The Intelligent Optimist – The Intelligent Optimist Holiday Auction 2012
Auction Ends: Dec 2, 2012 09:00 PM PST

Body & Spirit

Signed Editions: Pick Up a Signed Copy of The E Factor

Item Number
365
Estimated Value
25 USD
Sold
8 USD to bonnelyn5
Number of Bids
1  -  Bid History

Item Description

Here's a glimpse of the kind of insight you'll get when you pick up a copy of The E Factor by the company's founders:

The E-Factor:Entrepreneurship in the Social Media Age

by Adrie ReindersMarion Freijsen

As an entrepreneur, you’re not afraid to bend the rules and think outside the box. You’re not burdened with linear thinking, and thinking differently and trying new approaches enable you to solve problems.

As serial entrepreneurs and cofounders of the largest social network for entrepreneurs in the world, EFactor.com, Adrie Reinders and Marion Freijsen know about the challenges facing new entrepreneurs in the current business environment. Their site—with a community of one million-plus and growing rapidly—is a virtual marketplace for entrepreneurs to make business connections, negotiate deals, exchange information, and advertise their products and services.

In The E-Factor, Reinders and Freijsen educate entrepreneurs on the pitfalls that take down most entrepreneurs before they get started, such as restricted resources, skillsgaps, and financial limitations, and show you how to overcome these obstacles. Discover how best to secure funding for your fledgling startup and how to use new forms of social media work to your advantage. Along the way, read a wide array of case studies of successes and learn lessons from others’ failures, including those from small business owners and burgeoning entrepreneurs, all the way up to multinational corporations, global brand leaders, and the founders themselves.

The E-Factor shows you how to gain leverage and evaluate and reassess goals, products, and company structure to meet needs in a competitive environment. Combine the best traditional entrepreneurial thinking with newtools, ideas, and channels now at your disposal.

Find out more: efactor.com

Item Special Note

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