Book description
Change your job to change your life.
Are you tired of the grind of the 9-to-5 job and dreaming of professional satisfaction on your own terms? You can quit the rat race and start up on your own - and you don't need an MBA or a huge investment to…
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1 author picked The $100 Startup as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Prolonged planning has killed more startups than actual failure ever could. Planning allows us to pre-judge our own ideas in a vacuum, fuels our fear of failure, and delays action until it’s too late. That’s why I love the ideas in this book—it removes those barriers and gives aspiring entrepreneurs a simple, actionable framework for moving from idea to execution quickly.
I teach entrepreneurship, and one of the biggest challenges I see isn’t a lack of ideas—it’s the lack of action. Some hesitate because they don’t know where to start, others because they fear stepping into the real world,…
From Andreas' list on The best business books that changed how I think about leadership, business, and life.
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