2nd Edition. — K&S Ranch, 2013. — 370 p. — ISBN: 978-0989200509. The bestselling classic that launched 10,000 startups and new corporate ventures - The Four Steps to the Epiphany is one of the most influential and practical business books of all time. The Four Steps to the Epiphany launched the Lean Startup approach to new ventures. It was the first book to offer that startups...
Portfolio, 2018. — 319 p. Every startup wants to change the world. But the ones who truly make an impact know something the others don't: how to make government and regulation work for them. As startups use technology to shape the way we live, work, and learn, they're taking on challenges in sectors like healthcare, infrastructure, and education, where failure is far more...
1st edition;SVPG Press, 2008 - 252 p. - ISBN10: 0981690408; ISBN13: 978-0981690407. Why do some products make the leap to greatness while others do not? Creating inspiring products begins with discovering a product that is valuable, usable, and feasible. If you can not do this, then it s not worth building anything. - How do you decide which product opportunities to pursue? -...
2nd edition; John Wiley & Sons, 2017. — 368 p. — ISBN10: 1119387507; ISBN13: 978-1119387503. How do today's most successful tech companies--Amazon, Google, Facebook, Netflix, Tesla--design, develop, and deploy the products that have earned the love of literally billions of people around the world? Perhaps surprisingly, they do it very differently than the vast majority of tech...
Allworth Press, 2018. — 58 p. If you have a dream that needs backing, be it an art project, an invention, or even a business, this is the book for you. Brainard Carey offers advice with solid examples of how building relationships with sponsors, investors, grant-makers, and patrons is something every creative person can pursue. Carey draws from his extensive experience and...
Hachette Books, 2018. — 321 p. — ISBN10: 031648654X. — ISBN13: 978-0316486545. Silicon Valley visionary John Chambers shares the lessons that transformed a dyslexic kid from West Virginia into one of the world's best business leaders and turned a simple router company into a global tech titan. When Chambers joined Cisco in 1991, it was a company with 400 employees, a single...
Apress, 2019. — 279 p. — ISBN: 1484243110. Know how your company can accelerate growth by not only tapping into new growth vectors, but also by adapting its organization, culture, and processes. To oversee growth from an idea to a company with billions in revenue, CEOs must reinvent many aspects of their company in anticipation of it reaching ever-higher revenues. Author Peter...
Simon & Schuster, 2017. — 592 p. — ISBN-10 1501124021; ISBN-13 978-1501124020. Ray Dalio, one of the world s most successful investors and entrepreneurs, shares the unconventional principles that he s developed, refined, and used over the past forty years to create unique results in both life and business and which any person or organization can adopt to help achieve their...
HOW Books , 2009. — 320 p. — ISBN: 978-1600611568. Inside are the tools you need to get your design career off to a strong start-and maintain it for the long haul. Peg Faimon provides a comprehensive guide to basic business issues in today's competitive marketplace. Whether you just graduated from college, are building a freelance business, or are starting your own firm, this...
McGraw-Hill, 2011. — 416 p. — ISBN: 0071760792. For generations, Dartmouth College and the Tuck School of Business have influenced and driven global entrepreneurship. Dartmouth firsts include the world petroleum industry, technological breakthroughs like artificial intelligence and BASIC computer language, as well as popular products, such as the Nerf football and the game...
Portfolio/Penguin, 2018. — 320 p. — ISBN: 0735213321. Everyone knows how a startup story is supposed to go: a young, brilliant entrepreneur has an cool idea, drops out of college, defies the doubters, overcomes all odds, makes billions and becomes the envy of the technology world. This is not that story. Rand Fishkin, the founder and former CEO of Moz, is one of the world's...
Create Space Independent Publishing Platform, 2016. — 136 p. — ISBN: 1492180742. The quick and easy handbook about how to get more learning and more sales out of your customer conversations. Even when everyone is lying to you. Read this short book! This is the best and most accessible book for entrepreneurs who are seeking product market fit
Macmillan, 2023. — 659 p. — ISBN: 978-1-0350-1896-3. The secrets to successfully planning and delivering projects on any scale — from home renovation to space exploration — by the world’s leading expert on megaprojects. One of the Financial Times’ Best Books of the Summer. Nothing is more inspiring than a big vision that becomes a triumphant, new reality. Think of how the...
Capstone, 2008. — 208 p. — ISBN10: 1841128031, 13 978-1841128030. Jon Gillespie Brown brings his extensive mentoring experience to bear in this new handbook for would-be entrepreneurs. So You Want to Be an Entrepreneur? contains a series of mentoring sessions, each carefully thought out to make you consider and plan your life based on your passions, ambitions and ultimate...
Time Traveller Books, 2017. — 390 p. Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist and Serial Entrepreneur teaches how to succeed in taking your startup from idea to product to company. 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...
Currency, 2012. — 304 p. — ISBN: 978-0307951540. Still in his early thirties, Chris is on the verge of completing a tour of every country on earth – he’s already visited more than 175 nations – and yet he’s never held a “real job” or earned a regular paycheck. Rather, he has a special genius for turning ideas into income, and he uses what he earns both to support his life of...
Greenleaf, 2018. — 229 p. — ISBN: 1626345147. A comprehensive guide to writing, publishing, and launching your book–and monetizing your content Are you considering writing a book to boost your visibility and credibility? Or just trying to figure out how to use the book you already have to build more influence and income? No matter where you are in the process, Ideas, Influence,...
Springer, 2018. — 153 p. — ISBN: 3319945467. Many people dream of starting their own business one day, but are not sure how to make it a reality, or whether they will succeed. In this book the author presents a comprehensive user guide for aspiring entrepreneurs, and provides expert advice and guidance on every major aspect of launching a new business. Step-by-step, this...
HarperBusiness, 2014. — 304 p. — ISBN10: 0062273205; ISBN13: 978-0547265452. Ben Horowitz, cofounder of Andreessen Horowitz and one of Silicon Valley's most respected and experienced entrepreneurs, offers essential advice on building and running a startup — practical wisdom for managing the toughest problems business school doesn’t cover, based on his popular ben’s blog. While...
Oak Tree Press, 2018. — 175 p. Starting Your Own Business: A Workbook was originally commissioned in 1997 by the Department of Enterprise, Trade & Employment under Measure 4 of the Operational Programme for Small Business to meet a real need for practical, relevant information among would-be entrepreneurs. More than 20 years on, Starting Your Own Business: A Workbook is still...
Thomas Nelson, 2011. — 304 p. — ISBN: 978-1595554659. Is Your Marketing as Simple, Effective, and Affordable as Duct Tape? Let's face it, as a small business owner, you are really in the business of marketing. The problem for most small business owners is that they suffer from "marketing idea of the week" syndrome instead of implementing a systematic approach to the problem of...
Chronicle Books LLC., 2013. - 292 p. - ISBN: 1452105049 According to the Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity, more than 565,000 new businesses were created in 2010 in the United States alone — each one of them hoping to strike gold. The Startup Playbook will help them succeed. Going insider to insider with unprecedented access, New York Times bestselling author and...
Publisher: Bantam Press, 2016. — 288 p. — ISBN10: 0593076117; ISBN13: 978-0593076118. Entrepreneurs and leaders face big questions every day: What’s the most important place to focus your effort, and how do you start? What will your idea look like in real life? How many meetings and discussions does it take before you can be sure you have the right solution? Now there’s a...
Springer Vieweg, 2019. — 126 p. — ISBN10: 3658247258, 13 978-3658247256. The book provides a compact overview of the increasingly important topic of Business Development (BD). The author not only describes the role of the Business Development Manager and its tasks, but also shows how Business Development can be integrated organizationally into a company. In addition, a...
Wiley, 2018. — 174 p. — ISBN10: 1119461014, 13 978-1119461012. Scaling a business is not for the faint of heart. It's a mind-bending journey that causes millions of business owners around the globe to either throw in the towel-or avoid risk entirely and suffer from smallness and mediocrity. Most of these businesses fail because they are ill prepared to face the real challenges...
Chronicle Books, 2007. — 160 p. — ISBN13: 978-0811858366. Craft, Inc. is the hipster business primer for entrepreneurial crafters to turn what they do for fun into what they do for money. Pro crafter Meg Mateo Ilasco offers a step-by-step guide to everything from developing products and naming the company to writing a business plan, applying for licenses, and paying taxes....
Entrepreneur Press, 2018. — 766 p. In 2017 34% of the workforce was considered part of the gig economy. This growing workforce of freelancers and side-giggers is also estimated to grow to 43% by 2020. That’s 4 million freelancers, soon to be 7 million by 2020. Whether it’s people looking to earn extra money, those tired of their 9-to-5, to entrepreneurs looking to grow their...
Wiley, 2011. — 232 p. Startup Weekend — the organization behind 54-hour eventswhere developers, designers, marketers, and startup enthusiastscome together to share ideas, form teams, build products, andcreate startups — has spawned both a global initiative inentrepreneurship as well as numerous successful startups.Startup Weekend, the book, contains best practices,...
Wiley, 2016. — 432 p. The issue of funding is one of the biggest pain points for small- and medium-sized businesses — and one that comes up on a daily basis. Whether you're unsure about how to go about getting a loan, unfamiliar with the different options available to you or confused as to which would be the right solution for your particular business, Business Funding For...
McGraw-Hill Education, 2019. — 231 p. — ISBN10: 1260135853, 13 978-1260135855. This step-by-step DIY guide shows today's entrepreneurs how to create and launch new products, package and market them to consumers, and build a thriving business. Thanks to high-speed Internet, game-changing technology, and innovative new platforms, individuals with vision and heart can go from idea...
RH business books, 2018. — 226 p. — ISBN: 184794230X. ‘Shortcut Your Startup shows you how to launch a sustainable startup so that both you and your business can thrive.’ Arianna Huffington The world of startups is more competitive than ever: what will make yours stand out from the crowd? Shortcut Your Startup has the answers you need. Star entrepreneurs Courtney and Carter...
Gallery/Jeter Publishing, 2018. — 256 p. — ISBN13: 978-1501172991. From the Reum brothers — former Goldman Sachs investment bankers, successful operators, and investors — comes Shortcut Your Startup, a practical playbook for both aspiring and seasoned entrepreneurs, filled with unconventional yet accessible advice for maximizing your business venture. Courtney and Carter Reum...
AMACOM, 2019. — 272 p. — ISBN: 978-0814439838. Lack of funding is one of the biggest reasons small businesses fail. In 2016 in the United States alone, more than 31 percent of small business owners reported that they could not access adequate capital, and the lack of capital prevented them from growing the business/expanding operations, increasing inventory, or financing...
Profile Books, 2017. — 336 p. — ISBN10: 9781781256176; ISBN13: 978-1781256176. When Richard Rumelt's Good Strategy/Bad Strategy was published in 2011, it immediately struck a chord, calling out as bad strategy the mish-mash of pop culture, motivational slogans and business buzz speak so often and misleadingly masquerading as the real thing. Since then, his original and...
2015. — 256 p. — ISBN: 0692509704. Ever wish you could be a little more extraordinary? A little happier? A little more in control of your life? Well, this is your blueprint for making it happen. It might sound crazy, but it all starts with quitting your 9-5. Jesse should know. He quit his job to join TechStars, a startup accelerator that helped him and his business partner...
2nd edition. — Entrepreneur Press, 2015. — 176 p. — ISBN: 978-1599185644. Start Your Own Food Truck Business and Satisfy Your Hunger for Success At over a billion dollars, the mobile food industry is enjoying more publicity and notoriety than ever before. Catering to a new generation of foodies looking for quick and unique specialties, the mobile food business is booming with...
5th Ed. — Entrepreneur Press, 2017. — 299 p. — (StartUp Series). — ISBN10: 1599186063, 13 978-1599186061. Importing and exporting are trillion-dollar industries - but that doesn't mean they're just for big business. In fact, small businesses make up about 96 percent of this field. Get your share of an ever-expanding economy with the essential advice in this top-selling guide....
The Business Conference Press, 2015. — 178 p. — ISBN: 9780692497791. This valuable tool helps Home Based Business professionals to: -look at your opportunity from a whole new perspective -learn how to gage success -Understand your prospect better than anyone else -Grow your organization -Attain and retain great people You've taken the first risky step of starting a home-based...
New Jersey, Canada, Wiley, For Dummies, 2018. — 1858 p. — ISBN: 9781119473978. There are some things that will never go out of style, and good business skills are one of them. With the help of this informative book, you’ll learn how to wear multiple hats in the workplace no matter what comes your way — without ever breaking a sweat. Compiled from eight of the best Dummies books...
Rethink Press, 2015. — 260 p. — ISBN: 1781331146. Online Business Startup isn't just a how-to guide in online marketing or SEO. It contains everything an experienced entrepreneur wished he had known when he started in business. We are flooded with so much information in the digital world that it distracts us from the fundamentals of starting up and running a lean business. This...
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