Worthless, Impossible and Stupid

INDEX

accessible entrepreneurs, 176

Actavis, 1, 2, 12–15, 111, 175–176, 185, 233, 261

Adamowicz, Laurent, 42, 182–183, 190, 260

adversity

—Awan’s shipping and logistics company and, 126–134

—Češko’s television shopping company and, 112–118

—difficulty in finding capital (“valley of death”) in, 121–122

—external environment and, 125–139

—Gadams’s RacingThePlanet and, 137–139

—gaining strength and competitive strategy from, 137–139

—Ibrahim’s cell phone company and, 152–154

—importance of understanding origin of, 134–137

—intrinsic nature of, 118, 121, 135, 143–144, 185, 204, 238

—Kapur’s chicken farming and, 142–151

—leaders and policy on, 237–239

—Neeleman’s experience with JetBlue and, 119–121

—opportunities found in, 141–154

—Rodríguez’s PACIV ...