How to Be an Entrepreneur: The six secrets of self-made success

US: Pearson Education Canada, 2006. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Business and entrepreneurship has been pushed onto a wider public stage by a number of major TV series - but there is yet to be the definitive guide t o what it really takes to be an entrepreneur. This is it. The start up rate is growing year on year ? as many as 1 in 4 people want t o start their own business. There is a big need in the market for this book: There are plenty of books about what you do to start and run a business - but they concentrate on the whole on the 'hard', how to stuff. But it's the ?soft? stuff, relating to the ability of the entrepreneur, that decides whether the business will suc ceed. Steve Parks works with major partners in the small business sector, including 10 Downing Street in launching The Institute of Entrepreneurs, of which he is the founding Chief Executive. The high publicity launch will drive sales of his four books: Start Your Business Week by Week, The Small Business Handbook, Start Up Business in a Box, How to Fund Your Business and How to be an Entrepreneur.