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"For the rising number of free spirits seeking inspiration and a road map to leave their safe but soul-crushing day jobs and chase their dreams, real-life Wildpreneur Tamara Jacobi shares her insights on what it takes to successfully make the leap. Wildpreneurs illuminates how surf guides, ski builders, yoga and wellness instructors, environmental activists, nature lovers, food trucks, podcasters, artisans, and other creatives achieve an adventurous...
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By one of the world's most widely-known business speakers and author of the bestselling Maximum Achievement (over 250,000 copies sold). A wealth of practical advice distilled into 100 easy-to-understand and easy-to-apply laws covering the major areas of work and business. Over 2 million people have heard Brian Tracy speak and more than 1.5 million have purchased his audio and video programs. Brings together in one volume a lifetime of wisdom previously...
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"Who really moves things forward in our society and how do they do it? How have they always done it? Strategy guru Roger Martin and Skoll Foundation CEO Sally Osberg make a compelling argument that social entrepreneurs are agents of change who recognize, in our current reality, various kinds of "equilibria"-systems in need of change-and then advance social progress by transforming these systems, ultimately replacing what exists with a new equilibrium....
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Ben Horowitz, co-founder 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.
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The bestselling author of phenomenally successful and continually vital The E-Myth Revisited presents the next big step in entrepreneurial management and leadership with E-Myth Mastery.
A practical, real-world program that is implemented real-time into your business, Gerber begins by engaging the reader in understanding why the entrepreneur is so critical to the success of any enterprise, no matter how small or large it may be, and why the mindset...
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There is an epidemic of unhappiness in the American workplace. A full 70 percent of workers in the United States report that they are disengaged from their jobs. When asked, "Do you have the opportunity to do what you do best every day?" only 20 percent of nearly 2 million employees said yes. It is no wonder that 56 percent of all Americans dream of starting their own business. So why don't they do so? Because starting one's own business is seen as...
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Often downplayed in the excitement of starting up a new business venture is one of the most important decisions entrepreneurs will face: Should they go it alone or bring in cofounders, hires, and investors to help build the business? This book aims to examine the early decisions by entrepreneurs that can make or break a startup and its team.
10) The essential Drucker: the best of sixty years of Peter Drucker's essential writings on management
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Father of modern management, social commentator, and preeminent business philosopher, Peter F. Drucker analyzed economics and society for more than sixty years. Now for readers everywhere who are concerned with the ways that management practices and principles affect the performance of organizations, individuals, and society, there is The Essential Drucker-an invaluable compilation of essential materials from the works of a management legend. Containing...
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The author of the From Crew to Captain series, David Mellor, shares lists from 10 key areas of establishing a consultancy practice:
'The purpose of this little book is to help people understand the work they will need to do in order to set up as a sole practitioner or similar. I have made this journey myself, and helped many other people do the same over almost 20 years.
I have selected 10 key areas of establishing a consultancy practice, and given...
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Are you making the biggest leaps every quarter to grow to the next level in one year? Would you like to have a customized system to make the optimal quarterly leaps every quarter in just 4 weeks?
Would you like to double your business in a year?
In “Becoming a Pioneer” you will discover:
✓ How to make "The Fit Business Leap"?
✓ How to build One Line "Scale-Ready Algorithms"?
✓ How to build the ideal monthly cash flow for your business?
✓...
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A publication by Industry Canada has shown that between 2002 and 2008, 99,000 businesses were created, and within that same time frame, only 8,800 survived, representing a 91% failure rate! Less than one in 10 businesses actually survived! Fail Fast. Succeed Faster. is a collection of real life one-on-one interviews with over 200 business executives who gave their valued time to share their incredible stories of business challenges and failures. The...
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How does your company define creativity? Or does creativity define your company? In this remarkable book, Jerry Hirshberg, founder and president of Nissan Design International (NDI), distills his experience as leader of the world's hotbed of automotive innovation and reveals his strategy for designing an organization around creativity.
In The Creative Priority Hirshberg weaves together enlightening real-world anecdotes with the story of NDI's genesis...
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Business Owners' Wisdom is a rare collection of insights from 16 Australian business owners, including Mark Carnegie, Harry Triguboff, Imelda Roche, Collette Dinnigan, Lorna Jane and Tom Waterhouse.
Brett Kelly, a young and successful business owner in his own right, asked each person about their life lessons. What wisdom did they gain from years of hard work, and how did it shape their lives? What leads people to feats of such extraordinary magnitude...
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Millions of business owners intend to move on from their businesses in the next several years yet only a small percentage of them have a written succession plan. Those who don't plan their business transition ahead of time may have to kiss all their creativity, passion, and hard work goodbye as they face a market soon to be glutted with businesses for sale.
The Business Transition Coach: Your guide to succession planning, exit strategies, and preparing...
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Masterclass in Entrepreneurial Development
We all want to be in charge of our own lives, but what happens when the game of business keeps changing?
How can you successfully find new clients, beat the competition, and do it on a shoestring budget?
Lisa J. MacDonald has coached 1000s of business owners for over 25 years, has a PhD in the school of hard knocks, and is the mother of eight. In The Most Common Entrepreneurial Mistakes and How to Avoid Them,...
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Respecto al foco temático abordado en este libro, lo primero a tener presente es que tanto para la creatividad en sí misma, como para su gestión en un contexto específico —así como para cualquier otro activo intangible— lo primordial es reconocer su existencia, ya que de otro modo es imposible adquirir, gestionar y menos comprender su valor empresarial. Aquí surge, el primer gran logro de esta obra: facilitar al lector una de las más pertinentes...
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It's a success story that makes you want to stand up and cheer: Les M. Goldberg started his company at 17 as a way to make money doing something he loved while he was going to college. That small operation has grown into a multimillion-dollar entertainment technology industry leader. In “Don't Take No for an Answer”, Goldberg uses wit and wisdom to tell the tale of his phenomenal success and share the techniques and tactics that have worked for...
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