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Friday, May 9, 2008

The official book launch is imminent. There have been some books available from late April and some reviews published already but the major bookshops should all be stocked by Monday and the marketing and PR campaign really starts then .

Writing a book is like giving birth to a new company -definitely worth a party and a few drinks, even if you have no idea what is going to happen next.

I think my best moment in writing the book was being sent a link by the Apple PR guys to a video of Steve Jobs chatting to Bill Gates.

I watched a bemused Bill listen to Steve saying

..the answer to most of life's questions is contained in a Bob Dylan song (Actually Steve added ..or a Beatles song, but I'm choosing to ignore that) .

Just in case there is any sad person reading this who doesn't know who the great man is:

Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, author, musician and poet. Dylan was included in TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people of the 20th century, and in 2004, he was ranked #2 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of Greatest Artists of All Time. In 2008, Dylan was awarded a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation for his "profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power."

As ever Dylan has penned a line to match all occasions and in this case I've borrowed the title of this post from one of his songs. My dream in writing the book and putting this web site together is to inspire would be entrepreneurs and innovators to stop dreaming and get on with it , and to provide them with some insights and advice that lets them aim high, be ambitious, and think big.

The book is aimed at people looking to start a new company. Particularly those who have ambitions for a creating company whose value can be measured in the tens of millions at least and who realise they probably need some sort of venture funding to help them get there (probably angel funding to start with). People who would have been inspired by Innocent Drinks where a bunch of young guys with no resources started in a kitchen and with one dose of angel funding built a £300m international company,which is still growing fast.

It can be done and it's not down to luck.

The book also contains useful information for would be innovators in large companies. The web site and particularly the forum is aimed at both entrepeneurs and innovators. So come on join me in my dream and I'll see if I can help you with yours.

If all that's too much , just listen to Dylan:

The innovators anthem : It's all over now baby blue

The entrepreneurs anthem : It's all right ma I'm only bleeding

And the leaders anthem : Love minus zero/no limit

All of these are on my favourite album of all time:

Bringing It All Back Home

More on how Dylan's lyrics provide insight and inspiration to me in future posts.

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