Book Synopsis
An accessible guide to handling the unforeseeable consequences of becoming an entrepreneur in today and tomorrow's economy
The spirit of an entrepreneur is often characterized as one of unbridled passion and a sense of fearlessness. But what about the consequences of choosing to become an entrepreneur? The occupational hazards associated with this endeavor range from maintaining focus, balancing work with your personal life, and finding good partners to burnout and boredom. Despite the abundance of entrepreneurial guides written, few focus on the essential aspect of dealing with the unexpected personal and professional costs of starting and financing a business. This new book will help you answer these tough questions.
Engaging and informative, this book skillfully examines what usually goes wrong on the road to entrepreneurship, revealing what business owners regret and what you can do to address these issues. Along the way, it provides an overview of the personality traits and qualities that make success in entrepreneurship more likely, and also explores how the weight of wearing the entrepreneurial hat can affect you.
- Covers the seven principal obstacles that can arise at any level in the entrepreneurial game
- Filled with the valuable insights of an author who has experience as an entrepreneur and as a corporate attorney representing hundreds of entrepreneurs over his twenty-six year legal career
- Touches on issues associated with everything from the nerve-wrecking start-up phase to the disenchanted later stages when success does not necessarily guarantee personal or professional contentment
If you're looking for a better way to manage and minimize some of the most prominent problems you'll face as an entrepreneur, look no further than this book.
From the Back Cover
The spirit of an entrepreneur is often characterized as one of unbridled passion and deep determination. While this may be true, there are many other issues you must be aware of in order to excel at any entrepreneurial endeavor.
Nobody understands this better than author David Feldman. With over twenty-six years of experience in business and law--and as an entrepreneur himself--Feldman has worked with hundreds of successful entrepreneurs. Over the years, he's also seen some very smart people make some very serious mistakes. With The Entrepreneur's Growth Startup Handbook, he now shares many of the lessons he's learned with you.
Inspired by a series of columns on entrepreneurship for Slate.com, this timely guide will help you determine if you have the right makeup for the travails of entrepreneurship, and put you in a better position to navigate the biggest challenges one faces in creating and growing a business.
While there are many how-to books out there on entrepreneurship, none are quite like this. Filled with illustrative examples from Feldman's own career as well as high-profile entrepreneurs such as Bill Gates and Howard Stern, this book opens with a realistic assessment of the qualities you need to succeed as an entrepreneur. With this information in hand, Feldman moves on to address the seven essential issues associated with starting and growing something exciting in the entrepreneurial world. You'll gain valuable insights on everything from the nuts and bolts of building a business--finding the right employees, partners, and investors--to staying focused while working on new ideas, balancing work with the rest of your life, and dealing with burnout or boredom. Even if you have run your own business for some time, there are helpful suggestions and areas of coverage that apply equally to those in the middle and more mature stages of building a business.
Rounding out this detailed entrepreneurial discussion is a look at the most likely reasons why businesses fail, and some strategies for helping you avoid them. Feldman also presents the brief biography of a man who embodies so much about what type of person should pursue their own business, and how he overcame various obstacles to achieve success.
Whether you're thinking about starting a business, have already done so, or work with or advise entrepreneurs, you can benefit from the essential insights found here.
About the Author
DAVID N. FELDMAN is an accomplished lawyer and currently a Senior Partner of Richardson & Patel LLP in New York. He is a frequent public speaker, seminar leader, and counsel on issues unique to small and microcap companies and is an active advocate with regulators on small business issues. His clients include public and private companies, investment banks, venture capital firms, and high-net-worth individuals. Feldman has appeared on Bloomberg TV and National Public Radio and been quoted in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, the New York Law Journal, the Deal, Forbes, Entrepreneur, CFO, and other publications. Feldman is the author of the first two editions of Reverse Mergers and a contributor to The Issuer's Guide to PIPEs and PIPEs A Guide to Private Investments in Public Equity, Revised and Updated Edition. He received a bachelor of science in economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and his juris doctor from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
