Entrepreneurial Hacks: Practical Insights for Business Builders

About the Book

Wikipedia defines a hack as “any trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method that increases productivity and efficiency, in all walks of life.” Entrepreneurial Hacks: Practical Insights for Business Builders was written to provide inspiration, knowledge, encouragement, and companionship to you along your entrepreneurial journey. By design, this book focuses on shortcuts to reduce the “noise” and aperture. By doing so, you can increase your opportunities for upskilling, forming new habits, and making better and more effective life and business choices. My sincere hope is this book will inspire you to be better. I hope that you choose better. Only through better leadership, better innovation, better customer experiences, better learning opportunities, better citizenship, better engagement with our calling, and better relationships can we truly become the best version of ourselves. This aspiration is my goal for all of us, including myself.

About the Author

Karl R. LaPan is a business professional with over 35 years of experience in consumer, industrial, technology, health care services and financial companies. Since 2000, he has served as President & CEO of the Northeast Indiana Innovation Center/Park (The NIIC), an entrepreneurial community dedicated to accelerating the development of entrepreneurs, business builders and innovative companies. Over the past twenty-one years, He has worked with thousands of entrepreneurs, community leaders, educators, thought leaders, and business builders to advance proven business techniques and models to build and grow successful businesses and organizations. Mr. LaPan is a student of business and entrepreneurship. He is an in-demand, thought leader and speaker on customer service, loyalty, creativity and innovation, marketing and management strategy, entrepreneurial growth, business and strategic planning and leadership. He has been the recipient of several local and regional awards and has authored and co-authored numerous books, articles and blogs on business innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship.