Think agile how smart entrepreneurs adapt in order to succeed
Funding falls apart. A similar product is unveiled by a more established company. A key employee jumps ship to work for a competitor. These are the unexpected obstacles that derail even the most promising new ventures. Entrepreneurs determined to keep up with to...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
American Management Association
2015.
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| Edición: | 1st edition |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009629445406719 |
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 Possibilities""""Rebounding 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 Plan""""How 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 Milestones""""Identifying 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 Rejuvenating""""Licensing 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""
- ""PART III: MONITORING AND TROUBLESHOOTING""
