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Wise Words: Lessons in Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital
Sean Wise, National Columnist on Entrepreneurship & Venture Capital for the Globe & Mail newspaper, shares with you insights on raising capital and growing your business. Collecting the best columns from his first years at the Globe, this book cover topics relevant founders, funders and those that service the entrepreneuiral ecosystem. How to create an Elevator Pitch; How to pick a partner; The Art of Business Jui Jitsou; Networking to Survive and 14 questions every investor asks on the first date This tome provides the inside track on funding and growing your business.
150 pages
First published April 28, 2007
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Sean Wise
18 books15 followersSean Wise specializes in helping emerging and high growth potential organizations jump on the trajectory and turn a profit. His intense, entertaining and direct approach has earned him a loyal following of disciples who swear by his lessons and best practices for business success.
With nine years of professional services and more than 15 years of entrepreneurial services to his credit, Wise has helped found five business ventures of his own to date, the first at age 16. When seeking the best in business, CBC recruited him as online host and industry advisor for their hit show, Dragons' Den.
Wise is also a popular writer with his Globe and Mail column and book of the same name: Wise Words: Lessons in Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital. In his latest book, How to be a Business Superhero, Wise takes audiences on a guided tour through the world of superheroes and their lessons, directly relating them to essential business strategies we all need to master in order to succeed in today's workplace. Wise's third book, HOT OR NOT: how to know if your business idea will fail or fly! is due mid 2012.
A professor of entrepreneurship at the Ted Rogers School of Business at Ryerson, Wise majored in engineering and economics at Carleton University and earned a law degree and MBA from the University of Ottawa. Wise helped found Ernst & Young's Venture Capital Advisory Group in Canada and has helped clients raise more than $2.5 billion after training with him.
Wise is a natural storyteller with a direct, knowledgeable style and an unmistakable passion for business.
With nine years of professional services and more than 15 years of entrepreneurial services to his credit, Wise has helped found five business ventures of his own to date, the first at age 16. When seeking the best in business, CBC recruited him as online host and industry advisor for their hit show, Dragons' Den.
Wise is also a popular writer with his Globe and Mail column and book of the same name: Wise Words: Lessons in Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital. In his latest book, How to be a Business Superhero, Wise takes audiences on a guided tour through the world of superheroes and their lessons, directly relating them to essential business strategies we all need to master in order to succeed in today's workplace. Wise's third book, HOT OR NOT: how to know if your business idea will fail or fly! is due mid 2012.
A professor of entrepreneurship at the Ted Rogers School of Business at Ryerson, Wise majored in engineering and economics at Carleton University and earned a law degree and MBA from the University of Ottawa. Wise helped found Ernst & Young's Venture Capital Advisory Group in Canada and has helped clients raise more than $2.5 billion after training with him.
Wise is a natural storyteller with a direct, knowledgeable style and an unmistakable passion for business.
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