Think agile : how smart entrepreneurs adapt in order to succeed / Taffy Williams.

Includes index.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I: UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE ADOPTING AN AGILE WORKSTYLE -- Chapter 1: Agility in Turbulent Times -- Nothing Stays the Same for Long -- Surprises and Complexity -- The More Things Change, the More Entrepreneurs Thrive -- Ignore the Past at Your Peril -- Putting Concepts into Action -- Chapter 2: Reaping the Benefits of Agility -- Pivoting to Make Effective and Efficient Decisions -- Cultivating a Flexible Mindset to Overcome Indecision

Opening Up a Universe of PossibilitiesRebounding from Mistakes and Failures -- Adapting to Changing Times -- Considering Diverse Approaches to Funding -- Increasing Speed of Action through Agility -- Putting Concepts into Action -- Chapter 3: Assessing Your Agility -- Unconscious Reliance on the Tried and True -- Assessing Your Fear of Failure -- Developing an Awareness of Rigid and Agile Tendencies -- Putting Concepts into Action -- PART II: INCREASING YOUR AGILITY EXPONENTIALLY -- Chapter 4: Planning for the Unexpected, Preparing for the Unpredictable

Allowing for Flexibility and Vision in Your Business PlanHow Good Outcomes Can Result When Plans Are Flexible -- Thinking Ahead with a Plan B ... and C and D -- Preparing for the Unpredictable -- Putting Concepts into Action -- Chapter 5: Exercising Funding and Financial Options -- Becoming Aware of Funding Options -- Fighting Financial Biases and Reassessing Prior Funding Methods -- Managing the Dilution-Valuation Paradox -- Stretching Your Cash Reserves -- Planning an Exit Strategy -- Putting Concepts into Action

Chapter 6: Working with Various Deadlines and MilestonesIdentifying Deadlines Entrepreneurs Face, and Determining Their Flexibility -- Learning to Work with Various Deadline Mentalities -- Avoiding Date Inflation -- Negotiating Imposed Deadlines -- Keeping Your Ego in Check -- Putting Concepts into Action -- Chapter 7: Repurposing Products, Services, and People -- Introducing Three Categories of What May Be Repurposed, Plus One -- Paying Attention to Unexpected Possibilities -- Using Change as a Catalyst for Repurposing

The Three Rs of Repurposing: Repositioning, Redirecting, and RejuvenatingLicensing Tactics -- Putting Concepts into Action -- Chapter 8: Overcoming Entrepreneurial Inflexibility -- Conquering Factors That Can Lead to Inflexibility -- Vanquishing a Disheartening Business Failure -- Getting Beyond the Foolproof Formula -- Surmounting Complacency After Sustained Success -- Surviving Personal Financial Problems -- Shaking Competitive Lethargy -- Defeating Crippling Indecisiveness -- Refusing to Get Stuck in the Past -- Putting Concepts into Action

When entrepreneurs lock themselves into one strategy, one product, one distribution method-and one way of thinking about their business-they limit their potential, and lower their chances of capitalizing on economic, industry, or market changes. Instead, those determined to keep up with today's constantly changing business environment need to master a new mindset: agility. Think Agile helps entrepreneurs assess their level of flexibility-and learn to be open-minded and option-oriented when it comes to sources of funding; launch timetables; planning; repurposing everything from products to peop.

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