Best of
Entrepreneurship

2017

Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship


M.J. DeMarco - 2017
    UNLEASH YOUR DREAM.Tired of sleepwalking through a mediocre life bribed by mindless video-gaming, redemptive weekends, and a scant paycheck from a soul-suffocating job? Welcome to the SCRIPTED club-- where membership is neither perceived or consented.The fact is, ever since you've been old enough to sit obediently in a classroom, you have been culturally engineered for servitude, unwittingly enslaved into a Machiavellian system where illusionary rules go unchallenged, sanctified traditions go unquestioned, and lifelong dreams go unfulfilled. As a result, your life is hijacked and marginalised into debt, despair, and dependence. Life's death sentence becomes the daily curse of the trivial and mundane. Fun fades. Dreams die. Don't let life's consolation prize become a car and a weekend.Recapture what is yours and make a revolutionary repossession of life-and-liberty through the pursuit of entrepreneurship. A paradigm shift isn't needed--the damn paradigm needs to be thrown-out altogether.The truth is, if you blindly follow conventional wisdom pushed by conventional people living conventional lives, can you expect to be anything but conventional? Rewrite life's script: ditch the job, give Wall Street the bird, and escape the insanity of trading your life away for a paycheck and an elderly promise called retirement. UNSCRIPT today and start leading life-- instead of life leading you.

Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen


Donald Miller - 2017
    This revolutionary method for connecting with customers provides readers with the ultimate competitive advantage, revealing the secret for helping their customers understand the compelling benefits of using their products, ideas, or services. Building a StoryBrand does this by teaching readers the seven universal story points all humans respond to; the real reason customers make purchases; how to simplify a brand message so people understand it; and how to create the most effective messaging for websites, brochures, and social media. Whether you are the marketing director of a multibillion dollar company, the owner of a small business, a politician running for office, or the lead singer of a rock band, Building a StoryBrand will forever transform the way you talk about who you are, what you do, and the unique value you bring to your customers.

Angel: How to Invest in Technology Startups—Timeless Advice from an Angel Investor Who Turned $100,000 into $100,000,000


Jason Calacanis - 2017
    Now, in this enlightening guide that is sure to become the bible for twenty-first century investors, Calacanis takes potential angels step-by-step through his proven method of creating massive wealth: startups.As Calacanis makes clear, you can get rich—even if you came from humble beginnings (his dad was a bartender, his mom a nurse), didn’t go to the right schools, and weren’t a top student. The trick is learning how angel investors think. Calacanis takes you inside the minds of these successful moneymen, helping you understand how they prioritize and make the decisions that have resulted in phenomenal profits. He guides you step by step through the process, revealing how leading investors evaluate new ventures, calculating the risks and rewards, and explains how the best startups leverage relationships with angel investors for the best results.Whether you’re an aspiring investor or a budding entrepreneur, Angel will inspire and educate you on all the ins of outs. Buckle up for a wild ride into the world of angel investing!

HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business (HBR Guide Series)


Richard S. Ruback - 2017
    Purchasing a small company offers significant financial rewards-as well as personal and professional fulfillment. Leading a firm means you can be your own boss, put your executive skills to work, fashion a company environment that meets your own needs, and profit directly from your success. But finding the right business to buy and closing the deal isn't always easy. In the HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business, Harvard Business School professors Richard Ruback and Royce Yudkoff help you: Determine if this path is right for you Raise capital for your acquisition Find and evaluate the right prospects Avoid the pitfalls that could derail your search Understand why a dull business might be the best investment Negotiate a potential deal with the seller Avoid deals that fall through at the last minuteAuthor BiographyRichard S. Ruback is the Willard Prescott Smith Professor of Corporate Finance at Harvard Business School. He has taught a variety of corporate finance courses throughout his career. Over the last few years, he and Royce Yudkoff have been developing and teaching a new second-year case course, The Financial Management of Smaller Firms, and a field course, Entrepreneurship through Acquisition, both of which are focused on the entrepreneurial acquisition of smaller firms. Ruback earned his PhD in business administration at the University of Rochester in 1980 and taught at the MIT Sloan School of Management before joining the HBS faculty as a visiting professor in 1987. He was appointed associate professor in 1988 and full professor in 1989. Ruback has served as an editor for the Journal of Financial Economics and is the author of numerous articles on corporate finance and valuation. Ruback has served as a consultant to corporations on corporate

Am I Being Too Subtle?: Straight Talk From a Business Rebel


Sam Zell - 2017
       Self-made billionaire Sam Zell consistently sees what others don’t. From finding a market for overpriced Playboy magazines among his junior high classmates, to buying real estate on the cheap after a market crash, to investing in often unglamorous industries with long-term value, Zell acts boldly on supply and demand trends to grab the first-mover advantage. And he can find opportunity virtually anywhere—from an arcane piece of legislation to a desert meeting in Abu Dhabi. “If everyone is going left, look right,” Zell often says. To him, conventional wisdom is nothing but a reference point. Year after year, deal after deal, he shuts out the noise of the crowd, gathers as much information as possible, then trusts his own instincts. He credits much of his independent thinking to his parents, who were Jewish refugees from World War II. Talk to any two people and you might get wild swings in their descriptions of Zell. A media firestorm ensued when the Tribune Company went into bankruptcy a year after he agreed to steward the enterprise. At the same time, his razor-sharp instincts are legendary on Wall Street, and he has sponsored over a dozen IPOs.  He’s known as the Grave Dancer for his strategy of targeting troubled assets, yet he’s created thousands of jobs. Within his own organization, he has an inordinate number of employees at every level who are fiercely loyal and have worked for him for decades. Zell’s got a big personality; he is often contrarian, blunt, and irreverent, and always curious and hardworking. This is the guy who started wearing jeans to work in the 1960s, when offices were a sea of gray suits. He’s the guy who told The Wall Street Journal in 1985, “If it ain’t fun, we don’t do it.” He rides motorcycles with his friends, the Zell’s Angels, around the world and he keeps ducks on the deck outside his office. As he writes: “I simply don’t buy into many of the made-up rules of social convention. The bottom line is: If you’re really good at what you do, you have the freedom to be who you really are.” Am I Being Too Subtle?—a reference to Zell’s favorite way to underscore a point—takes readers on a ride across his business terrain, sharing with honesty and humor stories of the times he got it right, when he didn’t, and most important, what he learned in the process.  This is an indispensable guide for the next generation of disrupters, entrepreneurs, and investors.

Expert Secrets: The Underground Playbook for Finding Your Message, Building a Tribe, and Changing the World


Russell Brunson - 2017
    Expert Secrets helps people find their message and then create a mass movement of people who will pay them for that advice.

Perennial Seller: The Art of Making and Marketing Work That Lasts


Ryan Holiday - 2017
    In Hollywood, a movie is given a single weekend to succeed before being written off. In Silicon Valley, a startup is a failure if it doesn't go viral or rake in venture capital from the start. In publishing, a book that took years to write is given less than three months to sink or swim. These brutally shortsighted attitudes have choked the world with instructions for engineering a flash-in-the-pan and littered the media landscape with fads and flops. Meanwhile, the greats, the stalwarts, the household names, are those who focus on a singularly different, possibly heretical, idea: that their work can and should last. For instance, Zildjian has been one of the premier makers of cymbals since its founding in 1623--and shows no signs of quitting. Iron Maiden has filled stadiums for forty years, moving some 85 million albums without the help of radio or television. Robert Greene's first book, The 48 Laws of Power, didn't hit the bestseller lists until over a decade after it was first released, and since then has sold more than 1 million copies worldwide. These works Ryan Holiday calls Perennial Sellers. They exist in every creative industry--timeless, dependable resources and unsung moneymakers, paying like blue chip annuities. Like gold or land, they increase in value over time, outlasting and outreaching any competition. And they're not flukes or lucky breaks--they were built to last from the outset. Holiday shows readers how to make and market their own classic work. Featuring interviews with some of the world's greatest creatives, and grounded in a deep study of the classics in every genre, this exciting new book empowers readers with a foundational set of innovative principles. Whether you have a book or a business, a song or the next great screenplay, this book reveals the recipe for perennial success.

The Business of Expertise: How Entrepreneurial Experts Convert Insight to Impact + Wealth


David C. Baker - 2017
    Three foundational chapters form the basis of the entire book: experts develop insight by isolating patterns in data; they convert those insights to wealth by crafting a unique positioning for which few available substitutes exist; and their confidence grows as the marketplace embraces their application of expertise. The next fifteen chapters--building on that foundation--each answer a single question, starting with the role of expertise in a developed society, how important it is for experts to love the hard work required to hone their expertise, and how to see all that in the context of their own purpose in the world. We pause to dig deeper by examining the very narrow overlap between expertise and entrepreneurship: the narrow slice of humanity for which this book was written, with a nod to how easy it is for those entrepreneurial experts to be pulled off mission to explore new things. What are the critical positioning mistakes to avoid? Are there helpful ways to keep your deep, narrow expertise from blinding you to a broader, wider relevance? How might you frame your expertise in horizontal or vertical terms or a combination of both? There are core principles for this and they start with distinguishing between strategy and implementation. What are the earlier and then later tests to validate your positioning? What are the most effective ways to demonstrate your expertise, and conversely the activities most important to avoid? If you are an entrepreneurial expert selling advice for a living, you ll absorb deeper and deeper insight each time you scour it. It emerges from the trenches, and is written for experts in the trenches. Following the three foundational chapters (A, B, C) that open the book, there are fifteen chapters that build on that: The Role of Expertise in a Developed Society; The Interplay Between Expertise and Fulfillment; The Why for Your Entrepreneurial Expertise; Combining Expertise and Entrepreneurship; The Relevance and Sustainability of Expertise; Positioning Mistakes and Why We Make Them; Practicing Expertise Within a Broader Context; Distinguishing Between Vertical and Horizontal Expertise; Principles for the Less Exchangeable Positioning of Expertise; Distinguishing Expertise from Implementation; Five Early Tests for the Positioning of Your Expertise; Demonstrating Expertise; Not Demonstrating Expertise; How Expertise Unfolds: A Recap; and The Long Game: Maintaining Relevant Expertise. The book is fully illustrated in color, is a hardback (case bound), and has a full-color dust jacket.

God's Own Kitchen: The Inspiring Story of Akshaya Patra - A Social Enterprise Run by Monks and CEOs


Rashmi Bansal - 2017
    Instead, he was the ‘CEO’ of a large temple. Guided by his guru A C Bhaktivedanta Srila Prabhupada. Propelled forward by the Divine Plan.A chance meeting with Mohandas Pai inspired Madhu Pandit to use the spare capacity in the ISKCON kitchen. To start a mid-day meal program for 1500 children, in and around Bangalore. Today, Akshaya Patra is the world’s largest NGO-led mid-day meal program, with 27 kitchens across 11 states. Serving 1.6 million hot lunches to government schools each day.This is the exciting story of spiritualists and capitalists coming together to launch a unique start-up. And taking it to scale. A ‘Made in India’ success story using the head, the heart and a whole lot of soul.

Badass Your Brand: The Impatient Entrepreneur's Guide to Turning Expertise into Profit


Pia Silva - 2017
    It’s never been easier to capitalize on the knowledge and expertise you already have, and with a few simple steps you can start making more doing what you love like the Badass that you are. Whether you are still employed and dream of being your own boss, or you’re self-employed but have always struggled to find clients, Badass Your Brand is the quickest way to start attracting high paying clients and building a reputation that will afford you the freedom of lifestyle that you want— without the startup costs. This step-by-step guide to turning your expertise into profit with no startup costs teaches: • How Pia & Steve went from $40,000 in debt working 100 hours per week, to making $500,000 in the next 12 months just selling their services, and without paying for advertising • How to stand out from the competition and stop being a me-too brand • How to stop chasing business, and instead focus on doing what you do best as a way to attract your ideal, top-tier clients • How to charge more than your competitors and still win the business • How to price your services to achieve freedom This isn’t some get rich quick scheme, these are tried and true principles presented in a uniquely tangible and easy to follow format. The formulas, worksheets and mind-bending questions in this book will make you completely rethink your business and get you on a clear path to success. REVIEWS "Pia Silva has created an extraordinarily insightful book that will help any small business owner differentiate themselves in a crowded marketplace. If you want to attract more clients, raise your fees successfully, and enjoy a better quality of life, do exactly what she says." - DORIE CLARK, Author of Reinventing You and Stand Out, and adjunct professor, Duke University's Fuqua School of Business "Finally, a book that tells you how to put up a velvet rope in front of your business and get more of the clients you want and deserve! Whether you're building a services business or a personal brand, this book provides a roadmap to making bank, in a smart and authentic way. Pia is a total pro (and a laugh riot). I can’t wait to recommend this book to every entrepreneur who feels stuck. Pia got unstuck, and so can you." - JULIA PIMSLEUR, Author of Million Dollar Women and founder of Little Pim Badass Your Brand gives the reader in-your-face strategies to stand out, build your brand, and be more profitable. Full of creative ideas, Pia shares her journey from debt to success as she discovered how to be a badass by thinking differently, pricing differently, and designing the life of her dreams.. This is the one book every start-up or seasoned entrepreneur must read. - DIANE DIRESTA, Author of Knockout Presentations and founder of Diresta Communications Pia has struck the perfect chord for small business owners, or those attempting to market themselves. I was so impressed by this Badass Brands book, I plan to re-brand my own business. As a marketing agency, we’re all vanilla, even the specialty firms like mine. Her 4-legged approach is perfectly laid out, understandable and interest-peaking. Following this format can definitely separate the porcupines from the fish.

Explosive Growth: A Few Things I Learned While Growing To 100 Million Users - And Losing $78 Million


Cliff Lerner - 2017
    It holds nothing back while detailing the highest highs and lowest lows of what it's really like to run a startup.  Cliff Lerner's online dating startup, Snap Interactive, was running out of money when he bet the company's fortunes on a then-unknown platform called Facebook. The app suddenly began to acquire 100,000 new users daily for free, and soon after the stock price skyrocketed 2,000 percent, setting off an extraordinary chain of events filled with sudden success and painful lessons.You will learn how to:    * IGNITE EXPLOSIVE GROWTH by creating a remarkable product    * Identify the ONLY 3 METRICS THAT MATTER    * Explore valuable VIRAL GROWTH strategies to grow rapidly    * Execute the GENIUS MEDIA HACKS that helped us acquire 100 million users    * Create a thriving culture of PASSIONATE EMPLOYEES and CONSTANT INNOVATIONPRAISE:"A must read for founders and CEOs who want to achieve rapid growth while also building a great product and company." -Payal Kadakia, Founder & Executive Chairman of ClassPass"Explosive Growth is without question one of the most useful and entertaining business books I have ever read. Cliff gives you a roadmap to massively grow your startup with specific tactical lessons made memorable through engaging stories. This book is a must-read." -David Perry, Digital Sales & Business Development Expert at Google, Adobe, Amazon, Startup Advisor"Want to know how to grow your startup to 100 million users? Then this is the book for you. Explosive Growth gives step-by-step instructions, case studies and proven tactics on how to explode your growth." -Entrepreneur Magazine by Syed Balkhi"Lessons for startups and CEOs on growth hacking, marketing, and innovation from one of the smartest founders I know." -Andrew Weinreich, Inventor of Social Networking

She Means Business: Turn Your Ideas into Reality and Become a Wildly Successful Entrepreneur


Carrie Green - 2017
    . . but she also knows the challenges of starting and running a business, including the fears, overwhelm, confusion, and blocks that entrepreneurs face. Based on her personal, tried-and-tested experience, she offers valuable guidance and powerful exercises to help you:Get clear on your business visionMove past the fears and doubts that can get in the wayUnderstand your audience, so you can truly connect with themCreate your brand and build a tribe of raving fans, subscribers, and customersManage your time, maintain focus, and keep going in the right directionCondition yourself for success . . . and so much more!If you’re a creative and ambitious female entrepreneur, or are contemplating the entrepreneurial path, this book will provide the honest, realistic, and practical tools you need to follow your heart and bring your vision to life.

Failing to Succeed: The Story of India’s First E-Commerce Company


K. Vaitheeswaran - 2017
    Vaitheeswaran co-founded India’s first e-commerce company. Yet, years later, when e-commerce was exploding in India—despite enjoying first-mover advantage—Indiaplaza shut down. What went wrong? Lack of funding? Wrong strategies? Or was it ‘something else’?For the first time ever, Vaitheeswaran reveals that it was indeed something else—a set of inexplicable events that destroyed what could have been a profitable business (an extreme rarity among technology start-ups). He bares his extraordinary trials and tribulations while dealing with business failure and the impossible pressures that can threaten entrepreneurs in India. Coming at the back of stories of young start-ups raising billions of dollars in funding and creating unicorns in just a few years, as well as the recent setbacks in the e-commerce industry, Failing to Succeed delves deep into the dark side of starting up and its myriad pitfalls.Filled with interesting anecdotes, tongue-in-cheek observations, amazing customer insights, hard-hitting predictions and behind-the-scenes industry happenings, this book is an extraordinary unravelling of the challenges facing technology start-ups in India. It is a must-read for aspiring entrepreneurs, investors, industry professionals or business school students, and anyone interested in India’s start-up ecosystem.A powerful narration, Failing to Succeed is eventually about finding ways to move forward and succeed despite failures...

Finding My Virginity: The New Autobiography


Richard Branson - 2017
    Now he's finally publishing his second volume of memoirs, covering all of his fascinating ups and downs of the past two decades. In the two decades since Richard Branson wrote Losing My Virginity, his life and company have changed significantly. Now he brings his life story up to date, including all the successes and failures of ventures such as Virgin Galactic. He also shares his personal, intimate thoughts on five decades as the world's ultimate entrepreneur, and his shift to focusing more and more on public service. Virginity Regained shows how Branson created hundreds of different companies, going from a houseboat to his own private island. Join him as he juggles working life with raising his children, sustaining his marriage, and creating a unique company culture. Discover how he created a new life on Necker Island, while continuing to grow the Virgin brand into all corners of the world. Get the real story behind his encounters with everyone from Bill Gates and Rupert Murdoch to Nelson Mandela and Beyonce.Go behind the scenes as Branson creates the world's first commercial spaceline, Virgin Galactic; handles the biggest crisis of his career; and makes world record attempts on land, sea and air. He even discusses what it's like for the original business hippy to become a doting "grand-dude" to his three grandchildren.

Hacking Growth: How Today's Fastest-Growing Companies Drive Breakout Success


Sean Ellis - 2017
    It seems hard to believe today, but there was a time when Airbnb was the best-kept secret of travel hackers and couch surfers, Pinterest was a niche web site frequented only by bakers and crafters, LinkedIn was an exclusive network for C-suite executives and top-level recruiters, Facebook was MySpace's sorry step-brother, and Uber was a scrappy upstart that didn't stand a chance against the Goliath that was New York City Yellow Cabs.So how did these companies grow from these humble beginnings into the powerhouses they are today? Contrary to popular belief, they didn't explode to massive worldwide popularity simply by building a great product then crossing their fingers and hoping it would catch on. There was a studied, carefully implemented methodology behind these companies' extraordinary rise. That methodology is called Growth Hacking, and it's practitioners include not just today's hottest start-ups, but also companies like IBM, Walmart, and Microsoft as well as the millions of entrepreneurs, marketers, managers and executives who make up the community of GrowthHackers.com.Think of the Growth Hacking methodology as doing for market-share growth what Lean Start-Up did for product development, and Scrum did for productivity. It involves cross-functional teams and rapid-tempo testing and iteration that focuses customers attaining them, retaining them, engaging them, and motivating them to come back and buy more. An accessible and practical toolkit that teams and companies in all industries can use to increase their customer base and market share, this book walks readers through the process of creating and executing their own custom-made growth hacking strategy. It is a must read for any marketer, entrepreneur, innovator or manger looking to replace wasteful big bets and "spaghetti-on-the-wall" approaches with more consistent, replicable, cost-effective, and data-driven results.

Work Less, Make More: The counter-intuitive approach to building a profitable business, and a life you actually love


James Schramko - 2017
    It's not 80/20, it's 80/20 squared. Every few pages, James punches you in the face with an instantly actionable hack. ~ Perry Marshall, Author of 80/20 Sales & Marketing, Ultimate Guide to Google AdWords, and Evolution 2.0 James gives massive value in a fun and easy-to-read book. Real, actionable ways to cut your hours while increasing your income. Want to know how to do it in your own business? Get this and find out! ~ Jonathan Mizel In Work Less, Make More, James proves that keeping your business strategy simple produces far greater success (and happiness) than if you focus only on 'hustling'. ~ John Reese James possesses a 'no-holds barred' approach to business which frees him to think outside ingrained assumptions regarding one's current realities and future opportunities. His candid advice in Work Less, Make More provides bold and practical wisdom for any person, of any vocation, who wants to lift the lid on their creative potential and move into unexplored territories of freedom and opportunity. ~ Ian Freestone I found Work Less, Make More--part memoir, part how-to guide--to be truly extraordinary! James brings his unique analytical insights about how to think regarding complex issues in business. He describes the systems that he has designed to shape both meaningful work and relationships,as well as, a life worth living. Now isn't that what we all want? So many authors attempt to "motivate" you,without giving any real instruction. I find that James provides both. Every page is full of so many principles, wisdom and insights--and I love how James incorporates his history and his life in such a thoughtful way. His book has already changed how I think about making decisions in my life and in my business. It's a must read. Highly recommended. ~ Tim Papadopoulos ---- In 2006, whilst working in a full-time job, James Schramko wrote this in a notebook: MY GOALS … create automated income so that I am independently wealthy and enjoy my life passionately. Within three years, he’d built his own business and achieved those goals. At which point he set about helping his coaching clients do the same. Leveraging his knowledge and experience, they were able to make more money while reducing their work hours. Significantly. This freed them up to spend more time living. It’s easy to think working less and making more is something available only to a blessed few. But James has proven over and over again that this is not the case. All you require is: • An open mind, • The ability to focus on what’s important, • An understanding of business models, and • A willingness to challenge your assumptions. Work Less, Make More will break down all the barriers standing between you and the above. It will teach you how to effectively leverage yourself, your team and your business via: • Increasing your personal effectiveness • Planning and goalsetting • Learning focus and the power of 64:4 • Building a team • Creating an offer that converts • Leveraging the Profit Formula to boost cash flow • Understanding the importance of Customer Lifetime V

The Irresistible Consultant's Guide to Winning Clients: 6 Steps to Unlimited Clients & Financial Freedom


David A. Fields - 2017
    Most solo consultants and boutique consulting firms are perpetually within six months of bankruptcy due to the sputtering unreliability of their new business engines.The problem, according to international consulting expert David A. Fields, is twofold: 1) lack of a consistent, proven plan, and 2) fundamental misunderstanding about what clients want in a consultant. Fields, who has helped hundreds of consultants and boutique firms worldwide build lucrative, sustainable practices, replaces the typical consultant's mindset of emphasizing expertise and differentiated processes with a  focus on building relationships, engendering trust, and solving clients’ existing problems. In The Irresistible Consultant’s Guide to Winning Clients: Six Steps to Unlimited Clients and Financial Freedom, Fields synthesizes his decades of experience into a step-by-step approach to winning more projects from more clients at higher fees. From nuts-and-bolts business advice and tactics to a deeply insightful breakdown of the human side of a very human profession, Fields delivers a comprehensive guidebook that is at once highly approachable and satisfyingly detailed.

24 Assets: Create a digital, scalable, valuable and fun business that will thrive in a fast changing world


Daniel Priestley - 2017
    They effortlessly hire talented people, attract loyal customers, create cool products and make lots of money. These companies seem to stand out and scale up quickly with support from investors, partners and the media. Sadly, most companies don’t perform this way. Most entrepreneurs aren’t building anything of value. They work hard, make sacrifices, struggle, dream, plan and strive, but in the end, it doesn’t pay off. This book sets out a method for building a business that becomes a valuable asset. It focuses you on transforming your organisation into something scalable, digital, fun and capable of making an impact. It’s time to, stand out, scale up and build a business that has a life of its own. Start now by reading this book.

Odyssey of Courage: The Story of an Indian Multinational


Habil Khorakiwala - 2017
    In Odyssey of Courage, Khorakiwala narrates a saga of Indian enterprise, talent and creativity.Hailing from Palanpur, Gujarat, the Khorakiwalas arrived in Bombay in 1896 to build one of the city’s iconic retail chain stores—Akbarallys. Opting to strike out on his own, Khorakiwala entered the pharmaceutical business in 1967. Despite fierce competition at home and abroad, Wockhardt has emerged as a global firm with subsidiaries in the US and Europe. The pharma giant is now ready to launch an antibiotics ‘super drug’ that will mark a new stage in the evolution of the Indian pharmaceutical industry.Odyssey of Courage is more than just the story of Wockhardt. It offers invaluable insights into the making of a knowledge-based Indian multinational. Policymakers, business executives, students of management and public policy will relate to Khorakiwala’s experiences in ‘learning by doing’, taking risks and handling crises, and in managing change—within the industry, within India’s policy environment, and within the world of global pharma.

The Mindful Entrepreneur: How to rapidly grow your business while staying sane, focused and fulfilled


Joel Gerschman - 2017
    Fusing proven, cutting-edge business strategy with powerful mindfulness practices, you’ll learn an immediately practical, holistic approach to achieving business success and personal fulfilment. You’ll also gain access to a range of tools, templates and resources designed to help you: • generate rapid, profitable growth; • create a business that can run without you; and • stay sane, focused and fulfilled. If your business is not giving you the wealth, freedom and fulfilment that you desire, if you feel like a slave to your business rather than master of it, The Mindful Entrepreneur is for you. "The Mindful Entrepreneur will force you to revisit your "Why." Why do you run a business? And how does that fit into your life? Managing a company without a clear measure of purpose and balance is suicide. This book not only teaches us how to survive, but how to access our full potential through a mindful approach. Every business owner should read it.” Jesse Tevelow, Best Selling author of The Connection Algorithm

Making Time


Bob Clagett - 2017
    Is it hard? Yes. Is it worth it? Absolutely. After 15 years stuck behind a desk in the software industry, Bob Clagett walked away from a well paying, stable job to make the things he was interested in and show the world how to make them too. His company, I Like To Make Stuff, started as a hobby but quickly grew into a passion project. In "Making Time", Bob recounts his history and build up to becoming a full time content creator, and shares his process, experiences and mistakes from his first two years of self employment. The book covers topics from income streams to emotional exhaustion as well as Bob's thoughts on purpose and responsibility.

The San Francisco Fallacy: The Ten Fallacies That Make Founders Fail


Jonathan Siegel - 2017
    Most importantly, it's about how to avoid making these same mistakes yourself.In The San Francisco Fallacy, serial entrepreneur and venture capitalist Jonathan Siegel looks at the 10 biggest fallacies that run through startup culture. Over his many years launching companies, he's fallen victim to what he now recognizes as a series of common errors, misconceptions that bedevil startups to this day. But he also learned how to sidestep and surmount many of these challenges.After multiple eight-figure exits and other startup successes, Jonathan began to see the deeper fallacies in which his failures took root. His biggest career successes, on the other hand, seemed to come when he and his teams went against the tide and did everything "wrong."This book is an examination of the popular belief system about startups. At its heart is a series of challenges to years of accumulated startup orthodoxy. What emerges is not just a critique but an inspiring call--to anyone trying to build a successful business--for a broader kind of critical thinking.

How To Be A Landlord: The Definitive Guide to Letting and Managing Your Rental Property


Rob Dix - 2017
     By the author of the UK’s most popular property book, The Complete Guide To Property Investment. Please note that this book only covers letting and management of a property you already own. For a guide to buying the right property in the first place, you should buy ‘The Complete Guide To Property Investment’. Take a property, throw in a tenant and watch the money roll in. This seemingly simple formula has attracted nearly two million people in the UK to become landlords, but the reality is a whole lot more complicated. Did you know, for example, that if you forget to provide a certain piece of paper you might be unable to evict a tenant – even if they don’t pay the rent? Or that you could be fined for not checking your tenant’s immigration status? And don’t forget the inevitable broken boilers, mysterious leaks and various tenant complaints that always seem to happen at the most inconvenient time. How To Be A Landlord is a straightforward guide to everything involved in letting and managing a property – whether you’re an accidental landlord or an enthusiastic investor. In simple and entertaining language, it covers important steps like preparing the property to let, advertising for tenants, conducting viewings, doing all the paperwork, managing the tenancy, and dealing with any tricky situations that crop up (including the dreaded emergency repairs and evictions…). You’ll learn: • How to set yourself up for success when preparing a property to let • Where to find the perfect tenants for your property • The essential checks you must make to avoid a nightmare tenant • Everything you need to do when setting up a tenancy to avoid problems later • How to deal with the most common maintenance issues and repairs • The proper legal processes to follow when you have troublesome tenants • Top tips from experienced landlords for how to look after your tenants – keeping them happy, your property safe, and the rent rolling in Frequently updated and with contributions from over 50 experienced landlords, this is the most current and comprehensive book on the subject – and essential reading for anyone who wants a simple, profitable life as a landlord.

Take Your Shot: How to Grow Your Business, Attract More Clients, and Make More Money


Robin Waite - 2017
    TAKE YOUR SHOT is ultimately an answer to the question: “How Can I Grow My Business, Attract More Clients, and Make More Money?” TAKE YOUR SHOT is the story about Russ Hibbert. Russ is a hard worker, dedicated to his wife and children, and building a career as a golf professional. But one day he wakes up and realises his business is going nowhere. A chance meeting with a business coach, David, leads to a dramatic change and an opportunity, for Russ, to design the business that he always wanted. TAKE YOUR SHOT will teach you: To change your perceptions of your own business so that you get out of your own way To set a brave goal, develop a strong desire to overcome obstacles, and the activities required to achieve your goal How to build desirable products, price those products confidently and demonstrate value to prospects How to get the business and life you’ve always dreamed of, increased prosperity, and to have fun! “TAKE YOUR SHOT is a great easy to read book that contains some serious messages for anyone working hard at building a business. I came across a phrase many years ago which can apply to many self-employed individuals 'it's easy to become a busy fool'. Reading this book will stop you falling into that trap as the serious messages are about the importance of belief, aiming high, being brave creating systems and surrounding yourself with the right people. A very uplifting read as the reader follows the journey of the main character as he learns to work smarter and enjoy life again.” Sandra Webber, High-Performance Coach and Author of Own It - Regain Control and Live Life on Your Terms

Before You Start Up: How to Prepare to Make Your Startup Dream a Reality


Pankaj Goyal - 2017
    Starting up a business is no different—it needs preparation.This preparation is about understanding your “why”; about generating and testing business ideas; about building your founding team; about talking to your family; about taking care of your career and your finances. It is about getting mentally prepared to get started. This book will help you ask the right questions. It will guide you, steer you towards finding your answers.You are ambitious. You are a go-getter. You are destined to win. This book will help get you what you deserve."About the AuthorPankaj Goyal grew up in a typical Indian middle class family in Rajasthan. In a family of government employees, he was taught the standard script to build your career: “Work hard on academics and get the highest scores”. And that’s the path he took. While he got his Bachelors in Computer Science from IIT Kanpur and an MBA from IIM Bangalore, there was always an itch . . . an itch to start a business. He started his company in 2008 and ran it for three years. His experience was bitter sweet. The business generated good cash, but failed to grow. He then took a break, moved to the USA and joined McKinsey and Company. Ever since, he has worked across the world in the technology industry. His work is now focused on applying Artificial Intelligence for the benefit of companies. He continues to be involved in the world of entrepreneurship as an angel investor and as an advisor to startups in the Silicon Valley and India.

Intercom On Starting Up


Des TraynorMaggie Cohen - 2017
    No one wants to add to the scrap heap. But if you restrict yourself to only reading articles from people who have actually created a business, hit some revenue target, or broken out of the MVP-in-an-incubator stage, there’s very few books and blogs left. This is why we hope this book is relevant to you.It’s not packed with startup clichés, nor is it steeped in myths about how huge companies got their break. Yes, Airbnb sold cereal before they were a 31 billion dollar company, and Slack was one hell of a pivot, but those wells have been over-drilled for their useful lessons at this point. This book is our honest, opinionated take on what we’ve learned building Intercom over the past 6 years. You won’t like it all, you won’t agree with it all, but you’re not supposed to. Your mileage will vary.

Sprouting Into Greatness: Principles of Personal Development That Will Empower You to Create Your Own Destiny


Thea Long White - 2017
    The Sprouting Lifestyle is all about CHANGE, GROWTH, & CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT. Have you ever felt "stuck in a rut" or resistant to making positive changes in your life? Have you ever been a place of personal or professional stagnation or unproductivity? If so, then Sprouting Into Greatness is the perfect book for you. This motivational business resource will inspire you to SPROUT UP and take control of your life by becoming the best version of yourself and creating success in every area of your life.

Elon Musk: The Life, Lessons & Rules For Success: 15 Rules for Success, 60 Greatest Quotes & 40 Little Known Facts


Influential Individuals - 2017
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Confessions of a Misfit Entrepreneur: How to succeed in business despite yourself


Kate Toon - 2017
    She built her business empire from her back garden shed while wearing pyjamas, watching Netflix and eating crisps. Kate isn’t your stereotypical entrepreneur. But she created not one but three highly successful businesses without any master plan, rich investors, or input from smarmy sales gurus. In Confessions of a Misfit Entrepreneur, Kate shares how she went from business nobody to business success. Packed with tips, hints, stories and strategies, it’s a hilarious, honest and non-fluffy guide to being the kind of entrepreneur YOU want to be. So if you’re sick of trying to do ALL THE THINGS, optimising the crap out of everything and wasting money on expensive six-figure-business schemes, this is the book for you.

The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley Are Changing the World


Brad Stone - 2017
    Uber and Airbnb are household names: redefining neighbourhoods, challenging the way governments regulate business and changing the way we travel.In the spirit of iconic Silicon Valley renegades like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, a new generation of entrepreneurs is sparking yet another cultural upheaval through technology. They are among the Upstarts, idiosyncratic founders with limitless drive and an abundance of self-confidence. Young, hungry and brilliant, they are rewriting the traditional rules of business, changing our day-to-day lives and often sidestepping serious ethical and legal obstacles in the process.The Upstarts is the definitive account of a dawning age of tenacity, creativity, conflict and wealth. In Brad Stone’s highly anticipated and riveting account of the most radical companies of the new Silicon Valley, we find out how it all started, and how the world is wildly different than it was ten years ago.

The Startup Funding Book


Nicolaj Hojer Nielsen - 2017
    It's also about what entrepreneurs need to do in order to develop and de-risk their startup project enough for it to become attractive to professional investors.Written by startup funding expert Nicolaj HOjer Nielsen, this book offers practical solutions and guides you step by step to secure the funds you need for your startup. Nicolaj HOjer Nielsen is a serial entrepreneur and business angel who has been building startups since 1999. He focuses on high potential startups, and has co-founded and invested in 13 companies, primarily within IT. He has experience of securing funding from all possible sources - friends and family, business angels, venture capital funds and public funds. His experience is based on reviewing thousands of different investment opportunities and he knows the fundraising process from both sides of the table.By reading this book you will learn how investors think. Thinking like an investor will make you a more successful entrepreneur!

Life Principles


Injap Sia - 2017
    Now with his new venture, DoubleDragon Properties, Injap continues to be an inspirational figure for many. "Whatever achievements and success I've had didn't happen overnight," he writes. "It is a product of guidance, hard work, careful planning, and intense and passionate execution for many years."From his family's humble beginnings, through his days as a young entrepreneur trying out a series of businesses, and then on to his current status as the Philippines' youngest dollar billionaire, Injap has gleaned many lessons while traveling the road to success. Through it all, he's held on to the same values that have been instilled in him from the very beginning. "I believe you can be successful in whatever you do, if you do things fair and square. My life so far, and the way that I have been blessed with success, is proof that you don't have to trade in your values to achieve great things."

The Art of Fully Living: 1 Man. 10 Years. 100 Life Goals Around the World


Tal Gur - 2017
     Do you want to experience your one life—your whole life—to its fullest measure? In this stirring book, author, blogger and lifestyle entrepreneur, Tal Gur offers his own transformational journey as an inspiring example and practical guide to implementing the art of fully living to its fullest potential. You’ll learn how to actualize your potential by forging all aspects of your life through the process built into your life goals. Once you discover “the art of fully living,” there is no going back; it will feel unacceptable to settle for less than your dreams—and what’s more, you’ll dream even more wildly, aspiring to action with greater clarity of purpose, broader horizons of possibility, and holistic vision across all areas of your life. The very structure of this book models Tal’s immersive approach to goal-driven living: each chapter of The Art of Fully Living is dedicated to a year of focus—socializing, fitness, freedom, contribution, love, adventure, wealth, relationship, spirituality, and creativity—and follows Tal’s endeavors as he works toward fulfilling 100 life goals in only 10 years. This daunting ambition, springing from one late-night conversation among friends and a gnawing discontentment within the typical “success” story, becomes extremely relatable through Tal’s bold storytelling; what’s more, the deep lessons learned become immediately applicable for your own purposes as Tal thoughtfully extracts the actionable wisdom from his own experiences to articulate the principles and techniques of “the art of fully living.” The Art of Fully Living takes you along the exhilarating ride of Tal’s journey while illuminating your own possible life-goal trajectory: as Tal relates how he socialized nonstop in vibrant Melbourne to master English and trained intensively to complete Ironman New Zealand and practice ancient Thai martial arts, you’ll learn how to apply immersion to achieve your own life goals; as Tal describes how he eliminated his crushing student debt in one year and attained financial and location independence, you’ll learn how to simplify your life, recognize your own present wealth, and turn your passions into a living; and as Tal animates his experiences learning to surf and salsa, to drum in a troupe and compose electronic music, and to write this very book, you’ll learn how to let your intuition be your guide, reveal your authentic core, and achieve flow—among the myriad other adventures and take-aways that fill this book. Tal not only introduces the idea that the art of fully living is another skill to master but also guides you through honing this skill with chapter lessons and actionable key takeaways. This is especially for you if you find yourself frustrated often, feeling low, or if you’re struggling while asking yourself “What do I REALLY want?” You will find your calling. You will define your life goals. You will discover how to leverage your strengths to achieve your dreams. You will know what it means to be truly free. You will be fulfilled by the path you have chosen to take from this point on. Can you imagine what the world would be like if everyone discovered and did what made them feel fully alive? Your dreams are your dreams for a reason; they are rooted in your deepest understanding of who you want and can become.

Entering StartUpLand: An Essential Guide to Finding the Right Job


Jeffrey Bussgang - 2017
    Executives from large companies view them as models to help them adapt to today's dynamic innovation economy, while freshly minted MBAs see magic in founding something new. Yes, startups look magical, but they can also be chaotic and inaccessible. Many books are written for those who aspire to be founders, but a company only has one or two of those. What's needed is something that deconstructs the typical startup organization for the thousands of employees who join a fledgling company and do the day-to-day work required to grow it into something of value.Entering StartUpLand is a practical, step-by-step guide that provides an insider's analysis of various startup roles and responsibilities--including product management, marketing, growth, and sales--to help you figure out if you want to join a startup and what to expect if you do. You'll gain insight into how successful startups operate and learn to assess which ones you might want to join--or emulate. Inside this book you'll find: A tour of typical startup roles to help you determine which one might be the best fit for you Profiles of startup executives across many different functions who share their stories and describe their responsibilities A methodology to identify and evaluate startups and position yourself to find the opportunity that's right for you Written by an experienced venture capitalist, entrepreneur, and Harvard Business School professor, Entering StartUpLand will guide you as you seek your ideal entry point into this popular, cutting-edge organizational paradigm.

Understanding Design Thinking, Lean, and Agile


Jonny Schneider - 2017
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Disciplined Entrepreneurship Workbook


Bill Aulet - 2017
    Unlocking key lessons and breaking down the steps, this book helps you delve deeper into the framework to get your business up and running with a greater chance for success. You'll find the tools you need to sharpen your instinct, engage your creativity, work through hardship, and give the people what they want—even if they don't yet know that they want it. Real-world examples illustrate the framework in action, and case studies highlight critical points that can make or break you when your goal is on the line. Exercises and assessments help you nail down your strengths, while pointing out areas that could benefit from reinforcement—because when it comes to your business, "good enough" isn't good enough—better is always better. Disciplined Entrepreneurship transformed the way that professionals think about starting a company, and this book helps you dig into the proven framework to make your business dreams a reality. Delve deeper into the 24 steps to success Innovate, persevere, and create the product people want Internalize lessons learned from real-world entrepreneurs Test your understanding with exercises and case studies The book also includes new material on topics the author has found to be extremely useful in getting the most value out of the framework including Primary Market Research, Windows of Opportunity and Triggers.  The book also introduces the Disciplined Entrepreneurship Canvas to track your progress on this journey. Starting a company is a serious undertaking, with plenty of risk and sacrifice to go around—so why not minimize the risk and make the outcome worth the sacrifice? Author Bill Aulet's 24-step framework is proven to build a successful business; the key is in how well you implement it. Disciplined Entrepreneurship Workbook helps you master the skills, tools, and mindset you need to get on your path to success.

The Innovation Blind Spot: Why We Back the Wrong Ideas And What to Do about It


Ross Baird - 2017
    But there's good news: The ideas that will solve our problems are hiding in plain sight. While big companies in the American economy have never been more successful, entrepreneurial activity is near a 30-year low. More businesses are dying than starting every day. Investors continue to dump billions of dollars into photo-sharing apps and food-delivery services, solving problems for only a wealthy sliver of the world's population, while challenges in health, food security, and education grow more serious.In The Innovation Blind Spot, entrepreneur and venture capitalist Ross Baird argues that the innovations that truly matter don't see the light of day--for reasons entirely of our own making. A handful of people in a handful of cities are deciding, behind closed doors, which entrepreneurs get a shot to succeed. And most investors are what Baird calls "two-pocket thinkers"--artificially separating their charitable work from their day job of making a profit.The resulting system creates rising income inequality, stifled entrepreneurial ambition, social distrust, and political uncertainty. Our innovation problem makes all our other problems harder to solve. In this book, Baird demonstrates how and where to find better ideas by lifting up people, places, and industries that are often overlooked. What's more, Baird ultimately outlines how to create long-term success through "one-pocket thinking"--eliminating the blind spot that separates "what we do for a living" and "what we really care about."

Freelance to Freedom: The Roadmap for Creating a Side Business to Achieve Financial, Time and Life Freedom


Vincent Pugliese - 2017
    After winning the highest award in his field, Vincent was offered a 3 percent raise. He knew at that moment he needed a monumental change. One month away from their baby being born, Vincent and Elizabeth started a side photography business out of desperation. In less than four years, they grew their business to pay off all of their debt, including their home, and left their jobs for a life of freedom. With the world moving rapidly towards a freelance model, Freelance to Freedom is not only timely and necessary, but it’s also entertaining, engaging and paints a picture for anyone looking for a life of freedom with money, time and location.

Platform Strategy: How to Unlock the Power of Communities and Networks to Grow Your Business


Laure Claire Reillier - 2017
    In almost every sector, traditional businesses are under attack from digital disrupters that are effectively harnessing the power of communities. But what exactly is a platform business and why is it different? In Platform Strategy, Laure Claire Reillier and Benoit Reillier provide a practical guide for students, digital entrepreneurs and executives to understand what platforms are, how they work and how you can build one successfully.Using their own "rocket model" and original case studies (including Google, Apple, Amazon), they explain how designing, igniting and scaling a platform business requires learning a whole new set of management rules. Platform Strategy also offers many fascinating insights into the future of platforms, their regulation and governance, as well as how they can be combined with other business models.Benoit Reillier and Laure Claire Reillier are co-founders of Launchworks, a leading advisory firm focused on helping organizations develop and scale innovative business models.

Retirement Planning: Using Self-Directed IRAs To Invest In Real Estate, Gold, Tax Liens, Loans, Startups, Bitcoin, Crowdfunding, Peer-To-Peer Platforms, Exotics & More


Jeff Astor - 2017
    For five years, I’ve spoken to thousands of people like you interested in using a Self-Directed IRA to diversify, protect and grow their retirement savings. Now, I’ve put all this knowledge into a quick no-nonsense guide, explaining all the basics in plain English. Here’s Some Of What You’ll Learn: The Big Secret: The Self-Directing Revolution Why it’s a big secret and how it can help you retire better, faster and bigger. Why Are People Self-Directing? You’ll learn about diversifying, rebalancing, hedging against a recession and more. What Can I Invest In? Though real estate is the most common, you can also invest your IRA in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, gold, tax liens, loans, startups, peer-to-peer platforms, exotics and more What Can’t I Invest In? You’ll learn exactly what to stay away from so that you remain clear of any troubles with the IRS Real People, Real Stories One of my favorite chapters because it’s about people like you The 2 Types of SD IRAs: Custodial & Checkbook A key chapter that clearly explains the two fundamentally different self-directed IRA models in the business. Beware of Scams, Fly-By-Nights, Pajama Salesmen & Bad Customer Service Yes, pajama salesmen, other nightmares and how to avoid them all. Taxes, Reporting and UBIT Sounds complicated but this will make it easy Loans, Leverage and Lenders Yes, you can leverage a property but you must read this first And much more… Fast & Easy This book is the product of years of simplifying information about these sometimes-confusing retirement plans. You’ll be able to read this in about an hour or so. Either way, by the time you’re done you’ll be informed and well-armed to know if a Self-Directed IRA is for.

Startup Evolution Curve From Idea to Profitable and Scalable Business: Startup Marketing Manual


Donatas Jonikas - 2017
    Based on research of 1,447 startups and highly recommended by more than 30 international experts. It's not a book you read in a day, but like a manual you take with you and consult from time to time. Every startup founder should have it on the desk! Shows The Way Donatas Jonikas (PhD) provides clear and actionable guidelines for what to do next if you want to transform your innovative ideas into profitable and scalable business: What should be done and why it is needed Actionable steps and how to do it Real case startup examples References for further reading Templates and swipe files for download Saves Your Time This step-by-step guide is designed for people who don't have time and want to take action right now. If this describes you, here is how you should use this book: Choose one of the five startup development stages you are currently most interested in Review the topics to get of what should be done in that stage Review the "how to do it" infographic at the beginning of the topic and follow the instructions Covers All That's Necessary The concept of Startup Evolution Curve has five stages with seven lessons (or tasks to be done) in each. This is a comprehensive manual with 35 lessons on startup marketing strategy and implementation that covers: Feasibility study Hypotheses and experiments Fundraising Product launch Growth hacking Provides Additional Resources for FREE 20 templates and swipe files for download Online video course on how to create an irresistible offer Invitation to join the group of like-minded startup entrepreneurs

HYPERGROWTH: How the Customer-Driven Model Is Revolutionizing the Way Businesses Build Products, Teams, & Brands


David Cancel - 2017
    The key to achieving HYPERGROWTH is being customer-driven. So if you’re ready to start putting your customers first, keep reading... What You’ll Learn: A New Approach to Product Management and Developing SaaS Products People Love Today, there’s no excuse for not communicating with customers on a daily basis. Messaging has exploded, new generations are focused on 1:1 communication by default, and artificial intelligence is finally coming so we can deliver 1:1 at scale. So why would you build a product, or a company, without leaning into the advantages of that ecosystem? In his new book, HYPERGROWTH, serial entrepreneur and Drift co-founder/CEO David Cancel shares a modern approach for building products and structuring teams that makes customer communication a central priority. The book tells the story of how Cancel’s customer-driven approach started out as a test with a product team (Performable), transformed an entire organization (HubSpot), and sparked a new movement (Drift). What’s Inside: Practical Advice and Frameworks for Becoming Customer-Driven and Growing Your Business Responsive Development (RD): a new approach to building products that adds the customer back into the equation The Burndown Framework: a framework for implementing Responsive Development that’s faster and more flexible than Agile. The Three-Person Team: the customer-driven way to structure engineering teams. Each team consists of a tech lead who manages two other engineers. Getting Rid of Roadmaps: through building a culture of transparency and accountability and working closely with internal customers, you can release product updates more rapidly and iteratively. The Spotlight Framework: a framework for helping you focus on the right parts of customer feedback so you can take the appropriate next steps. The framework breaks feedback down into three main categories: user experience issues, product marketing issues, and positioning issues. Who This Book Is For: Entrepreneurs, Startup Founders, Product Managers, Product Teams, Marketing Teams … Entire Companies! Every part of your business can benefit from being customer-driven. With the rise of SaaS and the on-demand economy, customer expectations have changed. Customers expect their voices to be heard. They find value in being part of a community, and being part of that journey of creating the product. So stop running your business like we’re still living in the 2000s. It’s time to take a customer-driven approach. Here’s what people are saying about the book: “David Cancel is one of the best when it comes to building products that customers love. And now he’s sharing his wisdom and writing the book explaining how he does it. This is a must read for any entrepreneur or business owner.” -MARK ROBERGE Senior Lecturer, Harvard Business School, Former SVP of Sale and Services at HubSpot ”When it comes to building business software, there’s no one better than David Cancel, and I saw fi

Who Controls America


Mark Mullen - 2017
    All of the mentioned are just puppets on an invisible string doing the biddings of a few unseen puppeteers. Yes, that’s right. A few elite and undisclosed organizations send our children off to war, restrict the growth of the middle class, and limit educational opportunities for American citizens. The sad truth is this is nothing new. Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin warned of the dangers and destructive power of these elites if left unchecked. These few unchosen were able, and continue, to use the Federal Reserve Banking System, universities, and war to create economic recessions and depressions that provide unnoticed benefits to a select group of social manipulators. In this stunning new book, Mark Mullen takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of secret partnerships created by unfamiliar ideologues designed to acquire most of the nation’s wealth and power. In Who Controls America, Mullen shines a light on those few elites who place greed, power, and profits above the interests of the American citizen and the pursuit of the American Dream.

How Innovation Really Works: Using the Trillion-Dollar R&D Fix to Drive Growth


Anne Marie Knott - 2017
    There s a reason for that. If you re like 95% of firms, you aren t investing right amount, and the productivity of your R&D has fallen dramatically over the past several years.How is this possible? You read all the innovation articles, and hire the top consultants. The problem is no one (including the authors and consultants) know if their prescriptions are valid, because there aren t good measures of R&D to test them.Using a new measure, called Research Quotient (RQ), professor Anne Marie Knott tests many of the most popular innovation prescriptions using proprietary data from National Science Foundation (NSF) surveys of company R&D practices. The results are startling. Many of the most popular prescriptions don t work. Not only do they fail to improve innovation, in many cases they actually make firms worse! Thus the popular prescriptions are actually contributing to the decline in firm innovativeness. RQ changes that by offering a Sabremetrics for R&D . Just as Sabremetrics improved the productivity of baseball teams, the hope for RQ is it will reverse the decline in companies R&D productivity. How Innovation Really Works will show you how. It provides actionable information to increase companies market value in the short run through wiser R&D investment and to increase it over the long run through better R&D practices. While this prospect should be promising to managers and shareholders, it has even broader implications. Because R&D productivity drives economic growth, reversing the decline in firm innovativeness has the potential to restore economic growth as well."

Do Open: How a Simple Email Newsletter Can Transform your Business


David Hieatt - 2017
    Second only to the sewing machine.'So writes entrepreneur David Hieatt who has based his entire marketing strategy around a simple email newsletter. And it's worked. His company has grown into a creative global jeans business with a fiercely loyal community. Now, David shares his insight, strategy and methodology so you can do the same. In Do Open you will discover:Why giving is your secret to successHow to get people's attention when time is your biggest competitorWhy creating beats sharingHow a small team can winBuild community. Build your brand. Build long-term growth. Discover why the humble newsletter is pure and utter gold.

Jack Ma: The Art Of Dreaming And Succeeding Extraordinary


Jamie Morris - 2017
    From his humble beginnings as a teacher, he has founded the Alibaba Group, one of the world’s largest ecommerce businesses, and has established himself as one of the world’s richest men. Alibaba’s 2014 IPO has been the biggest public stock offering globally, paving the way further to Ma’s $38 billion net worth to date. Ma and not Alibaba not only have transformed China’s business and economy, they have likewise impacted China’s culture today immeasurably. People have always been fascinated with stories of rags-to-riches and David-versus-Goliath. Most however appreciate these fairytales from afar, never allowing inspiration to translate into action in their own lives. Beyond piquing your curiosity about Ma’s life, this book aims to show you how to dream bigger and how to use your passions to achieve extraordinary success. Various books, documentaries and interviews have been made about Jack Ma’s remarkable journey in building the Alibaba Group brick-by-brick. Being Jack Ma gleans learnings from these and integrates them with advice from other brilliant life coaches and successful entrepreneurs to teach how you that success does not necessarily have to be achieved by reinventing the wheel, but by following models like Jack Ma through bite-sized achievable lessons. Ever the educator, let Jack Ma teach you how to dream and win.

The Invisible Leader: Transform Your Life, Work, and Organization with the Power of Authentic Purpose


Zach Mercurio - 2017
    Yet despite the increasing evidence of purpose's power, many of the organizations, systems, and institutions which dominate human life aren't built to elicit and leverage the fundamental human search for purpose and meaning.In "The Invisible Leader: Transform Your Life, Work, and Organization with the Power of Authentic Purpose," international purpose and meaningful work researcher and strategist Zach Mercurio, Ph.D. shows business leaders, educators, students, athletes, and parents HOW to discover, clarify, and deliver their reason for existence―their authentic purpose. For fans of "Start with Why," the "Invisible Leader" takes the next step and details both how purpose works and the research-backed practices to implement it in our lives and organizations. "Zach Mercurio has written a compelling book filled with powerful stories, cutting-edge research, and practical tools that shows us how to lead with purpose..." - ARIANNA HUFFINGTON, Founder and CEO at Thrive Global, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of Thrive and The Sleep Revolution

Show Up as Your Best Self: Mindful Leaders, Meditation, & More


Cathy Quartner Bailey - 2017
    KearneyIn Show Up as Your Best Self, executive coach Cathy Quartner Bailey presents a roadmap to becoming a more mindful leader. By applying the techniques she has shared with hundreds of Fortune 500 executives, you will learn how to cultivate a mindfulness practice to help you reach your leadership potential by being more confident, decisive, and grounded-even in the midst of chaos.An expert on this growing trend, Cathy shows how mindfulness is a matter of carving out reflection time and leading with purpose. In a way that's clear and accessible. She explains how meditation and other forms of reflection can help any leader become more adept at managing uncertainty, setting priorities, listening actively, solving problems, developing and maintaining crucial relationship-and more.Featuring illuminating leadership stories and interactive worksheets, this is a book for everyone striving to become a better leader while enjoying professional fulfillment and personal well-being.Ten percent of royalties from Show Up as Your Best Self will be donated to Sheltered Yoga, a nonprofit organization that facilitates mental health and wellness through yoga and mindfulness education."We spend most of our lives in business working for and with others, yet are often lost when it comes to working on ourselves. Cathy provides a clear and powerful roadmap, not only to think about ourselves, but a method by which we can improve our ability to handle the rigors of work. It is rare to find so much wisdom distilled so thoughtfully into such a useful package. Who among us isn't looking for ways to be more effective?"-James E. Schrager, Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategy, University of Chicago Booth School of Business "Cathy has inspired me to rethink what it takes to be a successful surgeon leading in the operating room. Her practical approach will help you maintain a clear, calm, and focused mind in critical situations." -Joseph Zarge, MD, Vascular Surgeon, Emory Clinic "Show Up as Your Best Self is full of inspiring stories as well as practical meditation techniques, tools, and exercises to help today's leader cultivate a mindfulness practice and be their best. Someone once said: 'In life you can have anything, but not everything...choose carefully.' Choosing to embrace Cathy's guide to being a more mindful leader is a great place to start." -Dale Moss, former Director of Sales Worldwide, British Airways

Forward Tilt: An Almanac for Personal Growth


Isaac Morehouse - 2017
    It's a mindset. Having forward tilt means having drive and energy. It's the tool you need to accelerate your career and actively create your life. This book is comprised of fifty-two short essays. Each essay was originally written as an email from Isaac Morehouse to participants going through the Praxis program. We've selected the best and arranged them into an almanac. This book is designed to direct a year-long pursuit of personal growth. Are you ready?

All in: 101 Real Life Business Lessons for Emerging Entrepreneurs


Bill Green - 2017
    You want to be wildly successful. You wonder, how certain entrepreneurs have achieved success without a fancy education or unlimited access to capital. Enter Bill Green, a serial entrepreneur. Using his own impressive business achievements (and his few fiascos), Green provides the reader with the practical tools needed to launch their Big Idea or improve their existing business.In a unique, humorous, and impassioned style, Bill shares 101 key insights he has gleaned over a 40-year business career that began with a single flea market table. He shares the lessons he learned that allowed him to leverage his flea market business table into one of the largest industrial distribution companies in the country and how he subsequently successfully invested in or founded numerous companies across multiple end markets.His message is universal and is the ideal road map for anyone who might wonder how the Bill Greens of the business world do what they do so well.

Fully Alive: Using the Lessons of the Amazon to Live Your Mission in Business and Life


Tyler Gage - 2017
    Living every day on the edge of your comfort zone, vulnerable to the unexpected challenges constantly being thrown your way, and constantly shifting to meet daily demands and do everything and anything you can to survive, let alone thrive.Vulnerable, raw and deeply transparent, Fully Alive reveals powerful tools and lessons that can teach all of us how to grow toward and beyond our personal edges, no matter our circumstances.Tyler Gage shares his spiritual adventures and the business savvy that helped him create RUNA, a pioneering organization that weaves together the seemingly divergent worlds of Amazonian traditions and modern business, demonstrating how we can dig deeper to bring greater meaning and purpose to our personal and professional pursuits.From suburban youth to immersion in the Amazon to entrepreneurial success, Tyler's journey clearly shows that passion and opportunity can be found in the most unexpected places. Captivated by a rare Amazonian tea leaf called guayusa that had never been commercially produced, Tyler started RUNA to partner with the indigenous people of Ecuador to share its energy and its message with the world.Using the spiritual teachings, lessons and healing traditions of the Amazon as his guide and "playbook", Tyler built RUNA from a scrappy start-up into a thriving, multi-million-dollar company that has become one of the fastest growing beverage companies in the United States. With the help of investors like Channing Tatum, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Olivia Wilde, RUNA has created a sustainable source of income for more than 3,000 farming families in Ecuador who sustainably grow guayusa in the rainforest. Simultaneously, RUNA has built a rapidly scaling non-profit organization that is working to create a new future for trade in the Amazon based on respectful exchange and healing, not exploitation and greed.Practical tools and lessons are woven throughout the page turning story of Gage’s successes and failures, offering guidance on how to relate to obstacles as teachers and accomplish our personal and professional goals in the often uncertain circumstances we find ourselves in.

Book More Business: Make Money Speaking


Lois Creamer - 2017
    It offers everything you need to know for jump-starting your speaking business or taking an already-successful speaking business to the next level. At the core of these lessons? The imperative to make money speaking. Lois Creamer contends that even if you have the most interesting and important message in the world, it will go unheard if you don’t have a platform. Book More Business: Make Money Speaking illustrates how to get that platform and how to be well paid for your work. Discover how to: • Develop a powerful positioning statement that describes you by concept and outcome • Identify target markets and find the decision-makers who will hire you • Leverage social media to find prospects and attract followers • Utilize additional revenue streams to complement your speaking income If you’re a professional speaker (or you’d like to be) and you need a practical strategy for booking more business and making more money speaking, this book was written for you. What Others are Saying About Book More Business: Make Money Speaking: “If you asked me to name the one person who could help you build a speaking business, only one person would come to mind, and that is Lois Creamer.” ―Shep Hyken, CSP, CPAE “A must read and Lois Creamer is a must-have resource in your business.” ―Scott McKain, CSP, CPAE "Consider this book your personal coach for moving your career into high gear.” ―Eileen McDargh, CSP, CPAE "Be prepared to watch both your joy and your success escalate!” ―Glenna Salsbury, CSP, CPAE "My bank account, heart, and creative focus rely on her wisdom based fairy dust." ―Jessica Pettitt, CSP

Drop Out And Get Schooled: The Case for Thinking Twice About College


Patrick Bet-David - 2017
     The purpose of this book is to start an important dialogue about college education. I will make the case for why I believe 70% of college students should drop out. The concept of giving our trust to the educational system without accountability has not worked. I believe it’s time to ask serious questions: - Why do we go to college in the first place? - Who should go to college and who shouldn’t? - Can I succeed and do great things without college? - Why do tuition and textbooks cost as much as they do? - Have colleges simply become a big business (with tax-free status)? - Are the subjects taught in college sufficient for life or do we need an upgrade? Let me clarify something, this is NOT a book that declares that higher education is a terrible thing. Many professions require it, but I believe education can and does take place in many forms. As a college dropout and an autodidact, I’ve read over 1,200 books in the last 15 years and believe there are many paths we can take to get educated and do great things. Fair Warning: You may have passionate feelings about the points in this book. Regardless of how strong you feel one way or another, my desired outcome is to start a broad dialogue so we can process the issues – together. Ready?

Global Sustainability: 21 Leading Ceos Show How to Do Well by Doing Good


Mark Lefko - 2017
    It's not just good PR--it's good business, and a growing number of leading CEOs are embracing it. Mark Lefko's Global Sustainability examines this vital subject from the perspective of today's most influential business leaders. Global Sustainability means ensuring that everyone on Earth has what they need to survive and thrive. But in order for this to be feasible--and sustainable--businesses need to be able to turn a profit. Lefko shares profound insights gleaned from his one-on-one interviews with business leaders of all stripes, from the CEOs of Global Multinationals, Fortune 50 giants to visionaries leading plucky startups. Learn from these CEOs and others: Sir Richard Branson-Virgin Group, Paul Polman-Unilever, Ann Sherry-Carnival Australia, Feike Sijbesma-DSM, David MacLennan-Cargill, Marc Benioff-Salesforce. In exclusive interviews, these 21 leading CEOs explain:How the Global Sustainability movement is shaping the growth of the most profitable companies around the world How your company can participate fully in this movement--and profit from your participation How your guiding ethical principles shape your company's identity ... and why they're vital to your survival Global Sustainability is about more than just doing good; it's about doing well by doing good.

Understanding How the Future Unfolds: Using DRIVE to Harness the Power of Today's Megatrends


Terence C.M. Tse - 2017
    While business leaders of the past looked in the sideview mirror to predict the road ahead, we must now look at the greater forces affecting the social, business and economic world today—megatrends. Fortunately, world-renowned scholars and professors Terence Tse and Mark Esposito are here with a fresh, holistic way to think about tomorrow by preparing for it today: DRIVE. The DRIVE framework examines five interrelated megatrends: • Demographic and social changes • Resource scarcity • Inequalities • Volatility, complexity, and scale • Enterprising dynamics By observing today through the lens of DRIVE and understanding how megatrends influence one another, business owners, entrepreneurs, executives, policy makers and individuals can prepare for tomorrow. In this book, they will learn how to simplify the complexities around them, make better-informed decisions, and identify new business opportunities now. They will also discover how to prepare for uncertainty, own the global conversation, and illuminate the blind spots on the journey ahead. With real-world examples from today’s top executives and policy advisors and in-depth analysis of each megatrend, DRIVE is the GPS system for the new global economy. So buckle up, set the destination, and let’s hit the road. About the Authors: Long-term academic partners, Terence Tse and Mark Esposito, are megatrend Strategists who coach executives to find new business opportunities and markets using the DRIVE framework. This dynamic duo also teaches, writes, advises and speaks internationally about the latest business, economic and social developments on a regular basis. Esposito and Tse’s theories have been published in The Economist, Harvard Business Review, World Economic Forum, the Guardian and the Financial Times.

You Don't Know What You Don't Know: Everything You Need to Know to Buy or Sell a Business


Terry Lammers - 2017
    In humorous, straightforward anecdotes, Lammers describes how he grew his own company through 11 acquisitions, which ultimately led him into the mergers and acquisitions business. He shares what he did right, what he should have done differently, and he breaks down complicated topics into friendly digestible pieces that are easy to put into practice. From the pros and cons of buying an existing company to preparing to sell it to developing a life plan for after the sale, this book provides the real-life advice every business owner needs.

Africa's Billionaires: Inspirational Stories from the Continent's Wealthiest People


Chris Bishop - 2017
    Chris Bishop gets up close and personal with the biggest names in business on the continent: Aliko Dangote, Patrice Motsepe, Nicky Oppenheimer, Christo Wiese, Wendy Appelbaum and Stephen Saad, among others. These are the stories of how they not only survived, but thrived, in the fast and furious world of African business: Narendra Raval, the penniless priest who became a steel baron; Tim Tebeila, the barefoot apple-seller who turned into a mining millionaire; Herman Mashaba, the 'knocksman' who went from running dice games and dealing drugs to running a city; Pascal Dozie, the economics student who studied with Mick Jagger ... This is a rich tapestry of stories about the super-wealthy and the qualities that make them so spectacularly successful, in arguably the most challenging economic arena in the world.

The Blue Economy 3.0: The Marriage of Science, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Creates a New Business Model That Transforms Society


Gunter Pauli - 2017
    It details how thistles, considered a weed, is turned into a plastic, a lubricant and a herbicide converting an old petrochemical plant into a biorefinery.

Accelerated Startup: Everything You Need to Know to Make Your Startup Dreams Come True From Idea to Product to Company


Vitaly M. Golomb - 2017
     Accelerated Startup takes entrepreneurs through the startup minefield from fostering revolutionary ideas to building the right team and launching the product to raising angel and venture capital to finding the first 10,000 customers and ultimately taking the company to a successful exit. It is filled with practical lessons learned from years of hands-on experience, until now, available only in top startup accelerator programs.  "As startups take over the world of business, understanding how to create one is more important than ever. Vitaly explains how it is done in Silicon Valley, where the lessons can be applied to any entrepreneur in the world." – Brad Feld, Co-founder, Techstars and Managing Director, Foundry Group “Startups are changing the World and Vitaly shows, step-by-step, how it's done faster while avoiding company-killing mistakes.” – Peter Vesterbacka, founder of Slush and former Mighty Eagle, Rovio/Angry Birds "This book is filled with wisdom about entrepreneurship, fundraising and startup life (including its compromise). It is a valuable read for anyone interested in business, regardless of where they are in their own careers." – Robin Wauters, Founding Editor, Tech.EU “If only every entrepreneur would read this book, they would save themselves huge amounts of pain and suffering.  Vitaly guides you through not just the how, but also the why, of launching and growing a company.  This book is so much more valuable than all the shallow blogs and tip sheets entrepreneurs are bombarded with.  Thanks, Vitaly!”   – Bill Reichert, Managing Director, Garage Technology Ventures "The book I wish I had read before embarking on the crazy journey of tech entrepreneurship." – Renaud Visage, Co-founder and CTO, Eventbrite Vitaly M. Golomb is a venture capitalist, serial entrepreneur, keynote speaker and author who has been involved with startups since his teenage years. He is a Global Corporate Venturing 2017 Rising Star and leads global investments at HP Tech Ventures, the corporate venture arm of Silicon Valley’s original startup. He is a contributing writer to TechCrunch and a consistently top-ranked mentor at a number of startup accelerator programs in the US, Europe, and Asia. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and travels to over 20 countries annually to consult and guest lecture to corporations, associations and universities on entrepreneurship, innovation and design.

Disciplined Entrepreneurship Case Studies & Examples


Bill Aulet - 2017
    Unlocking key lessons and breaking down the steps, this book helps you delve deeper into the framework to get your business up and running with a greater chance for success. You'll find the tools you need to sharpen your instinct, engage your creativity, work through hardship, and give the people what they want--even if they don't yet know that they want it. Real-world examples illustrate the framework in action, and case studies highlight critical points that can make or break you when your goal is on the line. Exercises and assessments help you nail down your strengths, while pointing out areas that could benefit from reinforcement--because when it comes to your business, "good enough" isn't good enough--better is always better.Disciplined Entrepreneurship transformed the way that professionals think about starting a company, and this book helps you dig into the proven framework to make your business dreams a reality.Delve deeper into the 24 steps to success Innovate, persevere, and create the product people want Internalize lessons learned from real-world entrepreneurs Test your understanding with exercises and case studies Starting a company is a serious undertaking, with plenty of risk and sacrifice to go around--so why not minimize the risk and make the outcome worth the sacrifice? Author Bill Aulet's 24-step framework is proven to build a successful business; the key is in how well you implement it. Disciplined Entrepreneurship Case Studies & Exercises helps you master the skills, tools, and mindset you need to get on your path to success.

Entering Startupland: An Essential Guide to Finding the Right Startup Job


Jeff Bussgang - 2017
    Not only do many technical and non-tech professionals wish to work for one, but executives from large companies also view successful startups as a model to help them adapt to today's digital economy. This practical guide provides an insider's analysis of various startup roles, including product development, marketing, growth management, and other areas.Venture capitalist, entrepreneur, and Harvard Business School professor Jeffrey Bussgang takes you through the responsibilities of each role, as well as the skills that coding wizards or non-tech professionals need to fulfill them. You'll gain insight into how successful startups operate and discover which of them you may want to join--or emulate.Take a tour of typical startup roles, from business development, sales, and finance to customer and user acquisition and retentionGain clarity about the jobs that actually exist within startups to determine which ones are a good fit for you--or your companyGet interviews with high-performing practitioners at top tech startupsLearn how to collect intelligence on startups--which ones are successful and which ones aren't doing so well

Founder’s Pocket Guide: Raising Angel Capital


Stephen R. Poland - 2017
    Created to save you dozens of hours of research and help you avoid common pitfalls, this guide helps you build your angel investing process knowledge base, sort out key terminology, and understand the moving parts of equity fundraising. Review the Complete Funding Process. This concise guide gives entrepreneurs a complete overview of the angel funding process, answering the most frequent questions entrepreneurs face as they build new companies. Save Time and Avoid Pitfalls. If you are new to the startup funding process and need to raise angel capital, start with this book. It strips away non essentials and provides you with fundamental, easy-to-reference information so you can move on to building your venture. Concise explanations help you understand angel investor expectations and go into investment discussions prepared and knowledgeable. Questions answered in this guide include: • Is my startup really “investor ready”? • How much can my startup legally raise? • How much equity should I give up to investors? • How much money is realistic to raise from angels? • What is a pre-money valuation and how can I determine the right amount? • What do terms such as dilution, convertible debt, and cap table mean? • What is a term sheet, and how does it affect an investment deal? • What is the difference between preferred shares and common shares? • What stage does my startup need to be at to be interesting to angel investors?

Chess: The Ultimate Guide for Beginners


Cory Klein - 2017
    This is not true. In fact, chess is accessible and can be played by anyone with a brain, a pair of eyes, and imagination. The ultimate guide for beginnersIf you've never played the game of chess or are still discovering it, this book is for you. It is a basic and comprehensive guide that will introduce you to the game and teach you everything you need to know, from the setup of a chess board to the delivery of checkmate. It is filled with advice for beginners, basic tactics, strategies, and diagrams to help you visualize every step of your progress. The start of a lifelong King's huntThe objective of this book is not to make you a chess master. That is an accomplishment that takes decades of research, regular practice, and an insane amount of talent. The goal here is for you to become a decent chess player. After reading this book, you will be able to play games with anyone, practice regularly, and sharpen your chess muscles until you reach a decent level of play. The more you'll play, the better you'll get. But it all starts with the basics which you will acquire in this book. So don't hesitate. If you've always wanted to learn to play chess, now is the time. Just scroll up and grab your copy now!

Startup Opportunities: Know When to Quit Your Day Job


Brad Feld - 2017
    Whether it's your first business or your fifth, realistic assessment from the outset can save you a lot of time and money; why pour your heart and soul into a venture that is doomed to fail? Instead, position yourself to win from the very beginning. In this book, accomplished venture capitalists share their insight on startups and entrepreneurs: who will fail, who will succeed and why, and what you should do to give your business the very best shot at becoming a global success story. You'll learn how to evaluate your business with a critical eye, and how early customer development can be key in turning a good idea into a great opportunity. If you're serious about building a business that lasts, this book provides invaluable guidance that you really cannot miss.More than five million people will launch a business this year, and many of them will be great ideas--yet few will be around in five years, and even fewer in ten years. A great idea is not enough to build a successful business. You need to fortify your idea with the proper foundation, and a scaffolding of good planning and early action. This book shows you how.Assess your business's viability using the 10x Rule Learn when you can quit your day job--or not Take the key steps to making your business succeed Discover the opportunities worth selling everything for This expert author team has witnessed more than 30,000 pitches over two decades, and have participated in over 500 startup launches. Startup Opportunities gives you the benefit of their experience to help you start strong and stay strong.

The Startup Survivor: A New Entrepreneur's Guide to Starting, Surviving and Succeeding in Business


Michael Maloof - 2017
     Have you always had a dream of owning your own successful business? Is the reality of having a startup turning your dream into a nightmare? Successful serial entrepreneur and angel investor Michael Maloof has spent decades helping business owners achieve financial freedom. In his landmark book, he’ll help you transform your fledgling startup into a success story. Through fast-read chapters, real-world techniques, and innovative strategies, The Startup Survivor shows you how to build a better business from the ground-up. By identifying the common blunders that rip startups apart, Maloof’s book allows you to navigate through your company’s vulnerable first years and well beyond into the future. Maloof’s decades of startup experience have been condensed into the guidebook you need to achieve your well-deserved business goals. In The Startup Survivor, you’ll discover: The three most critical business elements that most startups ignore. How to honestly assess your idea, your target audience, and your performance. How to manage your team, when to hire, and when to fire How to cope with stress, keep your sanity, and maintain your health when you’re the one in charge. How to focus your time and energy to avoid costly distractions, and much, much more! Through his time on the startup front lines, Maloof has learned the patterns to follow to both build and sell multi-million-dollar companies. He’s the perfect instructor for rounding out your business education. If you like frank, straightforward advice, actionable tactics, and the priceless wisdom of an industry expert, then you’ll love Michael Maloof’s must-have handbook for entrepreneurs. Buy The Startup Survivor today to invest in your financial future.

The Fama Portfolio: Selected Papers of Eugene F. Fama


Eugene F. Fama - 2017
    Fama. Over the course of a brilliant and productive career, Fama has published more than one hundred papers, filled with diverse, highly innovative contributions. Published soon after the fiftieth anniversary of Fama’s appointment to the University of Chicago and his receipt of the Nobel Prize in Economics, The Fama Portfolio offers an authoritative compilation of Fama’s central papers. Many are classics, including his now-famous essay on efficient capital markets. Others, though less famous, are even better statements of the central ideas. Fama’s research considers key questions in finance, both as an academic field and an industry: How is information reflected in asset prices? What is the nature of risk that scares people away from larger returns? Does lots of buying and selling by active managers produce value for their clients? The Fama Portfolio provides for the first time a comprehensive collection of his work and includes introductions and commentary by the book’s editors, John H. Cochrane and Tobias Moskowitz, as well as by Fama’s colleagues, themselves top scholars and successful practitioners in finance. These essays emphasize how the ideas presented in Fama’s papers have influenced later thinking in financial economics, often for decades.

How to Start Your Own Shoe Company


Wade Motawi - 2017
    Both companies have a unique style, budget, and business plan. In each of the 14 chapters a requirement or process is clearly described and you will learn how each of the two new shoe brands will best tackle this challenge. How to Start Your Own Shoe Company will guide you through creating your brand identity, legally setting up your shoe company, and registering your trademarks. You will also learn how to design and manufacture your shoes, how to find the best shoe factory, and how to go about selling your shoes. Many other topics such as, importing shoes, working with international distributors, calculating profit margins, paying overseas vendors, and necessary capital requirements will also be covered so you can get your start-up moving forward right away. How To Start Your Own Show Company is arranged in chronological order, following the shoe company start-up process from initial design, through development, production, sales, marketing, and distribution. There are 12 chapters, 170 pages and more than 100 full color drawings, photos, charts, infographics, spreadsheets, and sample forms to clearly illustrate the complete process. This book will help you meet many challenges and be your complete guide to making your own shoe company come to life!

Firestarters: How Innovators, Instigators, and Initiators Can Inspire You to Ignite Your Own Life


Raoul Davis Jr. - 2017
    This motivational how-to book provides insights into the crucial difference between people who make things happen and those who only think about making an impact. Based on research from many disciplines and interviews with professionals at the top of their fields, Firestarters creates a complete roadmap to achieve personal success and make an impact in the world. The heart of the book features stories about successful entrepreneurs, CEOs, organizational leaders, and forward-looking thinkers from a variety of professions. They describe the factors and conditions that ignited their lives and helped them become achievers. Some are known to the public; others will be completely new. But all the stories demonstrate how they became--and you can become--a Firestarter. The authors provide pragmatic advice on how individual readers can ignite the qualities that will lead them toward pursuing and realizing their dreams. Self-assessment exercises, checklists, and other tools will help readers apply Firestarter insights to their own lives. Also included are group exercises and discussion guides so the book can be used in business and nonprofit settings to develop the skills that help companies grow. Whether you're an individual seeking ways to realize personal ambitions or a leader trying to motivate your team, you'll benefit from the Firestarter methods featured in this inspirational book.

Microsoft Excel 2016 : Data Analysis And Business Modeling


Wayne L. Winston - 2017
    SAME CONTENTS AS IN US EDITION - ISBN - 9788120353350 - Printed in Asia - - Note: It is Alternate Edition , Not US Edition and does NOT carry any CD or CODE unless specified above

The Last Key To Success: Secret Recipe of Company Building Shared by Founders Under 30


Grace Gong - 2017
    It includes 21 successful founders. In it, each founder covers about 2 out of the 13 topics below to share their opinions and personal experiences from when they started their own business. Topics include: 1. How do you start a company? 2. Resources, experiences, strength? 3. Co-founder, teammates and mentorship?4. Supporting yourself (Financial independence and mentality) 5. Product 6. Competition & Trend7. Produce, Operate & Manage8. Raise money & business model 9. Scalability & Growth 10. Sales & marketing 11. Global/ Visa/ Legal 12. Dealing with failures 13. Value, self-improvement & future advice

Passion To Profit: The 7 Simple Steps To Turning Your Passion Into Rewarding Profit


Anik Singal - 2017
    The problem is you don’t know how to do it. You’re not alone. Millions of people from all corners of the earth are working too hard and enjoying life too little. If you’re one of them, chances are your inner entrepreneur is screaming to come out - but you’re too scared to take the first step. In Passion to Profit, award-winning Internet marketer Anik Singal tells why many people fail at online business and shows you how to sail past them to digital marketing success. A leading authority in digital publishing, Anik Singal tells of his journey from a medical student with $100 to his name to becoming one of the world’s most successful digital marketers with over $100 million in sales. In Passion to Profit you’ll learn: • The 7 critical steps to start your own digital publishing business from home with zero investment and zero risk. • Why blogging, pay-per- click, eBay, and affiliate marketing often give tepid results. • Why digital publishing yields the highest profit margins - and how anyone can do it without any special knowledge or expertise. • How to learn and use proven systems to avoid common pitfalls. • How to easily harness the power of Profit Multipliers for 300%+ growth. It’s not too late. You can take control of your life (and your finances) with an online income as long as you know the right system and the insider secrets. If you’re ready for the massive profit potential of digital publishing, you need this book.

House Arrest: A Practical Guide on How to Replace Your Income Through Property Investing


Rick Gannon - 2017
    Rick shares his property secrets that helped him leave his job as a police officer within 6 months. A value-packed book on how to start your own House In Multiple Occupation Property Business. Are you looking to replace your income? Then you need this one-stop property training book This is a "no frills" straight-talking book on how to invest in high cash-flowing property the correct way with Houses In Multiple Occupation (HMOs) It covers:- Deciding on your area Legislation Planning permission Licensing Local and national legislation Marketing Rent to Rent Lease Options Deal stacking Working with Joint Ventures How to find property without using any of your own money Refurbishment How to source tenants How to manage tenants How to systemise your business Mindset And MUCH MUCH more! If you are looking for a one-stop property book then let this be it!

It's Not Complicated: The Art and Science of Complexity in Business


Richard Ronald Nason - 2017
    Compartmentalizing problems and solutions and assuming everything can be solved with the right formula can no longer keep pace with the radical changes occurring daily in the modern business world.It's Not Complicated offers a paradigm shift for business professionals looking for simplified solutions to complex problems. In his straightforward and highly engaging style, Rick Nason introduces the principles of -complexity thinking- which empower managers to understand, correlate, and explain a diverse range of business phenomena. For example, why some new products go viral while others remain unnoticed, how office cliques develop despite collaborative work policies and spaces, how economic bubbles form, and how an unknown retiree foiled one of the most carefully planned product launches ever with a single letter to the editor of his local newspaper. Rather than consider complicated and complex as interchangeable terms, Rick Nason explains what complexity is, how it arises, and the errors in solving complex situations with complicated thinking. It's Not Complicated provides managers with fresh, counterintuitive, and actionable models for dealing with challenging business problems.

The Crowd-sourceress: Get Smart, Get Funded, and Kickstart Your Next Big Idea


Alex Daly - 2017
    The Crowdsourceress will give you everything you need to make your campaign a success." --Phil Baker, COO, Pono "Owning The Crowdsourceress is like having Alex Daly's 'special sauce' right at your fingertips."--Jesse Reed, cofounder, Standards Manual In recent years, the crowdfunding industry has generated several billions in funding. But the harsh reality is that around 60 percent of Kickstarter campaigns fail. Enter Alex Daly, a crowdfunding expert who has raised over $20 million for her clients' campaigns. She has run some of Kickstarter's biggest projects-TLC's newest album, Neil Young's audio player, and Joan Didion's documentary. In this book, Daly takes readers deep inside her most successful campaigns, showing you how toGet fans and influencers excited about your launchBuild an appealing and powerfully designed campaignAccess proven video tips, pitching tactics, press releases, and rewards ideasAvoid the most common headaches and pitfallsHere you'll get tangible tools to run your own crowdfunding campaigns and fully connect with the crowd, get people to pay attention, and inspire them to act.

Give: The Ultimate Guide To Using Facebook Advertising to Generate More Leads, More Clients, and Massive ROI


Nicholas Kusmich - 2017
    The best marketers concentrate on what they have to give. The way people consume media is changing, fast. Laptops, tablets, and smartphones keep us constantly connected to the web. This represents a huge opportunity for savvy marketers. The only problem: the old methods are no longer working. New media demands new advertising. Facebook is the single most effective platform for marketing in the Internet era, and Nicholas Kusmich is the best Facebook marketer in the world. In GIVE, he will show you what differentiates Facebook from traditional advertising and explain why it’s so important to promote your business in a way that’s congruent with the norms of social media. He’ll take you through a four-step process to pinpoint your market, master your message, create a magnet, and build a mechanism that both collects and helps you retain and develop those relationships. When used well, Nic’s Facebook advertising strategies can send your return on investment through the roof. In GIVE, you’ll find the tools you need to share your authentic voice with the people who want to hear it and turn their attention into satisfying, meaningful sales.

Beyond Words: A Radically Simple Solution to Unite Communities, Strengthen Businesses, and Connect Cultures Through Language


James Archer - 2017
     Why DON’T you speak that other language? Even if you have studied it in high school, taken an online course or simply struggled to order in a restaurant in somewhere like Mexico, it can leave you wondering: Where did all that language study go? Lots of people are saying “We need to work together”, “We need to communicate”, “We need to be friends”. But there are also a lot of people asking, “How?” Beyond Words tells you how. It explains where we are at, and what is possible, and how to achieve it. The ShareLingo Project has brought countless people together to share their native tongues; police, teachers, nurses, etc. This book tells the stories of dozens of schools, businesses, nonprofits, governments, and individuals that have made significant, measurable impact by participating in the ShareLingo program. And then it outlines ShareLingo’s Model, Method, and Materials so that you can implement a ShareLingo style programs within your own organization. After you read this book, you will: overcome your own language barrier that has been holding you back learn how so many others in your situation have succeeded by using this method increase profits in your business broaden your market reach further your mission in your nonprofit connect your communities improve the lives of others Press the Download Now button and find out how you have made this language barrier a bigger beast than it is.You don’t need to be fluent before you can achieve your personal and business goals. Learn the secret of the ShareLingo method, and join the growing ShareLingo family.

Summary of The Hard Thing About Hard Things: by Ben Horowitz | Includes Key Takeaways & Analysis


FastReads - 2017
    Ben Horowitz has filled this book with his invaluable experience and insight into how to build a business when things go wrong and there are no easy answers.This FastReads Summary & Analysis offers supplementary material to The Hard Thing About Hard Things to help you distill the key takeaways, review the book's content, and further understand the writing style and overall themes from an editorial perspective. Whether you'd like to deepen your understanding, refresh your memory, or simply decide whether or not this book is for you, FastReads Summary & Analysis is here to help. Absorb everything you need to know in under 20 minutes!What does this FastReads Summary & Analysis Include?Executive Summary of the original book Key Takeaways Chapter-by-chapter synopses Exposition & AnalysisOriginal Book Summary Overview This book is different from other management books because it addresses problems that other books don't. It teaches you how to deal with the hard things. So, what are the hard things? Setting a big goal and getting your employees to achieve it is not a hard thing; the hard thing is when you miss that goal and have to lay people off. Other management books try to present a recipe for dealing with situations that have no recipes. There are no recipes for building a start-up or composing a hit single, or running for the president of the United States. That's the hard thing about hard things.BEFORE YOU BUY: The purpose of this FastReads Summary & Analysis is to help you decide if it's worth the time, money and effort reading the original book (if you haven't already). FastReads has pulled out the essence-but only to help you ascertain the value of the book for yourself. This analysis is meant as a supplement to, and not a replacement for, The Hard Thing About Hard Things.

Designing Future-Friendly Content: Modeling and Planning Content for Every Interface


Carrie Hane - 2017
    This requires careful upfront attention to back-end content strategy and its linkages with design and development. However, back-end content strategy is an emerging and complex area of practice with few useful resources for practitioners, and many organizations are struggling to deal with soaring amounts of content. In Designing Future-Friendly Content, Mike Atherton and Carrie Hane introduce a comprehensive, up-to-date content strategy process that starts outside the interface, using research and modeling to build a shared map of a subject before a single pixel is drawn. Their content-first approach helps you reuse and remix valuable assets both for today's needs and tomorrow's opportunities, as you master the interplay of content strategy, design, and management, and smoothly orchestrate your entire content team. Throughout, this practical and conversational guide demonstrates key concepts through case study examples and illustrations. You'll learn how to:Model subject domains and use your models to plan web content Research and model content and use the results to inform UI and CMS design Plan for an effective CMS implementation Clarify the roles of designers, developers, and content strategists, and build cross-functional teams that work together well Tackle content overload, growing device diversity, fast-changing design trends, siloed content creation, and other key challenges

Rise: The Reincarnation of an Entrepreneur


Michael Erath - 2017
    Due to a combination of declining sales, betrayals from key staff, and personal shortcomings, Michael went from owning two multimillion dollar businesses to almost destroying his marriage, losing his home and companies, and struggling to make ends meet. But he didn't let failure keep him down. Instead, he learned from his mistakes and rose back to success. Michael's journey inspired him to help others avoid the mistakes he made by bringing discipline, accountability, and balance into their work and personal lives. In Rise, Michael recounts his remarkable story with brutal honesty and self-reflection. He demonstrates how systemizing a business and building healthy, open, and honest leadership teams can help business leaders free themselves from the control their business has over them and find time to pursue other passions. Part refreshingly honest memoir and part guide for entrepreneurs, Rise will show you how to get out of your own way and live your ideal life.

How Any Kid Can Start a Business


Mark Cuban - 2017
    Believe it or not, there are plenty of businesses that kids as young as 8 or 9 years old can start and make money at! Running a lemonade stand for a few hours is a great experience. However, there are so many more ways for a kid to not only gain valuable exposure to the business world, but to earn some extra money as well. We hope our book, How Any Kid Can Start a Business, will give any kid with an interest in becoming an entrepreneur an enjoyable head start and guide to launching an age-appropriate business." - Mark, Shaan and Ian

Presto Sketching: The Magic of Simple Drawing for Brilliant Product Thinking and Design


Ben Crothers - 2017
    Learn techniques like product sketching, storyboarding, journey mapping, and conceptual illustration. Dive into how to use a visual metaphor (with a library of 101 visual metaphors), as well as tips for capturing and sharing your sketches digitally, and developing your own style.Designers, product managers, trainers, and entrepreneurs will learn better ways to explore problems, explain concepts, and come up with well-defined ideas - and have fun doing it.

Best Real Estate Investing Advice Ever: Volume 2


Joe Fairless - 2017
    How to transition from single family to multifamily properties2. Step-by-step approach on raising money for your deals3. How to creatively invest in real estate, no matter how bad your current financial situation is4. Step-by-step approach for using market data to perform due diligence5. The most overlooked expenses by buy-and-hold and fix-and-flipinvestors6. Step-by-step blueprint for how to achieve financial independence7. A step-by-step process for how to successfully wholesale probateproperties8. How lenders evaluate your loan application and what to do to get rid of it9. A creative financing method for newbie investorsThe Best Real Estate Investing Advice Ever, is your gateway to unleashing your greatest investing potential.

Redesign: Becoming a Happy, Healthy, and Successful Entrepreneur


Sebastiaan Hooft - 2017
     Sebastiaan Hooft is the perfect example. As one of the Netherlands’ bestknown and most successful entrepreneurs, he nearly lost it all to a complete physical, mental, and emotional breakdown. After nine months of painful recovery, Hooft survived and made it his mission to help fellow entrepreneurs avoid the same fate. Hooft’s goal is to prove that entrepreneurs can have it all while living a fulfilling, healthy, and balanced personal life. Redesign spans in-depth interviews with more than five hundred entrepreneurs from fifteen countries providing detailed guidance as to: • The Five Facets of Sustainable Entrepreneurship and how to use them to either reinvigorate your career or cure the illness of burnout • How to live like a lion—eat well when you want and hang out when you please • Why a great idea alone doesn’t equal success • Why transparency is the golden ticket to building a powerful life Learn how to play harder, breathe easier, and live better without losing any of the results you’ve worked so hard to achieve.

The Launch Book: Motivational Stories to Launch Your Idea, Business or Next Career


Sanyin Siang - 2017
    Drawing on behavioral science and selfleadership principles, the strategies and exercises in this practical and inspirational book will catalyze and position you for a successful launch. This book draws on the author's wide experience in leadership, coaching and mentorship, as well as interviews with innovators and entrepreneurs. It also draws on ideas such as turning failures into brilliant mistakes, framing, networking, storytelling and many more. Short, sharp, snappy and impactful, this book makes any launch actionable.LID Publishing's popular Concise Advice Lab notebooks are designed to be quick and comprehensive brainstorming tools and skill-building resources for busy professionals. The small trim size makes it easy to take along in a briefcase or purse. Interior pages are matte finish, so ink won't smear, and there's plenty of space to jot notes. A ribbon makes it easy to mark your place, and the elastic outer band keeps the notebook closed.

The Transformational Consumer: Fuel a Lifelong Love Affair with Your Customers by Helping Them Get Healthier, Wealthier, and Wiser


Tara-Nicholle Nelson - 2017
    They buy over $4 trillion in life-improving products and services every year. If you serve their deeply human need to continually improve their lives, they will eagerly engage with your brand at a time when most people are tuning out corporate messages. They are Transformational Consumers, and no one knows them like Tara-Nicholle Nelson. Her Transformational Consumer insights powered her work at MyFitnessPal, which grew from 40 million to 100 million users in her time there. Nelson takes readers on a hero's journey to connecting with customers in ways both profitable and transformational. After going inside the brains, emotions, and behaviors of Transformational Consumers, Tara issues a call to adventure: a rallying cry to leaders to shift their focus from simply making products to solving their customers' problems. Nelson uses stories and cases studies from every industry to guide readers through this journey in five stages, shedding light on how to rethink their customers, their products and services, their marketing, their competition, and even their culture. The key to growing a business today is not building an app or getting new social media followers. The key is engaging people over and over again by triggering their deep, human desire for growth and transformation. When a company reorients every initiative to serve Transformational Consumers, it kick-starts a lifelong love affair with its customers--a love affair that results in unprecedented revenue growth, product innovation, and employee engagement.

Rich20something: Ditch Your Average Job, Start an Epic Business, and Score the Life You Want


Daniel Dipiazza - 2017
    Then it hit him: This doesn't have to be my life. Now twenty-eight, DiPiazza has launched multiple successful businesses with zero startup capital--simply by identifying and monetizing his skills into a career and life he loves. And with this book, so can you. Rich20Something is not some boring spiel on -paying your dues-; it's about hustle. Instead of inching your way up the traditional career ladder, DiPiazza teaches you how to hack it, sharing hard-earned advice, anecdotes from other entrepreneurial badasses, and step-by-step techniques for turning your best skills into a business you're passionate about that pays well to boot, including success secrets like: - The three questions that will help fail proof your business idea - How to ruthlessly prioritize, focus, and -ride the Motivation Wave- to get your gig going- Promotion strategies that literally make you money while you sleep - Owning the online game on every platform, from ten followers to 500,000 It's time to toss out your parents' career guides (sorry, mom and dad). Rich20Something is the only book you need to blaze your own path to an epic career and start getting the most out of your life now.

The Definitive Guide to Selling on Amazon


Tracey WallaceLauren Shepherd - 2017
    

Inner Disruption: Startup Founder Psychology 101 (The Rewired Founder Manuals)


Vasco Patrício - 2017
    The knowledge in this book is distilled from Vasco Patrício's 7-year experience as a startup founder and employee, but also from countless interviews with representatives of the top Silicon Valley startups, accelerators, venture capitals, and much more.The book covers topics such as methods for self-diagnostic of your strengths and weaknesses, strategies to manage your everyday emotions and mindset, and a list of common obstacles in startups and how to solve them.

Mastering the Art of Negotiation: Seven guides for creating your journey


Geurt Jan de Heus - 2017
    One must negotiate in private affairs, as well as in daily business situations. This book demonstrates how to develop and maintain these essential skills.

SANE: How to Build Your Business Rapidly Without Going Insane


Mitchel Harper - 2017
    Or discuss tactics without explaining the strategy or the “why” behind those tactics.Growth isn’t a marketing channel. It’s not one single hire. And it’s definitely not the same for every company. Raising money from investors also doesn’t guarantee growth.So what is growth?Growth is an "always improving" founder mindset, combined with a well-defined plan that’s executed to create minimal downsize and unlimited upside potential.If you’re looking for help to grow your business from where it is now to $10,000,000 in annual sales and beyond, I wrote this book for you.

Conferences for Introverts: Stop Looking at Your Shoes and Thrive in the World Optimized for the Other Half


Alan Mendelevich - 2017
    If that’s what you think, this book is for you. We will cover ways to optimize your experience, attitude, and results of attending any professional social event as an introvert.

The Age of Metapreneurship: A Journey into the Future of Entrepreneurship


C.J. Cornell - 2017
    The past and the outdated rules are holding you back. Learn what's different about entrepreneurship today, and Master the New Rules of Modern Entrepreneurship Learn how to thrive and succeed as a modern entrepreneur - a Metapreneur. Everyone wants to be an entrepreneur: they're the rock stars of the business world. With 100,000 how-to books, dozens of entrepreneurship programs in every city and an expert on every website - it should be pretty easy to become a successful entrepreneur. But something's wrong. Techniques and advice that were effective 5 or 10 years ago, today they may make you an amateur. The more you study, the worse it gets. Subtly, the world changed. Technology and people changed. Yet the field of entrepreneurship hasn't changed all that much. The old rules and the old mindsets are holding you back. In fact, the more experienced you are, the worse it can get. The Age of Metapreneurship is about the future of entrepreneurship - a future that is just emerging now. It's about a new kind of entrepreneurship, and a new kind of entrepreneur. Reading this book will give you new ideas, new strategies for being successful, and help remove some of the frustrations that come from using knowledge and techniques from the past. It will help you reinvent yourself in the form of a modern entrepreneur: A Metapreneur. The Age of Metapreneurship takes a step back - providing a 10,000-foot view so you can see patterns, avoid minefields, and understand the new terrain. Inside we'll explore: Chaos - How entrepreneurship is so broadly defined today that we have no idea anymore who is and isn't. Cults - How the institutions, programs, and leaders designed to help entrepreneurs, are failing them. Dots - Entire industries are ripe for disruption (by entrepreneurs) because the old business models are disintegrating. Direct, straight lines, are being replaced by 'connecting the dots.' Abundance vs Scarcity - and how 'every abundance creates a new scarcity' is the new business mantra. Scale - is now a required strategy for every startup - otherwise you risk irrelevance: but scaling now can be far, wide, or deep. Crowds change everything - crowdsourcing, crowdfunding and collective intelligence. Sharing - is not just a fad - it's the new economy. Movements - the waves of the network: Join them, start them, leverage them - or risk being left out. All of these trends converge and change us - from customers, employees to vendors and companies - and this leads to a new kind of leadership, and a new style of entrepreneurship Metapreneurship. This book is a not checklist on 'how to become an entrepreneur,” nor is it a manual on 'how to launch a company.' The Age of Metapreneurship contains raw materials, ideas, paradigms, and ammunition so that savvy entrepreneurs and advisors can create unique strategies, and avoid using old ones. If you've been advising new ventures and guiding them through a bootcamp-like experience - only to see them sputter, and fade away, this book is for you. If you see entrepreneurship in your region brimming, brewing, and percolating -but never seeming to gain critical mass, this book is for you.

Turn Ideas Into Products: A Playbook for Defining and Delivering Technology Products


Steve Johnson - 2017
    Yet for every amazing success story, there are thousands of stories of products that went nowhere. Most of us aren’t looking at billion-dollar valuations; we’re not looking for an exit. Instead we have a few ideas — some innovative, some not — and we’re trying to determine which to pursue. Likely, you’re working for a company today and you need a step-by-step approach to turn ideas, regardless of their source, into businesses. In Turn Ideas into Products, author Steve Johnson introduces a nimble idea-to-market process with strong emphasis on personal experience with customers. From business planning to product launch, this approach for managing products empowers your product team to work smarter and collaborate better with colleagues and customers.

Summary of Designing Your Life: by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans | Includes Key Takeaways & Analysis


FastReads - 2017
    Don't miss this FastReads summary of Burnett and Evans' step-by-step guide to Designing your Life! What Will You Learn from Reading This Book? How to use design thinking to get unstuck and figure out what to do with your life. How dysfunctional beliefs keep you from living the life you want. How to create a life that is constantly evolving, generative, and full of surprises. How to articulate your Workview and Lifeview and balance the core areas of your life. How to reframe your work or life problems and find solutions without changing your circumstances. How to build life prototypes and fail at small learning experiences so you don’t waste years chasing dreams that don’t pan out. How to use the beginner’s mind to find hidden opportunities and design your dream job. How to extract value from setbacks and develop immunity to the sting of failure. How to find happiness by making well-designed choices and living confidently into them. Book Summary Review Short of having a killer body and being world famous, there is a tested and straightforward solution to every challenge you have, and Burnett and Evans have been teaching the secret to Stanford wonks for years. Design thinking has helped hundreds of their students resolve some of their most pressing problems and dilemmas, and it can do the same for you too. The duo reminds you – with the clarity and assurance that’s only the reserve of seasoned instructors – that it’s okay if you are sixty and haven’t figured out your life yet because everyone has multiple life versions to figure out. This book will transform the way you look at your career, health, family, and money problems – and just about any other wicked problem you have. The step-by-step insights contained therein will nudge you to work on the crises you have been shelving for years. Click Buy Now with 1-Click to Own Your Copy Today! Please note: This is a summary, analysis and review of the book and not the original book.

Retail's Seismic Shift: How to Shift Faster, Respond Better, and Win Customer Loyalty


Michael Dart - 2017
    Now it is designed for the mobile smart device—for consumers to travel with. In a world with an overabundance of material goods, consumer values and the drivers of retail success are being radically redefined. The smartphone has created a world of limitless expectation and logistical possibility: What will the retail experience look like in ten, twenty, or even fifty years—and how should all companies be preparing?Industry experts Michael Dart and Robin Lewis identify the major trends in our economy that will shape the future of retail and determine who wins. Imagine aworld where entertainment, experience, or values matter more than the product. We are approaching the time in which distribution begins and ends with the consumer, mass markets give way to fragmented markets, and the necessity of entirely new business models is paramount. Amazon, Uber, and AirBnB are just the beginning; new technologies will continue to grow and uproot existing business models. And now, with the emergence of the technology-empowered young consumer culture, retailers will be forced to transform their offerings. In their previous book, The New Rules of Retail, Dart and Lewis predicted nearly every defining characteristic of today’s marketplace. Here, they do the same for the next era, in which retailers will have to be ready for anything.

Profits and Sustainability: A History of Green Entrepreneurship


Geoffrey Jones - 2017
    The social and religious beliefs that drove many of these individuals are explored as the book looks at how they overcamehuge obstacles to execute their strategies. The green entrepreneurs seen here are shown to have created new markets and industries, and driven innovations in sustainable practices, even at times when most consumers and governments marginalized the entire subject. The struggles of early pioneersappear to have been rewarded by the growth of environmental awareness among consumers, business leaders, and others in recent years, but the Earth's environmental health continues to deteriorate. If profits and sustainability have proved challenging to reconcile, this book argues that one reason washow they were both defined.

The HyperLocal HyperFast Real Estate Agent: How to Dominate Your Real Estate Market in Under a Year- I Did it and so Can You!


Daniel Lesniak - 2017
    Fewer than 10% of agents will make over $100,000 and the majority that do have been in the business for decades. The average real estate agent sells 12 homes a year and for agents that are just starting out that number is less than four. In 2012 Dan Lesniak used a unique strategy to upend the industry trends. In his first year in real estate Dan had over 36 transactions totaling over $22 million in sold volume, making him one of the most successful rookie real estate agents ever. He did this by taking over one of the most competitive market areas in the country, that had previously been dominated by agents with over 10 years experience. In The HyperLocal, Hyper Fast Real Estate Agent, Dan tells how he used the Segmentation, Targeting and Positioning (STP) framework to identify potential markets, choose which ones to go after and how to add massive value to the consumers in that market. This book will teach you how to use the STP framework to enter new markets or increase market share in your existing markets by adding more value to your potential clients and communicating your value proposition to the market. Whether you are a new agent getting started or a veteran agent looking for more growth this book will show you how to do it using examples of how Dan did it in the hyper competitive Arlington, VA (Greater Washington DC) market. What Other Industry Leaders Have Said About the Book “I have been coaching realtors for 22 years. Dan is the best business man who sells real estate that I’ve ever seen. He has great systems, structures, and processes. That is what separates him from the rest!” -Rick Ruby - Core Head Coach One of my favorite sayings is “follow the yellow brick road.” In this book, Dan clearly lays out the path to the Emerald City, avoiding all the dangers of creating your own way. In Dan's first year, he closed over $22 million in sales, a feat matched by only the tiniest fraction of real estate agents—regardless of experience. If you are looking for a step-by-step plan from someone who has done it, this is the book for you! -Pam O’Bryant, Chief Engagement Officer for Keller Williams Capital Properties, Contributor to Gary Keller’s The Millionaire Real Estate Agent book There is no greater opportunity right now in the real estate industry than there is in the expansion market. This will require you to grow in your existing market and know how to expand in new ones. This book is a great example of how to rapidly expand in any market and is a must read for expansion team leaders. -Noah Ostroff, Chief Executive Officer of Global Living and Top Selling Keller Williams Agent Dan Lesniak is the real deal. He runs the most profitable real estate team I know of, hands down. If you want to compress time to achieve your goals, listen to this guy and take action now! -Jeff Latham, President of Latham Realty Unlimited with 275 homes sold annually Dan and I first met when he was just getting started in the business, and I have been blown away at how he was able to grow his brand so rapidly in a very competitive market. Dan’s creative approach and tenacity has served him well, and he is a great example of how to commit and succeed as a young real estate agent. -Thad Wise, Senior Vice President with First Savings Mortgage Corporation and $100 Million Loan Officer Dan Lesniak is by far one of the brightest and highest-skilled real estate agents I have had the pleasure of working with; his strategies for his clients are brilliant! Dan has succeeded in one of the most competi

Make Money Blogging: Proven Strategies to Make Money Online while You Work from Home


Joseph Hogue - 2017
    I hated my job and knew I didn’t want to spend a third of my day miserable…but looking through blogging books, all I found were generic strategies and false promises.They all promised huge income but none really told me how much bloggers make or how to make money online. I said screw it and started my blogs anyway in 2014. I quit my job and spent 60+ hours a week building my sites and learning how to make money blogging. You know what, it paid off. I doubled my monthly income last year and now make more than 85% of bloggers. That’s in just two years of blogging and I make money from seven different income sources every month. Flip-flops and a T-shirt are my uniform and I’m loving it! The nine ways to make money I detail in this book helped me grow my income to over $5,000 a month. More than a work from home reference, each chapter is a step-by-step in getting started and maximizing your income from each source. Some of the strategies to make money are completely passive once you set them up. Others will take more work but can make thousands a month. The one thing they have in common...they all work! You Don’t Have 60+ Hours a Week to Learn How to Make Money Online? I didn’t start making money blogging overnight. I treated it like a business, I put everything into it and sacrificed life for months to learn how to start a blog and be successful. My pain is your gain. You don’t have to sacrifice a year of your time to start making money and work from home. I put everything I learned on my own into this book from the easiest ways to make money to the methods that make thousands a month. Making Money Blogging…and only Making Money This isn’t just another generic blogging book, covering everything from starting a blog to building traffic and then offering a side-note on a few ways to make money.You can find that anywhere. Type ‘Start a Blog’ in Google and you’ll find thousands of articles on how to setup your site but none of them tell you exactly how to make money. Believe me, I tried and had to learn the hard way. This book is 100% dedicated to giving you the tools that make money on websites. In this book you’ll learn: The proven one-year strategy for developing different income sources on your blog, from the immediate payoffs to the methods that make thousands a month (pg. 171) The complete sales funnel one blogger uses to sell his $1,000 courses and make between $30,000 to $70,000 every single month (pg. 93) How I turned my blogs into a self-publishing engine and make nearly $2,000 a month just on the books (pg. 67) How I doubled the monthly income from my blogs last year to make more than 85% of bloggers (pg. 6) How I turned a blog making less than $100 a month into a $1,000 cash machine in less than three weeks (pg. 112) I'm not promising you a get rich quick scheme or a way to make money online without doing any work. All nine of these blogging strategies take time to set up and some require continuous work on your part. Anyone that promises you online riches without the work is just trying to scam you.

RADIUS: Reaching Across Different Industries Uncovering Solutions


Pejman Ghadimi - 2017
     As more and more people embark on the idea that small business ownership and Entrepreneurship may be the only path of finding monetary and personal success in a very crowded and ever evolving global economy, it only made sense for me to create a powerful blueprint that would highlight all aspects of business mastery. Written from a universal lens, RADIUS helps readers understand the powerful 5 entrepreneurial pillars that every business in every industry worldwide falls under. From the idea phase, to the birth of a product or service, to understanding the revenue model of a business, to the start of the brand which eventually when re-used and recycled can lead to a very robust empire. The 5 pillars of RADIUS are the checkpoints that each and every business has an opportunity to cross but very few do. By understanding the mechanics behind each and every one of them, the reader is able to literally understand how far along their business is and how prepared they are to take the next step. This incredible new system breaks down the processes and most important concepts behind each pillar such as “how to ensure you are pursuing the correct idea”, how to understand the pricing and revenue models of a business”, “how to penetrate an audience through the REACH model”, and "how to recycle resources and customers to create multiple profitable verticals as fast as possible”, and many more. All of these concepts are presented in the form of processes that can be universally applied across the spectrum of any business, and at any given time in its life cycle. The entire RADIUS concept was created from 20+ years of successful business experiences that I accumulated. RADIUS will break down for you not only all these important business concepts, but also give you an inside look into my very own companies and how I effectively used this very same system to scale my businesses to over 50M in revenue across multiple unrelated industries, which today allow me a chance to manage over a dozen companies without working on any logistical aspects of any of my businesses. I am sure that experiencing the RADIUS model will you help you tweak and change every aspect of your business that has been silently keeping you from achieving the greater vision that you once knew was possible. I hope you enjoy the journey, and the learning as much as you will one day enjoy the rewards of your business. A special thank you to Fabio Viviani, world famous chef who gracefully wrote the foreword to RADIUS and to all of you who have helped support Secret Entourage, Third Circle Theory and the idea that the best way to re-balance wealth in the world isn’t to redistribute it but rather to create more opportunities for people to create their own.

Where to Play: 3 steps for discovering your most valuable market opportunities


Marc Gruber - 2017
    But are you running in the right direction? Choosing the right market for your innovation is the biggest, and trickiest, question for innovators. Research has shown that all too often entrepreneurs don’t spend enough time identifying and researching their market opportunities – instead they jump at the first opportunity that looks good, and fail to properly evaluate and leverage other opportunities. These common mistakes means that you often choose the wrong market or lock yourself into one specific direction. Where to Play helps you to set a promising strategy, by giving a clear, structured and practical framework - the Market Opportunity Navigator- to better identify, evaluate and focus on the right market opportunities. With three dedicated and reusable worksheets covering: ·    Market Opportunity Set – assess your core strengths and identify which market opportunities exist for your business ·    Attractiveness Map – evaluate your market opportunities to reveal the most attractive option for focus ·    Agile Focus Strategy – create a strategic plan for your chosen market opportunity that keeps you open-minded and agile Get the most value for your innovation with Where to Play!