Soundview Executive Book Summaries
When to Be Crazy, When to Be Sane, The Entrepreneurship Institute
About.com: Risk, Reward and Entrepreneurship
Passion, Patience and Resilience – Daily Herald
Alaska’s Entrepreneurs Get Encouragement- Alaska Daily News
Self- Starters Do It From Passion – Knight Ridder
At What Price? – Entrepreneur Magazine
Corp-Net: Resource for Sales and Marketing Community
Entrepreneurship in The First Person
Smart Pros Best Business Books of 2003
National Dialogue on Entrepreneurship “Best of 2003”
Best Business Bedtime Reads for 2003
Business School of Hard Knocks (Chicago Reader, November 21, 2003)
National Federation of Independent Business
Debunking the Myths of Starting a Business
(St. Louis Small Business Monthly, November 2003)
Prairie Angel leader issues warning to entrepreneurs (MiBiz Network)
The
Key to Running Your Own Company is the People (Chicago Sun Times,
October 12, 2003)
Advance Praise for, You Need to Be a Little Crazy: The Truth About Starting and Growing Your Business by Barry Moltz
“Actually, you’d have
to be crazy NOT to start your own business! The truth is that there’s
nothing more satisfying or productive. Barry’s book is a great place
to start.”
Seth Godin, Author, Permission Marketing and Purple Cow
“If you’re thinking about starting a business, you’d be crazy not to read this book.”
Daniel H. Pink
author, Free Agent Nation
“Provides an unvarnished look at the heights and depths surrounding entrepreneurial endeavors as seen from an experienced professional.”
Harold Welsch
Head of DePaul University Entrepreneurship Program
“Entrepreneurship now has its own Bill Cosby. Barry lets us into his private life and private mind to reveal [entrepreneurial] truths in a human way.”
Barry Merkin
Professor of Entrepreneurship
Kellogg School of Business, Northwestern University
“Moltz truly paints a candid portrait of the life of the entrepreneur. If you are an entrepreneur wannabe, this book will test your resolve through its tales of the frustrations, challenges, and sacrifices endured by most entrepreneurs. If you are already an entrepreneur, this book makes you realize you are not alone on your journey and offers advice and support in moving forward.”
Ellen A. Rudnick
Executive Director and Clinical Professor
Michael P. Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship
University of Chicago Graduate School of Business
“Barry Moltz’s common sense approach that includes lessons learned from so many other successful entrepreneurs is a must read for anyone contemplating starting a business, running or working in a start-up, or reflecting on their own entrepreneurial experiences.”
Linda Salchenberger
Associate Dean, School of Bus Admin.
Director, Center for Info Mgmt & Tech
Loyola University Chicago
“This book really delivers what it promises: the absolute truth, straight from the horse’s mouth, about getting your own business off the ground. It’s not for the faint of heart, but if you are truly driven by a passion to start your own business, You Need to Be a Little Crazy is a must-read!”
Roger Luman
Managing Director
Turner Center for Entrepreneurship
“Entrepreneurship is much more than a set of tools and techniques for starting and growing a business. Barry’s book discusses all facets of entrepreneurship that captures the never-ending roller coaster ride of launching and building businesses. This is a must read that goes beyond the inside operations of new venture creation and gives us a rich account of the passion, values, and struggles of today’s entrepreneur.”
Jill Kickul
Elizabeth J. McCandless Professor of Entrepreneurship
Simmons School of Management
“Barry Moltz was in Nike mode when he wrote You Need to Be a Little Crazy, repeatedly telling his audience of would-be entrepreneurs, “Just Do It!” Don’t worry about what others think, whether the stars are properly aligned, whether there might be a better time, or whether you’ll get rich. Just do it. Because, as Moltz underlines repeatedly, until you take the leap and launch your own business, there is no way to know. This book is well worth your time.”
George Lipper
National Association of Seed & Venture Funds
“Barry Moltz pulls no punches as he describes the tremendous highs and lows of starting a business. By relating his own experiences as an entrepreneur, as well as the experiences of scores of others, Barry has distilled universal truths that every start-up entrepreneur can learn from–and benefit from. Lively, sobering, realistic, informative and at times inspiring, You Need To Be A Little Crazy is a book you definitely need to read before taking the life changing step of becoming an entrepreneur.”
Brian Hill
Co-author, Attracting Capital from Angels, and the corporate thriller, Overtime.
“Moltz is right on the money in his new book, You Need To Be A Little Crazy. His perspective as both a businessperson and an investor gives budding entrepreneurs a clear picture of the challenges that lay ahead when starting a business. The personal insight Moltz provides is enlightening, and invaluable.”
Dee Power
Author, Inside Secrets to Venture Capital
“To the fledgling or ‘would be’ entrepreneur, You Need To Be A Little Crazy is a huge dose of reality. Read it quickly. Underline all the signposts of the rocky road ahead, then forge ahead with a newly informed passion. To those of us who have already launched and sustained new businesses, Barry’s book helps explain all our wild, tumultuous feelings. Most importantly, by reading this book, we can join the community of friends who persist in trudging along this strange path and loose our terminal sense of uniqueness.”
Clay Garner
President, Growth Resources Inc.
Chairman-Chicago, TEC International
“Barry Moltz has created a groundbreaking
book that inspires people into powerful action to grow a successful
business. Funny, provocative, and always engaging, he is a master storyteller.”
Melissa Giovagnoli
President, Networlding, and co-author of Networlding and The Power of Two: How Companies of All Sizes Can Build Alliances Networks that Generate Business Opportunities.
“Barry Moltz has written an entertaining and important book for anyone who has ever been consumed by the irrepressible creative fever of the high-risk entrepreneur.”
Wendy Goldman Rohm, bestselling author, The Microsoft File