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Employee to Entrepreneur : How to Earn Your Freedom and Do Work That Matters.
Make the leap and become an entrepreneur today Are you living for the weekend' Are you dissatisfied at work' Are you itching to do something that is important to you' How can you avoid the pitfalls that many first-time entrepreneurs have fallen into' How do you explore whether en...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newark :
John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,
2018.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Employee to Entrepreneur; CONTENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1 THE FUTURE IS HERE; Exponential change; What this means; WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR YOU?; WHERE TO FROM HERE?; From employee to entrepreneur; ENTREPRENEURSHIP IS A STATE OF MIND; 'BUT IT'S NOT THE RIGHT TIME'; Chapter 2 COLLECTING THE DOTS; Collect the dots before you connect the dots; Connecting the dots with first principles thinking; Where to collect dots?; PODCASTS; BOOKS; BLOGS; NEWS; TRAVEL; CONFERENCES AND MEETUPS; WEBINARS AND ONLINE COURSES; Be intentional; Chapter 3 FINDING YOUR WHY
- Are you miserably comfortable?THE 5 FS; STOP DOING THE WRONG THINGS RIGHT WITH THE FIVE WHYS; Your why; PURPOSE; RECALLING MASLOW'S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS; THE PURSUIT (NOT THE DESTINATION); WHAT'S THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN?; ONE MORE THING; Chapter 4 EMBRACING YOUR WHAT; Find your character, build a startup; Align your why and what; How to make better decisions; A SIMPLE FRAMEWORK FOR BETTER DECISION MAKING; THE INSTANT GRATIFICATION MONKEY; Lower barriers to entry = your opportunity; Beware old maps of the world; Self-defeatist salary expectations and blunted risk appetite
- Is entrepreneurship the answer?1. JOIN AN EXISTING COMPANY WHERE THE ENVIRONMENT ALIGNS WITH YOUR VALUES; 2. CHANGE ROLES WITHIN YOUR EXISTING COMPANY; 3. ASSUME A SIMILAR ROLE IN A DIFFERENT INDUSTRY; 4. TAKE UP LEARNING AND CREATIVE PURSUITS OUTSIDE OF WORK; 5. CHANGE CAREERS (WITHOUT STARTING A NEW BUSINESS); 6. BUILD A 'SIDE HUSTLE'; 7. CHANGE YOUR MINDSET AND REFRAME YOUR SOURCE OF CONTENTMENT; 8. FOCUS ON BUILDING AND NURTURING RELATIONSHIPS AND EXTRACURRICULAR INTERESTS; 9. MOVE TO PART-TIME OR CONTRACT WORK, AND SPEND MORE TIME EXPLORING LIFE; 10. BECOME AN INTRAPRENEUR
- 11. EMBRACE CREATIVE FREELANCINGChapter 5 AN ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSET; The trough of despair; An operating system for success; GROWTH MINDSET; DARKEST BEFORE THE DAWN; SOCRATIC THOUGHT; STOICISM AND SELF-CONTROL; TAKING OWNERSHIP; DERAILED BY EGO; Meditation; Chapter 6 TAKING ACTION; Inspiration without action is entertainment; What about securing my financial future?; On procrastination; Chapter 7 KNOWING YOUR HOW; Place lots of small bets; Lifestyle business versus unicorn; Funding; SOURCES OF FUNDING; Do I need a team?; GETTING THE RIGHT PEOPLE ON THE BUS
- Getting the wrong people off the busA CHAMPION TEAM OR A TEAM OF CHAMPIONS?; Models; How to build brand you; Chapter 8 TESTING YOUR IDEAS; You've got to be 10× better; NO ROOM FOR MEDIOCRITY; SETH GODIN ON THE PURPLE COW; Introducing design thinking; COLLECT INSIGHTS; DEFINE THE PROBLEM; IDEATE SOLUTIONS; From idea to execution; STEP 1: THE STARTING BLOCKS; STEP 2: PROTOTYPING; STEP 3: SHORTLIST AND PRIORITISE PROTOTYPES; STEP 4: CUSTOMER ACQUISITION; MARKETING AND CUSTOMER ACQUISITION CHANNELS; STEP 5: METRICS; STEP 6: MEASURE, LEARN AND ADAPT; Chapter 9 STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES