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(More customer reviews)The Venture Cafe is a really fun book about the stories
and people who make high-tech entrepreneurship happen.
Teresa Esser blends clear-eyed objectivity with wisdom
gleaned from countless conversations with in-the-trenches
high-tech entrepreneurs.
She explains high-tech entrepreneurship in a way that
offers relevant lessons for everyone from would-be
entrepreneurs to seasoned venture capitalists.
Despite the fact that I have been involved with
entrepreneurship for years, I found myself learning
things I never knew. I learned how entrepreneur
Philo T. Farnsworth struggled for years starting in
the early 1920s to develop a business around his
invention of electronic television -- and was nearly
put out of business because of patenting issues
and cutthroat competition. Who would have known
that TV did not come from RCA?
It made me wonder whether today's innovators will
have the knowledge and insights necessary to avoid
what happened to Farnsworth. With this book, they'll
get the knowledge they need.
From practical "how to" insights about structuring a company
or choosing co-founders based on personality,
to funny and personal stories about company founders
themselves, this book is a unique look at the human
part of the entrepreneurship equation - the people
who are driven to succeed against odds that may be stacked
against them, or to take risks and innovate despite a
downturn in the economy.
Often the knowledge a person needs to start a company is
difficult to learn on the job. Had I been able to read
this book beforehand, I would have gained insights
I could only have gathered from experience or
from asking other entrepreneurs.
I loved hearing how other entrepreneurs deal with
what I deal with - the challenges of balancing business
and family, the risks and rewards of leaving the safety
of corporate jobs to strike out on one's own.
These stories are encouraging, engaging and exhilarating.
Reading The Venture Cafe makes me want to start another company!
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Written for anyone interested in cutting edge entrepreneuship, this work offers an inside account of what business and technology mavericks are really talking about.
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