Upstarts!: How GenY Entrepreneurs are Rocking the World of Business and 8 Ways You Can Profit from Their Success (eBook)

Donna Fenn (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2009
272 Seiten
McGraw-Hill Education (Verlag)
978-0-07-160189-4 (ISBN)

Infos

They're young, they're brash,they're smart-and they're77-million strong.Generation Y is creating startups at anunprecedented rate, and their approach tobusiness is unlike anything you ve seen.The generation described by the mediaas spoiled, entitled, even narcissistic, is provingthese notions false every day. Inspiredby the rock-star entrepreneurs of previousgenerations and driven by a burning desireto control their own destinies, GenY is rewritingthe entrepreneurial playbook one coolstartup at a time.Inc. magazine writer Donna Fenn interviewedmore than 150 young CEOs to learnwhat makes them tick. While upstarts aremotivated by similar aspirations of pastgenerations, their way of doing business isradically different and it s changing the wayeveryone must do business now.Upstarts examinesand analyzes this entrepreneurialrevolution to reveal eight critical lessons everyentrepreneur and marketer must learn.Fenn describes a generation of entrepreneursthat is highly collaborative and team-oriented.It s quick and alert when it comes tonew technologies. It s hell-bent on changingthe world. And it s totally impatient with outmodedbusiness models.The sooner you adapt to the new way ofbusiness, the greater chance you have togrow and profit in the years ahead. Upstartsprovides key insight into:Building collaborative tribesDeploying technology to yourcompetitive advantageDisrupting the status quoDeconstructing the GenY marketGenerating branding buzzAdopting a social missionInventing the workplace of the futureReinventing your companyMisreading GenY companies could be thebiggest business mistake you ever make. Thisforward-looking book serves both as a headsupto the far-reaching changes coming yourway and as a detailed guide to meeting theresulting challenges.The upstarts are here to stay. Are you?

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.9.2009
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Berufspädagogik
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Planung / Organisation
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
• ISBN-10: 0-07-160189-9 / 0071601899
• ISBN-13: 978-0-07-160189-4 / 9780071601894