Difficult though setting up a business is, becoming a high-performance entrepreneur
is harder still. And yet of the many thousands who try, there are those who go
on to become successful, some even graduate to setting up companies that hold
their own against the toughest competition, becoming icons of achievement. In
The High-performance Entrepreneur, Subroto Bagchi, co-founder and chief operating
officer of MindTree Consulting, draws upon his own highly successful experience
to offer guidance from the idea stage to the IPO level.
This includes how to decide when one is ready to launch an enterprise, selecting
a team, defining the values and objectives of the company and writing the business
plan to choosing the right investors, managing adversity and building the brand.
Additionally, in an especially illuminating chapter, Bagchi recounts the systems
and values which have made Indian IT companies on a par with the best in the world.
The rewards of being a successful entrepreneur are many. High-performance entrepreneurs
create great wealth, for themselves as well as for others. They provide jobs,
crucial for an expanding workforce such as India’s, and drive innovation.
Moreover, in India as elsewhere, governments have become much more entrepreneur
friendly than ever before. More than just a guide, this is a book that will
tap the entrepreneurial energy within you.