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The Lean Startupby Eric Ries
Crown Publishing Group 2011; US$ 12.99Most startups fail. But many of those failures are preventable. The Lean Startup is a new approach being adopted across the globe, changing the way companies are built and new products are launched. Eric Ries defines a startup as an organization dedicated to creating something new under conditions of extreme uncertainty . This is just as true for one person in a garage or a group of seasoned professionals in a Fortune 500 boardroom. What they have in common is a mission to penetrate that fog of uncertainty to discover a successful path to a sustainable business. The Lean Startup approach fosters companies that are both more capital efficient and that leverage human creativity more effectively. Inspired by lessons from... more...
How to Prepare a Business Planby Edward Blackwell
Kogan Page 2011; US$ 24.95How to Prepare a Business Plan shows you how to write a plan, put together a cash flow forecast, expand a business, plan the borrowing and monitor progress. more...
Art Entrepreneurshipby Mikael Scherdin; Ivo Zander
Edward Elgar Publishing 2011; US$ 40.00This pioneering book explores the connections between art and artistic processes and entrepreneurship. The authors expertly identify several areas and issues where research on art and artistic processes can inform and develop the traditional field of entrepreneurship research. Nine original chapters by an international group of scholars take a detailed look at the sources of new art ideas, how they are transformed into tangible objects of art, make their way through often hostile selection environments, and ultimately go on to become valued and accepted by the general public. Making a number of original contributions at the crossroads of art and entrepreneurship, the book speaks to researchers across these fields, practicing artists interested... more...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting Your Own Businessby Ed Paulson
Alpha Books 1998; US$ 9.99This book provides expert advice on business plans, financing, legal concerns and marketing issues, all you need to know to be your own boss. more...
Do You!by Russell Simmons; Chris Morrow
Penguin Group Inc. 2008; US$ 12.99Since rising out of the New York City streets over twenty-five years ago, Russell Simmons has helped create such groundbreaking ventures as Def Jam Records, Phat Farm, and Def Comedy Jam. Russell might have helped introduce hip-hop to the world, but he credits his success to his belief in a strong set of principles?or laws. In twelve straightforward steps, Russell reveals a path that can be followed by anyone struggling to realize their dreams. Russell?s laws stem from the belief that it?s impossible to receive any sort of lasting success from the world without giving something of lasting value to the world first. Blending business insight, universal spiritual truths, and an inspired sense of purpose, Do You! crosses the lines of age, race,... more...
Don't Oil the Squeaky Wheelby Wolf Rinke
McGraw-Hill 2004; US$ 14.95A playfully subversive new approach to solving age-old management conundrums. In a book that will entertain as it instructs, acclaimed management guru Wolf Rinke distills a lifetime of management consulting experience into 20 easy-to-digest lessons. Offering novel approaches to ancient organizational riddles--for instance: ''Don't Satisfy Customers,'' ''Don't Make Decisions,'' and ''Don't Look Good''--Rinke's rules give managers fresh angles from which to reappraise and solve their management quandaries while putting smiles on their faces. • Written by one of the nation's most wellknown business contrarians.:.; Offers unorthodox approaches to mastering the complexities and contradictions of managing and leading people to greater productivity... more...
Entrepreneurship as Social Changeby C. Steyaert; D. Hjorth
Edward Elgar Publishing 2007; US$ 40.00This book - the third in the Movements in Entrepreneurship series - examines entrepreneurship as a societal phenomenon. It provides an in-depth study of the social aspects of entrepreneurship, illustrating how entrepreneurship affects society. The need to move beyond economy to disclose entrepreneurship in its societal forms is demonstrated, as is the relevance of our understanding of entrepreneurship as a societal phenomenon. The contributors show that entrepreneurship is a society-creating force and as such, it evokes new questions for entrepreneurship research and attempts to engage with new theoretical formulations. They begin with discussions on early Schumpeter and a rhetorical analysis of the current academic literature on social entrepreneurship.... more...
From Entrepreneur to Infopreneurby Stephanie Chandler
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2010; US$ 19.95Infopreneurs sell valuable information online in the form of books, e-books, special reports, audio and video products, seminars, and other media. This definitive guide will show how to master the tools and tactics of the most successful infopreneurs, so you can succeed at producing, marketing, selling, and automating delivery of information products online. This guide comes complete with interviews of successful infopreneurs. more...
Business Plans that Workby Jeffry A Timmons; Andrew Zacharakis; Stephen Spinelli
McGraw-Hill 2004; US$ 18.95Today's top experts in entrepreneurship deliver a streamlined, step-by-step guide for crafting effective business plans. ''Timmons is one of the two most powerful minds in entrepreneurship in the nation.'' --Success Business. Plans That Work arms entrepreneurs and small business owners with an easy-to-follow template for writing persuasive business plans, along with proven models that can be used to analyze potential business opportunities from initial idea to viable venture. This value-packed book will show both entrepreneurs and current business owners how to:.:.; Determine what to include in each plan, why, and for whom.; Recognize and avoid common pitfalls in the process.; Use the renowned ''Timmons Model'' to analyze potential business... more...
Preparing Effective Business Plansby Bruce R. Barringer
Pearson Education 2008; US$ 32.00For undergraduate and graduate courses in entrepreneurship This book is for the future entrepreneur who wants to understand the critical issues and feasibility of developing a business venture, while developing an extensive business plan. more...