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Startup squad volume 1
Publisher
Imprint, a part of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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All the great leaders had to start somewhere. And Theresa ("Resa" for short) is starting with the lemonade stand competition her teacher assigned to the class-but making it a success is going to be a lot harder than Resa thinks. The prize: line-skipping tickets to Adventure Central. The competition: Val, Resa's middle school nemesis. And the biggest obstacle to success: Resa's own teammates. Harriet is the class clown, Amelia is the new girl who thinks...
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Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"Hallie and Jaye are both sixth graders at Brookdale Middle School, but they couldn't be more different. Jaye is one of the popular kids who'll do almost anything to maintain her status. Hallie's only friend has moved away, and she couldn't care less what anyone thinks of her. So when the two girls are paired up as partners for a pitch competition held by their Business Education and Entrepreneurship class, it's not exactly a perfect match. After...
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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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"The full inside story of the breathtaking rise and shocking collapse of a multibillion-dollar startup, by the prize-winning journalist who first broke the story and pursued it to the end in the face of pressure and threats from the CEO and her lawyers. In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the female Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout whose startup "unicorn" promised to revolutionize the medical industry with...
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Publisher
Tracks Publishing
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
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Aimed specifically at the novice outdoor adventurer, this comprehensive guide explains the essential gear, preparations, precautions, and techniques required for day hiking and short backpacking trips. Through informative, entertaining, and encouraging personal anecdotes, the guide emphasizes the physical, aesthetic, and spiritual benefits of spending time in nature. Essential first aid and map-reading information is also included.
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Meet Asha Ray. Brilliant coder and possessor of a Pi tattoo, Asha is poised to revolutionize artificial intelligence when she is reunited with her high school crush, Cyrus Jones. Cyrus inspires Asha to write a new algorithm. Before she knows it, she’s abandoned her PhD program, they’ve exchanged vows, and gone to work at an exclusive tech incubator called Utopia. The platform creates a sensation, with millions of users seeking personalized rituals...
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Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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"Mack McAllister has a $600 million dollar idea. His mindfulness app, TakeOff, is already the hottest thing in tech and he's about to launch a new and improved version that promises to bring investors running and may turn his brainchild into a $1 billion dollar business--in startup parlance, an elusive unicorn. Katya Pasternack is hungry for a scoop that will drive traffic. An ambitious young journalist at a gossipy tech blog, Katya knows that she...
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Language
English
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"Many recent college graduates are underemployed or struggling to find a fulfilling career. They exit MBA programs with major firms in mind then often find the corporate grind uninspiring. They fail to see the possibility of a startup, a small up-and-comer where they can be creative and take risks. Steve Kahan will be the first to tell you he knew nothing about tech when he first went to work at a tech start-up many years ago. He was desperate to...
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Publisher
Hachette Books
Language
English
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A memoir of life inside the tech bubble by a writer and co-producer for "Silicon Valley" describes how, after losing his magazine writing job, he took a position with a tech company rife with cultish millennials, absent bosses, and venture-capital amenities.
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Publisher
Legacy Lit
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"While dreaming of an easier way to order pizza, Mike Evans founded the online food delivery site, Grubhub, in his basement and grew it into the multi-billion-dollar colossus that is now a household name. But it wasn't as easy as searching, clicking, and checking out. Mike's meteoric rise to the top of the booming tech and business world demanded a decade of 80 hour work weeks, endless financing rounds, cliffhanger acquisitions, the near collapse...
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Wiley
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
Description
"Many first-time entrepreneurs stumble into creating startups that are doomed to fail from the get-go. The chief cause? It is very hard to build a successful startup. While there are many resources to help, the vast majority are self-serving tomes written by people who want to tell their story, proffer a theory, or create a brand image to sell a product or service. In contrast, The Startup Playbook is attractive because it's written by people who...
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Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Accelerator programs have emerged as one of the most powerful vehicles for helping entrepreneurs to learn rapidly, create powerful networks, raise money, build their startups, and do this at speed and at scale. Since Y Combinator brought Accelerators into the public consciousness in 2005, the number of Accelerator programs have exploded around the world; spawning successes such as AirBnB, DropBox, Reddit, Stripe, Zenefits, Pillpack and Uber--many...
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Publisher
dpunkt
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Unabhängig von ihrem Geschäftsmodell werden Startups in den ersten Jahren mit vielen juristischen Fragestellungen konfrontiert. Für den Unternehmenserfolg ist deshalb extrem wichtig, dass Gründer juristische Stolpersteine kennen und Sachverhalte einordnen können. Jan Schnedler, Rechtsanwalt in Hamburg, berät seit vielen Jahren Startups in allen relevanten Fragestellungen. In diesem Praxisleitfaden fasst er seine Erfahrungen zusammen: ohne Angabe...
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Publisher
Gildan Media Corp
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Every year 2,000,000 men and women start a business – and so can you! Brian Tracy, one of the top business teachers, trainers and authors in the world today, shows you how, starting with little or nothing...You Can Achieve Financial Independence!In this practical, proven 12 lecture program, you'll learn these priceless lessons to set you on the road to business success:
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Publisher
McGraw Hill
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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"A veteran Silicon Valley insider provides the first comprehensive guide to developing and executing a startup exit strategy the secret to ultimate entrepreneurial success You're facing tough odds as an entrepreneur today. Up to 65 percent of small businesses in the U.S. don't survive more than five years, and the majority of venture-backed startups fail to fully return the money invested in them. The time is now for a new approach to startups, and...
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English
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"In this riveting feat of reporting, Kashmir Hill illuminates the improbable rise of Clearview AI and how Hoan Ton-That, a computer engineer and Richard Schwartz, a Giuliani associate, launched a terrifying facial recognition app with society-altering potential. They were assisted by a cast of controversial characters, including conservative provocateur Charles Johnson and billionaire Trump backer Peter Thiel. The app can scan a blurry portrait, and,...
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English
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"Start-Up Nation addresses the trillion dollar question: How is it that Israel -- a country of 7.1 million, only 60 years old, surrounded by enemies, in a constant state of war since its founding, with no natural resources-- produces more start-up companies than large, peaceful, and stable nations like Japan, China, India, Korea, Canada and the UK? With the savvy of foreign policy insiders, Senor and Singer examine the lessons of the country's adversity-driven...
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Princeton University Press
Language
English
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A guide to the early decisions that can make or break startup ventures
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? More than just financial rewards are at stake. Friendships and relationships can suffer. Bad decisions at the inception of a promising
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Kantola Productions
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
**Program Highlights**.- Why companies need different policies and procedures designed for innovation.- How to implement Customer Development and other "lean"practices..Companies looking to be innovative face a conundrum: policies and procedures designed to make them efficient oftentimes stifle innovation. Unlike start-ups which are innovative by design, most organizations believe innovation can only happen by exception-or heroic efforts. So how can...
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