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A stunning new stand-alone thriller from the award-winning author of the Dalziel and Pascoe series. Wolf Hadda's life has been a fairytale. From humble origins as a woodcutter's son, he has risen to become a hugely successful entrepreneur happily married to the girl of his dreams. But a knock on the door one morning ends it all. Universally reviled, thrown into prison while protesting his innocence, abandoned by friends and family, Wolf retreats into...
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"Aspiring entrepreneurs are told that to launch a business, you must go all in, devoting every resource and moment to making it work. But following this advice comes at an enormous personal cost: divorce, addiction, even suicide. It means sacrificing the intangibles that make life worth living. Sheryl OLoughlin knows there is a better way. In Killing It, she shares the wisdom shes gained from her successful experiences launching a...
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Millions of artists, entrepreneurs, crafters, and solopreneurs dream of making a living doing what they love. But turning their vision into a viable business plan can feel like trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. Jennifer Lee knows what it's like to make the entrepreneurial leap - and how to do it successfully. The key is showing creative types how to use - rather than stifle - the imagination and intuition that make them creative in the...
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Stuff mysteries volume 1
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Best friends James Lessor and Skip Moore are hardly on the fast track. While James works as a line cook at Cap'n Crab, Skip spends his days selling - or rather, attempting to sell - security systems to people who (a) have no money, and (b) have nothing they care to protect. James and Skip aren't upwardly mobile, but they're about to get literally mobile when James spends a surprise inheritance on a white box truck. An investment in the future, he...
6) Black gold
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Cyrus and Rudy spend the last days of summer selling dahlias, blackberries and tomatoes at their roadside stand. When a neighbor drops off a bin full of red wrigglers, California earthworms that turn compost into fertilizer, Rudy and Cyrus become worm moguls as they discover just how in demand the Eisenia fetida are.
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"A funny thing has happened on our way to the digital utopia: we find ourselves increasingly missing reality. In this spirited book, David Sax has found story after story of entrepreneurs, artisans, and creators who make real money by selling real things.And they're not just local craftspeople, either. As paper is supposedly vanishing, Moleskine notebooks---a company founded in 1997, the same year as the first dot-com boom---has grown into a large...
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Anna Sabino is an artist, but certainly not a starving one. She wasn't born into a wealthy family, didn't inherit money from a distant relative, and doesn't have a rich husband. But she made it as an entrepreneur, as a single woman, and most importantly, as an artist. In Your Creative Career, she shows her fellow artists and creatives how to build a business that reflects their talent and true calling while generating serious cash. Whether the goal...
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Right now, there are millions of entrepreneurs out there risking everything for the privilege of owning their own businesses. They pledge their homes and personal assets to get working capital. They work horrendous hours and deal with near-constant stress in order to nurture and grow their cherished projects. Why? Because they are dreaming of the day when all of these sacrifices pay off and they can finally reap the benefits by cashing in and selling...
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In this fascinating and clever book, Bray and his dad embark on a new and exciting idea, which takes them on an entirely different approach to that which parents usually take when their child wants something like a new toy, and in so doing plants the seed of becoming an entrepreneur in the young boy's mind.
Bray's dad, instead of giving him the money for the toy or allowing him to earn it through doing some chores, decides to introduce him to the...
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The incredible story of the man behind TOMS Shoes and One for One, the revolutionary business model that marries fun, profit, and social good.
“A creative and open-hearted business model for our times.”—The Wall Street Journal
Why this book is for you:
• You’re ready to make a difference in the world—through your own start-up business, a
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Start a business with this entrepreneur's step-by-step guide to business start-up success. This little book packs a big punch! "Business Owner's Secret Sauce" is your ultimate guide to turning your business idea into a thriving success story. From the basics of business formations and marketing to the complexities of dealing with customers and employees, this spicy little book has you covered. Whether you're a first-time entrepreneur or a seasoned...
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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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The Modern Mughal Mentality transforms hardships and difficulties into success stories by introducing the Jugaad Management Principle Business Model, which can be applied to any business, anywhere. For the purpose of this book, the term Jugaad will be defined as "obtaining your objectives by maximizing resources through thinking out of the box." Following this new business model will inspire all types of companies around the world, no matter how big...
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Before you sell your company, even the odds.
While a successful entrepreneur may exit a handful of companies in their lifetime, large buyers close deals all the time. Without decades of experience in mergers and acquisitions, founders don't have the tools they need to get the best results for themselves, their teams, or the new parent company.
Through dozens of interviews with M&A leaders at the biggest Silicon Valley acquirers-as well as attorneys,...
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The entrepreneurial journey is lonely-especially if you're looking to start a business in Latin America, where opportunities are ripe but resources are scarce. Brian Requarth is well acquainted with the challenges unique to this part of the world, having grown Viva Real from two people to over 500 employees, and tens of millions in dollars of revenue.
Now, Brian wants to help demystify the obstacles you'll face, teach what you won't learn in business...
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As an innovator in a large company working hard to drive growth and deliver products consumers love, your size is an advantage-one that you can leverage for incredible results.
But when it comes to innovation, you can't rely on big-company strength alone. Between your company's capabilities and the entrepreneurial ethos underscoring every successful startup lies the sweet spot for disruptive innovation, and the key to unlocking exponential growth.
In...
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If you study the lives of the most successful people around you; these people without fail apply the principle of leverage and use it to maximum effect in their life. Without applying some kind of leverage there is no possibility of creating accelerated wealth. Bestselling author Praveen Kumar in this book explains how you can create massive wealth in quick time by simply understanding and mastering the principle of leverage. Correct application of...
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Brand development and direct marketing expert, Craig Wilson, argues for the responsibility of consumers and the companies they spend money with. It is only through the power of the consumer, and the dedication of businesses to creating responsible and sustainable products, that we will be able to combat the draining of resources and the chemicals behind global warming and air and water pollution. Craig Wilson's The Compass and the Nail lays out a...
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