An Asperger leader's guide to entrepreneurship : setting up your own business for leaders with autism spectrum disorder /: setting up your own business for leaders with autism spectrum disorder. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Rosalind A. Bergemann ; foreword by Michael John Carley.
• Authors: Bergemann, Rosalind A
• Other Names: Carley, Michael John author of introduction, etc.
• Contents: Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part 1: Understanding What it Takes to be an Entrepreneur. 1.Understanding Entrepreneurship and the Entrepreneur. 2. Why Do People Decide to Become Entrepreneurs? Part 2: Moving from a Corporate Job to an Entrepreneurial Career. 3. Strategic Planning and Decision-Making as an Entrepreneur. 4. Differences in Operational Processes in General. Part 3: Practicalities of Starting Up a Business. 5. I've Made the Decision – What Now? 6. Initial Financial Forecasting. 7. Developing a Competitive Advantage. 8. Developing a More Formal Business Plan and Model. 9. The Entrepreneur as Leader. 10. Dealing with Suppliers. 11. Marketing Yourself and Your Business – Your Public Face. 12. Initial Business Development. 13. The Tender and Contracting Process. Part 4: Personal Development for Entrepreneurs on the Autistic Spectrum. 14. Building Internal Relationships. 15. Networking – An On-Going Requirement. 16. Making Your New Business the Focus in Your Life – NOT Your Life in Totality. 17. Developing your Work Area to Optimise your Performance. 18. Taking on Other Shareholders – The Challenge of Sharing Your Business. 19. Learning to Live with Change – The Life of an Entrepreneur. Part 5: Practical Toolkits and Exercises. References. Index.
• Publisher Details: London, England Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (234 pages)
• Subjects: 658.421; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Careers / General; Entrepreneurship; Autism spectrum disorders; Autism spectrum disorders; Entrepreneurship; PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Autism Spectrum Disorders; Coping With Disability; Advice On Careers & Achieving Success; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857009784; 0857009788
• Related ISBNs: 9781849055093
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 22, 2014).
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