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Drawing upon a six-year research project at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras took eighteen truly exceptional and long-lasting companies and studied each in direct comparison to one of its top competitors. They examined the companies from...

‘ . . . impact investing has become an essential part of the investment landscape. Mahesh’s book eloquentlycaptures the rise of these investors’ - SAURABH MUKHERJEA, Marcellus Investment ManagersAt a time when the world is navigating ways to address key challenges, from climate change to...

The Grateful Dead is one of the most popular bands of all time and they have enjoyed incredible relevance to this day. But let's admit it, they were not exactly poster boys for corporate America. In Everything I Know About Business I Learned from the Grateful Dead, Deadhead and business scholar Barry Barnes proves that the Dead's influence on the business world will turn out to be a significant part of their legacy. Without intending to, the band pioneered ideas and practices that were subsequently embraced by American corporations.

Our world will change more in this century than in all of human history, driven by many factors including technology, climate change, demographics and inequality. Such extreme change is throwing up unprecedented opportunities and creating an ‘adaptive challenge’ for individuals, organizations and societies. Those who can adapt to a fast-flowing, complex, volatile and uncertain world will flourish. Those who cannot will suffer greatly. There are clear signs everywhere that we need new ways to think about the world and our place in it.

New York Times Bestseller Iconoclastic entrepreneur and New York legend Ken Langone tells the compelling story of how a poor boy from Long Island became one of America's most successful businessmen. Ken Langone has seen it all on his way to a net worth beyond his wildest dreams. A pillar of...

In the early years of Adams Golf, entrepreneur Barney Adams labored in obscurity. He collected six patents for his golf products, manufacturing fine equipment but enjoying no sales. Everything changed for him and his company in 1996, though, when he invented the Tight Lies fairway wood. Working as a custom fitter, his customers repeatedly asked for a club they could play from "long iron" distance, from 180 to 220 yards to the green. Adams knew the technical secret was to lower the club's center of gravity.

In his much-anticipated memoir, The Company I Keep: My Life in Beauty, Chairman Emeritus and former CEO of The Estée Lauder Companies Leonard A. Lauder shares the business and life lessons he learned as well as the adventures he had while helping transform the mom-and-pop business his mother...

I Have a Dream is the story of 20 inspiring social entrepreneurs from India. They are committed to different causes, but they have one thing in common: a belief that principles of management can and must be used to achieve a greater common good. These stories say one thing loud and clear - change starts with one person, and that person could be someone next door. Someone like you.

Andrew Gazdecki knows startups. He founded Bizness Apps as a broke, 20-something entrepreneur and sold it to a private equity firm before the age of 30 - after going head-to-head with Apple over a blanket App Store policy that threatened to ruin him.

An invaluable and practical guide to nurturing and protecting your online business while honoring yourself and your wellbeing, from the force behind Sam Vander Wielen LLC and host of the On Your Terms podcast. When I Start My Business, I'll Be Happy does so much more than offer new entrepreneurs...

Sfatiamo una volta per tutte questo mito: Linkedin non è un CV digitale. Linkedin è un vero e proprio social network e se lo saprai usare nel modo giusto, potrai sfruttarlo per trovare il lavoro che sogni, nuovi clienti e far crescere la tua attività. Nonostante Linkedin conti già ben 15 milioni di iscritti nella nostra penisola, i professionisti che non riescono a sviluppare una strategia di Personal Branding e di acquisizione clienti efficace sono troppi.

Are you ready to follow your dreams? In this audiobook, success coach and entrepreneur Emily Williams shares her secrets for building a life and business that you love.It's time to stop settling for a life that doesn't light you up, because nothing changes unless you do. This audiobook will show...

What makes the dream of self-employment so alluring, so pervasive in today's world? Benjamin C. Waterhouse offers a provocative argument: the modern cult of the hustle is a direct consequence of economic failures—bad jobs, stagnant wages, and inequality—since the 1970s. With original research, Waterhouse traces a new narrative history of business in America, populated with vivid characters—from the activists, academics, and work-from-home gurus who hailed business ownership as our economic salvation to the upstarts who took the plunge. Some flourish; some squeak by. Some fail.

Comparing Google to an ordinary business is like comparing a rocket to an Edsel. No academic analysis or bystanders account can capture it. Now Doug Edwards, Employee Number 59, offers the first inside view of Google, giving readers a chance to fully experience the bizarre mix of camaraderie and competition at this phenomenal company. I'm Feeling Lucky captures for the first time the unique, self-invented, yet profoundly important culture of the world's most transformative corporation.

Inspiring women to pursue their own colorful dreams, I'm Not Really a Waitress tells the story of how Suzi Weiss-Fischmann transformed a small dental supply company into a #1 beauty brand around the world Today, OPI is known as a global beauty brand, famous for its trend-setting colors...

When Elizabeth ascended the throne in 1558, England was the laughing stock of Europe. Economic, political, and religious calamities were numerous, and Elizabeth endured constant criticism. But by the end of her 45-year reign, England was one of the world's mightiest nations. Axelrod uses the legendary Queen's life as a model for modern leadership, and a powerful example of how one person can make an extraordinary difference. Elizabeth I CEO is an indispensable guide for today's business managers and leaders. It is also an inspiring listen for those taking their first steps up the corporate ladder, or those who simply love history. Nelson Runger's narration gives a renewed energy to Elizabeth's lessons, which are as relevant today as they were four centuries ago.

Before setting up my own company, I would have appreciated being advised, warned and even guided, in order to avoid the numerous pitfalls and obstacles that an entrepreneur may face on his/her journey. By being more prepared, I would have saved some precious time and I focused my energy on essential subjects. It is for all these reasons that I have decided to write this book, hoping it will be useful to you if, like me, one day you decide that you would be your own boss.

Americans are generous with their pocketbooks, but trying to make a difference and actually making a difference are two different things. Where Am I Giving? by New York Times best-selling author Kelsey Timmerman takes you on a journey to meet people who will inspire you to live a purpose-filled, generous life and make the greatest impact you can through your career, time, consumer dollars, and donations.

26 verblüffende Lektionen für Gründer. Wie haben sie das nur geschafft?! Um erfolgreiche Gründer und ihre Unternehmen ranken sich mehr Mythen als es Start-ups gibt. Aber Guy Raz hatte sie alle auf dem Interview-Stuhl und sie haben ihm ihre Geheimnisse verraten: Von James Dyson, dem Designer, der Erfinder wurde, bis hin zu Stacy Brown, einer geschiedenen Hausfrau und Mutter, die aus der Not heraus selbstgemachten Geflügelsalat verkaufte und heute die Restaurantkette Chicken Salad Chick mit 139 Filialen in den USA führt.

Adam Bierman wasn’t planning on selling weed—or developing a network of cannabis stores, or safeguarding his money in shoeboxes, or facing off with gangs in dark corners of parking lots, or taking on the public markets and justice system itself. But, of course, not everything goes according to plan.