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    Think Agile: How Smart Entrepreneurs Adapt in Order to Succeed
    Think Agile: How Smart Entrepreneurs Adapt in Order to Succeed
    Think Agile: How Smart Entrepreneurs Adapt in Order to Succeed
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    Think Agile: How Smart Entrepreneurs Adapt in Order to Succeed

    By Taffy Williams

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    In today’s constantly changing business environment, the question is not if any unexpected obstacles will try to derail your promising company, but when will they rear their ugly heads. Your biggest investor bails on you, having been lured away to the next new sure thing instead. A similar product is unveiled by a more established company. A key employee jumps ship to work for a competitor. When these obstacles--yes, plural!--arrive, will you be able to shift strategies, products, and services on a time, if necessary? Unfortunately, many entrepreneurs lock themselves into one strategy, one product, one distribution method, and one way of thinking about their business. In doing so, they limit their potential and lower their chances of capitalizing on economic, industry, or market changes. Think Agile wants to help the entrepreneur both assess their level of flexibility and learn to be open-minded and option-oriented in key areas such as:• Funding sources• Launch timetables• Planning• Repurposing everything from products to people to names• And much moreFeaturing real-life case studies and invaluable tools, Think Agile is the indispensable guide every entrepreneur must have in order to self-evaluate and develop the undeniably essential skill of agility--the secret to surviving whatever tomorrow brings!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThomas Nelson
    Release dateNov 19, 2014
    ISBN9780814434314
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    Taffy Williams

    TAFFY WILLIAMS has been a successful entrepreneur and advisor to entrepreneurs for over 30 years. The founder and president of Colonial Technology Development Company, which assists start-ups in technology commercialization, he writes the popular "Startup Blog," as well as articles for Examiner.com.

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