Description: Read this book if youve ever had an idea that you want to turn into a profitable business endeavour. You have a job. And an idea for a business. What do you do then? Crisp, reader-friendly and practical, Entrepreneur 5 p.m. to 9 a.m. tells you how you can become an entrepreneur even if you have a full-time job and are risk-averse. With facts, flowcharts and illustrations, this is a fast and super-useful read from which you will come away with a clear and solid roadmap for converting your idea into a viable enterprise and taking your venture from zero to launch. With case studies, anecdotes and easy-to-follow guidelines, this book: Tells you how you can realize your dream of being an entrepreneur even if you have a full-time job; Provides you with widely tested and proven methods that dramatically reduce risks of failure; Shows how you can make your product a profitable one even before significant investments are made; Discusses how you can increase the valuation of your start-up in order to successfully obtain funding; Explains how you can align your business goals with wider life goals and leverage your personal strengths; Tells you how to launch a start-up that YOU will enjoy building. Read this book if youve ever had an idea that you want to turn into a profitable business endeavour.
About the Author
anth Miriyala did his engineering from IIT Madras and has a PhD. He had his first brush with entrepreneurship quite by accident. He was one of the co-founders for Quintant, which was sold to iGATE in 2003; he then became an early stage investor in Qik, a mobile video streaming company, later sold to Skype for over 100 million. Reethika Sunder did her MBA in marketing from IIM Ahmedabad and now works as a consultant with an Indian IT firm. She loves wildlife, travelling, painting and writing. The authors can be reached at entrepreneur5to9@gmail.com.
