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Confessions of an Entrepreneur

Confessions of an Entrepreneur

I am the author of Confessions of an Entrepreneur, published by Pearson.

I wrote it, because no-one actually tells you what it really feels like to be an entrepreneur. What you actually have to go through when you chase ambitions and fortunes.

In my book, Confessions of an Entrepreneur, I do. It's not a book about business plans and choosing the right business ideas. Those books already exist. This doesn't.

This is a book about the emotional issues that other business books ignore; the sacrifices you make, the struggle to choose and work with the right partner(s), the strain of uncertainty and potential failure, the dizzying and addictive highs of success, the challenge of building and motivating a team; everything that you will experience when you start a new business.

To help you understand and feel what it's like to be an entrepreneur. I wanted to tell it as it is, no frills, so I've written this book 'live', whilst battling through my own start-up journey. And you don't just hear from me alone, you can read the raw, honest stories from some of the most talented entrepreneurs on this planet, including Bill Gross of Idealab, Roland Rudd of Finsbury Communications, Jo Fairley of Green & Black's, Nick Wheeler of Charles Tyrwhitt, William Reeve of LoveFilm and many others.

It reached the WHSmith top 20 for two months and has sold over 10,000 copies.

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Confessions of an Entrepreneur at WHSmith

On the shelf at WHSmith, Charing Cross, next to Malcolm Gladwell and Michael Lewis.

"No other book I have read touches upon the emotions, fears, success, personal failures and sacrifices involved in starting, running and sometimes walking away from a business. Full of insights — not guru dogma rammed down your throat. There is a human, vulnerable touch."— Mr J Fulton
"If you're sick of egotistical tales of endless entrepreneurial success, this book is the perfect antidote. Raw and confessional for the stories, measured and practical for the advice. It manages to combine realism with an underlying message of determined hope."— Andy D

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The patient-founder perspective
Healthcare, healthtech and the NHS
Entrepreneurship and building