When it comes to how to succeed as an entrepreneur, we are besotted with advice. According to bestselling author Alan Weiss, success is a combination of opportunism, very disciplined work, luck, timing, and ignoring most advice. In other words, it means striking out on your own, original path to success.

Introduction, Chapter 1 Leaving the Herd, Chapter 2 Losing the Fear of Failure, Chapter 3 Gaining Influence, Chapter 4 Critical Thinking Skills, Chapter 5 Learning the Hard Way, Chapter 6 Pain, Not Suffering, Chapter 7 The Art of the Setup, Chapter 8 The Word, Chapter 9 The "App" of Success, Chapter 10 No Guilt, No Fear, No Peer, Epilogue The Liberal Artist, Appendix, References, Index