Providing candid advice on the ups and downs of entrepreneurship, this book interweaves the world of tech startups, the American immigrant experience, and the realities of running a business with your life partner, such as how to manage a marriage and business simultaneously and showing mutual respect in the boardroom.
* Provides tailored guidance for entrepreneurs who are also life partners, and women entrepreneurs, based on the authors' decades of successful experience
* Covers such important issues for all entrepreneurs as risk tolerance and mitigation, infrastructure scaling, and exit strategy
* Offers insights on trends and opportunities for entrepreneurs in a post-COVID19 world
Elma Levy is an entrepreneur, investor, leadership coach, and public speaker. She is cofounder and principal (with her husband Dov) of The Eldov Group, LLC, a boutique investment and startup advisory in the Washington, D.C. area. As an advisor to entrepreneurs, Ms. Levy provides advice on corporate governance, financial management, and tactical planning. In 2000, she cofounded Dovel Technologies, building and supporting information technology (IT) systems for the U.S. government. Over the next 18 years, she served as chief executive officer, and later as chair of the board, overseeing corporate governance and managing the company's infrastructure development and growth through its 2019 acquisition. She is also a credentialed leadership, wellness, and life skills coach, and founder of Coach To Strength LLC.
Dov Levy is an entrepreneur, investor, and a leading expert in large-scale, mission-critical IT solutions. He cofounded Dovel Technologies and served as its chief technologist until the company's acquisition in 2019, remaining a dynamic leader at the forefront of technological innovations. Over the past three decades, Mr. Levy served in technology leadership positions for the U.S. government's most significant mission-critical projects, including systems for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Department of Defense (DoD). He is cofounder and principal (with his wife, Elma) of The Eldov Group, LLC, and a senior advisor for GrantSolutions.gov, managing a large-scale implementation of cloud computing, event sourcing, machine learning, blockchain, and artificial intelligence.
Part 1: Prologue 1. The Dov and Elma Story 2. Dovel is Born Part II: Lessons Learned 3.Buidling the Corporate Infrastructure 4.Bagels on Fridays 5.Should Married Couples Run a Business Together? 6. Dov's Tech Tales - the Only Constant is Change 7. Tolerating Risk 8. The BD Challenge & Chasing Rabbits 9. Letting Go 10. Preparing for Exit 11. Entrepreneurship Advice for All: From College Students to Experienced Founders 12. Why Travel Adventures? Part III: Epilogue 13. The Final Chapter 14. The World Post-COVID-19: Trends We're Following 15. Our Travel Adventures 16. Conclusion