The Age of Metapreneurship: A Journey into the Future of Entrepreneurship,Used

#1 Amazon Bestseller !"One of the best books on entrepreneurship I have read, with a style reminisce of Malcolm Gladwell"What's the #1 success skill of the 21st century?No matter what field you are in, or if you are in school, business, trying to improve the world or your life: It's the ability to think and act like an entrepreneur.With 100,000 books on entrepreneurship out there, you'd think everyone would be on their way to being successful.But the world changed, technology changed, the way business and markets behave changed. We've changed. And thus the rules have changed. Entrepreneurship has changed.So, if you are learning from experts, programs or books designed to help you, the chances are you're learning obsolete lessons. You are being set up to fail.The past and the outdated rules are holding you back. With networks, platforms, crowds, movements, sharing economies, and uncertain business models all bets are off.The Age of Metapreneurship is about the future of entrepreneurship, and about a new kind of entrepreneur.Learn how entrepreneurship works in the 21 century, and Master the new rules of modern entrepreneurship.Reinvent yourself in the form of a modern entrepreneur: A Metapreneur.Reading this book will give you new ideas, new strategies for being successful, and help remove some of the frustrations that come from using knowledge and techniques from the past.The Age of Metapreneurship takes a step back providing a 10,000foot view so you can see patterns, avoid minefields, and understand the new terrain.Inside we'll explore: Chaos How entrepreneurship is so broadly defined today that we have no idea anymore who is and isn't.Cults How the institutions, programs, and leaders designed to help entrepreneurs, are failing them.Dots Entire industries are ripe for disruption (by entrepreneurs) because the old business models are disintegrating. Direct, straight lines, are being replaced by 'connecting the dots.'Abundance vs Scarcity and how 'every abundance creates a new scarcity' is the new business mantra.Scale is now a required strategy for every startup otherwise you risk irrelevance: but scaling now can be far, wide, or deep.Crowds change everything crowdsourcing, crowdfunding and collective intelligence.Sharing is not just a fad it's the new economy.Movements the waves of the network: Join them, start them, leverage them or risk being left out. All of these trends converge and change us from customers, employees to vendors and companies and this leads to a new kind of leadership, and a new style of entrepreneurship Metapreneurship.This book is a not checklist on 'how to become an entrepreneur," nor is it a manual on 'how to launch a company.' The Age of Metapreneurship contains raw materials, ideas, paradigms, and ammunition so that savvy entrepreneurs and advisors can create unique strategies, and avoid using old ones. If you've been advising new ventures and guiding them through a bootcamplike experience only to see them sputter, and fade away, this book is for you.If you see entrepreneurship in your region brimming, brewing, and percolating but never seeming to gain critical mass, this book is for you.If you're a highly experienced entrepreneur embarking on a new venture, this book is for you. The Age of Metapreneurship is like a collection of pieces to an unusual puzzle: Every time you put the pieces together, they form a different picture that is only for you.Success is no longer about being a rock star; it's about playing jazz in an ensemble.You are no longer an entrepreneur; you're a Metapreneur playing in The Age of Metapreneurship.