The Harvard Entrepreneurs Club Guide to Starting Your Own Business

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Summary: Harvard Entrepreneurs Club guide to starting your own busine
Review: Excellent book for more than a rookie in business. It is up to date and full of good structure. It for sure won't tell you how to get rich or succeed without your own ideas but if you have the gas this book has the flame.

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Summary: Smart
Review: If you want to read a book by someone who does not have any entrepreneurial experience... This book is for you... if you want to read a summary of all entrepreneurial ideas... This book is again for you... Otherwise it is a big zero... Do not spend your money or time...

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Summary: Smart
Review: Teaches a smart, straightforward approach to starting your own business. At first I thought a lot of what I was reading was common sense, but then I realzied that when dealing with the array of challenges facing a new venture, its easy for entrepreneurs to get off-track, and this book helps bring us back.

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Summary: Exceptionally well-written & extremely informative
Review: The Harvard Entrepreneurs Club Guide To Starting Your Own Business is an exceptionally well-written book containing concrete information and solid advice on the subject of business start-ups. The book covers everything from entrepreneurial thought, marketing, networking, venture capital, loans, business plans, and legal issues to business ethic. The book was written by six students from Harvard College, and the forward is written by Michael Bloomberg. The book is a pleasure to read and an indispensable source of information for anyone starting his own business.

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Summary: It is a compilation No Real Experinece In It
Review: This book is total waste of time and money... I think the purpose is not giving insights about how to make a business, how to fund it... If you want to learn something about start-ups and how to finance them... Go and buy Lightspeed Business... Do not waste your time with this book...

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Summary: For students who want to start their own business
Review: This Guide is for undergraduate students and recent graduates with a great idea and want to start their own business. More and more students are seeking advice on starting their own business. The entrepreneurial spirit is thriving at Harvard, where many students, past and present, have become successful business owners-even founders of Fortune 500 companies. Now some of the bright minds of the Harvard Entrepreneurs Club have compiled their business knowledge and experience into one comprehensive manual to aid students in making their entrepreneurial dreams come true. This professional and practical guide will take you step by step through the process of starting and maintaining a business. Poonam Sharma and fellow members of the Club have tailored this useful resource to the unique issues and obstacles that students will face. You'll receive invaluable advice on formulating a business plan, advertising, legal protection, business ethics, and much more.

Even if you have no professional experience, little marketing know-how, or even a small bank account, this book can teach you how to join the ever-growing ranks of students who know firsthand the pleasure-and the profit-that come from being your own boss and bringing your business idea to life.

This book is highly recommended for all business students as it will ignite the entrepreneurial spirit in them.

Poonam Sharma served as a Director of the Harvard Entrepreneurs Club from October 1997 to January 1999, during which time she edited this guide. The HEC is dedicated to promoting the entrepreneurial spirit and to helping undergraduate students start their own companies. Poonam Sharma is a member of the Economics Class of 1999 at Harvard.

Reviewed by Azlan Adnan. Formerly Business Development Manager with KPMG, Azlan Adnan is currently Managing Partner of Azlan & Koh Knowledge and Professional Management Group, an education and management consulting practice based in Kota Kinabalu. He holds a Master's degree in International Business and Management from the Westminster Business School, London.

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Summary: Not very helpful..
Review: Very disappointing. The Harvard name and logo can be so deceiving. The first half of the book is spent endorsing the Harvard Entrepreneurs Club, it's members and the author. The actual content is rather lame. If you are absolutely new to the world of business, and you need the definition of CUSTOMER explained to you, maybe you'll learn a little from this book. There are so many good Business Start-Up books available. My advice is to give this one a miss.