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Book SynopsisOne book for the entire journey: How to digitally transform your organization Innovation in the face of major external change is critical for any organization's success, but attempting to do so often leads to more questions than actions: Where do you start? How do you get the right resources? How should work be implemented? What data should you measure? For the first time, these questions are answered in a single book that covers the end-to-end execution of digital transformation from leadership-level strategy, to on-the-ground team implementation. With the biggest revelation of all, Herbert argues, being that true digital transformation only needs to happen once because, at its core, it means becoming more adaptive to change itself.Featuring the how to' of digital transformation devised from successes across every sector, Herbert distils it into five actionable stages. These stages act as a repeatable framework for continual innovation, allowing you to produce results immedTrade ReviewDigital Transformation deftly outlines five stages, from constructing bridges to disseminating insights, for organizations to implement sustainable change. Herbert recognizes that the challenge is not the tools but the culture -- the vital ingredient for the digital shift from customer experience to back office systems. -- Perry Hewitt * Vice President of Marketing, ITAHKA *This book contains rarely found and rarely used common sense for the over hyped and jargon fuelled trend of digital transformation. Lindsay uses her experience and communications skills to provide clear guidance for this important element of business evolution in a well-structured logical format. -- Paul Hoskins * Chairman, Precedent *This book is the ‘Quora’ of Digital Transformation. Lindsay Herbert has done a superb job of outlining and answering so many questions that arise from Digital Transformation, both for business leaders and for consultants. In digital we need to question everything and look for the answer…luckily much of it is here. -- Peter Abraham * Co-founder, Crank *For once here is a practical and unbiased guide to corporate digital transformation. Lindsay has managed to pull together a great mix of evidence-based analysis and a clear roadmap to follow that in my experience actually works. I recommend any modern, serious business leader reads it. -- Adam Freeman * Co-founder, Freeformers *I was privileged to work with Lindsay and see her undoubted skills in action in live digital transformation projects, she was simply brilliant. And under the sub-headings of Bridge, Uncover, Iterate, Leverage and Disseminate she does a wonderful job on explaining how it should be done in today’s digital world. A great read. -- Phil Jones * Founder and Organiser, Podge Events *Lindsay’s clear-headed approach to digital transformation sweeps away the misconceptions and demystifies the jargon surrounding it. She provides hugely useful suggestions with the BUILD model and has delightfully counterintuitive advice, such as reigning in the urge for PR campaigns until you have actually delivered tangible change. Her insights will prove valuable to anyone on this challenging (and rewarding) journey. -- Eva Appelbaum * Founder and Consulting Partner, The Arc Group; Ex-Head of Digital Transformation at the BBC *Lindsay breaks down what can be intimidating concepts of digital transformation, but without understating its complexity and difficulty. She emphasizes the importance of fundamental mind shift – one that embraces change as a constant. -- Mike Giresi * Chief Information Officer, Royal Caribbean Cruises *Transforming your organisation can be a terrifying prospect, full of fear and stress. This book makes it into a thrilling one, full of hope and purpose. -- Ben Hammersley * Futurist *In today’s business world, there is nothing more essential and at the same time more confusing and intricate than the concept of Digital Transformation. With an astute and engaging style, Lindsay Herbert unravels one of the most important challenges for the futureproofing of organisations. An obliged reading for all executives. -- William Confalonieri * Australia's first Chief Digital Officer *Table of ContentsIntroduction: How to Digitally Transform 1. BUILD Stage 1: Bridge 2. BUILD Stage 2: Uncover 3. BUILD Stage 3: Iterate 4. BUILD Stage 4: Leverage 5. BUILD Stage 5: Disseminate Conclusion: Final Thoughts for you Journey References Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“Entrepreneurship is a key engine of the modern economy. This book is the essential guide for the founders of the future who want to get started and build the enduring businesses of tomorrow.” -- Tony Blair * Executive Chairman of the Institute for Global Change, and former Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland *‘Alice and Matt have created the ideal handbook for anyone considering founding a company. It provides both strategic advice on building toward a mission and purpose, plus pragmatic advice on the first 100 days. Essential reading for anyone experimenting with ideas and co-founding teams.’ -- Sara Clemens * Former COO, Twitch * ‘In this book, Alice and Matt explain how they’ve been helping some of the world’s most ambitious and talented people start companies for the last 10 years. It’s a great overview of the founding journey.’ -- Tom Blomfield * Founder, Monzo *‘Alice and Matt have helped hundreds of founders build companies and this book distils everything they’ve learned. It’s a great starting point for any aspiring entrepreneur!’ -- Taavet Hinrikus * Founder, Wise *Table of ContentsForeword Introduction PART 1: The Founder Mindset 1: What makes a great founder 2: The myths that stop founders 3: What causes failure and how to avoid it 4: Cultivating the mindset of a founder PART 2: The Founding Process 5: Three and a half rules for ambitious founders 6: Understand your edge 7: How to use your edge 8: Choosing your co-founder 9: Working with your co-founder and testing the team 10: Getting to founder/idea fit 11: Customer Development – finding out your customer’s secrets PART 3: Growing and Scaling 12: An introduction to startup financing 13: How to raise money 14: Preparing for the road ahead 15: Building culture 16: What happens next? Bibliography Acknowledgements Index

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Book SynopsisHow to Start a Home-Based Senior Care Business contains everything you need to know to start and run a profitable, ethical, and satisfying home-based business in the field of senior care. The book covers the range of senior care businesses that are increasingly in demand.

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Book SynopsisEvent planning continues to be a thriving business area for the motivated entrepreneur. This fourth edition includes updated ideas about creating business plans, balancing home and work, building a client base, and a more in-depth discussion on the role of social media in your event planning business.

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Book SynopsisLandscaping continues to be an in-demand business field for motivated entrepreneurs. This seventh edition includes updated information on business plans, managing both employees and paperwork, taxes, and in-depth discussions on the role social media can play in your successful landscaping business. Trade ReviewWe applaud Dell’s no-nonsense attitude, since it could save a wannabe landscaper a lot of grief. . . . Checking out [this book] is well worth the money and time. * HortIdeas Magazine *

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Book SynopsisSocial Media and Integrated Marketing Communication: A Rhetorical Approach explores social media in the areas of corporate identity, brand narratives, and crisis response from a rhetorical perspective. Key ideas in this text are social media as epideictic rhetoricthe rhetorical setting that deals with the present and matters of virtue and educationand how rhetorical decorum, a component of Cicero's third Canon of Style, can guide organizations and their audiences toward more ethical and effective integrated marketing communication (IMC). This strategy emphasizes changing behavior, not just attitudes. Because social media leaves traces of communication that may be with us for the foreseeable future, Social Media and Integrated Marketing Communication frames the conversation about social media and IMC to move away from a risk/reward or a return on investment orientation and toward a focus on social media as communicative action that is attentive to this historical moment, to organizationTrade ReviewSocial Media and Integrated Marketing Communication: A Rhetorical Approach is a thoughtful, groundbreaking work, uniting a classical liberal arts tradition with practical considerations of integrated marketing communication in response to the continued expansion of social media. -- Ronald C. Arnett, Duquesne University, author of Levinas's Rhetorical Demand: The Unending Obligation of Communication EthicsSocial Media and Integrated Marketing Communication: A Rhetorical Approach moves the study of social communication technologies out of the realm of technique into the domain of thoughtful, ethical rhetorical practice. Engagingly written and carefully documented, this book draws together rhetoric, philosophy of communication, communication ethics, and media ecology to situate a key element of integrated marketing communication firmly within both the liberal arts tradition and the contemporary marketplace. -- Janie Harden Fritz, Duquesne University; author of Professional Civility: Communicative Virtue at WorkPersuit's thorough, thoughtful and engaging analysis is testament to the timeless capacity of rhetorical theory to comprehend and dissect the most compelling issues of the day. This book is a must read for students and scholars studying organizational communication, public relations, risk and crisis communication, and marketing. -- Timothy L. Sellnow, University of KentuckyTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: Social Media as Rhetoric and Communication Chapter 2: A History and Philosophy of Integrated Marketing Com-munication (IMC) Chapter 3: Social Media, IMC, and Rhetorical Decorum Chapter 4: Social Media, IMC, and the Audience Chapter 5: Social Media, IMC, and Communication Ethics Conclusion

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Book Synopsis"Finally a textbook about entrepreneurship written by those who have actually done it rather than just studied it." –W. Don Stull, Texas Tech University The majority of new businesses don’t survive their first year. Launching Successful Ventures teaches students the nuts and bolts of creating new ventures while helping them avoid the common pitfalls that often lead to failure. Entrepreneurial exercises, case studies, step-by-step guidelines, and in-depth coverage of important financial topics such as managing cash flow, equity capital, and debt and investment capital are designed to help students build sustainable, lucrative ventures. Authored by successful serial entrepreneurs and award-winning researchers Michael Fountain and Tom Zimmerer, this new text provides a concise, practical guide for students seeking to develop high-growth ventures. Trade Review"Finally a textbook about entrepreneurship written by those who have actually done it rather than just studied it." -- W. Don Stull"This is a practical hands-on approach that is worth considering for your course–concise and full of meaningful exercises and examples." -- Violet Z. Christopher"This book is a great resource for potential entrepreneurs and a good foundation for those brave enough to strike out on their own." -- Kim L. Wangler"Launching Successful Ventures is a decent resource for an introductory or mid-level course. It has the potential to be an excellent resource alongside writing a business plan. It also offers a detailed breakdown of the most vital concepts comprising entrepreneurship." -- Adam Starks"This book is well written with concepts that would engage students’ intellect in the Launching New Venture class." -- Benjamin K. Ofili"Practical with meaningful learning activities." -- Ayisha E. Sereni"This text attempts to offer the new entrepreneur a guide for success and focuses a good deal of attention on the analytical skills that many new entrepreneurs lack." -- Aaron M. Butler"This text is tuned for the high-growth venture founder who has a preconceived business concept." -- Stephen E. Lanivich"An excellent tool for entrepreneurship classes." -- William J. Carner"A great text for non-business majors, students without prior business knowledge, or nascent entrepreneurs to quickly gain an understanding of the process of entrepreneurship and access to some tools to quickly get them working on building their business." -- April J. SpivackTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments About the Authors Chapter 1. The Entrepreneurial Venture Chapter Learning Objectives The Entrepreneur Types of Entrepreneurial Ventures Where Are Today’s Entrepreneurs Coming From? Your Challenge Global Entrepreneurship and the Acceleration of Competition Customer-Focused Business Models Developing an Entrepreneurial Culture The Need for Continuous Change Social Entrepreneurship in Our Economy Conclusion Entrepreneurial Exercises Chapter 2. Creativity and Market Viability Chapter Learning Objectives In Search of the Valuable Idea The Power of Human Creativity Screening and Evaluating Ideas Market Evaluation Steps Creating a Potential Adopter Profile Building an Opportunity Evaluation Model The Seven-Part Assessment Model Assessing the Actual Market Potential: The Ugly Realities Conclusion Entrepreneurial Exercises Chapter 3. Industry and Competitive Analysis Chapter Learning Objectives Assessing the Industry The Macroenvironmental Analysis Process Components of the Macroenvironment Stages of Industry Development Analyzing Industry Behavior Competitive Analyses and Competitive Profile Matrices Creating Your Business Model Entrepreneurial Exercises Chapter 4. New Venture Marketing Chapter Learning Objectives Customers and the Market “Market Disruptors” Switching Cost: A Barrier to Adoption Market Research and Market Segmentation Effective Marketing Strategies Components of a Marketing Strategy Product Strategies Place Strategies Pricing Strategies Promotion Strategies Conclusion Entrepreneurial Exercises Chapter 5. The Financial Plan Chapter Learning Objectives By the Numbers Financial Analysis Basic Financial Statements Breakeven Analysis and the Pro Forma Financial Statement Financial Ratio Analysis Conclusion Entrepreneurial Exercises Chapter 6. Cash Flow Management Chapter Learning Objectives Cash and Profits Are Not the Same Cash Flow Process Cash Flow Management: Inventories Cash Flow Management: Accounts Payable Avoiding the Cash Crunch Conclusion Entrepreneurial Exercises Chapter 7. The Founder and the New Venture Team Chapter Learning Objectives Founder’s Responsibility The Founder as Leader Leadership in Action Team Member Success = Organizational Success Team Member Selection Creating an Ethical Environment Conclusion Entrepreneurial Exercises Chapter 8. Forms of Ownership Chapter Learning Objectives Protecting Intellectual Property Protecting Intellectual Property Rights Selecting an Appropriate Form of Ownership Business Licenses and Permits Contracts Selecting an Attorney Conclusion Entrepreneurial Exercises Chapter 9. The Business Plan Chapter Learning Objectives The Value of Writing a Business Plan Road Map to Success Challenges of the Business Plan Structure of the Business Plan Presenting the Business Plan Entrepreneurial Exercises Chapter 10. Equity Capital Chapter Learning Objectives Equity Capital Sources of Equity Financing Types of Equity Instruments Raising Equity Capital Entrepreneurial Exercises Chapter 11. Debt and Alternative Forms of Investment Capital Chapter Learning Objectives Fundamentals of Non-Equity Financing Government Sources of Capital Entrepreneurial Exercises Chapter 12. Structuring the Deal Chapter Learning Objectives Managing Investor Expectations Valuing the Start-Up Company Example of a Draft Private Placement Memorandum Entrepreneurial Exercises Chapter 13. Harvesting the Venture Chapter Learning Objectives Preparing For Your Exit Selling the Venture Mergers Public Liquidity Event Bankruptcy Entrepreneurial Exercises Cases Case 1: Never Underestimate the Power of Marketing Case 2: A Little Bit of Science Never Hurts Case 3: When Adversity Strikes Case 4: Knowing When to Regroup Case 5: When to Trust Your Gut Case 6: Listen to Customers and Advance Incrementally Case 7: Mitigate Risk Case 8: Venture Capitalist Turned Entrepreneur Case 9: Living an Entrepreneur’s Life Case 10: To Sell or Not to Sell References Index

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Book SynopsisSocial enterprise and third sector activity have expanded into a prolific area of academic research and discourses over the past twenty years, with many claiming their origins rooted in Blair, New Labour and Giddens’ "Third Way". But many academic contributions lack the experience of policy implementation and do not access the wealth of grey, legacy and public policy literature from earlier periods that support different interpretations. Since most make few references to developments during the 1970s and 1980s, their narrow focus on New Labour from 1997 onwards not only neglects real antecedents, but miscasts the role of social enterprise.During a key political period from 1998 to 2002, Blair’s New Labour Governments forced through a major conceptual shift for social enterprise, co-operative and third sector activity. Many structures, formed as community responses to massive deindustrialisation in the 1970s and 1980s, were repositioned to bid against the private sector to obtain contracts for delivery of low cost public services. Based on previously unseen archival materials and interviews with key players between 1998 and 2002, when major social enterprise and third sector policy changes occurred, Huckfield offers an alternative narrative of social enterprise in the UK, showing how local communities have been denied the restoration of local economic and social democracy.Trade Review'A major contribution to co-operation’s massive literature. It is ground-breaking in revealing that even in a western democracy like Britain governments can corrupt co-operatives.'Dr Rita Rhodes, Co-op News -- .Table of Contents1 Introduction2 Background3 Theoretical foundations and conceptual interpretations for the third sector4 1960s–1980s regeneration5 New Labour, co-ops and social enterprise6 Explanations7 ConclusionsPostscriptAppendix 1: Timeline of main literature contributions and events in the UK, North America and mainland EuropeAppendix 2: Co-operatives and social enterprisesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisThe "economic elite" has long been thought to cooperate at a corporate level to impact state and national policies and programs at the expense of the Canadian citizenry. However, this work reveals the expanding reach of the elite and their current encroachment into the noncorporate arena as yet another opportunity to exert their formidable influence. Citing the increasingly unified and class-conscious aspects of the group, this text reveals the degree to which this minority continues to prosper, dominate, and threaten Canadian democracy through numerous unifying mechanisms: corporate director interlocks; concentrated economic ownership; ties to the mass media; and the many business-oriented think tanks, philanthropic foundations, and corporate policy organizations. Maintaining that these existing relations need not be considered inevitable, the author challenges concerned citizens to come together to disrupt the political and economic status quo.

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Book SynopsisExplains how an organization with strong character can more successfully adapt to change, develop new skills, and ensure a successful future without sacrificing established values or strengths. Offers step-by-step instructions on how to determine the readiness of an organization to change--and how to identify directions and strategies most likely to succeed.Table of ContentsPrefaceThe Author 1. What Happened on the Way to Excellence? Part One: Making Changes While Preserving Character 2. Assess Corporate Charcater: Determining What to Keep and What to Change 3. Change the Organization Without Losing Character Part Two: Developing and Implementing a Corporate Vision 4. Negotiate a Shared Vision: Finding a Future That Fits 5. Implement the Vision: Making the Dream Real 6. Influence Corporate Character from the Middle: Not Waiting for the CEO Part Three: Perpetuating the Distinctive Corporate Character 7. Keep Faith with the Corporate Character: Upholding Key Commitments 8. Make the Corporate Character Adaptive: Maintaining Tension Between Tradition and Change 9. Create Corporate Character That Lasts: Honoring the Past and Changing the Future Resources for Change: A Guide for Assessing Corporate Character in Organizations ReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisWATCHING THE WATCHERS Every day, companies are faced with dozens, even hundreds, of critical decisions concerning the allocation of resources, financial and organizational structure, and strategic direction. Who should make these decisions? And who should be held accountable for their consequences? Boards of directors are the “watchers” who govern the destinies of today’s corporations, and Robert Monks and Nell Minow have been watching over their actions for years. This book was written for the people who need to know the most about corporate governance—directors, managers, shareholders, anyone in business—by the people who may know the most about doing it right. Watching the Watchers: Corporate Governance for the 21st Century covers everything modern-day managers need to know about corporate governance. Monks and Minow examine what a corporation is and how to measure its performance. In separate chapters on the rights and responsibilities of shareholders, boards of directors, managers, and employees, the authors examine the roles that each of these “corporate constituents” can, do, and should play in determining corporate direction and strategy. And they conclude with recommendations for increasing the productivity and competitiveness of corporations by strengthening the shareholders and the board—the “watchers.” Their real-world experiences, insights, and instructions are of critical importance to anyone concerned with the direction of business in our time.Table of ContentsList of Cases in Point x Foreword by B. Minoru Makihara xii Acknowledgements xiv Introduction xvii 1 What is a Corporation? 1 2 Shareholders: Ownership 75 3 Directors: Monitoring 167 4 Management: Performance 225 5 Re-empowering the Shareholders: A Proposed Agenda for Action 261 6 Re-empowering the Board: A Proposed Agenda for Action, by Hugh Parker 289 7 International Governance 309 Index 331

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Book SynopsisThe Peopleâs Business offers a comprehensive series of proposals for reforming and restructuring corporations so that they become the peopleâs servants, not their mastersWriting in a lively populist style, the authors pull together recommendations from the prestigious members of the Citizen Works Commission on Corporate Reform to present a clear-headed plan of action.Drutman and Cray discuss how corporations managed to achieve their current privileged position and offer a comprehensive approach for reconceiving corporations as engines of public prosperity, not private plunder.

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Book SynopsisWhen the economy was booming and dot-coms were flying high, venture capitalists were admired as impresarios of innovation. Then the market tanked, start-ups fizzled, and those same deal-makers were rebuked as predators out for a quick score. So which portrayal is accurate? Where is this much-hyped industry heading? And what will it mean for the future of innovation in the global economy? In this definitive book, industry experts Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner provide the first cool-headed explanation of the venture capital industry and the role it plays in our economy. They underscore that, regardless of the economic conditions, innovation is incredibly difficult to finance, take to market, and translate into value. While venture capital has evolved to address these problems - the industry has fueled innovation, economic growth, and wealth creation for decades - features of the venture industry have left it vulnerable to boom-and-bust cycles.In the near future, say the authors, the industry must transform dramatically, with important implications for industry players and the entrepreneurs and organizations they serve. Drawing from compelling research and industry "war stories," Gompers and Lerner present a series of practical frameworks for understanding the relationships among venture capital, innovation, and entrepreneurial success. They demystify how the venture capital world operates, and outline the opportunities and obstacles faced by all players in this evolving arena.They explore: the problems entrepreneurs encounter in securing financing, and how the venture capital model can help innovators to resolve them; how venture capitalists can effectively pursue promising opportunities while building a sustainable franchise; and, how corporations, nonprofits, and government institutions can harness the power - and avoid the pitfalls - of the venture capital model when applying it in their own sectors. Whether the industry is enjoying an incredible growth spurt or weathering an economic slowdown, readers will find this book an immensely practical guide to leveraging the venture capital model to turn innovation into value. Paul A. Gompers is a Professor of Business Administration and a Director of Research at Harvard Business School. Josh Lerner is a Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Both authors live in the Boston area.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Chapter 1 The Venture Capital Difference Part 1 The Entrepreneur's Challenge Chapter 2 The Problem: Financing Entrepreneurial Firms Chapter 3 The Financing Solution: Venture Capital Chapter 4 The Venture Capital Economy Part 2 The Venture Capitalist's Challenge Chapter 5 How Do Venture Organizations Work? Chapter 6 Boom and Bust in the Venture Industry Part 3 The Emulator's Challenge Chapter 7 The Corporate Venturing Experience Chapter 8 Designing a Successful Public Venturing Effort Chapter 9 Engineering International Venture Capital Success Chapter 10 Succeeding in the Next Venture Capital Revolution Glossary of Venture Capital Terms Notes Index About the Authors

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Book SynopsisNever again fear business plans, market research or financial forecasts! RiskBuster empowers ordinary women and men to tap their entrepreneurial power to build thriving, profitable business ventures. This step-by-step process makes it easy to research your business ideas, to determine feasibility, to write business plans for any audience, and to start or grow your business confidently—even if you've never done any of these things before. RiskBuster is for you if: -You want to start a new business -You want to grow an existing business -You need to build your own business plan. You might be in a job you hate. You may be broke and living from paycheck to paycheck. Maybe you've lost your job. You might be slugging it out in a deadbeat business, but not getting anywhere. Or perhaps you're just not satisfied with your day to day lifestyle. You already know that life is not a test run or a dress rehearsal, it's the real thing. The clock is ticking; don't waste another precious minute wondering what life might have been like if only you had tapped your potential! Yet, when the risk taker within you is telling you to roll the dice and leap into a business unprepared, the wise will urge you to hunker down and research your business idea. Fact is, when you really need to know the bottom line, when you can't afford to risk losing your assets or investments—you need to take the time determine if your business idea is feasible, and you need a business plan. Don't worry, it doesn’t have to take a lot of time or cost a lot of money! A well-researched business plan will unleash the small business still within you. Get immersed in the work you love to do in a planned, logical way—without taking senseless or unnecessary risks. Take control of your entrepreneurial future, today!

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Book SynopsisAvailable for the First Time: The Complete Social Entrepreneur's Playbook Covers all three phases of the start-up to scale-up process, developed with reader feedback from "one of the more unusual ebook...experiments of the year" (ThinReads) Wharton professor Ian C. MacMillan and Dr. James Thompson, director of the Wharton Social Entrepreneurship Program, provide a tough-love approach that significantly increases the likelihood of a successful social enterprise launch in the face of the high-uncertainty conditions typically encountered by social entrepreneurs. MacMillan and Thompson used their own systematic framework to publish The Social Entrepreneur's Playbook. To test the market, they offered the first phase in their start-up method (step 1) as a free ebook. Readers were invited to join The Social Entrepreneur's Advisory Group, and nearly 300 aspiring and active social entrepreneurs shared feedback that helped shape the complete edition of the book, which covers all three steps in the start-up to scale-up process. Based on this crowd-sourced feedback from readers of the free ebook and drawing on the authors' more than 26 years' combined experience developing and studying social enterprises in the field across Africa and in the United States, this new edition provides guidance for each phase: Phase One: Pressure Test Your Start-Up Idea. Based on the free ebook, this expanded section now includes advice on setting revenue and social impact goals, how to navigate the sociopolitical landscape, and how to develop a strong concept statement. In addition, MacMillan and Thompson provide advice on how to identify and test a proposed revenue-generating solution and define and segment your target population. Phase Two: Plan Your Social Enterprise. All new to this edition, this critical phase shows you how to frame and scope the venture, determine what it will take to actually deliver a sustainable enterprise, identify the key assumptions that have been made, and design checkpoints to test those assumptions before making major investments. Phase Three: Launch and Scale Your Social Enterprise. Available for the first time in this edition, you will learn how to effectively launch your enterprise, manage upside potential and downside risk, and strategically scale up. Filled with accessible frameworks and tools, as well as inspiring stories of social entrepreneurs, The Social Entrepreneur's Playbook is a must-read for any aspiring or active social entrepreneur, as well as philanthropists, foundations, and nonprofits interested in doing more good with fewer resources. Includes access to downloadable planning documents, including user-friendly spreadsheets

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Book SynopsisWhat Others Say About Part Time Income Enterprise: ""Jerry has the unique ability to teach a proven money making system while motivating the student to take action. The examples he uses make it very easy to understand."" -Gary, Newport News, VA ""The forms for self evaluation and action taking are worth 10 times the cost of this book."" -Patsy Lee, Bentleyville, PA ""Reading this book is in itself a transforming experience. You get inside the minds of everyday people who took action and became entrepreneurial thinkers. Jerry lets you see how you can take action and create wealth."" -Michael, Jacksonville, FL ""Part Time Income Enterprise is a easy to follow blueprint that, if followed, will change your life"" -Scott, Steam Boat Springs, CO ""A powerful program for anyone who is serious about earning extra income. This information will work for people of all ages, teenagers to retirees."" -Lynn, San Diego, CA ""So many books promise you pie in the sky, hard to understand information. Jerry gets you in and gets you out with plain easy to understand strategies using real examples that keep you interested throughout the book."" -Doris, Morgantown, WVA ""If nothing else this book will give you the kick in the butt you need to get you from in front of the TV and start you thinking about how you can satisfy your needs and the needs of your family."" -Justice, 2ndLt., U.S.Army ""This is a great look at how normal ordinary every day people no matter where you live can make extra money. If you can't get excited about making extra money after reading this book, you need to check your pulse! You're Dead."" -Marinka, Holland Trade Review""Jerry has the unique ability to teach a proven money making system while motivating the student to take action. The examples he uses makes it very easy to understand.""-Gary, Newport News, VA""The forms for self evaluation and action taking are worth 10 times the cost of this book.""-Patsy Lee, Bentleyville, PA""Reading this book is in itself a transforming experience. You get inside the minds of everyday people who took action and became entrepreneurial thinkers. Jerry lets you see how you can take action and create wealth.""-Michael, Jacksonville, FL""Part Time Income Enterprise is a easy to follow blueprint that, if followed, will change your life"" -Scott, Steam Boat Springs, CO""A powerful program for anyone who is serious about earning extra income. This information will work for people of all ages, teenagers to retirees.""-Lynn, San Diego, CA""So many books promise you pie in the sky, hard to understand information. Jerry gets you in and gets you out with plain easy to understand strategies using real examples that keep you interested throughout the book."" -Doris, Morgantown, WVA""If nothing else this book will give you the kick in the butt you need to get you from in front of the TV and start you thinking about how you can satisfy your needs and the needs of your family."" -Justice, 2ndLt., U.S.Army""This is a great look at how normal ordinary every day people no matter where you live can make extra money. If you can't get excited about making extra money after reading this book, you need to check your pulse! You're Dead."" -Marinka, Holland

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Book SynopsisWhat’s next? A common question asked by those in change.Are you asking, What’s next? because….* You’re on an employment roller coaster or facing layoff* You’re dissatisfied with your current career and thinking, “I need more!”* You always dreamed of starting a business… Get started answering your What’s next? Learn to shift fear to excitement, reignite your passion, honor your values and use your skills to create a life you love. Get off the roller coaster, go to the next level and start THRIVING!! Written from an educator’s perspective, yet applicable to anyone, Dr. Boyd uses her past experiences and skills to help others find their path and explore the world of entrepreneurism. Let her guide you through a new journey. A solid foundation and path grounded in passion and values.

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Book SynopsisHow to find, test, and launch a successful nonprofit venture Venture Forth! The Essential Guide to Starting a Moneymaking Business in Your Nonprofit Organization is the most complete step-by-step guide on the topic. Building on the experience of many organizations, this handbook gives you a time-tested approach for finding, testing, and launching a successful nonprofit business venture. Whether your organization is large or small, the book's seven steps guide you through the entire process-from idea to complete business plan. Examples, tips, timelines, and reproducible worksheets help you assess the strengths and weaknesses of venture ideas to find the most promising ones; determine which ideas fit your mission, resources, and skills; make solid decisions based on data rather than impressions; prepare a complete-and reassuring-financial analysis showing your breakeven point and future profitability; write a compelling, detailed business plan and get it approved; and get ready to start the new business! Nonprofits with established ventures will find these steps useful for evaluating, expanding, or improving their business. Even if you don't intend to earn a dime in venture income, you can use the book's process to improve the financial health of your current programs. Lower your risk and increase your chance of success with Venture Forth! and start generating earned-income while reducing your dependence on grants.

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Book SynopsisExplosion Green tells the twenty-year story of the global green building movement through the eyes of David Gottfried, the man who helped start it all. Explosion Green reveals the inner workings of the building industry as it comes to grips with the need for environmentally friendly practices. It describes how the industry has evolved, and how this evolution has helped fight climate change and prevent further damage to the environment while creating a multibillion-dollar industry. Filled with his unique insight and self-deprecating humor, Gottfried’s riveting memoir demonstrates how one person can start a global movement. "Explosion Green" has won three 2014 Indie Book Awards: Second Place Grand Prize for Non-fiction, Business Category, and Memoir CategoryTrade Review""Our future depends on integrating sustainability into all that we do. David Gottfried’s pioneering work is proof that we can do it, and Explosion Green tells us how to do it, and why it’s the best way out of our economic doldrums and back into the future business."" —President Bill Clinton “David Gottfried is the father of the green movement. This book is a must read for any serious student of how to design new systems and green building.” — Art Gensler “David Gottfried set a world of improvement in motion. The global built environment is now incorporating sustainability as standard practice and as a result is making better buildings that are profitable for the bottom line, the planet and its people.” — Gerald D. Hines, Founder and Chairman, Hines “No organization has had a bigger impact on the environment than [the USGBC]. In sharing himself and the fabric of a life well directed, we can find ourselves and know that little or nothing exceeds our grasp if we love the world as well as David has.” — Paul Hawken, Author, Ecology of Commerce “This is a story about an idea. An idea that became an organization. An organization that anchored a movement. A movement that is changing the world. David and his relentless pursuit of the possible helped invent the spark and carry the torch for this revolutionary idea that led us to start the USGBC and later the WorldGBC.” — Rick Fedrizzi, President, CEO and Founding Chair, U.S. Green Building Council “This book is inspiring and also a great story of how one man can change the world. David Gottfried and I worked closely to build the China Green Building Council.” — Qiu Baoxing, Executive Vice Minister, Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, People’s Republic of China “David Gottfried not only accelerates the cause with a contagious passion, he also provides a clear path towards delivering the transformational change the world needs.” — Douglas Frye, Global President and CEO, Colliers International “A remarkable story of a remarkable transformation. David Gottfried’s efforts transformed the building industry and himself. This beautiful memoir illuminates the challenges of change.” — Amory Lovins, Cofounder and Chief Scientist, Rocky Mountain Institute, Author, Reinventing Fire “David’s inability to accept the imperfect nature of systems and institutionalized practices have required him to move forward without a map. He has shown us that we each have the potential to reshape our personal behaviors and recalibrate the value systems for entire global markets.” — Che Wall, Cofounder, Green Building Council of Australia “I’ve known David for over a decade and been hugely inspired by his work in founding and growing the global Green Building Council movement. This book can change your life and help inspire you to not only dream big, but put it into action.” —Jim Allen, President & CEO, Sloan “David Gottfried’s work has been instrumental in connecting the marketplace to game-changing products. Read about it and get in the game.” — Rao Mulpuri, PhD, CEO, View, Inc. “Transformation of the most important sector in the nation’s energy economy resulted from David Gottfried’s pioneering work. Students and professionals will be inspired by this book as it describes the pathway that led to such monumental results.” — Gil Masters, Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University “Explosion Green shows us how our passions can accelerate sustainable business and change the world. I’ve been privileged to participate in David Gottfried’s story describing the world’s most incredible transformation of its largest industry.” — Kevin Hydes, CEO and Founder, Integral Group, Former Chair, U.S. and World Green Building Councils, Founder, Canada Green Building Council “David inspires us to believe we have the ability to envision a future that we might create. He has lived it firsthand and generously shares his learning with us.” — Maria Atkinson Am, Cofounder, Green Building Council of Australia “A refreshing, delightful and candid memoir of how a young, bright ‘Type A’ developer created a revolution in how buildings are designed and built, and finds his higher self in the process.” — Sim Van Der Ryn, Professor Emeritus of Architecture, UC Berkeley, Author, Design for an Empathic World, Ecological Design and Sustainable Communities “Explosion Green will not only inspire you, but change your life. This beautifully written book portrays the creation of the global green building movement, while catalyzing each of us to proactively foment the change we hope for the world.” — L. Hunter Lovins, President and founder, Natural Capitalism Solutions Coauthor, Natural Capitalism “There are serial entrepreneurs, who have founded multiple, successful companies, and serial change agents, who have guided change in multiple institutions, but David Gottfried is the exceptionally rare individual who is a serial founder of change movements. Embedded in the stories he tells in Explosion Green is David’s secret formula for success.” — Dan Slone, Partner, McGuireWoods, USGBC & WorldGBC General Counsel"Explosion Green" describes how the author got into the green-building business at its inception and helped to carry the movement into full swing. A good backroom look into corporate activism, this interesting memoir presents an alternative to engineering change in environmental policies. Instead of focusing on noisy extremes and protests, it demonstrates that one person’s years of quiet hard work and unrelenting determination can make a difference in even the most immobile systems. It’s fairly easy to vote green, install energy-efficient lighting, and turn down the heat at home, but relatively few people take further steps against climate change. Gottfried, however, basically devoted his career to his cause, taking true professional risks to bring green-building certifications into reality. More than a memoir, this book functions well as an inspirational tale for anyone working in the green sector or simply striving to manage a cleaner business or lifestyle. Part of the charm of this book is Gottfried’s marriage of traditional business tactics and earnest idealism. His personal and business connections and experiences in the boardroom represent a world that many modern professionals may find familiar. The book shows how the author incorporated his personal feelings about climate change into decisions he made in his career. As he navigates the difficult border between idealism and pragmatism, Gottfried explores a conundrum experienced by too many Americans and addressed by too few. Vivid detail and a strong descriptive voice help to round out the author and make him a likable, sympathetic personality. Though the many boardroom discussions the book recounts can get a little repetitive, the author’s voice is engaging and personal enough to keep it interesting. The book’s strong linear structure fits nicely with the more well-known time line of the environmental movement, from the relative ignorance of the seventies to the increasing awareness today. It is easy to imagine a new generation of environmental pioneers taking over the business world in the pattern that Gottfried lays down in this book. Gottfried’s point of view will fascinate any entrepreneur. 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