Roadmap to Entrepreneurial Success: Powerful Strategies for Building a High-Profit Business [Kindle Edition]

Robert W. Price (Author)

Book Description

In order to survive in uncertain environments, entrepreneurs need a focused "path to profitability." "Roadmap to Entrepreneurial Success" provides the necessary tools for both the new and experienced entrepreneur to stay on course and succeed. It shows how to identify the value drivers in any business and communicate them throughout your organization and to investors.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A good checklist of checklists and advice for entrepreneurs." -- Alfred Berkeley, Former President of NASDAQ

"One of the absolutely best business plan outlines I have seen to date" I give this book 5 stars. -- Paul Tulenko, syndicated columnist

"Provides smart, practical and forward looking ideas for addressing the challenges faced by entrepreneurs." -- Robert Hormats, Goldman Sachs & Company

"This essential business resource debunks dated concepts and offers a step-by-step program." -- Los Angeles Venture Association.org

"This guide can teach you ways to maximize profitability in your business." -- National Federation of Independent Business

"This is an entrepreneurial MBA between two covers." -- Warren Packard, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson

"This is one business guide that won't gather dust on your bookself!" -- Ken Deemer, Tech Coast Angels

The author blends it all into a worthy discussion of how-to's for entrepreneurs just starting out."Written in an amiable style" -- Harvard Business School April 4,2005

About the Author

Price is Senior Research Fellow at the Global Entrepreneurship Institute, a nonprofit organization specializing in educating entrepreneurs leading high-growth-potential ventures.

Product Details

• File Size: 3341 KB
• Print Length: 305 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0814471900
• Publisher: AMACOM (February 29, 2004)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B000SMXWXW
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Not Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,038,522 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars This book will drive you crazy September 5, 2004

By Sam Larabie

Format:Hardcover

When the author finally gets down to actual entrepreneurship, he touches upon some interesting ideas. But within a paragraph it's all over and he's moved on to something completely new.

This book could have been so much better if he had thrown out the half of the book which has nothing to do with entrepreneurship and gone deep in the remaining half.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Very dissapointing January 2, 2005

By Rob McReady

Format:Hardcover

If you are looking to buy an introductory business book for someone withgout any business knowledge, such as a high school student, this book is not a bad choice. However, for anyone with more than one month's experience out in the business world, this book will dissapoint.

The author lacks experience as an entrepreneur and business person and it really shows in his writing.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Very Misleading Title and Promo August 17, 2004

By Ralph Carter

Format:Hardcover

I am forced to give the book a low rating because it's not what the public is led to believe it is. It's not really a book on entrepreneurial success so much as it is a fast overview of a multitude of topics stretching from economic history to the evolution of the venture capital industry to human resources management, and finally, to actual startup advice.

I might add that all of these topics are delivered in short snack-sized pieces of, at best, a couple of paragraphs. Which means that just as you start to find the topic interesting and relevant, it's over and the author moves on to something completely different. This leaves the reader frustrated from wanting more depth.

If you are looking for startup advice (the promised "roadmap to success"), you will not find it here.

One final point on the author's outline for a business plan. While it looks pretty comprehensive at first blush, following it would result in a document close to 100 pages in length. If the author had any real world experience in entrepreneurship, he would understand that busy investors are extremely reluctant to read anything over 20 or at most 30 pages in length and view longer plans as a sign of poor writing and editing skills.

If you need a good practical startup manual, this is not it, instead check out Rob Adam's A Good Swift Kick in the A**.

More About the Author

Robert enjoys world renown as an expert in the field of entrepreneurial capitalism. He has nearly 30 years of entrepreneurial experience. He is a strategist, innovative thought leader, public speaker, creative educator, and prolific author. As the Executive Director as the Global Entrepreneurship Institute he has written or edited more than a dozen books. His books are required reading at Harvard Business School, Stanford University, UCLA, USC, Wharton, Caltech, Indiana University, New York University and many more leading universities and colleges around the world. His work has been translated into more than 10 languages. He has been the intellectual architect for a number of exciting and innovative projects around the world.