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HarperCollins Leadership, an imprint of HarperCollins Focus LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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The CEO of Founders Space, one of the world's leading startup incubators and accelerators, prepares entrepreneurs to avoid disastrous mistakes, surmount sizable obstacles, and master the skills necessary to make the right choices along their path to success.
The fact is, over 90 percent of all new startups fail. Every entrepreneur must face this harsh reality and learn to master it if they hope to survive and wind up on top.
In Surviving a Startup,...
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English
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Most entrepreneurs have had to learn things the hard way--concepts such as: big ideas rarely make great businesses; laboring on a business plan can be a waste of time; and you will need dramatically more start-up money than you originally thought you did. But Len Green, an experienced investor, entrepreneur, and business professor, has encapsulated together all the inside secrets, proven strategies, and mistakes experienced so that you can learn it...
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Publisher
Out Of Your Mind . . . And Into The Mark
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A business classic that has been guiding new entrepreneurs through the process of launching their businesses for more than a quarter of a century, this book has now been revised to feature the most up-to-date information, forms, examples, and worksheets. It emphasizes all of the mechanics of the start-up, including choosing a business, legal structure, location, and DBAs. Additional chapters cover home-based business, proprietary rights, financing...
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Publisher
Mango Media / Open Road Integrated Media
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"They don't teach these principles in business school. These lessons can only come from the entrepreneurial book of life." -- Kevin Cope, author of the #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller Seeing the Big Picture What is the "entrepreneur's paradox"? Curtis Morley explains that the exact qualities that aid an individual in founding a startup company -- brilliance and expertise -- are what prevent them from realizing expected success. What starts as freedom...
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English
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An Owner's Manual provides fast, practical, and direct advice and that's what you get with this book! The Small Business Owner's Manual is useful for newly minted entrepreneurs as well as seasoned business owners and can be read from cover-to-cover or to quickly look up information in the midst of a crisis. For example:
• Choose among 13 ways to get new financing and the 17 steps to building a winning loan package.
• Weigh the pros and cons among...
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Publisher
Microcosm Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
How do you start and run a successful business, despite the odds? This unique guide to entrepreneurship teaches you practical math and management skills alongside the emotional intelligence, self-awareness, and coping skills that you need in order to overcome internal barriers to success no matter what type of business you are in. Joe Biel, author of A People's Guide to Publishing, draws on 26 years of business ownership and management experience...
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Publisher
G&D Media
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"This energizing, entertaining, yet practical guide will launch you into an entrepreneurial career that will immediately make your life – as well as those around you better. Most people are not able to make the practical connection from observing their community and the world around them to what a great business idea looks like. They need a blueprint...not only an idea of what kind of business to start, but tips and techniques on how to make it...
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Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Most small business guides claim to be for entrepreneurs, but either talk over their heads or treat them like they have no business savvy. The solution? Business for Beginners. Written by an entrepreneur, it targets the 13 big questions (and all the other questions that come with) that entrepreneurs need to consider to build a successful business, with the answers that will set them on the right track. Frances McGuckin and SmallBizPro are dedicated...
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Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Hardcore Inventing offers the advice you can only learn from someone with experience: how to develop an idea into an invention, how to build a prototype, how to safeguard intellectual property, how to market both strategically, how to find investors, and much more. He takes everything an inventor or entrepreneur needs and presents it as part of his IP3 "Tactical Method" which breaks everything down into "Invent, Protect, Promote, and Profit." With...
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English
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Do you have a hobby or passion that has nothing to do with your nine-to-five job? Do you craft vintage jewelry, make handmade furniture, or offer expert negotiating advice to family and friends in your spare time? Then you, too, could join the 1/3 of Americans who turn their talents into a lucrative side hustle. In What If It Does Work Out? life coach and professional side-hustler Susie Moore offers expert tips and guidance to help you earn an extra...
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English
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"Iteration rules product development, but it isn't enough to produce dramatic results. This book champions Radical Product Thinking, a systematic methodology for building visionary, game-changing products. In the last decade, we've learned to harness the power of iteration to innovate faster -- we've invested in a fast car, but our ability to set a clear destination and navigate to it hasn't kept up. When we iterate without a clear vision or strategy,...
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English
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"An award-winning CEO and communications expert shows how authentic leadership eliminates the need for the shortcuts that sabotage success. "Fake it till you make it" just doesn't work -- at least not long enough to build a sustainable business. Driven to succeed under constant pressure, entrepreneurs and business leaders alike can be tempted to exaggerate their strengths, minimize weaknesses, and bend the truth. Through the twin lenses of running...
Author
Publisher
Out Of Your Mind . . . And Into The Mark
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Used by more than 1.5 million business owners since its original publication, the new edition of this classic how-to guide provides any entrepreneur the tools to create a well-constructed business plan. All steps are included-from initial considerations to envisioning the organizational structure to creating a growth-powering marketing plan and building for the future with airtight financial documents. The book offers proven, step-by step advice for...
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Publisher
Atlantic Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A business plan precisely defines your business, identifies your goals and serves as your firm's resume. The importance of a comprehensive, thoughtful business plan cannot be over-emphasized. Much hinges on it: outside funding, credit from suppliers, management of your operation and finances, promotion and marketing of your business, achievement of your goals and objectives. Yet many small businesses never take the time to prepare one. Now it's easy...
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English
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A nuclear chain reaction is one of the most powerful forces known to mankind. Its energy feeds other reactions, creating endless possibilities for self-sustaining growth. Imagine harnessing this kind of energy in business-what if you could create your own nuclear effect?
It's easy to feel trapped when you start an online business, stuck in a tug-of-war between success and the requirements for continued growth. The more you progress, the more money...
Publisher
Atlantic Publishing Group Inc
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"This book was written for people just like you - farmers who want their own small farm business. You will learn about the basics of a small farm - what you will need, how your life will change, and what you can expect from the government, your neighbors, and living with plants and livestock. You will learn about how a farmer's lifestyle is different from yours, building a farm plan and evaluating your resources before making decisions. You will also...
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Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Readers have turned to The Complete Book of Business Plans for almost 10 years for advice and information, making it one of the bestselling business planning books of our time. Authors Brian Hazelgren and Joseph Covello have gone back to the drawing board on this updated edition, providing readers with more than a dozen brand-new business plans. The Complete Book of Business Plans also includes revised and updated information on how to get started,...
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Publisher
Atlantic Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Maybe you love exotic and unusual flavors as well as high quality products, and you wish that there was a way for you to make a living selling not just food, but food that you love talking about, tasting, and sharing with others. You have the passion, but you need information to figure out the nitty-gritty details like regulations and financing. This book will give you industry-specific advice by discussing how to refine your vision, how to market...
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English
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Crack the Funding Code demystifies the world of angel investing, venture capital, and corporate funding and lays out a strategic pathway for any entrepreneur to secure funding fast. 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...
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