The Fail-Safe Startup
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The Fail-Safe Startup
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The Fail-Safe Startup
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, and—most importantly—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.

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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