Capital, Interest and Rent: Essays in the Theory of Distribution (Studies in economic theory)

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Capital, Interest and Rent: Essays in the Theory of Distribution (Studies in economic theory)
Frank A. Fetter
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Capital, Interest, and Rent: Essays in the Theory of Distribution
Frank Fetter
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Interesting in parts.......2005-02-11

Book is interesting in parts. Heavy on anecdotes, light on data and insight.

Captures the happenstance nature of entrepreneurship.......2003-08-05

What separates a successful entrepreneur from an unsuccessful one? The successful ones have these seemingly serendipitous things happen to them - meeting the right investors, hiring the right employees, getting supportive beta customers, getting prominent play in the press.

Teresa Esser's point is that what often seems to happen by happenstance, isn't so random at all. She believes that successful entrepreneurs have put into practice - knowingly or unknowingly - the "ideal" of what she calls "The Venture Café."

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Let other books tell you how to put together a business plan, how to sell your products, and other "blocking and tackling" elements of a start-up. Teresa Esser's fine work captures a key piece of the puzzle that you you'd be crazy to ignore.

The Venture Cafe offers a great cup of Joe.......2003-06-24

There are many business books out there that discuss entrepreneurship, so why do we need another? The Venture Cafe offers a different brew. For those who live too far from Cambridge to experience networking events like evenings at the Muddy Charles Pub or gatherings of the MIT entrepreneurial committee, this book provides the next best thing to being there. Teresa Esser weaves together a tapestry of personalities, stories and anecdotes that reveal many of the subtleties and hidden pitfalls that both would-be entrepreneurs and those going at it again could learn from. The beans roasted for this brew include numerous inventors, entrepreneurs, angel investors, and vulture capitalists that make up the dramatis personae of the entrepreneurship theater that performs day in and day out in and around MIT.

The most important message Teresa Esser brings to light is that no matter how great your idea is, no matter if you have "an idea whose time has come," if you don't have ALL of your ducks lined up in a row, you are likely to fail. Like serving the perfect cup of coffee (the venture cafe analogy works at so many levels), it requires more than just a good idea, it requires a source of quality beans, reliable deliveries of raw materials, a method of roasting, the right brewing equipment, meticulous quality control, sufficient capital, the right marketing, unwavering commitment ... the list goes on and on and on.

Sip from Teresa's cup and you will come away a great deal wiser. It's like spending an afternoon at the cafe surrounded by the best and brightest entrepreneurs. I'll have a double latte, no foam, what can I get for you?

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Packed with Knowledge!.......2003-02-26

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seriously outdated, and interesting only for a serious schol.......2001-01-06

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