The Soul of an Entrepreneur, David Sax
The Soul of an Entrepreneur, David Sax
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The Soul of an Entrepreneur
Work and Life Beyond the Startup Myth

Author: David Sax

Narrator: David Sax

Unabridged: 9 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: PublicAffairs

Published: 04/21/2020

Synopsis

An award-winning business writer dismantles the myths of entrepreneurship, replacing them with an essential story about the experience of real business owners in the modern economy.

We're often told that we're living amidst a startup boom. Typically, we think of apps built by college kids and funded by venture capital firms, which remake fortunes and economies overnight. But in reality, most new businesses are things like restaurants or hair salons. Entrepreneurs aren't all millennials -- more often, it's their parents. And those small companies are the fabric of our economy.
The Soul of an Entrepreneur is a business book of a different kind, exploring our work but also our passions and hopes. David Sax reports on the deeply personal questions of entrepreneurship: why an immigrant family risks everything to build a bakery; how a small farmer fights to manage his debt; and what it feels like to rise and fall with a business you built for yourself.
This book is the real story of entrepreneurship. It confronts both success and failure, and shows how they can change a human life. It captures the inherent freedom that entrepreneurship brings, and why it matters.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Daniel on September 12, 2020

An entrepreneur is someone who risks his own capital to open a business to make a living. This book busted the Silicon Valley Entrepreneur myth. Real entrepreneurs are: 1. Immigrant pop-and-mom laundry and restaurant owners. 2. Minority hair Stylists and pedi-manicurists. 3. Small Farmers who struggl......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on May 23, 2020

As someone who is not 'quite' entrepreneurial but has admired the spirit of "self made" for the longest time, the title of this book immediately caught my attention. It is an impressive account featuring many kinds of entrepreneurs, to illustrate the compelling argument that entrepreneurs are far mo......more

Goodreads review by Viet on November 13, 2022

5 năm trước, ở tuổi 40, tôi đã chính thức rời bỏ cuộc chơi kinh doanh, khi đang là người đứng đầu của một tổ chức với gần 1000 người mà tôi là đồng sáng lập, cũng như đã xây dựng và phát triển nên. Đó là một quyết định phù hợp với cuộc sống của cá nhân tôi, với những gì mà tôi đang hướng tới cho phầ......more

Goodreads review by Fer on May 31, 2020

This a book of how entrepreneurship is far away from the myth of the entrepreneur Trinity (musk, jobs and suckerberg) and more about the struggle of building anything from scratch and keeping it alive without venture capital or all the glamour of silicon valley. Its always good to remember that ther......more

Goodreads review by Lorenzo on February 19, 2023

If you are looking for a classic book on entrepreneurship with stories of the likes of Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, etc. - this is not your kind of book. This work is based on the concept that there is not only the Silicon Valley startup kind of entrepreneurship. There are also other millions o......more

Quotes

"Though the book understandably omits the recent appearance of the new coronavirus, Covid-19 has given it a timely relevance... We...come away with an appreciation of the daunting challenges faced by small businesses and, most poignantly, by those who supply our food."—Wall Street Journal

"You may think business books are not for you--that's why you need to read this one. David Sax takes us on a tour of real, non-digital businesses--from beauty salons to Syrian bakeries--that is both enlightening and inspiring. If this book doesn't make you want to start a company, you probably already own one."—AJ Jacobs, New York Times-bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically and It's All Relative

"A necessary corrective to Silicon Valley's stranglehold on the meaning of entrepreneurship. David Sax's latest will get you fired up about the many different ways to build a meaningful life by striking out on your own."
—Cal Newport, New York Times-bestselling author of Digital Minimalism and Deep Work

"David Sax looks at entrepreneurship in a whole new way, drawing out valuable lessons for anyone who wants to lead more a passionate and productive life."—Sheelah Kolhatkar, staff writer at The New Yorker and bestselling author of Black Edge

"The Soul of an Entrepreneur reclaims entrepreneurship for the 99.99% of businesspeople who aren't at the helm of billion-dollar corporations. David Sax writes poetically (and often humorously) about what makes these everyday entrepreneurs tick, and why tens of millions of us choose entrepreneurship over the corporate rat race."—Adam Alter, New York Times-bestselling author of Irresistible and Drunk Tank Pink

"A fascinating and humane book that changes the very meaning of entrepreneurship. Don't even think about starting a business without reading The Soul of an Entrepreneur."—Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, New York Times-bestselling author of Everybody Lies

"David Sax brilliantly zeroes in on the crucial questions we must ask ourselves--and insights we must consider--as we begin the entrepreneur's task of making something from nothing. If you wish to start a company, this book will help you act with intention and make an impact."—Scott Belsky, founder of Behance and bestselling author of The Messy Middle

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