Steve Jobs, Sam Walton, Willard Marriott. The names of these entrepreneurial giants conjure images of power and glamour. We picture high-rolling mavericks, men and women who lead exciting and fully rewarding lives. But are these images based on fact, or are they purely fantasy? The Entrepreneurial Experience goes behind the mystique to reveal what it is really like to be an entrepreneur. W. Gibb Dyer, Jr., draws on over 125 interviews and case studies to offer an intimate look at the personal and professional lives of entrepreneurs. He uncovers their motivations, dreams, and the dilemmas they typically encounter at each stage of their careers. For entrepreneurs and their families, consultants, students of entrepreneurship, and those wishing to launch a business venture, Dyer offers a dynamic, true-to-life picture of what it means to be an entrepreneur. This book explores the dynamics of each stage of the entrepreneurial career. To help readers learn how beginning entrepreneurs get started, it offers information on such key topics as the character traits common among successful entrepreneurs and the tools--including legal counsel and financing necessary for success. The book also shows how midcareer professionals can use special management techniques to maintain control over their growing businesses and confront the problems related to working effectively with family members. And finally, it reveals how entrepreneurs facing retirement can plan well for this transition, giving them advice on each step of succession planning, from choosing and training a successor to handling the transition to new leadership.
- ISBN10 1555424171
- ISBN13 9781555424176
- Publish Date 1 April 1992
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 28 September 2006
- Publish Country US
- Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Imprint Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 268
- Language English