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Table of Contents Disclaimer 2
Introduction 5
What You Will Learn in This Book 6
Chapter 1: Two Massive Opportunities – Social Media and the Sharing Economy 8
How Facebook Has Changed the World and Continues to Change the World 9
The Sharing Economy 10
Chapter 2: More Opportunities for Innovation: Crowdsourcing and Software- As-Service 13
Incredible, Innovative Examples of Crowdsourcing Businesses 13
Crowdfunding 15
Chapter 3: Creating a ‘Product As Service’ Business 16
Apps and More Opportunities 17
Chapter 4: How to Stumble on Your BIG Idea 19
Productizing a Service 19
Solving Your Pain Points 20
How to Identify a Need in a Market and Fulfill It 21
Brainstorming 22
Chapter 5: How to Think Like an Entrepreneur – Getting Into a Creative, Paradigm-Shifting Mindset 23
How to Become More Inventive and Creative 24
How to Prompt Out the Box Thinking 25
Chapter 6: Time to Get Practical – Can You Build Your Idea? 27
How to Theoretically Make Your Idea Happen 27
How to Create Your Own Mobile App, SAS or Social Media Network 28
Creating Your Own Physical Product 30
Creating a Simple Plastic or Metal Object 30
Outsourcing Manufacturing 31
3 | Entrepedia Chapter 7: Validating Your Idea – Does Your Innovation Work as a Business? 33
How to Validate Your Idea 34
The Fail-Fast Mentality 35
Other Methods 35
Chapter 8: Protecting Your Idea 36
How to Protect Your Intellectual Property 36
Chapter 9: Funding Your Disruptive Business Idea 39
Crowdfunding 39
Other Sources of Cash 40
Finding Investors 41
Chapter 10: How to Market Something Entirely New 42
Consider a Slow Roll Out 42
Embrace Being Different 43
Explain Your Message 44
Find Ambassadors 44
Conclusion: The Long Journey Ahead 45
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