Hungry Start-up Strategy: Creating New Ventures with Limited Resources and Unlimited Vision (AGENCY/DISTRIBUTED) - Softcover

Peter S. Cohan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 160994528X ISBN 13: 9781609945282

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2012

Synopsis

HardCover. Pub Date :2012-11-05 Pages: 264 Language: English Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers The Entrepreneur's Meal TicketEntrepreneurs are hungry But it's not just because they're living on ramen and adrenaline Peter Cohan has found they're.. driven by a hunger to create a working world in which they want to live-something they have to do without money or staff. No business strategy guide has addressed this unique combination of aspirations and challenges-until now.Cohan focuses on six key start- up choices-setting goals. picking markets. raising capital. building teams. gaining market share. and adapting to change-explaining how and why start-ups must make very different choices than established companies. For each area. he provides a decision-making approach and lively case studies of what actual entrepreneurs have done to cook up a thriving business from scratch.

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The Entrepreneur's Meal Ticket

Entrepreneurs are hungry. But it's not just because they're living on ramen and adrenaline. Peter Cohan has found they're driven by a hunger to create a working world in which they want to live something they have to do without money or staff. No business strategy guide has addressed this unique combination of aspirations and challenges until now.

Cohan focuses on six key start-up choices setting goals, picking markets, raising capital, building teams, gaining market share, and adapting to change explaining how and why start-ups must make very different choices than established companies. For each area, he provides a decision-making approach and lively case studies of what actual entrepreneurs have done to cook up a thriving business from scratch.

Review:

"Peter Cohan has created a logic of competitive strategy that speaks to the real challenges of entrepreneurs trying to create new organizations that are more likely to succeed."
--Leonard A. Schlesinger, President, Babson College

"I can say unequivocally that the Hungry Start-up Strategy tips work! Thank you, Peter, for guiding us to a business model that supports our social mission."
--Carol Barash, PhD, founder and CEO, Story to College

"A guide that will help the entrepreneur sort the urgent from the important and navigate the choppy waters of an early-stage venture."
--Howard Stevenson, Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, Harvard Business School

"Cohan distills his expertise into a stunningly helpful and immensely practical book filled with a variety of tools that any entrepreneur will find instantly illuminating and useful."
--John Harthorne, founder and CEO, MassChallenge, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 160994528X
• ISBN 13: 9781609945282
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256