Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship

 
Street Smarts Franklin, William H. Georgia State University Press , 1990 Customer Focus, Entrepreneurship

The premature arrival of the future is a major problem for business managers. Most businesses are involved in what happened yesterday rather than in managing what will happen tomorrow. Today is all that you can control...

 
 
Pricing for Profit Furtwengler, Dale AMACOM , 2010 Business Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Marketing

Who has never fretted that raising prices will cause a business to fail? Even those who know their products are the best may feel trapped by industry pricing if they do not know how to quantify and communicate value....

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The Mind of the CEO Garten, Jeffrey E. Perseus Books , 2001 Entrepreneurship

CEOs of global corporations are not as powerful as people have been led to believe. The real e-commerce wars will be fought among traditional corporate giants. Many global CEOs know less than they think they do about...

 
 
Consulting Basics Gendelman, Joel ASTD Press , 2010 Entrepreneurship

While businesses are struggling with economic problems in today’s market, jobs are changing, and employment is unstable. Professionals are grappling with thoughts concerning whether they should strike out on their own...

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Succeed on Your Own Terms Greenberg, Herb | Sweeney, Patrick McGraw-Hill , 2006 Entrepreneurship, Human Resources, Personal Growth

All successful individuals maintain a defining quality that sets them apart, and often, a clear vision of their own success. Those who know what motivates people and who have a clear sense of purpose and meaning in...

 
 
We Are All Self-Employed Hakim, Cliff Berrett-Koehler , 2004 Entrepreneurship, Human Resources, Personal Growth

This second edition of Cliff Hakim’s bestseller, We Are All Self-Employed, is not about starting a business. It is instead, about challenging and influencing our beliefs about work - an empowering...

 
 
Fundamentals of Enterprise Risk Management Hampton, John J. AMACOM , 2009 Business Strategy, Economics & Finance, Entrepreneurship

For many years, managers analyzed risks separately, without considering how they affected the business entity as a whole. In many cases, risk management was handled by the company’s chief financial officer, who often...

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Nobodies to Somebodies Han, Peter Penguin Group Publishing , 2005 Entrepreneurship, Human Resources, Personal Growth

Nobodies to Somebodies is a fascinating peek into the early lives and career decisions of one hundred of the most influential leaders in the world today. The interviewees include an amazing variety of...

 
 
Double Double Herold, Cameron Greenleaf Book Group Press , 2011 Business Strategy, Entrepreneurship

In Double Double, Cameron Herold offers a detailed plan for entrepreneurs who wish to double the size of their companies’ revenues and profits within three years. The steps he describes are simple,...

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Cannibal Capitalism Hill, Michael C. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2012 Economics & Finance, Entrepreneurship

Michael Hill was a custom home builder with a company valued at $47 million when the subprime crisis hit and the nation’s housing market tanked. In 2008, Hill found himself in bankruptcy court. He realized that the...

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