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Transcendent Publishing Digital Millionaire Secrets: How I Built an 8-Figure Business Selling My Knowledge Online
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Canelo Mistress of Green Tree Mill: A heartwarming saga
Book SynopsisShe must find the courage to accept her fate. At the age of eleven young Lizzie Mudie’s life changes forever. With the death of her mother in the most shocking disaster Dundee has ever seen, Lizzie is forced to grow up quickly. She discovers a strength beyond her years and when an unexpected legacy bestows her the dilapidated Green Tree Mill she is determined to turn things around. Lizzie becomes a formidable mistress, but is she prepared for the price she – and those she loves – will have to pay for her success?A page-turning saga of hope in the face of adversity for fans of Dilly Court and Tessa Barclay. Trade ReviewThere are currently no reviews for this title/product
£8.54
Management Books 2000 Ltd Running Your Own Business
Book SynopsisThis is a completely revised and up-dated new edition of a best-selling book that really helps people to start, and succeed at, a new business. "Running Your Own Business" begins with a simple checklist to see whether you really should proceed with your business. As many businesses are doomed from the beginning, you may save much money and heartache just by reading the first chapter. The remaining chapters deal with the financial, legal, tax, commercial, practical and human skills you will need to know. It explains why you must register, the legal forms to use, how to fund the business, how to save tax, what skills you need to develop personally, what to do if things go well, or badly, and much else.Trade Review'This is a must for those about to start, or indeed running, their own business.' London Commerce'Good, solid reference material for the business person running the joint.' Business Age
£12.74
De Gruyter Advisory Boards in Medium-Sized Companies: An
Book Synopsis Advisory boards offer various advantages in corporate settings related to shareholder relief, consulting know-how, and marketing. They have been gaining increasing importance across the world, especially in medium-sized companies which by nature differ from large corporations in their independent business models, leaner structures and special culture. With contributions from renowned practical experts from several countries, Advisory Boards in Medium-Sized Companies helps to classify, compare and understand the role of advisory boards in SMEs in the main legal and economic systems around the world. This useful and timely book analyses the legal structure and framework of advisory boards in different countries and provides an overview of their situation, furthering critical mutual understanding of corporate law at the international level. Experienced practitioners from each country have brought together their experiences to improve the understanding of, and raise awareness of the benefits of, advisory boards through up-to-date and practice-oriented country reports. This book provides valuable insights for managers, shareholders, consultants, practitioners and academics alike.
£25.50
De Gruyter Entrepreneurial Ecosystems for Tech Start-ups in
Book SynopsisWhy do tech start-ups emerge rapidly in emerging economies like India? What kind of entrepreneurial ecosystems have evolved for tech start-up promotion? What is their structure? What role do they play in the nurturing of tech start-ups to the advantage of regional economies? This book examines the trend of evolving entrepreneurial ecosystems for tech start-ups in India, ascertains its structure and examines its role in the nurturing of tech start-ups over its lifecycle, to bring out its implications for Indian economy. At the outset, it traces and conceptualizes what it terms an "ideal ecosystem" for tech start-ups in the Indian context, and explores the historical evolution of entrepreneurial ecosystems in two of the six leading start-up hubs in the country, namely, Bangalore and Hyderabad. It describes the characteristics and the structure of these ecosystems as they prevailed in the two start-up hubs, and analyses the role that they play in nurturing the development of tech start-ups. Finally, this book explores the ecosystem gaps that exist in the two cities, the factors causing these gaps, and makes policy recommendations to encourage the growth of a "healthy and vibrant" entrepreneurial ecosystem for the accelerated growth of tech start-ups in these two cities in particular, to promote employment, innovation and economic growth in the country at large. Policy makers, researchers, engineering and management students, technology and business mentors, angels, venture capitalists, and MNC executives will find the book informative, revealing and a source of valuable insights into a new, rapidly emerging entrepreneurial India.
£67.50
Excel Books Work from Home for a Better Life and More Money
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Greenleaf Book Group LLC Marketing Built by Love: A Human-Centered
Book SynopsisA revolutionary approach to marketing, based on neuroscience and psychology, that will transform your business forever. Mention the word “marketing,” and every executive cringes. For decades, we’ve been told that marketing success is hidden behind secret strategies, hacks, and platforms promising incredible results. Yet those results never come, and business owners around the world are left with lost money and lost time—worse off than where they started. In Marketing Built by Love, Daniel Bussius asserts, with compelling support from academic research, neuroscience, psychology, and over a decade of rigorous real-world testing, that there are four indispensable pillars to marketing success—pillars based on one reality of marketing that will never change: your audience is human. Whether you’re a small business owner, marketer, or executive, this book will teach you: • How to mimic the human experience to cultivate customer loyalty • The four vital components every foundational marketing plan needs • How to align your marketing with the five science-based stages of human relationships • How to implement these strategies in a proven marketing framework Marketing Built by Love will reshape the way you think about marketing and how you communicate with your customers, giving you the framework and strategies you need to create repeatable, consistent marketing success today, tomorrow, and decades into the future. This book is a must-read for anyone who wants to thrive in today’s competitive business landscape.
£22.95
HarperCollins Profits Arent Everything Theyre the Only Thing
Book SynopsisReveals 13 maxims that small businesspeople need. This title presents such ideas as: forget teamwork, micromanage like crazy; pay raises are over; fear is the best motivator; and, if your business fails during a recession, it's your fault.Trade Review"George Cloutier's new book is based on his experience with thousands of small businesses in hundreds of industries. It is a candid, "tell it as it really is," hard-hitting book... A must read for all small and midsized business owners." -- Tom Cochran, CEO and executive director, The United States Conference of Mayors "This slim but forceful debut by turnaround management expert Cloutier serves as a wakeup call for small business owners who have been hit hard by the recession... Cloutier's book is loaded with valuable advice on how to get back on track and stay in the black in any economic environment." -- Publishers Weekly "Packed with client examples and a no-nonsense attitude. Many of his regulations will amaze, shock, and awe small-business owners... Harsh ways to work? Yes, yet all his principles are founded on a success that's hard to argue with." -- Booklist
£12.89
HarperCollins The Sweaty Startup
£24.00
Palgrave Macmillan The Art of the Pitch
Book SynopsisThrough an engaging and humorous narrative, Peter Coughter presents the tools he designed to help advertising and marketing professionals develop persuasive presentations that deliver business. Readers will learn how to develop skills to create the perfect presentation.Trade ReviewPraise for Peter's Seminar Presentation Skills Workshops: 'Peter has been a tremendous asset in coaching our guys on every aspect of Presentation. He's helped build up their experience, and most importantly, their confidence.' - Tony Granger, Global Chief Creative Officer, Y&R 'We have had over 100 of our senior and mid-level people go through Coughter's workshops. The results have been impressive. Rarely do we now prepare for a presentation without someone saying, 'Have we Coughter'd it?' That is the best endorsement of all in terms of the impact he has had with our company.' - Peter G. Krivkovich, President & CEO, Cramer-Krasselt 'Peter is a teacher, leader and a Zen master.' -John Adams, Chairman The Martin AgencyTable of ContentsForeword White Spaces How we Connect The Power of Emotion How to Be The Thin Line Thoughtfulness The Way we Say Things It's More Important to be Passionate About the Work You Gotta be You Before You Do Anything Death by Deck Organizing the Presentation Rehearse, Rehearse, Rehearse Own It Getting Started What They See is What You Get Humor Vs. Jokes Punctuation You Never Know Standing Up
£20.69
Palgrave Macmillan Scaling Your Social Venture Becoming an Impact Entrepreneur Social Entrepreneurship Series
Book SynopsisProvides practicing social entrepreneurs, whether nonprofit or for-profit, with a guiding framework and practical recommendations for scaling. It is filled with ideas and examples to make it easier for practitioners to make major strides in resolving serious social problems involving, poverty, health, education, and the environment.Trade Review"Finally, sound and genuinely useful guidance for social entrepreneurs serious about delivering meaningful results. Scaling Your Social Venture offers a model that's as practical as it is motivating, providing leaders with what they need to build stronger, better organizations - organizations able to scale their impact!" - Sally Osberg, President & CEO, Skoll Foundation "There is a growing movement worldwide to create entrepreneurial ventures that have impact on some of our societies' most difficult problems. Yet precious few ventures live up to those expectations. Too many fall far short of attaining their goals - not because they are not passionate enough, or ambitious enough - but because the complexity of scaling a social venture is fraught with multiple and simultaneously appearing challenges. Paul Bloom has written an enormously useful book that is essential reading for those social ventures that dream big." - Dr. Pamela Hartigan, director, Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, Said Business School -The University of Oxford "Scaling up a social enterprise is difficult, and doesn't always succeed. It takes a lot more than hard work and passion. That's why Paul Bloom's practical, step-by-step process is so valuable. This book is pragmatic, useful and on target for moving up in the world and creating positive social change." - Bill Novelli, Professor, Georgetown University and former CEO, AARP and President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids "Paul Bloom has written the most important work of the year on the most important question facing anyone engaged in social change: How do I create the social change we need? The book could not be more timely or accessible, and is a must read for those of us who want to change the world." - Dr. Paul Light Paulette Goddard Professor of Public Service, Wagner School of Public Service, New York University, founding principal investigator of the Global Center for Public Service "Scaling our operation was our biggest challenge and THE major factor of our success or failure at One Laptop per Child. Dr. Bloom's SCALERS model clarifies what we must focus and execute on to continue our growth and sustainability." - Charles Kane, former president, current Board Member, OLPC; senior lecturer, Finance, MIT Sloan Graduate School of Management. "Paul Bloom's Scaling your Social Venture is a reader-friendly guide for practitioners - both new and seasoned. Those hungry for real examples and pragmatic advice will find this book offers a feast for students of social entrepreneurship and practitioners alike." - Diana Wells, president, AshokaTable of ContentsIntroduction On Your Mark, Get Set, Scale? Developing a Scaling Strategy that Fits Your Ecosystem Staffing: Building Your Human Resources Capability Communicating: Achieving Buy-in from Key Stakeholders Alliance-Building: Creating Synergies with Others Lobbying: Using Advocacy to Create Social Change Opportunities Earnings-Generation: Attracting and Replenishing Financial Resources Replicating: Creating Evidence and Systems to Support More of the Same Stimulating Market Forces: Getting Incentives to Work for You Putting it All Together: Embracing Contingencies and Complexity
£35.99
ABC-CLIO Small Business Policy and the American Creed
Book SynopsisUnlike government programs for farmers and big businesses, which are usually invisible to the citizenry, small business aid programs are extremely and intentionally visible.Congress declared the policy of aiding small business and launched the contemporary era of small business assistance programs in the Small Business Act of 1953.Table of ContentsHow Do American Core Values Influence Public Policy? Problem and Policy Heritage: The Antitrust Tradition, Depression, and War Problems of Competition, Opportunity, and Equal Opportunity for a Victim: The Small Business Act of 1953 Problems Reprised: Institutionalizing Small Business Aid in the 1950s Problems Adrift: Expanding Without Innovation in the 1960s and 1970s Problems of Equalities for Small Disadvantaged Business: A Second Track in the 1960s and 1970s Problems of Jobs, Exports, Innovation, and Equal Opportunity for a Victim: Surviving and Expanding in the 1980s and 1990s Core Values, Problem Definitions, and Public Policy Appendices
£55.00
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company Company of One Why Staying Small Is the Next Big
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ReadHowYouWant The Five Temptations of a CEO
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Penguin Publishing Group Cooking Up a Business Lessons from Food Lovers Who Turned Their Passion into a Career and How You Can Too
£16.16
Worldchangers Media The Path to Profits
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Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Adapt and Overcome
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iUniverse How To Earn up to 100000 a Year or More From Home
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iUniverse The 2000 Percent Solution Workbook Practical Questions Exercises and Suggestions to Create Exponential Performance Gains through Applying the Principles in The 2000 Percent Solution
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Houghton Mifflin Guerilla Marketing Easy and Inexpensive
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