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Family Entrepreneur
Easier Said Than DoneThe Entrepreneurial Edge, Band 2
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4,49 € |
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| Verlag: | Dundurn |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 10.10.2014 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781459722774 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 200 |
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Beschreibungen
<p>A course in family-business entrepreneurship, taught through a narrative about four frustrated people taking a seminar that changes their lives. <br><br></p>
<p><b>Limited time offer.</b><br><br> In the second book in the Entrepreneurial Edge series, frustrated individuals, immersed in family businesses, enroll in a two-week course on entrepreneurship that will change their lives.<br><br> For ten years Mary has been an office manager at her brother’s business only to see her younger brother join the company and receive shares while she gets none. Plagued by doubts about her ability to change the culture in the family business or succeed outside it, Mary signs up for a seminar series on family entrepreneurship. A crusty mentor named Sam conducts the seminars in a class that includes three others: a son considering taking over a family business, the owner of a successful company involving her two daughters, and a man with a stormy working relationship with his sister.<br><br> The narrative brings us right into the class as Sam cleverly leads all of us to decisions about our future. Anyone interested in entrepreneurship, starting a business, or just managing their career will benefit from the shared experiences of this compelling story.<br><br> <b>Watch for <i>Ageless Entrepreneur</i>, arriving May 2015.</b></p>
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<p><b>Limited time offer.</b><br><br> In the second book in the Entrepreneurial Edge series, frustrated individuals, immersed in family businesses, enroll in a two-week course on entrepreneurship that will change their lives.<br><br> For ten years Mary has been an office manager at her brother’s business only to see her younger brother join the company and receive shares while she gets none. Plagued by doubts about her ability to change the culture in the family business or succeed outside it, Mary signs up for a seminar series on family entrepreneurship. A crusty mentor named Sam conducts the seminars in a class that includes three others: a son considering taking over a family business, the owner of a successful company involving her two daughters, and a man with a stormy working relationship with his sister.<br><br> The narrative brings us right into the class as Sam cleverly leads all of us to decisions about our future. Anyone interested in entrepreneurship, starting a business, or just managing their career will benefit from the shared experiences of this compelling story.<br><br> <b>Watch for <i>Ageless Entrepreneur</i>, arriving May 2015.</b></p>
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<i>Family Entrepreneur</i> guides you through a reassuring learning experience on the qualities entrepreneurs need and the challenges they can expect when operating a family business. Issues are brought out by discussion and a wide range of anecdotes.
<p>Contents <br>Preface 13 <br>Acknowledgements 15 <br>Introduction The Family Brand 17 <br>Chapter One - Duty: A Path of Good Intentions 20 <br>Chapter Two - Sam and the Routine 28 <br>Chapter Three - Coffee and Conversation 40 <br>Chapter Four - Is Leadership Effective? 44 <br>Chapter Five - The Brewhaha Lives Up to the Name 55 <br>Chapter Six - Is Talent Compromised? 59 <br>Chapter Seven - A Less Stormy Night 67 <br>Chapter Eight - The Team Within the Team 72 <br>Chapter Nine - Our Own Teamwork 80 <br>Chapter Ten - Controlled or Controlling? 83 <br>Chapter Eleven - Birthday Blues 91 <br>Chapter Twelve - A Free-For-All 94 <br>Chapter Thirteen - A New Experience 103 <br>Chapter Fourteen - A New Era of Entrepreneurship 108 <br>Chapter Fifteen - The Brewhaha Hits the Road 116 <br>Chapter Sixteen - External Intelligence 119 <br>Chapter Seventeen - Curry and Conversation 128 <br>Chapter Eighteen - The Lecture on Localization 132 <br>Chapter Nineteen - Mexican Asada 144 <br>Chapter Twenty - Succession: Is the Family Business Model in Danger? 148 <br>Chapter Twenty-One - Churrasco Fiasco 156 <br>Chapter Twenty-Two - Dispute Resolution 160 <br>Chapter Twenty-Three - Italian Innovation 173 <br>Chapter Twenty-Four - It’s a Wrap 176 <br>Chapter Twenty-Five - The Good Bye Girls 181 <br>Epilogue - November 1, 2014 183 <br>Appendix I - The Return of the Curve 187 <br>Appendix II - Sam’s Second Set of Curves: Trends for the Supply and Demand of Labour 189 <br>Appendix III - Sam’s Tweets 191 </p>
Fred Dawkins is a serial entrepreneur who co-founded the Olde Hide House, Canada's largest leather goods store. He is a partner in the Creative Destruction Lab at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. The first book in this informative series,
<i>Everyday Entrepreneur</i>, was published in 2013. He lives in Guelph, Ontario.
<i>Everyday Entrepreneur</i>, was published in 2013. He lives in Guelph, Ontario.
This book is an exceptional read that paints the bigger picture of entrepreneurship through easy but important dialogue. I recommend anyone interested in starting a business or entrepreneurship in general read this and take notes.
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<em> - Douglas Lusted, CEO Linkett, The Next 36, first cohort the Creative Destruction Lab at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto</em>
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<em> - Douglas Lusted, CEO Linkett, The Next 36, first cohort the Creative Destruction Lab at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto</em>
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