerly Business Development Manager with KPMG, Azlan Adnan is currently Managing Partner of Azlan & Koh Knowledge and Professional Management Group, an education and management consulting practice based in Kota Kinabalu. He holds a Master's degree in International Business and Management from the Westminster Business School, London.

Teaches a smart, straightforward approach to starting your own business. At first I thought a lot of what I was reading was common sense, but then I realzied that when dealing with the array of challenges facing a new venture, its easy for entrepreneurs to get off-track, and this book helps bring us back.

I read this book recently, and found it to be a handy preliminary guide, which accomplished what it promises: A basic introduction to all the issues and topics a budding entrepreneur needs to consider. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to get up to speed on the basics of entrepreneurship quickly.

While not necessarily for the experienced business man or woman, this book is an excellently written explanation of the challenges and proper questions that need to be asked when creating a business. The writing style is charming and witty and filled with a good balance of theoretical motivation and explanation as it is with real world examples and practical application. I highly recommend this book to anyone seeking to become an entrepreneur or who is simply interested in the subject matter.

The Harvard Entrepreneurs Club Guide To Starting Your Own Business is an exceptionally well-written book containing concrete information and solid advice on the subject of business start-ups. The book covers everything from entrepreneurial thought, marketing, networking, venture capital, loans, business plans, and legal issues to business ethic. The book was written by six students from Harvard College, and the forward is written by Michael Bloomberg. The book is a pleasure to read and an indispensable source of information for anyone starting his own business.

great book, aimed specially at college students. Very different from the many others I read, exactly what i was looking for. Very easy to read too.

This book is total waste of time and money... I think the purpose is not giving insights about how to make a business, how to fund it... If you want to learn something about start-ups and how to finance them... Go and buy Lightspeed Business... Do not waste your time with this book...

Excellent book for more than a rookie in business. It is up to date and full of good structure. It for sure won't tell you how to get rich or succeed without your own ideas but if you have the gas this book has the flame.

I'm so embarrassed my friend gave me this book as a gift as I get ready to launch my own company that I want to return his money. This book is written like a term paper by an inexperienced student who leveraged the Harvard name. It was a worthless waste of my time to even scan it.

Instead I would recommend the book by the founder of Subway - Start Small, Finish Big: 15 Key Lessons to Start--and Run--Your Own Successful Business by Fred DeLuca, John P. Hayes.