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Startup Leadership: How Savvy Entrepreneurs Turn Their Ideas Into Successful Enterprises

Anyone can start a business. But only leaders can succeed. Most entrepreneurs know the long odds: only a fraction of them will lead their enterprises through the rocky stages of growth to launch self-sustaining companies. Very few know how to outflank the failures that await them at every turn, including the most painful--being abandoned by key members of their team or getting pushed out by their board just as their business starts to generate real value. Derek Lidow is on a mission to improve these odds and change these outcomes. Throughout his long career--as CEO, innovator, and entrepreneur--he has tested virtually every aspect of launching a business. Lidow now argues that success is far less dependent upon a firm's idea or any grand strategy than it is upon something more personal: leadership. Emerging companies have specific leadership requirements, stage by fast-moving stage. Few founders have been able to leverage the tremendous power of this underrecognized reality--until now. Startup Leadership demonstrates how founders can adopt the skills that are required at each stage of their journey. Whether you are at the idea stage or managing a more mature enterprise, you can start to recognize the fundamental conflict: how to balance your selfish drives with the more selfless leadership required by the organization at any given time. The book shows you how to achieve this balance by: <ul> <li>Assessing your unique motivations, traits, and skills</li> <li>Creating a personal leadership strategy that leverages your strengths and mitigates your weaknesses</li> <li>Mastering how to lead teams, including boards</li> <li>Understanding the five prerequisites for driving change</li> <li>Taking control of your inevitable crises, thereby strengthening your team and your leadership</li> </ul> With Lidow's help, you will learn how to become the startup leader your business needs, and you'll move forward with your plans with greater confidence and success.

Startup Leadership: How Savvy Entrepreneurs Turn Their Ideas Into Successful EnterprisesHardcover, 3 March 2014

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