Daring to Compete
Accelerate Your Business to Market Leadership with EY's 7 Drivers of Growth
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Daring to Compete
Accelerate Your Business to Market Leadership with EY's 7 Drivers of Growth
About This Book
The successful entrepreneur's guide to accelerating growth
Daring to Compete offers real-world strategies to accelerate the growth of your business and secure your place as a market leader. This expert guide is the result of years of comprehensive research and experience from global professional services organization EY, originator of the celebrated "Entrepreneur Of The Year" program. Employing its worldwide reach and extensive network of successful entrepreneurs, EY has developed a model of sustainable business developmentâ"The 7 Drivers of Growth TM." This innovative and highly effective approach to strategic growth is an invaluable resource for high-growth businesses, entrepreneurs, and start-ups. Favoring practical strategies over abstract theories, this book provides clear guidance on the Customer; Funding and Finance; Transactions and Alliances; Risk; People, Behaviors, and Culture; Digital Technology and Analytics; and Operations. This book brings the application of these drivers to life by featuring insights from Entrepreneur Of The Year award-winning entrepreneurs from a wide range of industries and geographic locations. These entrepreneurs share how each driver functions in actual business situations and present first-hand advice on their application and implementation.
Planned and sustainable growth is a challenge faced by businesses every day, from developing ventures to leading enterprises. Effective entrepreneurs embrace the drivers of growth and recognize what areas require sharper focus. This book allows you to identify and apply these elements in your own businessâfacilitating optimal outcomes and accelerating growth. This indispensable guide enables you to:
- Implement a proven business model to compete more effectively and achieve market leadership
- Gain the knowledge and confidence to face challenges, anticipate, and overcome obstacles
- Access research, tools, and services to accelerate growth and compete on a global scale
- Learn invaluable market leadership strategies from a team of highly successful entrepreneurs
Developed from the real-life stories of EY Entrepreneur Of The Year winners, this book is an inspirational and informative must-read guide to business growth and market leadership. Daring to Compete is an invaluable resourcefor both aspiring and experienced entrepreneurs and established business leaders seeking to become more entrepreneurial.
Frequently asked questions
PART 1
Daring to compete â understanding the DNA of entrepreneurs
- Customer preferences and buying behaviors
- Recruiting and retaining top talent
- New competitors, business models, and supply chain implications
- Globalization
- Increasing regulation and associated risks of noncompliance
- Disruptive technologies
- Challenges of accessing capital
- Changing ecosystem â mergers, acquisitions, strategic alliances
Note
CHAPTER 1
What is the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year?
- Entrepreneurial spirit
- Value creation
- Strategic direction
- National and global impact
- Innovation
- Personal integrity / purpose-driven leadership
CHAPTER 2
What are the EY 7 Drivers of GrowthTM?
CHAPTER 3
Do you have the E-gene?
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Part 1. Daring to compete â understanding the DNA of entrepreneurs
- Part 2. What success looks like: 15 stories from the âWinnerâs Circleâ
- Part 3. Understanding EYâs 7 Drivers of Growth
- Part 4. Traits, skills, and the importance of intuition
- Appendix
- About the authors
- About EY
- Index
- Wiley End User License Agreement