The Rainmaker: Start-Up to Conglomerate, Paperback

Global statistics proclaim that 80 percent of new businesses fail within the first 18 months-shocking and true, but preventable. Many entrepreneurs use the poor excuse of undercapitalization, but recently over $1 trillion was invested in new projects. There are more simple and basic reasons for failure. The Rainmaker is thus called on to assist entrepreneurs to succeed past that financial ruin barrier of 18 months by helping them to properly structure and run a company that meets ultimate best practice solutions and systems-which are realistic and competitively better than peers.

This book looks at how The Rainmaker is able to bring sunshine to desperate companies, by finding faults and then matching solutions to establish a solid foundation for your company and, when required, quickly fix, coordinate recovery, raise finance, and advise you on how you can run a profitable business. The Rainmaker is a combination of troubleshooter, advisor, mentor, and financier.

About author(s):Jacques Magliolo is an economist, corporate advisor to multinationals, and an international best-selling author of 18 books, including five university MBA textbooks. Jacques holds a masters degree in economics and is currently completing his PhD in economics. He is a specialist in undertaking highly technical economic due diligences and research and feasibility studies on extremely complex industries, such as mining, defense force, aviation, astrophysics, chemical, and mineral and water-related industries. Jacques has been an investment and corporate strategist since 1987. He started his career at the Financial Mail, before being headhunted into stockbroking. His career path culminated in being a director, strategist, and head of research for stockbrokers Global Capital Securities. His experience thus includes stockbroking, business development, and corporate strategy. For 19 years, he has run his own consultancy, focusing on preparing entrepreneurs for expedited growth by restructuring their companies, raising capital, or listing on an international exchange. Today, Jacques lives in Cape Town, South Africa.