Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I: UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE ADOPTING AN AGILE WORKSTYLE -- Chapter 1: Agility in Turbulent Times -- Nothing Stays the Same for Long -- Surprises and Complexity -- The More Things Change, the More Entrepreneurs Thrive -- Ignore the Past at Your Peril -- Putting Concepts into Action -- Chapter 2: Reaping the Benefits of Agility -- Pivoting to Make Effective and Efficient Decisions -- Cultivating a Flexible Mindset to Overcome Indecision -- Opening Up a Universe of Possibilities -- Rebounding from Mistakes and Failures -- Adapting to Changing Times -- Considering Diverse Approaches to Funding -- Increasing Speed of Action through Agility -- Putting Concepts into Action -- Chapter 3: Assessing Your Agility -- Unconscious Reliance on the Tried and True -- Assessing Your Fear of Failure -- Developing an Awareness of Rigid and Agile Tendencies -- Putting Concepts into Action -- PART II: INCREASING YOUR AGILITY EXPONENTIALLY -- Chapter 4: Planning for the Unexpected, Preparing for the Unpredictable -- Allowing for Flexibility and Vision in Your Business Plan -- How Good Outcomes Can Result When Plans Are Flexible -- Thinking Ahead with a Plan B … and C and D -- Preparing for the Unpredictable -- Putting Concepts into Action -- Chapter 5: Exercising Funding and Financial Options -- Becoming Aware of Funding Options -- Fighting Financial Biases and Reassessing Prior Funding Methods -- Managing the Dilution-Valuation Paradox -- Stretching Your Cash Reserves -- Planning an Exit Strategy -- Putting Concepts into Action -- Chapter 6: Working with Various Deadlines and Milestones -- Identifying Deadlines Entrepreneurs Face, and Determining Their Flexibility -- Learning to Work with Various Deadline Mentalities -- Avoiding Date Inflation -- Negotiating Imposed Deadlines.

Keeping Your Ego in Check -- Putting Concepts into Action -- Chapter 7: Repurposing Products, Services, and People -- Introducing Three Categories of What May Be Repurposed, Plus One -- Paying Attention to Unexpected Possibilities -- Using Change as a Catalyst for Repurposing -- The Three Rs of Repurposing: Repositioning, Redirecting, and Rejuvenating -- Licensing Tactics -- Putting Concepts into Action -- Chapter 8: Overcoming Entrepreneurial Inflexibility -- Conquering Factors That Can Lead to Inflexibility -- Vanquishing a Disheartening Business Failure -- Getting Beyond the "Foolproof Formula" -- Surmounting Complacency After Sustained Success -- Surviving Personal Financial Problems -- Shaking Competitive Lethargy -- Defeating Crippling Indecisiveness -- Refusing to Get Stuck in the Past -- Putting Concepts into Action -- PART III: MONITORING AND TROUBLESHOOTING -- Chapter 9: Learning How to Lead and Manage with an Open Mind -- Practicing Managerial Creativity -- Knowing What You Don't Know and What You Do Know -- Best Practices of Agile Leaders -- Developing a Team Mentality -- Deciding When It's Time for Leadership Change -- Putting Concepts into Action -- Chapter 10: Stretching Toward the Future -- Tracking Four Key Trends -- Adapting to Mind-Boggling Innovations -- Moving from Rugged Individualism to Collaborative Mindset -- Becoming an Information Magnet -- Putting Concepts into Action -- Index -- About the Author -- Free Sample Chapter from The Art of War for Small Business by Becky Sheetz-Runkle.