Acknowledgments xiPreface xiiiPart 1 Daring to compete - understanding the DNA of entrepreneurs 1Chapter 1 What is the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year? 5Chapter 2 What are the EY 7 Drivers of Growth(TM)? 9Chapter 3 Do you have the E-gene? 15Part 2 What success looks like: 15 stories from the "Winner's Circle" 35Chapter 4 Entrepreneurs based in the Americas 39Chapter 5 Entrepreneurs based in Asia Pacific 71Chapter 6 Entrepreneurs based in theUnited Kingdom, Europe 101Part 3 Understanding EY's 7 Drivers of Growth 119Chapter 7 Driver #1: Customer - "No customers, no business" 125Chapter 8 Driver #2: People, Behaviors, and Culture - "Cutting stone or building a cathedral?" 137Chapter 9 Driver #3: Digital Technology and Analytics - "The new industrial revolution" 149Chapter 10 Driver #4: Operations - "From surviving to thriving" 159Chapter 11 Driver #5: Funding and Finance - "Failing to plan is planning to fail" 173Chapter 12 Driver #6: Transactions and Alliances - "Right transaction, right price, right time" 187Chapter 13 Driver #7: Risk - "Threat or opportunity" 203Part 4 Traits, skills, and the importance of intuition 213Chapter 14 World-class Entrepreneurs and building sustainable market-leading companies 217Appendix 233About the Authors 235About EY 239Index 241
DIANE FOREMAN is the Chairman of Chelsea Group Ltd. She is one of New Zealand???s most successful businesswomen, was named the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year New Zealand in 2009, and served as an EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year(TM) judge. Forbes Asia named Diane "one of Asia's most powerful women."BRYAN PEARCE is a partner of Ernst & Young LLP (US) based in Boston, Massachusetts and the EY Global Leader - Entrepreneurship with responsibility for the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Program(TM). He is an in-demand speaker on topics of entrepreneurship, start-ups and venture financing.GEOFFREY GODDING is a partner of Ernst & Young LLP (US) based in London. He has extensive experience advising high-growth businesses globally. He is EY's Global Leader of Digital & Innovations for Growth Markets and led the development of the EY 7 Drivers of Growth(TM).