The second bounce of the ball turning risk into opportunity is a non fiction book about entrepreneurship written by sir ronald cohen and first published in 2007 by weidenfeld nicolson londonthe book discusses what it takes to become a successful entrepreneur and contains biographical anecdotes from the author and the company he founded apax partners. The second bounce of the ball turning risk into opportunity by ronald cohen goodreads author start your review of the second bounce of the ball turning risk into opportunity write a review oct 04 2012 cristobal rated it it was amazing review of another edition. The second bounce of the ball turning risk into opportunity cohen ronald on amazoncom free shipping on qualifying offers the second bounce of the ball turning risk into opportunity. The second bounce of the ball is the distillation of cohens 33 year career building apax partners into the largest global private equity firm based in europe when he stepped down in 2005 apax had more than 20 billion under management and offices in eight countries