The Entrepreneur’s Handbook

Posted on March 5, 2006
Filed Under Business, Books and Movies |

I had the opportunity to see Leonard Brody speak at the OCE’s Discovery 2006. Brody is a technology entrepreneur that gets the new media, and has proven he knows what it takes to start and grow a seccessful new economy business. He is also and excellent public speaker, captivating the crowd at Discovery2006 that included leaders from government (both McGuinty’s, Hurricane Hazel, Consulate General’s from China, France, India, the US), academia, and industry.

The jist of his talk was that we Canadians are primed to be the leaders of the new economy, and have been for the old economy. We have shown that we have the skills, the ability, and the opportunity to expand, change, and dominate markets around the world. Not bad for a country with barely 0.5% of the World’s population.

Brody sees this because he himself is one of these leaders. Most recently as a Director at NowPublic, a citisen journalism website (i.e. the new age journalists are you and me), a venture partner and executive for Canada’s largest IPO ever.

So who better (along with David Raffa) to go to get the break down of what it takes for an entrepreneur to make it in the global economy, utilising the experience of sixteen Canadian business leaders to chart out the discipline and understanding of the best practices to acheive business excellence. Go buy “Everything I needed to know about business… I Learned from a Canadian”. It will become your Entrepreneur’s Handbook, a reference guide to business wisdom. If there is more than one copy on shelf at the bookstore, buy them all and give them to your partners and colleagues (this is not a sales pitch for the benefit of the authors, all proceeds from the sale of the book in Canada goes to Junior Achievement.

UPDATE: More from Brody here. A quote of interest:

“Many pundits have said that, with Web 2.0, it looks like we are headed in the same direction. While it is possible, I believe most of the start-ups that are coming into play now are more grounded in reality and require much less personal and monetary capital than 5 years ago. Therefore, they can exist on their own without outside financing. Moreover, many of them are not doing it to make money, they are doing it to be a part of the conversation, to get a seat at the table.”

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