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A Valiant Dream: the personal rollercoaster ride of one feisty, female entrepreneur

What happens when the entrepreneurial ambition doesn’t follow the planned path? What happens when the dream fails? How does the entrepreneur find the next dream and move forward? Jane Wilks, a regular mentor on our Ignite programme, has written a book, ‘When it’S HIT THE FAN: An Entrepreneurial Roller Coaster Ride’ about her personal journey – the highs and lows of being an entrepreneur, her experiences with her company Valiant and regaining her entrepreneurial spirit.

8 July 2011 Tags: An Entrepreneurial Roller Coaster Ride, business consulting, business education, business failure, business mentors, Cambridge high-tech cluster, Cambridge start ups, centre for entrepreneurial learning, CfEL, Dot-com bubble, down-sized, Elizabeth Jane Wilks, Entrepreneur, entrepreneurial ambition, entrepreneurial business, Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, entrepreneurial journey, entrepreneurial spirit, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship courses, entrepreneurship education, failure, female entrepreneur, female entrepreneurship, guide for entrepreneurs, high growth startup, Ignite, Ignite programme, investments, investors, Jane Wilks, lessons learned, market timing, mentoring, mentors, motivation, raising capital, raising funds, rapid growth, Shai Vyakarnam, software business, spirit of enterprise, summer school, VC money, venture capital, When it'S HIT THE FAN, When it'S HIT THE FAN: An Entrepreneurial Roller Coaster Ride
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Posts Tagged ‘lessons learned’

A Valiant Dream: the personal rollercoaster ride of one feisty, female entrepreneur

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