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2) Lay an Egg and Make Chicken Soup: The Holistic Innovation Process from Concept to Market Expansion
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This book provides you with a glimpse of all the disciplines involved in the new products process. Although I've concentrated on devoting one chapter per topic, these disciplines are interrelated.
Some of the verticals covered in this book are: technology, automotive, cyber security, communication, mobile phones, chemicals, fashion, entertainment, gaming, construction, transportation, food, sex, jewelry, health, energy, sports, alcohol, gangs, banking,...
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Real estate has been a proven wealth-building tool for centuries. Many of the world's wealthiest individuals have built their fortunes through real estate investments. From owning rental properties to investing in real estate development projects, real estate offers a range of opportunities to build wealth.
In this book, we'll explore why real estate is such a powerful tool for building wealth and the different ways to invest in real estate.
First,...
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Did you know that black entrepreneurs in Belgium face challenges that exclude them from the venture capital space?
The Black Opportunity: Conversations on Belgian Venture Capital and Afropean Entrepreneurship explores how the inclusion of black voices in the venture capital space will shape the world for generations to come. It is time for a world that includes products by and for black people and allows them to get the attention and investment...
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Starting a business poses a formidable challenge that necessitates meticulous planning and a relentless effort. Any new venture's triumphant or unfortunate outcome hinges on several critical factors, including financial considerations, adeptmanagerial skills, and the incorporation of appropriate professionals. Hence, it becomes imperative to possess a comprehensive comprehension of the financial guidelines that must be adhered to embark on this entrepreneurial...
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If you are the founder of a high-tech startup company, you know it's a daunting task, and the odds of success are slim. All founders dream of achieving a rewarding outcome like Steve Jobs or Bill Gates, but few reach such a pinnacle. In The Fundable Startup: How Disruptive Companies Attract Capital, Fred M. Haney, an experienced venture capitalist, angel investor, and company founder, explains startup strategies that will help you: Understand the...
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Silicon Valley has a lingo of its own - from unicorns to pivoting to growth hacking - that while colorful can also be rather opaque. This is the definitive guide to the unique words used in the Bay Area startup scene, helping everyone from people who want to do business here to those, who just want to watch HBO's Silicon Valley without being confused. It's designed to be thorough and accurate while including a touch of humor (because face it, the...
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Unscaled identifies the forces that are reshaping the global economy and turning one of the fundamental laws of business and society--the economies of scale--on its head.
An innovative trend combining technology with economics is unraveling behemoth industries--including corporations, banks, farms, media conglomerates, energy systems, governments, and schools-that have long dominated business and society. Size and scale have become a liability. A...
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The protagonist, Nat Idle, narrowly survives an explosion in an Internet café after receiving a note warning him to leave immediately. The handwriting on the note belongs to his deceased girlfriend, a Silicon Valley venture capitalist, whom he has obsessively been mourning.
10) Raise and Rise: Funding Sources for your Startup in the Era of Digital Transformation & Blockchain
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Are you an entrepreneur looking for funds in the digital economy? Raise and Rise offers a goldmine of in-depth knowledge about capital sources and tools for a modern startup featuring venture capital, crowdfunding (including blockchain-based), royalty financing, family offices, and angel investors. Knitting together a vivid conversation with solid data, anecdotes, links, fun analyses, and curious cases (Uber, Elio Motors, Spotify, and more), Dr. Victoria...
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If man's next big step is to live and work in space, then what will everyone do out there that is so different from what we are now doing here on Earth? As the future of space comes into focus it is clear that profit and power are the core elements of the new space economy. This entertaining and informative book looks at human settlement in space as a mainstream business opportunity for investors, entrepreneurs and far-sighted individuals seeking...
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Are you an entrepreneur, looking for investors take your venture to the next level? Do you want to start a business and wonder where to get the funds?
This book reveals:
* Where to to find investors and the best approaches to win their support
* What investors are really looking for but won't tell you
* How to persuade banks, business angels, VCs and public funders
* Insider tips for compiling material that satisfies investors
* Little-known strategies...
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Quibi was going to put short, premium-quality videos in the hands of millions of content-hungry mobile consumers around the globe. The Apple Newton combined cool with indispensable in a way that was expected to spark a new mobile device market that was much bigger than the personal computing market. The $2,500 Tata Nano automobile was touted as a major gamechanger for India and the millions of aspiring middle-class customers who would surely buy one....
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In this inspiring success guide, the former president and business icon teaches readers to achieve their dreams.
Donald J. Trump is the very definition of the American success story. American president, reality-television star, and developer of some of the planet's most prestigious real estate, he's also become one of the world's wealthiest men.
Trump is a living example of how thinking BIG and knowing when to back up your opinions...
Donald J. Trump is the very definition of the American success story. American president, reality-television star, and developer of some of the planet's most prestigious real estate, he's also become one of the world's wealthiest men.
Trump is a living example of how thinking BIG and knowing when to back up your opinions...
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Serial entrepreneur Christiane Lemieux describes the new rules of entrepreneurship and business, arguing that visionary startups leverage the concept of "frictionless" to beat their competitors.
Based on interviews with dozens of startup founders, experts and scholars on entrepreneurship, Frictionless provides readers with a wide-ranging education in starting companies that thrive in the world of frictionless commerce-made possible by new technologies,...
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One of Silicon Valley's most successful angel investors shares his rules for investing in startups.
There are two ways to make money in startups: create something valuable-or invest in the people that are creating valuable things.
Over the past twenty-five years, Jason Calacanis has made a fortune investing in creators, spotting and helping build and fund a number of successful technology startups-investments that have earned him tens of millions...
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A social activist and an entrepreneur remake the future of investing and business, offering a win-win road map for creating wealth and addressing inequalities by investing in groundbreaking tech companies that defy assumptions from Silicon Valley to Wall Street.
Companies backed by venture capital drive the U.S. economy, accounting for hundreds of billions of dollars in sales and profits. The problem is that most of the wealth created winds up enriching...
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Based on Bill Fisher's three-day seminars that regularly sell out all over the world, this book offers the kind of capital-raising street smarts no entrepreneur can do without. As a banker in Silicon Valley in the '80s and a businessman who founded a number of successful companies beginning in the '90s, Fisher has seen firsthand the kind of rookie mistakes aspiring entrepreneurs make that end up stopping them before they have a chance to get started.
Fisher...
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Think Kickstarter® is just for artists and people who don't really want to work for their success? Think again! In 2012 President Obama signed the JOBS act (Jumpstart Our Business Startups), empowering privately owned companies to raise capital from investors without going through the rigorous IPO and private placement processes. Your private company can now crowdfund your way to success!
Now that the SEC has handed down the last regulations, the...
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Despite all of the writing on venture capital, there is a missing part of the literature. There has been no book written about raising a venture capital fund. It remains a secret to a few privileged venture capitalists, who have gone through this fundraising process. Until now...
This book serves as a guide. It dives into the process of raising a venture capital fund, the how-tos, the unique language of the limited partner (LP) world, secrets of...
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