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Entrepreneurial Mindset: Thinking Differently review
A $17.99 mindset ebook whose credited doctor also appears on another title with a different doctorate.
Pass
Mindset books survive on selection bias: the traits of successful entrepreneurs are compiled from the ones who succeeded, so the same traits appear in the far larger group who failed and never got studied. That does not make resilience worthless, but it does mean a trait list explains less than it seems to. This particular listing also hands us the clearest proof of how the catalogue is built: its credited co-author, with a PhD in Entrepreneurship Mindset and thirty-eight years of experience, appears on another title from the same seller as a holistic health authority with twenty-seven years in Ayurveda and yoga. Same name, two careers.
- Price
- $17.99
- Billing
- One-time payment
- Best for
- Nobody: the trait list is selection bias with a cover price
- Not for
- Readers who want evidence rather than trait lists
Entrepreneurial Mindset: Thinking Differently at a glance
The book covers the traits and habits of successful entrepreneurs, reframing problems as opportunities, building resilience and adaptability, sparking creative thinking, and daily routines to cultivate the mindset. Delivery is an instant download of unstated length, the order form is the only description, and the price is $17.99 against a printed $47 with a 60-day refund window.
- Format
- Ebook, instant download after purchase
- Length
- Not stated: the order form gives no page count
- Contents
- The core traits and habits of successful entrepreneurs; How to reframe problems as opportunities; Practical strategies for building resilience and adaptability; Techniques to spark creativity and innovative thinking; Daily routines and exercises to cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset
- Price
- $17.99 one time, listed beside a regular price of $47
- Refund window
- 60 days on the order form
- Credited author
- Ayesha Sarwar
- Credited co-author
- Dr. Frances Garcia, described as holding a PhD in Entrepreneurship Mindset with 38 years of experience
- Readership claim
- Claims 346000+ readers
- Sales page
- None: the Digistore24 order form is the only description
- Seller
- GhulamBooks, listed as the merchant on the Digistore24 order form; no website, address or phone number is given anywhere. Digistore24 Inc. is the reseller of record.
- Digistore24 ID
- 635391
Traits, reframing and routines
Habits of successful founders, problem reframing, resilience, creativity and daily practice.
The trait list is drawn from survivors, which is the flaw in the genre.
The same doctor, two different careers
The co-author credited here with an entrepreneurship doctorate is credited elsewhere in this catalogue as an Ayurveda and yoga authority.
The years of experience differ too, which settles whether the credentials are real.
The co-author's degree does not exist
The listing credits Dr. Frances Garcia with a PhD in Entrepreneurship Mindset and 38 years of experience. No university awards a doctorate in that, and it is the pattern across all 84 titles from this seller: each book gets its own doctor with a PhD in exactly that book's subject.
Three of those names appear twice with different doctorates and different decades of experience, so the credentials are generated rather than held.
The rest of the numbers are decoration
Claims 346000+ readers, although the seller has no website, no catalogue page and no way to check. The $47 regular price sits next to $17.99 on every title in the catalogue and is never charged.
The reviews carry first names and US or European cities, which cannot be verified either.
Pros and cons
What works
- Cheap
- Includes daily exercises
- 60-day refund window on the order form
- Instant download, no add-ons in the cart
What does not
- Trait lists rest on selection bias
- Same co-author credited with a different career elsewhere
- Co-author credited with a degree that does not exist
- Permanent $47 anchor price
- No sales page, author bio or sample
Entrepreneurial Mindset: Thinking Differently FAQ
Are the traits evidence-based?
They are compiled from successful founders, which is selection bias.
Is it practical?
It ends with routines and exercises rather than business steps.
How much does it cost?
$17.99 as a one-time payment, with no sales tax added for a US address.
Can I get a refund?
Yes, the order form shows a 60-day money-back window.
Who wrote it?
The listing credits Ayesha Sarwar, with Dr. Frances Garcia as co-author. Neither has a verifiable profile, and the doctorate given is not a real academic field.
The bottom line
Mindset books survive on selection bias: the traits of successful entrepreneurs are compiled from the ones who succeeded, so the same traits appear in the far larger group who failed and never got studied. That does not make resilience worthless, but it does mean a trait list explains less than it seems to. This particular listing also hands us the clearest proof of how the catalogue is built: its credited co-author, with a PhD in Entrepreneurship Mindset and thirty-eight years of experience, appears on another title from the same seller as a holistic health authority with twenty-seven years in Ayurveda and yoga. Same name, two careers.
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