Bootstrap to Billions: Proven Rules from Entrepreneurs who Built Great Companies from Scratch

Bootstrap to Billions: Proven Rules from Entrepreneurs who Built Great Companies from Scratch by Dileep Rao. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780980047721.

From the stories of entrepreneurs who have built some of the worlds great companies (such as the worlds largest medical device company and the worlds largest consumer electronics retailer), Bootstrap to Billions shows entrepreneurs how they too can control and build a huge business from scratch to create wealth and keep it. There are many ways to failure, only a few to success. Bootstrap to Billions shows entrepreneurs and managers how to succeed by learning from 28 entrepreneurs who started and built some of the worlds great companies. Contrary to currently popular belief, entrepreneurs can bootstrap to success. Bootstrap to Billions shows entrepreneurs and managers how these business giants bootstrapped and used alternate financing options to grow. Most of them - about 80% - never got venture capital. These entrepreneurs found their best market, designed the right strategy, developed the organization culture and leadership, and reached the top with capital-efficient strategies to minimize the need for capital. Lack of money did not constrain their growth. Many entrepreneurs may be better off by bootstrapping and alternate financing to build and control their business to create wealth and keep it.