Find Your Lightbulb
How to make millions from apparently impossible ideas
Published on 2. August 2008
272 pages
978-1-906465-19-3 (ISBN)
Description
Would you love to start your own business but feel daunted by theslim odds of success? Do you dream about making millions but simplydon't know where to start? Find Your Lightbulb answers all thesequestions, helping you to harness your ability to make millionsfrom nothing more than a simple idea. You don't need to besuperhuman, you don't need to have funds in the bank - you don'teven need to have an amazing idea in order to get started.
Serial entrepreneur Mike Harris shows you that all it takes isenthusiasm, commitment and a willingness to learn. And Mike shouldknow - he's spent the past 20 years creating successful businessesfrom apparently impossible ideas - ideas which everyone told himwould never work. With invaluable business advice and case studiesfrom entrepreneurs and innovators on both sides of the Atlantic,this make-it-happen manual will help you fix the odds of successfirmly in your favour.
Serial entrepreneur Mike Harris shows you that all it takes isenthusiasm, commitment and a willingness to learn. And Mike shouldknow - he's spent the past 20 years creating successful businessesfrom apparently impossible ideas - ideas which everyone told himwould never work. With invaluable business advice and case studiesfrom entrepreneurs and innovators on both sides of the Atlantic,this make-it-happen manual will help you fix the odds of successfirmly in your favour.
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Mike Harris was the founding CEO of telephone bankFirstdirect and internet bank Egg; he created two one-billion poundbusinesses and was credited worldwide. In between thesecommitments, he was chief executive of Mercury Communications, thenthe main competitor to BT, where he created an iconic brand andbuilt a multi-billion pound consumer business. He was also chairmanof mobile phone company Mercury One-2-One during its early years.One-2-One was bought by T-mobile for $10 billion in 1999.
He is currently chairman and co-founder of digital identity expertsGarlik - a company which was created in 2005 in order to giveindividuals and their families more power over the way theirinformation is used in the digital world. It has the inventor ofthe World Wide Web - Tim Berners-Lee - on its advisoryboard.
Mike is also chairman of innovation at the Royal Bank of Scotland.he was a regular speaker at mid-career MBA courses at the MIT SloanSchool of Management between 1996 and 2006 and he often speaks atpublic seminars and runs private workshops on leadership,innovation and entrepreneurship. His clients have includedO2, IBM, Colt, Intel, Oracle, Adobe and EDS.
He is currently chairman and co-founder of digital identity expertsGarlik - a company which was created in 2005 in order to giveindividuals and their families more power over the way theirinformation is used in the digital world. It has the inventor ofthe World Wide Web - Tim Berners-Lee - on its advisoryboard.
Mike is also chairman of innovation at the Royal Bank of Scotland.he was a regular speaker at mid-career MBA courses at the MIT SloanSchool of Management between 1996 and 2006 and he often speaks atpublic seminars and runs private workshops on leadership,innovation and entrepreneurship. His clients have includedO2, IBM, Colt, Intel, Oracle, Adobe and EDS.
Content
Acknowledgements.
Introduction.
1 Living the dream.
2 Star in your own soap opera.
3 Critics who count.
4 Making million-pound ideas.
5 Find funding.
6 Know your ends from your means.
7 Brand and reputation matters.
8 Creating a powerful culture.
9 Leadership and the edge of reason.
10 The smart risks principle.
11 Hot teams.
12 Powerful stuff: the principles in action.
Bibliography.
Index.
Introduction.
1 Living the dream.
2 Star in your own soap opera.
3 Critics who count.
4 Making million-pound ideas.
5 Find funding.
6 Know your ends from your means.
7 Brand and reputation matters.
8 Creating a powerful culture.
9 Leadership and the edge of reason.
10 The smart risks principle.
11 Hot teams.
12 Powerful stuff: the principles in action.
Bibliography.
Index.
