We Are All Born Entrepreneurs (WAABE) explains why so many of us have a deep-rooted desire to be entrepreneurs. WAABE focuses on vivid real-life examples of people who have tapped into their inner entrepreneur and succeeded in the face of adversity. Written by Steve Welch, a successful entrepreneur in the biotech field who sold his first company and started a ground breaking venture capital firm by the age of 29, WAABE demonstrates that there is no single path to achieve one's dreams -- and in fact every path is different
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Steve Welch walks the reader through the qualities of successful entrepreneurs and explains that with deliberate practice, planning and perseverance, anyone can be a successful entrepreneur. It is really a guide to starting a business illustrated by stories of successful entrepreneurs including Steve. It is not all glory though. Almost every entrepreneur had setbacks or failures and learned from their mistakes to help them achieve their goals. I think it is this honest look at entrepreneurship that is encouraging and helpful to aspiring or early entrepreneurs. I am sure veteran entrepreneurs would appreciate it, too. At less than 150 pages, it is a quick read and Steve ends each chapter with a bullet-point summary for easy reference. A must-read for entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs. Highly recommend.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
More than great stories, more than unique tactical advice, it's the thought-provoking questions you'll ask yourself
May 4, 2010
By Tal Raviv
Format:Hardcover
This book arrived on Friday and I finished it over the weekend. It's always a great feeling to read about someone else, starting a company and eating spaghetti, and being blissfully ignorant of what's ahead.
That someone isn't just Welch's incredible story - it's about a lot of the people in the surrounding entrepreneurial community. Blake Jennelle, Steve Goodman, Mark Loschiavo, the story of how Philly Startup Leaders was founded, how DreamIt Ventures came about, and a bunch of other philly entrepreneurs of recent years show up. It's also about a bunch of people most of us don't know about but should, like one of my business heroes, Bill Gore.
The book isn't just stories, it's also extremely practical, starting with chapters 7-8-9. They are the chapters you read a few times over and take notes - it's probably the most tactical advice i've ever seen articulated about getting traction in a "real product" startup. It's also a strong refresher on the indelible lessons I learned from spending a summer at a startup incubator myself. Reading this has been more useful and thought provoking than "Art of the Start" or "Four Steps to the Epiphany."
It's not the advice given....it's the questions you end up asking yourself.
The real value of the book though, which I wish there was more of in this world, is just the really honest stories focusing on the "failures" at each step of the way to what I only previously knew as wild success stories. Reading successful entrepreneurs' bios often feels discouraging, because they usually involve sentences like "sold smallcorp llc, which had $X hundred million in sales to acme inc for $X gajillion. The truth is everyone screws up and not just in small ways, and it helps to know that if you're not failing, you're not trying hard enough.
Although it provides very fresh and unique advice, it above all left me with a great feeling as a first-time entrepreneur to read about others' tough experiences. After all, starting up alone is hard.
I am looking forward to the movie.
That someone isn't just Welch's incredible story - it's about a lot of the people in the surrounding entrepreneurial community. Blake Jennelle, Steve Goodman, Mark Loschiavo, the story of how Philly Startup Leaders was founded, how DreamIt Ventures came about, and a bunch of other philly entrepreneurs of recent years show up. It's also about a bunch of people most of us don't know about but should, like one of my business heroes, Bill Gore.
The book isn't just stories, it's also extremely practical, starting with chapters 7-8-9. They are the chapters you read a few times over and take notes - it's probably the most tactical advice i've ever seen articulated about getting traction in a "real product" startup. It's also a strong refresher on the indelible lessons I learned from spending a summer at a startup incubator myself. Reading this has been more useful and thought provoking than "Art of the Start" or "Four Steps to the Epiphany."
It's not the advice given....it's the questions you end up asking yourself.
The real value of the book though, which I wish there was more of in this world, is just the really honest stories focusing on the "failures" at each step of the way to what I only previously knew as wild success stories. Reading successful entrepreneurs' bios often feels discouraging, because they usually involve sentences like "sold smallcorp llc, which had $X hundred million in sales to acme inc for $X gajillion. The truth is everyone screws up and not just in small ways, and it helps to know that if you're not failing, you're not trying hard enough.
Although it provides very fresh and unique advice, it above all left me with a great feeling as a first-time entrepreneur to read about others' tough experiences. After all, starting up alone is hard.
I am looking forward to the movie.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Sean Conway
Format:Hardcover
Just finished "We are all born entrepreneurs" and it had everything I wanted and needed at the time. Running a startup is difficult, you are working 24/7 and you can grow out of touch with some friends and you are constantly on a roller coaster of emotional highs and lows. You feel like only those within the business can really understand your life but this book understands the entrepreneur and shows him ways to be a better start-up leader and overall more balanced person. Its a very feel good book that you really don't want to put down. (I was 20 min late to the office because I didn't want to put it down) I completely recommend "we are all born entrepreneurs" It came around to right person at the right time. Recommend the last chapter, my favorite.
