Bootstrap to Billions: Proven Rules from Entrepreneurs who Built Great Companies from Scratch
Dr.Dileep Raois an entrepreneurial columnist for Forbes.com, author of books for the American Management Association and the New York Times, and adjunct professor at the U of Minnesota. Previously, he was the managing director of five companies and has financed 450 startups, growing businesses, and real estate projects. Dr. Rao was the chairman of one corporation and a director of emerging ventures and financial institutions. Dileep Rao consults with entrepreneurs, managers, governments, corporations and development financiers in venture development; and assists financial institutions in business financing programs. Dr. Rao has been an adjunct professor teaching New Business Formation and Development and Venture Financing in MBA programs in the U.S., Europe and Asia. He is a three-time winner of the Outstanding MBA Teacher of the Year, and won the 2008 Excellence in Teaching Award. Dr. Rao has also written nationally acclaimed business reference books includingFinance Any Business Intelligently™,Business Financing: 25 Keys to Raising Money(New York Times Pocket MBA Series, N.Y.) and theHandbook of Business Finance & Capital Sources(Co-Publisher: American Management Association, New York, NY). Sample reviews include: ''Business needs all the help it can get. Like the U.S. Cavalry, (Rao's) Handbook enters the scene just in time'' -Inc.magazine.In addition to two engineering degrees, Dr. Rao has a doctorate in business administration