How to Be a Founder - How Entrepreneurs can Identify, Fund and Launch their Best Ideas

An essential guide to equip the next generation of founders with the mindset and tools they need to take the leap to become globally successful entrepreneurs. Featuring a foreword by Reid Hoffman, founder of LinkedIn, this fascinating handbook inspires aspiring founders and provides essential guidance and advice for people who want to build a successful company. This book answers the question "how do I get started?" It takes the reader from making the decision to plunge into entrepreneurship, through the process of choosing and developing an idea and team, all the way to raising capital and working with VCs and angel investors. Alice Bentinck and Matt Clifford are the co-founders of Entrepreneur First (EF). Over the last decade, they have worked with thousands of ambitious individuals across the world, supporting them to become founders. Those individuals have now built companies worth billions of dollars that are taking on some of the world''s biggest challenges, including finding hard-to-spot cancers, tackling climate change and building new financial platforms. In How to Be a Founder , the authors share advice, insights and lessons from their decade of experience working with individuals to become successful founders. The book covers what you need to do today to start your journey as a founder and the steps to take to maximise your chances of building a high-growth, scalable company. You''ll also hear advice from some of the world''s best investors and entrepreneurs who have built some of most iconic technology companies of our time.>

Product details

• Authors: Alice Bentinck, Matt Clifford
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781472994349
• ISBN: 978-1-4729-9434-9
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 240 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Business: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Strategic Planning, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Personal Success, Business innovation, Advice on careers & achieving success, Advice on careers and achieving success, Ownership and organization of enterprises, Ownership & Organization Of Enterprises, Entrepreneurship / Start-ups