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Publisher's summary
Written with the cooperation of Harvard Business School, here is an instructive and inspiring book for anyone who dreams of starting a highly profitable business.
In 1998, three Harvard Business School graduates - two men and one woman - turned down six-figure salaries at big corporations, bet on themselves, and launched their own new companies. By their 10-year reunion, their audacity had paid huge dividends. They'd made many millions of dollars, created hundreds of jobs, and left their mark on the world.
The three entrepreneurs: Marc Cenedella (TheLadders.com), Marla Malcom Beck (Bluemercury.com), and Chris Michel (Military.com, Affinity Labs).
Based on dozens of interviews with highly successful entrepreneurs, Harvard Business School professors, and HBS alumni, The Intelligent Entrepreneur tells the compelling and instructive story of how these three young founders developed ideas, assembled teams, built ventures, and achieved their dreams. Along the way, they learned that starting great companies requires much more than a ferocious work ethic or good timing. Their hard-won insights distilled into 10 key rules that will help anyone become a successful entrepreneur. What they teach you at Harvard Business School is that intelligent entrepreneurship can be learned. In that spirit, Bill Murphy Jr. uses a unique combination of vivid storytelling and lucid instruction to tell would-be entrepreneurs how to improve their odds of creating dynamic, lasting businesses.
This audiobook includes an exclusive roundtable discussion with Marc Cenedella, Marla Malcom Beck, and Chris Michel.
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- David
- 01-23-11
Terrible waste $ and a lot of time
This is my first time ever writing a review. I am taking the time to do this to save you, the stranger I don't even know the horror of this lame and useless book. Hours and hours of droning on about these few boring people who magically were successful after going to Harvard Business School!? Give me a break, this book is insulting to me and to all the men and women who start businesses with little formal eduction, credit cards for financing and their spare room as an office. Instead of this pile of cow dung go read Rich Dad/Poor Dad before you quit your job, The 4 Hour Work week by Timothy Ferris, Rework by Jason Fried, The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor, and The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks. Unless you went to Harvard Business school, then read this and call all your friends and laugh about how fun it is to part of the ruling class in this country. Bill Murphy, you have brought shame on your family... fall on your sword.
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- Mark
- 11-04-10
Disappointing
If you are a HBS Alum or in some way associated with HBS - then you will love this book. This is really a story about the lives of three Harvard Business School Alums starting businesses and their experiences in the HBS Program. I guess I was looking for less of an advertisement and more of a guideline for successful strategies and characteristics of entrepreneours. Narration was average, the material was simply lame or even corny in many parts of the book.
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- Lorena
- 11-04-10
HBS promotional material
I purchased this book under the premise that I would be inspired, that if these three entrepreneurial examples could do it, so could I. Well, the book follows three Harvard Business School Graduates, all who graduated at a similar time and all who started dot com business and of course overcame obstacles and were ultimately successful. I suppose if I graduated from HBS, I would be able to relate. I would have much preferred the book if three entrepreneurs with entirely different educational, social and economical advantages/disadvantages were studied, that way, the likelihood of identifying with at least one character would be higher. I just hoped to walk away with even a glimmer of inspiration, but I did not. I would recommend this book to those who are curious about HBS, how the school is run, its pros & cons and are interested in capturing a portrait of their student alumni.
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- Ramesh Adhikari
- 07-06-11
Not recommended
I don’t like to make negative comment on someone’s hard work. But I could not stop doing this time. This book is very rudimentary. Book’s title is misleading. It does not give much insight to make anybody intelligent entrepreneur. It simply narrates life-story of three HBS students and tries to summarize their efforts in some points to guide the reader to his entrepreneurial skills, but hopelessly fails to do so. I think the author simply wants to fool people and make money. I do not recommend this book unless you have no more educational exposure than to high school diploma…………..
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- Susan
- 10-20-10
not bad but could have been better
Basically liked the book but I agree with a previous review - a lot of the time it seemed like promotional material for Harvard Business School. Plus the tie-ins were a little forced. It was interesting enough but it's certainly not a manual for opening your own business. Wasn't crazy about the reader: his pronunciation of "entrepreneur" got on my nerves - and the word crops up a lot!
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- Wei
- 11-14-10
Skip every other chapter, but good story
I agree with other reviewer it is a good book overall, but frequent advertising of HBS is really annoying. I got the idea that HBS is a good school, but maybe author could save it for another book. Story about three entrepreneurs are fascinating. Just skip these HBS advertising every other chapter.
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- Marcio
- 10-21-10
Surprisingly good
To be honest, I didn't know what to expect when I bought this audio. I haven't studied business or anything like that, but have always been intrigued by successful business people. I decided to give it a shot. To say it in a few words, I couldn't stop listening to this audio. The story line is very well constructed and I was always interested in finding out what would come next in the lives of the three protagonists. The analysis at the end of each chapter is very interesting and puts the whole chapter in context. I think anyone wanting to start a new business should listen to it. It goes deep, showing the joins and tribulations people can go through when starting off. It will certainly help anyone who asks themselves "do I have what it takes to start a business?". I higly recommend it.
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- Jdestinas
- 10-20-10
Real Life Examples
I really like this book. The real life examples put theory to the test. Other than the sometimes annoying "shout out" to the Harvard Business School, this book was very interesting. It allows you to learn from the real life decisions that were needed to start, survive and cash out three real life businesses. Its good for anyone doubting their potential entrepreneurial abilities.
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- Robert
- 10-30-10
The how to book for Entrepreneurs
An amazing book, with great stories of individuals that bet it all and then some to make their ideas come to life. The ups and downs, frustrations and celebrations. If you own your own business you will enjoy this, if you have wanted to start your own business this is a must read. Narration is wonderful, the story is never slows down. You don't want it to end. Please write a sequel. Its not what you know, its how much drive and determination you may have.
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- Tim
- 07-10-11
Not Hypothetical Examples
I was a little worried when I bought this book. I just thought that it will be another business book with hypothetical examples and trying to solve a math problem as a final exam. I was wrong. This book has three real life examples and their life and passion for their companies. It is almost like taking a class in college on Business 101. It's like being in school, reading their stories and having a followup lecture on what we learned and at the end of the semester, having the real entrepreneurs in class as a guest panel for question and answer.
This title is well written. The author did a great job at telling their stories and going in depth on what just happened. Good concept on a business book.
I just wished that there were more of this book and it kinda felt like a infomercial for Harvard Business School.
I just wanted more, but good and interesting read.
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- Kat
- 07-02-18
Prerry Rubbish
This isn’t stories of rising from nothing. This is stories of the privileged using fair enough their skills but mainly their position to further there ideas. With the access to the right contacts and a bit savy we can all make millions. Have more respect for people that start with nothing.
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- Robert
- 10-30-10
Don't make the same mistake
I am in the midst of starting up two businesses while working full time and was needing some insight and inspiration to keep me motivated. This book sounded good but it really disappoints. The author has attempted to use the life stories of three entrepreneurs to illustrate his 10 key points. The end result however is a very poorly written narrative of each person's life full of uninteresting anecdotes and obvious conclusions. Murphy Jr. could really have benefited from an editor, for example, 'She was on her computer, Powerpoint was running on it'. Having paid 18 quid for this i suffered through it hoping to find some insight but to no avail. The context is the internet boom of the late 90's and feels completely out of touch with today's environment and issues. This book could be 30 mins and cover all points he makes adequately. If you're after a great book on entrepreneurship i recommend Rework by the guys at 37 signals. It current, fresh and not mired in old thinking like this one is.
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- Spiky Potplant
- 02-23-20
Dull, dated, don't bother
Not sure why this book has so many good reviews. You need to be a huge fan of HBR style case studies to get along with this book. These people must have been smart and had something about them to get them into HBR but I am not sure how much of what is supposed to be down to intelligence was actually luck - these people made it but I suspect many other people made similar decisions and didn't make it.
Be aware that this book has dated. The stories are from the last dotcom boom and have historic interest but I doubt people would attempt to build these kinds of businesses in the same way today.
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- greg
- 05-12-13
Absolute drivel
Frankly it was tortuous listening to this.I don't want to listen to padded out drivel about perfect people and fortune 500 companies.Perfect people that just ooze good fortune.I want to hear about the guy that spent his last 5 dollars and was on the verge of skid row but some how managed to make good despite adversity.Seriously, if I wanted to hear about perfect people I would buy a glossy magazine.
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- Ryan Clontz
- 05-23-11
a great book!
This is a great book - engaging, informative and inspiring. I am not trying to start a business, but my husband is and this book helped me understand what he is going through. It also made me respect entrepreneurs a lot more. The readers are dynamic and enjoyable to listen to. An excellent choice if you want to learn about entrepreneurship.
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- Adrian
- 01-27-11
Very Interesting and Relevant
Fascinating book from the perspective of three friends who meet at Harvard Business School and go onto found very succesful but very different businesses.
The start of the businesses is in the late 90's but the narrative continues on through the credit crunch and right up to 2010.
The insights into the decisions taken by the three people are fascinating and it's interesting to see the mistakes they make and how people can mix up being prepared for being lucky.
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- Michael J
- 05-15-23
Very well written and inspiring!
The stories of the three entrepreneurs was fantastic, considering they’ve founded, pivoted and grew their companies through the biggest financial crisis is astounding. I have learned that being an entrepreneur is about having the passion to resolve a problem, and coming up with an idea to do it better than what already exists out in the world.
Thank you Bill!
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- jackgeer
- 04-12-21
A very good and inspiring book
Loved the fact that the rules were presented by the experiences of successful entrepreneurs. Good narrative as well. Well done!
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- Lee Clough
- 04-03-21
Hard to put down, brilliant journalist.
A story well written. With plenty of excellent learning points. l would recommend this for mindset understanding.
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- Simon
- 11-07-18
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Great book - insightful, inspiring and addictive. Read beyond the Harvard story and own in your own context to take you to a different place. it has done this for me.
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