Worthless, Impossible, and Stupid: How Contrarian Entrepreneurs Create and Capture Extraordinary Value

　　在創業這一塊，沒有什麼是「顯而易見」的！

　　很多做得起來的東西，往往事前來看並不會覺得有什麼高明，而且你還會面臨每天卡在不同的關，解決不同的問題上，處處是逆境，但也步步有突破。

　　本書引薦全球創業異思維，從冰島到以色列、墨西哥到斯洛維尼亞、阿拉巴馬到紐約，再從孟加拉到巴基斯坦，接過香港、中國、日本到波多黎各，一舉改變你做生意的死腦筋、舊方法，看看你能從中學到什麼，還有這些創業故事可以給你帶來什麼樣的啟發？讓你攫獲驚人的價值，成就無可限量。

　　如果你也曾經有靈感，想要創業，書裡的故事你非看不可，讓這本書為你破除原本阻礙你的高牆，發現許多不尋常卻實用的洞見與另類想法，讓你能運用到自己的新創事業。

　　書中有許多勇敢而感人的創業故事，有些人獲致驚人的成功，也有些遭到令人喪氣的失敗，不論你是胸懷大志想要改變世界，或者只是單純想開一間屬於自己的小公司或創一番事業，都能從這些當初不被看好的創業前輩身上汲取經驗，讓他們的勇氣與堅持陪你繼續走下去！

　　相信夢想，相信自己內在的力量，你的小宇宙正要發光與發熱！

　　Introducing the global mind-set changing the way we do business.

　　In this fascinating book, global entrepreneurship expert Daniel Isenberg presents a completely novel way to approach business building — with the insights and lessons learned from a worldwide cast of entrepreneurial characters. Not bound by a western, Silicon Valley stereotype, this group of courageous and energetic doers has created a global and diverse mix of companies destined to become tomorrow’s leading organizations.

　　Worthless, Impossible, and Stupid is about how enterprising individuals from around the world see hidden value in situations where others do not, use that perception to develop products and services that people initially don’t think they want, and ultimately go on to realize extraordinary value for themselves, their customers, and society as a whole. What these business builders have in common is a contrarian mind-set that allows them to create opportunities and succeed where others see nothing. Amazingly, this process repeats itself in one form or another countless times a day all over the world.

　　From Albuquerque to Islamabad, you will travel with Isenberg to discover unusual yet practical insights that you can use in your own business. Meet the founders of Grameenphone in Bangladesh, PACIV in Puerto Rico, Sea to Table in New York, Actavis in Iceland, Studio Moderna in Slovenia, Hartwell Metals in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, Given Imaging in Israel, WildChina in China, and many others. You’ll be moved by the stories of these plucky start-ups — many of them fueled by adversity and, more often than not, by necessity.

　　Great stories, stunning successes, crushing failures — they’re all here. What can we, in the East and West, learn from them? What can you learn — and what will these entrepreneurial stories, so compellingly told, inspire you to do?

　　Let this book open doors for you where you once saw only walls. If you’ve ever felt the urge to turn a glimmer of an idea into something extraordinary, these stories are for you.

作者簡介

丹尼爾‧艾森伯格（Daniel Isenberg）

　　創業者、教授、風險投資者、天使投資人、研究員、講者，並為幾個城市和國家擔任政策顧問之職。

　　艾森柏格是哥倫比亞商學院兼任教授暨「貝伯森學院創業生態系統專案」首任主持人，曾於哈佛商學院任教十一年，發表數十篇全球新創企業的教學案例，也曾授課於歐洲工商管理學院與以色列理工學院。

　　他經常赴達沃斯參加世界經濟論壇，是促進創新小組的國際委員之一，也是二十國集團（G20）及其他全球性論壇中，針對創業與相關政策發表演講的常客，常受邀至「全球創業週」與「G20青年創業峰會」演說，媒體亦常引述他的想法。

　　此外，艾森柏格也定期在《哈佛商業評論》的部落格撰文，並經常為《哈佛商業評論》撰寫專題文章，包括人氣超高的〈創業啟動九大關鍵〉（How to Start an Entrepreneurial Revolution）；他也曾就創業相關主題發表過三十逾份個案研究。

　　Daniel Isenberg — entrepreneur, professor, investor, speaker, and policy adviser — is founding executive director of the Babson Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Project and Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School. Isenberg taught for eleven years at Harvard Business School and has published dozens of HBS cases on entrepreneurial ventures around the world. He is a frequent participant at Davos and speaker at Global Entrepreneurship Week and the G20 Youth Entrepreneurship Summit, and has been quoted widely in the media.