Things I Wish I'd Known

We've assembled many different stories about entrepreneurial journeys to help aspiring entrepreneurs throughout the UK.

We've deliberately sought to focus on the emotional rather than the practical. This is not a “how to do it” textbook, but we hope it might be a “why to do it” guide.

We asked a broad range of technology entrepreneurs, many of them involved in spinouts from universities, to provide a short letter addressed to an unknown aspirant tech entrepreneur, offering insight into the personal aspects of the start-up journey.

These are their own words and in our view each of them makes compelling reading. We believe they contain genuine and valuable insights into what it takes to embark on the journey, but also how rewarding it can be at a personal and emotional level.

Published
October 2007

Editors
Ernie Richardson, Peter Denyer and Sherry Coutu

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