Daring to Compete: Accelerate your business to market leadership with EY's 7 Drivers of Growth

Diane Foreman · Bryan Pearce · Geoffrey Godding

Apr 2019 · Gildan Media · Narrated by Kim Niemi

About this audiobook

The successful entrepreneur's guide to accelerating growth Daring to Compete offers real-world strategies to accelerate the growth of your business and secure your place as a market leader. This expert guide is the result of years of comprehensive research and experience from global professional services organization EY, originator of the celebrated "Entrepreneur Of The Year" program. Employing its worldwide reach and extensive network of successful entrepreneurs, EY has developed a model of sustainable business development-"The 7 Drivers of Growth." This innovative and highly effective approach to strategic growth is an invaluable resource for high-growth businesses, entrepreneurs, and start-ups. Favoring practical strategies over abstract theories, this book provides clear guidance on the Customer; Funding and Finance; Transactions and Alliances; Risk; People, Behaviors, and Culture; Digital Technology and Analytics; and Operations. This book brings the application of these drivers to life by featuring insights from Entrepreneur Of The Year award-winning entrepreneurs from a wide range of industries and geographic locations. These entrepreneurs share how each driver functions in actual business situations and present first-hand advice on their application and implementation.

About the author

Diane Foreman is the Chairman of Chelsea Group Ltd. She is one of New Zealand's most successful businesswomen, was named the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year New Zealand in 2009, and served as an EY World Entrepreneur of the Year judge. Forbes Asia named Diane "one of Asia's most powerful women."

Bryan Pearce is a partner of Ernst & Young LLP (U.S.) based in Boston, Massachusetts, and the EY Global Leader-Entrepreneurship with responsibility for the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Program. He is an in-demand speaker on topics of entrepreneurship, start-ups, and venture financing.

Geoffrey Godding is a partner of Ernst & Young LLP (U.S.) based in London. He has extensive experience advising high-growth businesses globally. He is EY's Global Leader of Digital & Innovations for Growth Markets and led the development of the EY 7 Drivers of Growth.

Kim Niemi has appeared on numerous stages in the Boston area as an actor and singer/songwriter. Kim is a graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy and a proud member of Actors' Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA. Her voice has been described as soothing, soulful, and powerful.