What's the major factor in most start-up failures? Although you might think it's the limited resources of the small company, the answer is actually inexperienced management.
Don't stand in the way of your company's success! Learn how to become an effective manager of your people and resources so you can navigate the inevitable small company pitfalls-and achieve the necessary growth to become a prosperous company.
Think Big! teaches you how to handle the critical challenges every entrepreneurial endeavor faces in a timely and effectual manner. Presenting ten essential management principles, complete with real-life examples from the author's own experience of growing a tech start-up into an award winning market leader, this practical guide provides the advice and lessons learned to help management avoid the many pitfalls facing a company on its journey from start-up to a growing success.
Think Big! also encourages you to be an active reader. It invites you to measure your company's current performance by answering the self-assessment questions at the end of each chapter and also suggests action items for each principle to aid in the successful implementation.
So discover how the strategies of thinking and acting big can lead your company to actually be big.
About the Author: Ron Pellegrino is a successful entrepreneur and software executive who is currently involved in his third technology start-up company. Formerly the founder and CEO of the tech company Proforma Corporation, he provided strategic, operational, and financial executive management until its successful acquisition. During that time, the company counted many Fortune 500 companies among its customers, established partnerships with major global tech companies and international consulting firms, and was included in industry honor lists, including: Gartner Group's Magic Quadrant leadership position, Forrester's The Wave leadership position, and Software Magazine's Software 500.
Pellegrino holds BS degrees in psychology and computer science from Wayne State University, as well as an MBA and Business Turnaround Management (BTM) certification from the University of Detroit Mercy.
Married for over thirty years, he and his wife, Linda, have four sons and live in Orchard Lake, Michigan.
