Entrepreneur RX: The Physician's Guide to Starting a Business - Hardcover

by John Shufeldt (Author)

THE PRESCRIPTION FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL SUCCESS
Being a physician is challenging. So is starting your own business. In Entrepreneur Rx, physician and serial entrepreneur, Dr. John Shufeldt, shares time-tested insights and knowledge for building a thriving startup while maintaining your practice. From identifying winning business ideas to raising necessary capital, Dr. Shufeldt offers a comprehensive insider's view into strategies that have helped him develop and nurture a number of successful businesses (including two valued at more than $100 million).
Just as important, Dr. Shufeldt doesn't pull any punches. He doesn't soft pedal the obstacles that can bring down even the best business ideas. He's candid about the mistakes and missteps he's made himself. But, in sharing both his successes and failures, he equips any budding physician/entrepreneur with a balanced, thorough understanding of what it takes to build a winner. Read and use the concepts discussed in this book to start your own entrepreneurial journey with the confidence and the necessary tools to create the business of your dreams!

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Dr. John Shufeldt isn't just an accomplished physician, he's an equally successful entrepreneur, having built a variety of thriving businesses. He shares his experience and insight in Entrepreneur Rx, a detailed roadmap for physicians looking to follow their own entrepreneurial paths. Dr. Shufeldt covers a number of keys to success, including:

- How to identify a winning business idea.
- Why being an entrepreneur will make you a better physician and person.
- The value of failing fast and often.
- The one-page business plan.
- Testing a business idea with minimal risk.
- What to look for in a partner.
- Finding funding (where you might not expect).
- Tools to evaluate business growth and profitability.

Starting your own business isn't easy, but it should be rewarding and fun. In this comprehensive and entertaining book, Dr. Shufeldt helps you achieve both those goals.