February 2014
Beginner
593 pages
23h 51m
English
Content preview from Entrepreneurship, 3rd Edition
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CHAPTER 6
BUILDING THE FOUNDING TEAM
U.S. Women's gymnastics celebrating its gold medal during the 2012 Olympics.
Despite the glowing tributes to superstar entrepreneurs that we all read about in the popular press, entrepreneurship is a team sport. Even Bill Gates, one of the richest men in the world, did not start Microsoft by himself. Instead, he and Paul Allen led a hardy team of bright young engineers to the semi-desert of Albuquerque in 1975 to develop the original microcomputer software, BASIC. The group included four programmers, a project manager, a production manager, a lead mathematician, a technical writer, and a bookkeeper. Despite their incredible intelligence and drive, Gates and Allen recognized that the company would never reach its potential with just the two of them.
Today, from its humble beginnings, Microsoft has become the leading software company in the world, with sales of almost $74 billion and 94,000 employees worldwide as of 2012.1 Indeed, we could look at all the top companies in the world today and identify the team behind the lead entrepreneur, but the point is the same: Successfully launching a business requires support. Even if you are launching a small business, you'll quickly find that your potential to grow beyond a self-employment business requires a team, whether it's your spouse for moral support or a trusted advisor who mentors you through ...
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