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When entrepreneurs lock themselves into one strategy, one product, one distribution method-and one way of thinking about their business-they limit their potential, and lower their chances of capitalizing on economic, industry, or market changes. Instead, those determined to keep up with today's...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Williams, Taffy
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : AMACOM, American Management Association, [2015]
Colección:Business professional collection
Temas:
Entrepreneurship.
Organizational change.
Organizational effectiveness.
Entrepreneuriat.
Changement organisationnel.
Efficacité organisationnelle.
entrepreneurs.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industrial Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Management Science.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Organizational Behavior.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • PART I: UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE ADOPTING AN AGILE WORKSTYLE
  • Chapter 1: Agility in Turbulent Times
  • Nothing Stays the Same for Long
  • Surprises and Complexity
  • The More Things Change, the More Entrepreneurs Thrive
  • Ignore the Past at Your Peril
  • Putting Concepts into Action
  • Chapter 2: Reaping the Benefits of Agility
  • Pivoting to Make Effective and Efficient Decisions
  • Cultivating a Flexible Mindset to Overcome Indecision
  • Opening Up a Universe of PossibilitiesRebounding from Mistakes and Failures
  • Adapting to Changing Times
  • Considering Diverse Approaches to Funding
  • Increasing Speed of Action through Agility
  • Putting Concepts into Action
  • Chapter 3: Assessing Your Agility
  • Unconscious Reliance on the Tried and True
  • Assessing Your Fear of Failure
  • Developing an Awareness of Rigid and Agile Tendencies
  • Putting Concepts into Action
  • PART II: INCREASING YOUR AGILITY EXPONENTIALLY
  • Chapter 4: Planning for the Unexpected, Preparing for the Unpredictable
  • Allowing for Flexibility and Vision in Your Business PlanHow Good Outcomes Can Result When Plans Are Flexible
  • Thinking Ahead with a Plan B ... and C and D
  • Preparing for the Unpredictable
  • Putting Concepts into Action
  • Chapter 5: Exercising Funding and Financial Options
  • Becoming Aware of Funding Options
  • Fighting Financial Biases and Reassessing Prior Funding Methods
  • Managing the Dilution-Valuation Paradox
  • Stretching Your Cash Reserves
  • Planning an Exit Strategy
  • Putting Concepts into Action
  • Chapter 6: Working with Various Deadlines and MilestonesIdentifying Deadlines Entrepreneurs Face, and Determining Their Flexibility
  • Learning to Work with Various Deadline Mentalities
  • Avoiding Date Inflation
  • Negotiating Imposed Deadlines
  • Keeping Your Ego in Check
  • Putting Concepts into Action
  • Chapter 7: Repurposing Products, Services, and People
  • Introducing Three Categories of What May Be Repurposed, Plus One
  • Paying Attention to Unexpected Possibilities
  • Using Change as a Catalyst for Repurposing
  • The Three Rs of Repurposing: Repositioning, Redirecting, and RejuvenatingLicensing Tactics
  • Putting Concepts into Action
  • Chapter 8: Overcoming Entrepreneurial Inflexibility
  • Conquering Factors That Can Lead to Inflexibility
  • Vanquishing a Disheartening Business Failure
  • Getting Beyond the Foolproof Formula
  • Surmounting Complacency After Sustained Success
  • Surviving Personal Financial Problems
  • Shaking Competitive Lethargy
  • Defeating Crippling Indecisiveness
  • Refusing to Get Stuck in the Past
  • Putting Concepts into Action

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