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The Fail-Safe Startup

Your Roadmap for Entrepreneurial Success
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The Fail-Safe Startup by Tom Eisenmann explores the common pitfalls that many startups encounter and offers practical advice on how to avoid them. Drawing on extensive research and real-world examples, Eisenmann provides insights into why startups fail and strategies to mitigate these risks at every stage of a company's growth. The book serves as a guide for entrepreneurs aiming to build resilient and successful businesses.
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This book may appeal to you if you're an aspiring entrepreneur looking to minimise risks and enhance your chances of success when launching a startup. It offers invaluable insights into the common pitfalls and challenges entrepreneurs face and provides practical strategies to navigate them effectively.

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The Fail-Safe Startup

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A Survival Guide for Entrepreneurial Success from Harvard Professor, Tom Eisenmann

The handbook for entrepreneurial success from Harvard University's Tom Eisenmann, PhD.

Why do most startups fail? Eisenmann has focused his research, and his MBA class at Harvard University, on the mistakes and missteps of entrepreneurs and founders for the past decade. For the first time, he reveals his findings, andβ€”most importantlyβ€”how you can avoid them.

Drawing on case studies from startups around the world, The Fail-Safe Startup reveals how to analyse others' failure to ensure your success.

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Tom Eisenmann's The Fail-Safe Startup offers insightful frameworks and narratives from entrepreneurs that guide readers on how to navigate the startup world and avoid common pitfalls. It is hailed as essential reading for both novice founders and those aiming to innovate within corporate settings. The book is considered an invaluable resource that provides the confidence and strategies necessary for entrepreneurial success, emphasising the importance of understanding failure to ultimately succeed.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241420171

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 April 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Business

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 26.0mm

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 444g

Pages: 368

About the Author

Tom Eisenmann is the Howard H. Stevenson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and the faculty co-chair of the Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship. Since joining the HBS faculty in 1997, he has launched eleven MBA courses on a range of topics related to entrepreneurship, including The Entrepreneurial Manager, an introductory course taught to all 900 first-year MBAs and Entrepreneurial Failure, an MBA elective. Eisenmann has written over one hundred Harvard Business School Case Studies and his writing appears regularly in the Wall Street Journal, The New Statesman and The New York Times.

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