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The 8 Biggest Challenges for New Entrepreneurs

By Larry Alton — 2016

For new and young entrepreneurs, there are some unique challenges that are especially difficult to overcome. If you’re just getting into the game, or you’re thinking about becoming an entrepreneur, be prepared for these eight significant hurdles.

Read on www.entrepreneur.com

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This Actress Turned Entrepreneur Left Broadway to Bring Vietnam's Coffee Culture to America | Forbes

In June, Forbes covered the explosion of entrepreneurs that started businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic. Among them was Jackie Nguyen, a Vietnamese-American stage actor who pivoted to running a coffee shop after her tour of Miss Saigon was cancelled due to the pandemic.

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2021
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The Startup Community Way: Evolving an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

We are in the midst of a startup revolution. The growth and proliferation of innovation-driven startup activity is profound, unprecedented, and global in scope. Today, it is understood that communities of support and knowledge-sharing go along with other resources.

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Brad Feld, Ian Hathaway
2020
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Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More than They Take

These massive dual challenges—and other profound shifts, such as pandemics, resource pressures, and shrinking biodiversity—threaten our very existence.

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Paul Polman, Andrew Winston
2025
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Out-Innovate: How Global Entrepreneurs—from Delhi to Detroit—Are Rewriting the Rules of Silicon Valley

Startups have changed the world. In the United States, many startups, such as Tesla, Apple, and Amazon, have become household names. The economic value of startups has doubled since 1992 and is projected to double again in the next fifteen years.

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Alexandre “Alex” Lazarow
2020
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No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention

There has never before been a company like Netflix. It has led nothing short of a revolution in the entertainment industries, generating billions of dollars in annual revenue while capturing the imaginations of hundreds of millions of people in over 190 countries.

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Reed Hastings, Erin Meyer
2020
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The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It

An instant classic, this revised and updated edition of the phenomenal bestseller dispels the myths about starting your own business. Small business consultant and author Michael E.

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Michael E. Gerber
2004
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The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution

What were the talents that allowed certain inventors and entrepreneurs to turn their visionary ideas into disruptive realities? What led to their creative leaps? Why did some succeed and others fail? The Innovators is a masterly saga of collaborative genius destined to be the standard history of...

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Walter Isaacson
2025
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The Kinfolk Entrepreneur: Ideas for Meaningful Work

In The Kinfolk Entrepreneur, author Nathan Williams introduces readers to 40 creative business owners around the globe, offering an inspiring, in-depth look behind the scenes of their lives and their companies.

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Nathan Williams
2017
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