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Title: Entrepreneurship
Series: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Paul Westhead
Rating: 1 of 5 Stars
Genre: Non-Fiction
Pages: 154
Words: 38K
Series: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Paul Westhead
Rating: 1 of 5 Stars
Genre: Non-Fiction
Pages: 154
Words: 38K
Synopsis:
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A book in the A
Very Short Introduction series. Paul Westhead discusses what
Entrepreneurship has meant through time, what it can mean today and
how Entrepreneurship is changing as the world shrinks and
“Entrepreneurship” is defined by culture.
My
Thoughts:
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Unfortunately, the Quote Post I did last week did a great job of
summing up just how this book is. It is written by a professor who
studies Entrepreneurship and really appears to be for other
professors or people who are already familiar with the
Entrepreneurship industry.
Before I read this book, I defined Entrepreneurship as something done
by Entrepreneurs, who are people who DO things. After reading this
book, my definition has not changed one jot. It should have.
The author admits that his father was a failed entrepreneur and that
is why he is a professor of Entrepreneurship instead of an
Entrepreneur himself. He is someone who talks from their ivory tower
(hello Saruman?) instead of doing anything. This was not written for
someone completely unfamiliar with the subject and all its industry
terms. As a field tech in the Land Survey Industry, I am quite
familiar with “industry terms”. They have exact, specific
meanings and convey a wealth of information to those who have learned
what those terms mean. You don't use those terms as an Introduction
however.
The only thing that really didn't rub me the wrong way was that at
the end of the book was an extensive Bibliography of other books to
read if this book hadn't killed your interest in the subject.
I have a bunch of these VSI books in my Non-Fiction line up and I am
desperately hoping the rest are not written like this. If they are,
they are useless, a waste of time and a complete failure in being an
“Introduction”. Paul Westhead should be ashamed of himself.
★☆☆☆☆
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