If you want your startup to succeed, you need to understand why startups fail. “Whether you’re a first-time founder or looking to bring innovation into a corporate environment, Why Startups Fail is essential reading.”—Eric Ries, founder and CEO, LTSE, and New York Times bestselling author of The Lean Startup and The Startup Way Why do startups fail? That question caught Harvard Business School professor Tom Eisenmann by surprise when he realized he couldn’t answer it. So he launched a multiyear research project to find out. In Why Startups Fail, Eisenmann reveals his findings: six distinct patterns that account for the vast majority of startup failures. • Bad Bedfellows. Startup success is thought to rest largely on the founder’s talents and instincts. But the wrong team, investors, or partners can sink a venture just as quickly. • False Starts. In following the oft-cited advice to “fail fast” and to “launch before you’re ready,” founders risk wasting time and capital on the wrong solutions. • False Promises. Success with early adopters can be misleading and give founders unwarranted confidence to expand. • Speed Traps. Despite the pressure to “get big fast,” hypergrowth can spell disaster for even the most promising ventures. • Help Wanted. Rapidly scaling startups need lots of capital and talent, but they can make mistakes that leave them suddenly in short supply of both. • Cascading Miracles. Silicon Valley exhorts entrepreneurs to dream big. But the bigger the vision, the more things that can go wrong. Drawing on fascinating stories of ventures that failed to fulfill their early promise—from a home-furnishings retailer to a concierge dog-walking service, from a dating app to the inventor of a sophisticated social robot, from a fashion brand to a startup deploying a vast network of charging stations for electric vehicles—Eisenmann offers frameworks for detecting when a venture is vulnerable to these patterns, along with a wealth of strategies and tactics for avoiding them. A must-read for founders at any stage of their entrepreneurial journey, Why Startups Fail is not merely a guide to preventing failure but also a roadmap charting the path to startup success.

This new edition of the market-leading textbook by Paul Burns offers an unrivalled holistic introduction to the field of entrepreneurship and valuable guidance for budding entrepreneurs looking to launch their own small business. Drawing on his decades of academic and entrepreneurial experience, the author takes you on a journey through the business life-cycle, from the early stages of start-up, through progressive growth, to the confident strides of a mature business. Combining cutting-edge theory with fresh global examples and lessons from real-life business practice, this accessible and explorative textbook will encourage you to develop the knowledge and skills needed to navigate the challenges faced by today's entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship and Small Business will help you to: - Learn what makes entrepreneurs tick with brand new Get into the Mindset video interviews and an exploration of entrepreneuial character traits - Seamlessly incorporate multimedia content into your learning with the new Digital Links platform accessed via your smart device - Understand how worldwide events can impact small businesses through incisive analysis of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic - Grasp how entrepreneurship differs around the globe, with over 100 Case Insights and new examples from a diverse range of countries and industries - Ensure your understanding of the entrepreneurial landscape is up-to-date, with new chapters on recruiting and managing people, and on lean methodologies and business model frameworks. This is the ideal textbook for students taking undergraduate and postgraduate Entrepreneurship or Small Business Management courses, as well as for MBA students.

Entrepreneurship is essential for international social and economic well-being, as new ventures are the dominant source of job creation, market innovation, and economic growth in many societies. In this book, a noted group of researchers use findings, methods, and theories of modern psychology as the basis for gaining important, new insights into entrepreneurship-and into the hearts and minds of the talented, passionate professionals who create new business ventures. The Psychology of Entrepreneurship, a volume in the SIOP Organizational Frontiers Series, is the first book written about the psychology of entrepreneurship, and includes over 60 research questions to guide industrial organizational psychology, organizational behavior, and entrepreneurship research about entrepreneurs. It seeks to answer questions such as, how and why do some people, but not others, recognize opportunities, decide to start new ventures, and organize successful, rapidly growing new ventures? Some topics addressed include: methods to help researchers explore the domain of entrepreneurship research; the entire process of starting a new business; characteristics of the individual entrepreneur; the history of entrepreneurship education; the cross-cultural effects of entrepreneurship; and the viewpoints of seasoned psychologists who analyze current entrepreneurship research methods. This book will appeal to teachers, students, and researchers in the areas of industrial organizational psychology, organizational behavior, entrepreneurship, and management.

Entrepreneurship and innovation play a vital role in fostering sustainable development. Advances in technology and communications have both transformed the process of business as well as strengthened the role of entrepreneurship in developed and developing countries. This important book is the first to provide the fundamental concepts and applications for faculty and students in this field, and also serves as a professional reference for practicing entrepreneurs and policymakers. Each chapter provides a clear guide to the conceptual and practical elements that characterize entrepreneurship and the process of new venture formation, including functional strategies in key areas such as marketing, information technology, human resources management, and accounting and finance. Questions and exercises are presented throughout in order to encourage discussion and problem-solving. A quick summary of the important concepts and definitions are also provided. Keeping practicality as the book’s core aim, all chapters include a long case study to set the scene and then draw upon shorter cases from both developing and developed countries to reinforce key learning objectives and the real-world application of the book’s core concepts.

The Founder's Dilemmas examines how early decisions by entrepreneurs can make or break a startup and its team. Drawing on a decade of research, including quantitative data on almost ten thousand founders as well as inside stories of founders like Evan Williams of Twitter and Tim Westergren of Pandora, Noam Wasserman reveals the common pitfalls founders face and how to avoid them.

In a world where business success often seems synonymous with profit margins and cutthroat competition, "The Soulful Entrepreneur: Integrating Spiritual Laws into Business Success" offers a refreshing perspective. This enlightening book takes you on a profound journey of self-discovery and business transformation, showing you how to infuse your entrepreneurial endeavors with purpose, authenticity, and a deep connection to spiritual laws. Drawing on a rich tapestry of wisdom from the realms of spirituality, personal growth, and business acumen, this book guides entrepreneurs on a path less traveled—a path that leads to not only financial prosperity but also spiritual fulfillment and a positive impact on the world. With clarity and compassion, the book explores various spiritual laws and principles that can be harnessed to create a soulful, purpose-driven business. Dive deep into the Law of Attraction and learn how to manifest positive outcomes, not just for your business but for your life as a whole. Explore abundance consciousness and discover how it can reshape your decision-making and mindset, leading to greater success. "The Soulful Entrepreneur" also delves into the power of intuition and its role in making sound business decisions. Real-life examples of entrepreneurs who've trusted their intuition illuminate the way. Furthermore, the book provides practical guidance on conscious communication, teaching you how to build meaningful connections, foster empathy, and navigate challenging conversations with grace. But this book isn't just about theory—it's a roadmap for action. It offers actionable strategies, exercises, and real-world case studies to help you integrate these spiritual laws into your daily business practices. You'll learn how to cultivate an environment of generosity, harness the reciprocity of the Law of Giving and Receiving, and develop authentic leadership skills that balance vulnerability and authority. "The Soulful Entrepreneur" goes even further by exploring the role of karma in business and the profound impact of mindfulness on decision-making and employee well-being. It delves into the art of gratitude as a business practice and offers practical exercises for fostering gratitude within your organization. As you progress through this enlightening journey, you'll also encounter chapters on vision and manifestation, ethical business practices, work-life balance, collaborative entrepreneurship, detachment, servant leadership, sustainable business practices, resilience, transformational customer relationships, inner mastery, divine timing, the wisdom of failure, and the ripple effect of soulful business. But this isn't just a book; it's an invitation to embark on a lifelong journey of growth and purpose as a soulful entrepreneur. The wisdom within these pages serves as a guiding light, illuminating the path toward a more fulfilling and impactful entrepreneurial experience. For anyone seeking to align their business with their values, make a positive impact on the world, and find deeper meaning in entrepreneurship, "The Soulful Entrepreneur: Integrating Spiritual Laws into Business Success" is an indispensable companion. Discover the transformative potential that lies within you and your business, and let your journey toward soulful entrepreneurship begin.

The Entrepreneurial Adventure is perfect for anyone with an interest in business or with aspirations to start their own business. The author outlines key principles of the entrepreneurial adventure and the business world, bringing it to life using case studies. This book contains useful and practical information about business and entrepreneurship gives a robust understanding of the theory and real-world implications of running a successful business. It describes and explains the whole process from understanding the implications and risks, the start-up stage through to future expansion. The authors clearly demonstrate that if the good business habits and practices described in this book are followed consistently, you really will achieve entrepreneurial success and the opportunities that come with it.