Book Review
In a world of outdated entrepreneurship books and expensive MBA programs, startup founder Anne Cocquyt, author of Dare to Launch - Mini MBA for First-Time Entrepreneurs, combines inspirational examples of today’s entrepreneurs with practical steps you can immediately take to get results.
In her tactical entrepreneurship book, Dare to Launch - Mini MBA for First-Time Entrepreneurs, author Anne Cocquyt shares her experience as a serial entrepreneur and pioneer in launching unique startup programs for female founders. She believes Dare to Launch will help you to:
◆ Take immediate action to launch and grow your business
◆ Familiarize with the latest steps proven to create successful businesses
◆ Be in control of the company you want to build
◆ Identify with relatable examples of diverse entrepreneurs and de-risk your business
◆ Understand the lingo in Silicon Valley
◆ Decide on your funding options
◆ Learn how to find investors for your startup
◆ Adapt your mindset to be a confident leader and dare to launch your startup business
Author Quotes
I was the kind of entrepreneur who would throw every idea against the wall and see if it stuck. I love the process of ideation and building, but it’s very much an energy and cost-intensive process. So now, fifteen years and five businesses later, I’m a little wiser.
I understand how exhilarating and daunting it is to build something out of nothing, and how it feels when you get your first paying customer. I also know that scary feeling when you leave that safe paycheck behind.
For every entrepreneur who is looking forward to the next mountain to climb when in the deep valley of entrepreneurial despair. Here is to you - to your optimism, your strength, and your dedication to making the world a better place. To all the fools and geniuses who dare to launch.
About the author
Anne Cocquyt is the Founder and CEO of the GUILD Academy, a global program for first-time entrepreneurs. Anne founded and sold tech and consumer product startups and small businesses in her career in Europe and the US. She helped Genentech find promising startups to prevent early disease in lung cancer and cervical cancer. As an investor but also as a mentor, judge, speaker, and advisor to universities (USF, Stanford, CAA, UC Berkeley) and accelerators (German Accelerator, Swissnex, 500 Startups, Founder Institute) she connects her passion for helping people discover their innovation mindset with her deep understanding of successful tactics proven to work in the current startup ecosystem. Anne speaks at international conferences (Davos), universities (Stanford, USF, CAA) and events (Grace Hopper, Startup Conference, Horasis) and has been named one of the leading educators in entrepreneurship today.
Why LoA loves it…
There is nothing more powerful than hearing from other successful women entrepreneurs on how they have overcome all the challenges of launching a business, from getting access to markets and funding, through to battling confidence and imposter syndrome issues. This is where Anne Cocquyt’s book Dare to Launch comes in - it’s like having both a business coach and a fellow woman entrepreneur buddy along with you on the journey, offering both advice and well-earned wisdom. This is a great read for all those women startup entrepreneurs who want to see their business building ambitions realized. — Melanie Hawken, founder & ceo, Lionesses of Africa