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BenBella Books
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English
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Do you have a grip on your business, or does your business have a grip on you?
All entrepreneurs and business leaders face similar frustrations—personnel conflict, profit woes, and inadequate growth. Decisions never seem to get made, or, once made, fail to be properly implemented. But there is a solution. It's not complicated or theoretical.The Entrepreneurial Operating System® is a practical method...
Do you have a grip on your business, or does your business have a grip on you?
All entrepreneurs and business leaders face similar frustrations—personnel conflict, profit woes, and inadequate growth. Decisions never seem to get made, or, once made, fail to be properly implemented. But there is a solution. It's not complicated or theoretical.The Entrepreneurial Operating System® is a practical method...
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"After a lifetime of bounties and bloodshed, Viv is hanging up her sword for the last time. The battle-weary orc aims to start fresh, opening the first ever coffee shop in the city of Thune. But old and new rivals stand in the way of success—not to mention the fact that no one has the faintest idea what coffee actually is. If Viv wants to put the blade behind her and make her plans a reality, she won't be able to go it alone. But the true rewards...
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Jamey Stegmaier raised $1 million in funding, engaged thousands of enthusiastic supporters, founded a successful board game company, and has established him as a leading expert on crowdfunding. Stegmaier argues that crowdfunding is more than simply a new way to raise money it's a new way to do business. Crowdfunding enables you to create a loyal community before you even have a product, a community that will continue to support your efforts in a variety...
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EP/Entrepreneur Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
3rd ed.
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English
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Turn Your Knowledge and Experience Into Big Bucks! Whether you're a computer whiz, a business expert, or a fundraising dynamo, your special skills are in high demand. Let the experts at Entrepreneur show you how to capitalize on your talents and help others achieve their business goals! No matter what your area of expertise, this hands-on guide will tell you everything you need to know to start your own successful consulting business. Discover how...
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Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
c2011
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Rev. ed.
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English
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The growing legions of crafters looking to turn their hobby into a profession can rely on the tried and true advice in Craft, Inc. In this completely revised edition of the definitive crafter's business book, entrepreneur Meg Mateo Ilasco offers expanded and authoritative guidance on everything from developing products and sourcing materials to writing a business plan and paying taxes. With all-new sections on opening an online shop, using social...
6) Agency
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2020.
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English
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Verity Jane, gifted app-whisperer, has been out of work since her exit from a brief but problematic relationship with a Silicon Valley billionaire. Then she signs the wordy NDA of a dodgy San Francisco start-up, becoming the beta tester for their latest product: a digital assistant, accessed through a pair of ordinary-looking glasses. "Eunice," the disarmingly human AI in the glasses, soon manifests a face, a fragmentary past, and an unnervingly canny...
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Have you ever dreamed of starting your own landscaping business? Have you been hesitant to put your plans into action? This comprehensive guide contains all the necessary tools and strategies you need to successfully launch and grow your business. Using a friendly, entertaining approach, Owen E. Dell shares his experiences and down-to-earth advice on every aspect of setting up and running a thriving home-based landscaping business. He shows you how...
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Penguin Random House Grupo USA
Pub. Date
2021.
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Español
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"Tras la aparici?n del SARS-CoV-2, la incertidumbre se ha vuelto tan extraordinaria y el nivel de volatilidad es tal que es indispensable repensar por completo los modelos estrat?gicos tradicionales y aquellas ideas que nos pueden ayudar a controlar lo incontrolable. Ante esta “nueva normalidad”, las dificultades potenciales son tan evidentes que resulta necesario integrar en tu negocio, en tu trabajo o en tu vida"--Amazon.com.
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"25 Steps to Found and Scale a High-Growth Business The Startup Checklist is the entrepreneur's essential companion. While most entrepreneurship books focus on strategy, this invaluable guide provides the concrete steps that will get your new business off to a strong start. You'll learn the ins and outs of startup execution, management, legal issues, and practical processes throughout the launch and growth phases, and how to avoid the critical missteps...
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"Kathleen Kelly Janus, a lecturer at the Stanford University Program on Social Entrepreneurship and the founder of the successful social enterprise Spark, set out to investigate what makes a startup succeed or fail. She surveyed more than 200 high-performing social entrepreneurs and interviewed dozens of founders. Social Startup Success shares her findings for the legions of entrepreneurs working for social good, revealing how the best organizations...
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PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2020.
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First edition.
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English
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"We all know the story of the latest version of the American Dream: a young innovator drops out of college and creates the next big thing, remaking both business and culture in one fell swoop. We are told these stories constantly, always with the idea that we'll be next. But this story masks a lot about what really goes on in our economy. Most new businesses aren't tech startups; they are what we think of as ordinary: restaurants or dry cleaners or...
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Tossed is a new salad bar chain set up by twenty-something entrepreneur Vincent McKevitt in the teeth of catastrophic economic conditions. Will the credit crunch make or break his new business? The entrepreneur: Vincent started young - selling ice cubes to his sisters! He funded his new business with loans from friends, family - anywhere he could get the money. Against the odds, Tossed opens a new store at London's Baker Street - on time. Branding:...
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John Wiley & Sons, For Dummies, A Wiley Brand
Pub. Date
2013-
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English
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A one-stop reference for launching and managing your own eBay business. Collier lets you in on proven strategies used by successful sellers. Learn how to create attractive listings, manage bookkeeping chores, market with social media, and more.
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Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
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Español
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At Your Best es el unico libro de jugadas paso a paso para descubrir si una carrera en los oficios es adecuada para usted, educándose y obteniendo las certificaciones adecuadas, estableciéndose como un excelente aprendiz y "journeyman" en la industria, y avanzando hacia iniciar su propia pequeña empresa. En cada paso del camino, At Your Best y www.AtYourBest.com proporciona la información, recomendaciones, recursos externos y acciones concretas...
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C&T Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"An interactive handbook for starting or expanding a professional longarm or custom quiltmaking business, with detailed guidance on writing a business plan, setting up a studio, working with customers, dealing with accounting and taxes, marketing a business, creating forms and contracts, and managing everyday logistics of insurance, supplies, and shipping"-- Provided by publisher"--
17) Sucker
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Bad Blood meets Succession in this sharp-toothed satire of Silicon Valley and the 1 percent, in which the black-sheep son of an industrial tycoon starts working for a tech pioneer who's running a biomedical startup that promises nothing less than immortality, only to uncover the horrifying truth at the heart of her sublime promises. Chuck Gross would like nothing more than to prune himself from his family tree. He's already clipped his name: trimmed...
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Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
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English
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"In the spirit of iconic Silicon Valley renegades like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, another generation of entrepreneurs is using technology to upend convention and disrupt entire industries. These are the upstarts, idiosyncratic founders with limitless drive and an abundance of self-confidence. Led by such visionaries as Travis Kalanick of Uber and Brian Chesky of Airbnb, they are rewriting the rules of business and often sidestepping serious ethical...
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Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"Jamie and Brian tell their rollercoaster story of how a conversation in their minivan led to their building a multi-million-dollar company; give an honest and raw take on the toll and rewards of mixing marriage with business; and provide lessons for achieving your professional goals while balancing the demands and challenges of parenthood"--
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Craftily ever after volume 6
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Bella, Emily, Maddie, and Sam have been hard at work in their craft studio-so busy in fact, that their supplies are starting to dwindle. It's time to stock up! In order to add a little money to their piggy bank, the friends decide to combine their skills and use the last of their allowance to create their very own business: a lemonade stand! But something's not quite right. While the stand looks fabulous, the lemonade is...not. And where are all their...
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