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

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE How to Be a Founder by Alice Bentinck, Matt Clifford An essential guide that equips the next generation with the mindset and tools they need to take the leap to successful entrepreneurship. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This new title aims to inspire the next generation to become founders and to equip them with the mindset and tools they need to take the leap to successful entrepreneurship. And that doesnt necessarily mean success in financial terms - but more often is about making a social impact or creating ways to improves peoples lives in the longer-term. But even if you have a great idea, what are the next steps? How do you find funding? What kind of culture do you want to create? And how can you build growth potential into a start-up?Alice Bentinck and Matt Clifford are the cofounders of Entrepreneur First (EF). They invented Talent Investing, the controversial idea that you could invest in an individual, before they have a team or even an idea. Over the last decade, they have worked with more than 2,000 individuals across three continents, supporting them to realise their ambition to become founders. Those individuals have now built companies worth more than US$2bn and are taking on some of the worlds biggest challenges, including finding hard-to-spot cancers, improving financial literacy and developing space laser communication systems.The authors will share key advice, insights and lessons from their decade of experience of working with individuals to become successful founders, as well as bringing in case studies from highly successful business launches around the world. In other words: what you need to do today to start your journey as a founder, and the exact advice youll need to maximise your chances of success. Author Biography Alice Bentinck MBE is the co-founder of Entrepreneur First. She is part of the Imperial College Innovations Investment Committee, a Trustee of youth employment charity Generation UK and on the UK governments AI Council. She won the Veuve Clicquot women in business New Generation award, and was selected as one of the 1,000 most influential people in London by the Evening Standard. She started her career at McKinsey & Company.Matt Clifford MBE is the co-founder and CEO of Entrepreneur First. He is a non-executive director of Innovate UK, and a trustee of the Kennedy Memorial Trust. Matt started his career at McKinsey & Co. and holds degrees from Cambridge and MIT, where he was a Kennedy Scholar.Matt and Alice also cofounded Code First: Girls, the UKs leading organization for women in tech, which has taught more than 20,000 women to code, for free. They are both now non-executive directors. Table of Contents ForewordIntroductionPART 1: The Founder Mindset1: What makes a great founder2: The myths that stop founders 3: What causes failure and how to avoid it4: Cultivating the mindset of a founderPART 2: The Founding Process5: Three and a half rules for ambitious founders 6: Understand your edge7: How to use your edge8: Choosing your co-founder9: Working with your co-founder and testing the team10: Getting to founder/idea fit 11: Customer Development – finding out your customers secrets PART 3: Growing and Scaling12: An introduction to startup financing13: How to raise money14: Preparing for the road ahead 15: Building culture 16: What happens next?BibliographyAcknowledgementsIndex Review "Entrepreneurship is a key engine of the modern economy. This book is the essential guide for the founders of the future who want to get started and build the enduring businesses of tomorrow." -- Tony Blair * Executive Chairman of the Institute for Global Change, and former Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland *Alice and Matt have created the ideal handbook for anyone considering founding a company. It provides both strategic advice on building toward a mission and purpose, plus pragmatic advice on the first 100 days. Essential reading for anyone experimenting with ideas and co-founding teams. -- Sara Clemens * Former COO, Twitch * In this book, Alice and Matt explain how theyve been helping some of the worlds most ambitious and talented people start companies for the last 10 years. Its a great overview of the founding journey. -- Tom Blomfield * Founder, Monzo *Alice and Matt have helped hundreds of founders build companies and this book distils everything theyve learned. Its a great starting point for any aspiring entrepreneur! -- Taavet Hinrikus * Founder, Wise * Promotional An essential guide that equips the next generation with the mindset and tools they need to take the leap to successful entrepreneurship. Review Quote ""Entrepreneurship is a key engine of the modern economy. This book is the essential guide for the founders of the future who want to get started and build the enduring businesses of tomorrow."" --Tony Blair, Executive Chairman of the Institute for Global Change, and former Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland "Alice and Matt have created the ideal handbook for anyone considering founding a company. It provides both strategic advice on building toward a mission and purpose, plus pragmatic advice on the first 100 days. Essential reading for anyone experimenting with ideas and co-founding teams." --Sara Clemens, Former COO, Twitch " In this book, Alice and Matt explain how theyve been helping some of the worlds most ambitious and talented people start companies for the last 10 years. Its a great overview of the founding journey." --Tom Blomfield, Founder, Monzo "Alice and Matt have helped hundreds of founders build companies and this book distils everything theyve learned. Its a great starting point for any aspiring entrepreneur!" --Taavet Hinrikus, Founder, Wise " Punchy and encouraging, this is a dog-eared-worthy manual for taking the first steps out of the W2 world. " -- Publishers Weekly Promotional "Headline" 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. Feature Written by two high-profile, acknowledged experts in the field of entrepreneurship, with a network of EF offices and alumni around the world. Details ISBN1472994345 Author Matt Clifford Short Title How to Be a Founder Language English Year 2022 ISBN-10 1472994345 ISBN-13 9781472994349 Format Hardcover Imprint Bloomsbury Business Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Publication Date 2022-08-18 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom NZ Release Date 2022-08-18 UK Release Date 2022-08-18 Pages 224 Subtitle How Entrepreneurs can Identify, Fund and Launch their Best Ideas Alternative 9781472994301 DEWEY 658.421 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2022-10-31 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! 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