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Friday 25 May 2007

Entrepreneurship

Harriman House

Grow your self and your wealth

Entrepreneurship is usually associated with individuals and small companies. Yet it is the successful entrepreneurs who develop businesses into large corporations - their spirit, leadership and determination lead to great things.

A new book published by Harriman House this month shows exactly how it should be done. In his first business guide, John Forbat, serial entreupreneuer, covers:

- Characteristics you will need to succeed
- Issues that start-ups face
- The TASK principle and the 4 T's
- Management and company politics
- Spotting unrecognised markets
- Convincing people that the "cure for which there is no ill" does have an ill
- The importance of R&D and how it doesn't have to cost thousands
- How necessity can be a real mother of invention

...and much more!

Also included are case studies which provide fascinating insights into how the author: operated a company on two continents (without capital!); turned a company facing insolvency into a takeover target; and managed to turn a good business plan and a relatively small amount of credit into a company with profits of $200,000 p.a.

The down to earth ideas and experiences related in this book make it essential reading for all budding entrepreneurs and those already in business. And once you acquire a taste for entrepreneurship, you will never want to lose it.

Ends

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

John Forbat was an immigrant to London from Hungary, at the age of seven. After qualifying as an aeronautical engineer, his professional life started with big companies in the aircraft and avionics industries and in the electronics industry. Those years involved highly capital and development oriented businesses, giving him the experience of how large companies are managed - and mismanaged. It also enabled him to experience the extent to which entrepreneurship can be stifled, by excessively corporatist attitudes in business. He then moved into a number of highly entrepreneurial businesses encompassing products, product innovation and services worldwide, where it became necessary to achieve the impossible - at least according to the textbooks. His successes - and few failures - taught him where the essentials of entrepreneurship lie and what the defining characteristics of entrepreneurs are.

During World War, II he was probably London's youngest Fireguard. At sixteen he learned to fly gliders entirely solo and later gained a Private Pilot's Licence. He learned and practiced leadership skills as a Scout and as a Scout Leader and was also a keen sailor, skippering an open whaler from London to Calais and back with a crew of teenagers. He recently returned after living in the USA for over 20 years - and does not like taking "It's impossible" for an answer.

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More details can be found online at: www.harriman-house.com/entrepreneurship

For further information on this book or its author, please contact Tom Orchard, or Helen McCusker in the PR department at Harriman House:

Tel: +44 (0)1730 269809
Email: pr@harriman-house.com

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