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Apress
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
This book offers a comprehensive model for explaining the success and failure of cities in nurturing startups, presents detailed case studies of how participants in that model help or hinder startup activity, and shows how to apply these lessons to boost local startup activity. Startup Cities explains the factors that determine local startup success based on a detailed comparison of regional startup cities--pairing the most successful and less successful...
Author
Publisher
Apress
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Utilize this comprehensive guide in your organization to create a corporate incubator that protects innovative ideas from oppressive corporate proceses and culture and gives those ideas the resources and environment they need to grow and have the best possible chance to thrive. Innovation is hard. Ironically, innovation in a large enterprise can be even more difficult. Policies designed for mature businesses often crush emerging businesses along with...
63) The End of Scale
Author
Publisher
MIT Sloan Management Review
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
For more than a century, economies of scale made the corporation an ideal engine of business. However, the emergence of platforms and technologies that can be rented as needed have eroded the relationship between fixed costs and output that defined economies of scale. Together, these new factors have enabled small companies to pursue niche markets and successfully challenge large established companies that are weighed down by investments in mass production,...
Author
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The United States has led other nations in creating a legal, economic, social, and political ecosystem that has proven extraordinarily effective at fostering entrepreneurship. Evidence of this country's status as a powerful launchpad for entrepreneurship runs throughout its history. It is not a coincidence that America was itself an entrepreneurial venture in Revolutionary times, nor that many of the early settlers were themselves merchants and entrepreneurs....
Author
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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English
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An inspiring, irreverent manifesto for those seeking to blaze their own path to entrepreneurship and find fulfillment and happiness through bold action and big ideas.
With zero experience and no capital, Miki Agrawal opened WILD, a farm-to-table pizzeria in New York City and Las Vegas, partnered up in a children's multimedia company called Super Sprowtz, and launched a patented high-tech underwear business called THINX.
Miki,
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Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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"The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur is a unique collection of 366 inspirational meditations for entrepreneurs informed by the curated thoughts and powerful writing of a collection of American authors. It is built on the successful daily devotional model, and is arranged in a calendar format featuring a brief reading from the public domain works of Transcendentalist literature and beyond. The readings are followed by a reflection from the author based on...
69) Business is personal: the truth about what it takes to be successful while staying true to yourself
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Consider this book your strategic toolbox, full of Bethenny's smartest and most practical no-nonsense business principles and tactics, illustrated through her own compelling stories and lessons from the entrepreneurial front and experience building the successful Skinnygirl and Bethenny brands, becoming a successful television and podcast producer, and managing her philanthropic foundation. She also shares wisdom from her conversations with highly...
Author
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Language
English
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"Too often, thanks to multiple rounds of equity investment, company founders wind up with only a small fraction of the businesses they start. But this situation isn't inevitable. The intelligent use of a variety of financing options-including debt financing-can help to maintain, or even grow, a founder's stake. In All Money Is Not Created Equal: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Finding the Right Funding for Your Business, renowned Silicon Valley veteran...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
"Based on in-depth interviews with more than 200 leading entrepreneurs, [including the founders of LinkedIn, Chipotle, eBay, Under Armour, Tesla Motors, SpaceX, Spanx, Airbnb, PayPal, JetBlue, Gilt Group, Theranos, and Dropbox], a business executive and senior fellow at [the Harvard Kennedy School] identifies the six essential disciplines needed to transform your ideas into real-world successes, whether you're an innovative manager or an aspiring...
Author
Publisher
Post Hill Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Entrepreneurship is a journey beset by loneliness and stress. Entrepreneurs often feel some combination of frustration that the world doesn't take them seriously enough, and imposter syndrome fearing they have bitten off more than they can chew. Drawing insights from a combination of neuroscience, philosophy, psychology, and personal experience, Scale Your Everest demystifies the emotional and psychological challenges of entrepreneurship and gives...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Leadership, an imprint of HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Based on thousands of interviews from John Lee Dumas' highly acclaimed podcast, Entrepreneurs on Fire, this revolutionary 17-step roadmap provides a proven path for entrepreneurs like you to achieve the financial, location, and lifestyle freedom you are capable of. Let The Common Path to Uncommon Success show you how. --from Amazon.
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The winner of the UK's Business Book of the Year Award for 2021, Ash Ali & Hasan Kubba's The Unfair Advantage is a groundbreaking expose of the myths behind startup success and a blueprint for harnessing the things that really matter..."-- Provided by publisher.
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Publisher
Perigee Books
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
"Business plans are one of the last remaining spaces in publishing where intimidating lingo, dry writing, and overly long verbiage are still the norm. You know what these books look like--big and manual-like, there's usually a middle-aged man standing with his arms crossed (or pointing!) on the cover, making promises in all caps about the money you'll make. The Conquer Kit is an interactive journal experience that brings business planning into the...
Author
Publisher
Harper Business, an Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Entrepreneur, angel investor, and bestselling author James Altucher busts the myth of the 10,000-hour rule to achieving mastery by offering dozens of techniques that will inspire entrepreneurs, mid-career professionals, and those just starting out to experiment with their passions, pursue their dreams, and quickly master the skills they need to succeed"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"The founder and CEO of AppSumo.com, Noah Kagan, knows how to launch a seven-figure business in a single weekend-and he's done it seven times. Million Dollar Weekend will show you how. But, if the barriers to starting a business are getting lower and lower, why is it SO HARD TO DO for SO MANY PEOPLE? Why are there so many wantrepreneurs playing at business on social media and so few entrepreneurs actually running them? Ask yourself: Do you want to...
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