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Author Sun, Ted, 1972-

Title Survival tactics : the top 11 behaviors of successful entrepreneurs / Ted Sun
Published Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 198 pages) : illustrations
Contents Tables and figures -- Acknowledgments -- pt. 1. You and entrepreneurship -- ch. 1. Are you an entrepreneur? Says who? -- Learning your entrepreneurial roots -- You are only as good as a machine -- You have 100 percent control of your future as an entrepreneur -- ch. 2. How to read this book -- ch. 3. Theoretical foundations -- Are you inside a box? -- Research that builds foundation -- ch. 4. What does success mean to you? -- Differences between men and women -- Time rich -- pt. 2. Self-leadership -- ch. 5. Behavior 1 : Constant learning -- Learning and ego -- Redefine learning -- Strategies for learning -- ch. 6. Behavior 2 : Technical proficiency -- Technical proficiency transfer -- Abundance instead of fear -- ch. 7. Behavior 3 : Self-confidence -- ch. 8. Behavior 4 : Co-dependence -- ch. 9. Behavior 5 : Risk taking -- Defining risk -- Entrepreneurship and risk -- Risk differences -- The three F's of risk -- ch. 10. Behavior 6 : Reactive -- Impact of being reactive -- Disengaging your tendency to sleep walk
pt. 3. Interpersonal leadership -- ch. 11. Behavior 7 : Employee training and development -- Foundations of a learning organization -- Knowledge creation within a learning organization -- The role of the entrepreneur in training and development -- ch. 12. Behavior 8 : Team-based decisions -- Redefining the team and their importance -- Understanding group dynamics and decisions -- Entrepreneurs' most powerful tool : Socratic methods -- pt. 4. Planning and systems management -- ch. 13. Behavior 9 : Being surprised -- Separating interpretation from events -- Entrepreneurial planning secrets -- ch. 14. Behavior 10 : Measurements and responsiveness -- Effective measurements : content -- Effective measurements : context -- Embrace constant change -- ch. 15. Behavior 11 : Action without full information -- How do you know what you know? -- A systematic thought process -- pt. 5. Your success -- ch. 16. Transforming your perception, thought, and behaviors -- Appendix A : Successful entrepreneur knowledge competence questionnaire -- Appendix B : Simple data analysis -- Appendix C : Research details -- Recommended resources -- Index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-189) and index
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Subject Entrepreneurship.
Entrepreneurship
entrepreneurs.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Entrepreneurship.
Entrepreneurship
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781567207309
1567207308