The best entrepreneurs balance brilliant business ideas with a rigorous commitment to serving their customers' needs. If you read nothing else on entrepreneurship and startups, 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, and Reid Hoffman provide the insights and advice that will inspire you to:
- Understand what makes entrepreneurial leaders tick
- Know what matters in a great business plan
- Adopt lean startup practices such as business model experimentation
- Be prepared for the race for scale in Silicon Valley
- Better understand the world of venture capital--and know what you'll get along with VC funding
- Take an alternative approach to entrepreneurship: buy an existing business and run it as CEO
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Startups and Entrepreneurship| Harvard Business Review (Author), Steve Blank (Author), Marc Andreessen Reid Hoffman(Author), William A. Sahlman (Author) | Harvard Business Review Press
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Hiring an Entrepreneurial Leader
Chapter 2. How to Write a Great Business Plan
Chapter 3. Why the Lean Start-Up Changes Everything
Chapter 4. The President of SRI Ventures on Bringing Siri to Life
Chapter 5. In Search of the Next Big Thing
Chapter 6. Six Myths About Venture Capitalists
Chapter 7. Chobani’s Founder on Growing a Start-Up Without Outside Investors
Chapter 8. Network Effects Aren’t Enough
Chapter 9. Blitzscaling
Chapter 10. Buying Your Way into Entrepreneurship
Chapter 11. The Founder’s Dilemma
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