Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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Summary: Lessons from the Master of Management Best Practices
Review: Peter Drucker gave us the thought that "the purpose of a business is to create a customer" a thought that can get lost by entrepreneurs pulled in many directions at once. Innovation is also a subject that few have written about knowledgeably. You will find this book to be a good reference for the principles that will always determine whether or not your focus is proper. And no one needs proper focus more than innovators and entrepreneurs. I also think that you would find it helpful to get an overview of all of Peter Drucker's work by reading Jack Beatty's The World According to Peter Drucker. Also, Peter Drucker's newest book, Management Challenges for the 21st Century, is a good companion piece for Innovation and Entrepreneurship by bringing your attention to the primary trends that will be dominant in the early part of the new century. One of the things that I like about all Peter Drucker books is that they are very well written. This is rare in business books, and a great accomplishment when you realize that Peter Drucker's native tongue is German (he was born in Austria).

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Summary: Lessons from the Master of Management Best Practices
Review: Peter Drucker gave us the thought that "the purpose of a business is to create a customer" a thought that can get lost by entrepreneurs pulled in many directions at once. Innovation is also a subject that few have written about knowledgeably. You will find this book to be a good reference for the principles that will always determine whether or not your focus is proper. And no one needs proper focus more than innovators and entrepreneurs. I also think that you would find it helpful to get an overview of all of Peter Drucker's work by reading Jack Beatty's The World According to Peter Drucker. Also, Peter Drucker's newest book, Management Challenges for the 21st Century, is a good companion piece for Innovation and Entrepreneurship by bringing your attention to the primary trends that will be dominant in the early part of the new century. One of the things that I like about all Peter Drucker books is that they are very well written. This is rare in business books, and a great accomplishment when you realize that Peter Drucker's native tongue is German (he was born in Austria).

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Summary: Helping innovators figure out where to innovate !
Review: Peter Drucker has conducted an extraordinary thought experiment and corroborated his hypothesis with retrospective data. I really believe both the logic and the implications of his book. This is because I have been an innovator (scientist and manager) in Fortune 500 companies as well as tiny Startups and no matter what the environment, Druckers definition of the "seven sources of innovative opportunity" are exactly true in reality. Especially the two most prevalent sources: solving a consumer need or desire and the extreme opposite of that, finding an application of a newly available technology. This book spells out the "what" of innovation. It does not talk about the "how" of innovation since that is a different technical subject altogether.

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Summary: This book was very informative and well written.
Review: Peter Drucker wrote an excellent book on innovation and management. One of the reasons I really enjoyed the book is that it gave numerous examples of well known companies throughout the world. In addition, he gave historical information which was enlightening and educational. By giving concrete evidence of his theories, the reader is convinced of the evidence and able to absorb the material. I gained a lot of insight from his work and will be reading more of his books.

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Summary: This book was very informative and well written.
Review: Peter Drucker wrote an excellent book on innovation and management. One of the reasons I really enjoyed the book is that it gave numerous examples of well known companies throughout the world. In addition, he gave historical information which was enlightening and educational. By giving concrete evidence of his theories, the reader is convinced of the evidence and able to absorb the material. I gained a lot of insight from his work and will be reading more of his books.

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Summary: Read and Grow Rich
Review: The ideas for recognizing innovation opportunities contained in this book allowed me to grow my struggling company to a highly profitable business employing 200 people. I have read most important business books published in the last 20 years and consider this book the only must read for the entrepreneur

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Summary: A Creativity Cookbook
Review: The implication of Peter Drucker's thesis is that innovation, in the context of entrepreneurship, can be viewed as a practice or discipline that is accessible to virtually anyone who is willing to apply the knowledge. I was personally struck by the realization that here was a formula for accomplishing what for most people would seem to be achievements associated with moments of exceptional personal creativity...or just plain luck.

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Summary: Good Read
Review: The writing style is fluid and many industry examples are given to illustrate the author's point. There is a lot of meat in this book which provides a framework for the thought process. I don't necessarily agree with all his concepts. He considers entrepreneurship to be an organized process and not a by-product of talent. I personally think it is a combination. You need resources but you also need to know how to use it. In some segments of the book, he offers no explanation for certain successes and treats entrepreneurship as something that happens despite planning to the contrary. There are some minor contradictions. Still, some of his thoughts are timeless, thought provoking and valuable. The purpose therefore is to continue to explore new ideas and try it on for size.

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Summary: A must read for anyone in upper management
Review: This book is filled with insights about management. Peter Drucker considers innovation and entrepreneurship to be part of the executive's job. Drucker's premise is that the attitudes and skills of a successful entrepreneur can be cultivated and that the search for innovation can be systematized and managed.

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Summary: A must read for anyone in upper management
Review: This book is filled with insights about management. Peter Drucker considers innovation and entrepreneurship to be part of the executive's job. Drucker's premise is that the attitudes and skills of a successful entrepreneur can be cultivated and that the search for innovation can be systematized and managed.