The Art and Science of Entrepreneurship

The Art and Science of Entrepreneurship benefits from the many years of experience of the author and many entrepreneurs in making sense of how the traits and thinking preference of entrepreneurs make them successful. By mapping his entrepreneurial journey and relating practice to theory, the author draws useful lessons for aspiring entrepreneurs. The author hopes that his experience will inspire, guide and give confidence to aspiring entrepreneurs to embark on their journey to develop their idea into a successful start-up.

Table of Contents:
Introduction; The Art of Entrepreneurship: The Entrepreneurial Journey; The Three Mantras of Entrepreneurs; The Three Beliefs of Entrepreneurs; The Three Realities of Entrepreneurship; The Alignment of Your Stars; You Need the Passion; Thinking with Your Heart Not Your Head; The Science of Entrepreneurship: Transforming an Idea into a Viable Business; Strategy Development for Start-ups and New Ventures; The Process of Starting a Company - Early Stages; The Business Plan; Pitching; Getting Ready for Formal Fund Raising; Three Rules of Thumb for Fund Raising; What Should Entrepreneurs Look For?; What Do Investors Look for?; The VC Trap; Useful Lessons Learnt: How to Survive the Challenging Times; Lessons Learnt During the Dot Com Era - The Tech Bubble Burst; Surviving the Great Disruption (The COVID-19 Economic Impact); Governance, Culture, Deal Fatigue, Team Disagreement and Backup Plans; Environmental Factors That Make a Good Entrepreneurship Ecosystem; My Entrepreneurship Journey; Conclusion; About the Author;

About the Author :
Inderjit Singh Dhaliwal has a rare combination of experiences as a multi-national company leader, a serial entrepreneur, a policy maker, and educator. He is an engineer by training and has worked for Texas Instruments Singapore for 13 years, holding the post of Director of Operations from 1996 to 1998 before he started his entrepreneurship journey at age 37, founding his first Unicorn company, United Test and Assembly Center, a large semiconductor company. Inderjit currently runs a multinational company, Solstar International, doing business in 38 countries in Africa, Middle East and Asia. Inderjit was Member of Parliament, Ang Mo Kio GRC from 1996 to 2015 and was a Deputy Government Whip, Chairman GPC for Finance and Trade & Industry Ministries and was instrumental in shaping policies in support of entrepreneurship, start-ups and for SMEs. Inderjit has actively started and run companies around the world, including in the Silicon Valley. He has invested in start-ups, helped to create a good ecosystem through policy changes and educated rising entrepreneurs on building their business. He was the Deputy Chairman for Action Community of Entrepreneurship (ACE) in the initial years. He was the Co-president of the World Entrepreneurship Forum and is a current Board Member of the World Business Angel Forum (WBAF). He was a Board Member of the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Chairman, of NTUitive, the Innovation company of NTU. As a professor, he teaches Strategy at the NTU Master of Science (Technopreneurship and Innovation Programme). Inderjit received his B Eng (EEE, Hons) degree from NTU (NTI at that time), his MBA from University of Strathclyde, and an Honorary Doctorate from Amity University in 2018.