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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Entrepreneurship and Startups (featuring Bonus Article "Why the Lean Startup Changes Everything" by Steve Blank)

By William A. Sahlman and Reid Hoffman and Harvard Business Review and Steve Blank
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Entrepreneurship and Startups compiles insightful articles from leading business minds like Marc Andreessen and Reid Hoffman, offering essential guidance on launching and growing successful enterprises. It delves into critical topics such as strategic innovation, managing disruptive challenges, and leveraging tech insights, emphasising adaptability. The book also includes Steve Blank's influential piece on how the Lean Startup methodology revolutionises conventional business frameworks.
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The best entrepreneurs balance brilliant business ideas with a rigorous commitment to serving their customers' needs.

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The best entrepreneurs balance brilliant business ideas with a rigorous commitment to serving their customers' needs.

If you read nothing else on entrepreneurship, read these 10 articles by experts in the field. We've combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you build your company for enduring success.

Leading experts and practitioners such as Clayton Christensen, Marc Andreessen, Steve Blank, and Reid Hoffman provide the insights and advice you need to:

  • Build a business from the ground up
  • Adopt lean startup practices like business model experimentation
  • Be realistic about how prescient your business plan can truly be
  • Focus on the most important part of your business: the people
  • Connect powerfully with your audience of investors and customers
  • Understand where companies with the most impact are launching now.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781633694385

Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 13 February 2018

Country: United States

Imprint: Harvard Business Review Press

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 139.0mm

Height: 209.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 160

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Business & Entrepreneurship Business Leadership & Management Business Strategy & Negotiation Harvard Business Review Marc Andreessen Non-Fiction Reid Hoffman Start-ups & Entrepreneurship Steve Blank William A. Sahlman

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Harvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, 13 international licensed editions, books from Harvard Business Review Press, and digital content and tools published on HBR.org, Harvard Business Review provides professionals around the world with rigorous insights and best practices to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact.

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