The Art of Entrepreneurship: The Proactive Method to Turn the Time, Talent, and Resources You Have into What You Want

by Jim Stovall

The comprehensive guide to starting and growing your dream business. In this groundbreaking book, bestselling author Jim Stovall shares the practical wisdom gained from his forty-year career as an award-winning entrepreneur alongside the time-tested strategies compiled by Dr. Kevin Schneider through his experience as the Director of the Stovall Center for Entrepreneurship at Oral Roberts University. Few books have offered both pragmatic, real-world examples and proven academic principles, as readers will find in The Art of Entrepreneurship. Transform your natural aptitudes, interests, and resources into a lucrative business as you key characteristics of an entrepreneur—and whether you possess them.Myths and misconceptions about entrepreneurship—it’s not a get-rich-quick scheme, nor is it simply for people who want to work less and not have a boss.How to get started as an entrepreneur—keeping your current job as you turn your side hustle or creative idea into an empire.Why some entrepreneurs succeed when others struggle—it’s not about trading time for money; it’s about creating a money machine.The values of entrepreneurship—first and foremost, service rendered to other people.The path of entrepreneurship from start to finish—learning when to pull the trigger and when to pull the plug.How to build the dream entrepreneur team that will support you in your journey.Entrepreneurship is both a science and an art. This book teaches both dimensions—the hard skills and the soft skills, the action steps and the mindset—so that you can seize the opportunities for entrepreneurship in your midst and turn your business idea into a successful start-up that adds value to you, your family, your community, and the larger world. 

191 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 17, 2022

About the author

Jim Stovall has been a national champion Olympic weightlifter, the President of the Emmy Award-winning Narrative Television Network, and a highly sought after author and platform speaker. He is the author of the best selling book, The Ultimate Gift, which is a major motion picture starring James Garner and Abigail Breslin. He is also author of The Ultimate Life and The Ultimate Journey, which have inspired another major motion picture to be released September 2013.
Steve Forbes, president and CEO of Forbes magazine, says, “Jim Stovall is one of the most extraordinary men of our era.”    
For his work in making television accessible to our nation’s 13 million blind and visually impaired people, The President’s Committee on Equal Opportunity selected Jim Stovall as the Entrepreneur of the Year.  He was also chosen as the International Humanitarian of the Year.

Reviews

[Carl · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great pep-talk for Entrepreneurs; whether beginning of vets.

[Cheryl Douthitt]

Quick, easy read. The topic was well explained.