The 4 routes to entrepreneurial success /

The 4 routes to entrepreneurial success /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Miner, John B.
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, ©1996.
Description:	1 online resource (vii, 216 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Success in business. Entrepreneurship. Businesspeople -- Psychology. Businesspeople -- Psychology. Entrepreneurship. Success in business. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11109883

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Varying Form of Title:	Four routes to entrepreneurial success
ISBN:	0585270635 9780585270630 1881052826 1583763562 9781583763568
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-203) and indexes. English. Print version record.
Summary:	John Miner details four personality types that characterize successful entrepreneurs - Personal Achievers, Supersalespeople, Real Managers, and Expert Idea Generator then shows you how to use this information to map out your own path to success. Based on 20 years of research and a systematic seven-year study of 100 entrepreneurs, The 4 Routes to Entrepreneurial Success details the distinctive characteristics of each type and explains why they succeed or fail. Using Miner's self-assessment questionnaire you'll discover whether you possess the talents, skills, and characteristics it takes to start and run your own business. The results will help you determine how you can be successful as an entrepreneur.
Awards:	Soundview Best Book List
Other form:	Print version: Miner, John B. 4 routes to entrepreneurial success. 1st ed. San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, ©1996 1881052826

Table of Contents:

Introduction : Four types of entrepreneurs, four ways to succeed
Personal achiever entrepreneur
How personal achievers succeed or fail
Supersalesperson entrepreneur
How supersalespeople succeed or fail
Real manager entrepreneur
How real managers succeed or fail
Expert idea generator entrepreneur
How expert idea generators succeed or fail
When more than one pattern is prominent : the complex entrepreneur
Assessing entrepreneurial talent : your own and others'
Do women possess different patterns and follow different routes?
Educating for entrepreneurship
What if I lack any strong entrepreneurial pattern?
Our research on entrepreneurship
Measuring the entrepreneurial patterns.