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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.

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.

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.

In 2010, Tommy Mello became the sole owner/operator of a single garage door service business with $50,000 in debt. Today, A1Garage generates over $30 million in annual revenue, with over 250 employees in 12 states. He shows home service business owners how he did it, and they, too, can in Home Service Millionaire. If you’re like most home service business owners, you are probably just scraping by. You can’t grow your business because there aren’t any more hours in a day.

La storia di Coco Chanel e della maison Chanel è quella della prima imprenditrice a fare della moda un sistema industriale e a consegnare lo stile e i suoi oggetti alla vita quotidiana, e, allo stesso tempo, a portare le esigenze della donna comune sulle sue passerelle.

Con questo audiolibro scoprirai i metodi e i princìpi che hanno dato vita al colosso Google. Scoprirai cosa significa fare impresa per i fondatori dell'azienda di Mountain View, partendo dagli inizi - l'ambiente accademico e informale in cui Page e Brin hanno plasmato le proprie ambizioni - passando per gli sviluppi che hanno fatto di Google un'azienda in grado di produrre ricavi miliardari, fino agli ultimi successi.

DESPRE AUDIOBOOK. Reţeta succesului pusă la dispoziţia cititorilor e simplă şi urmează trei paşi: construirea unei afaceri de succes, reinvestirea...

Stephen J. Hunt, award-winning publican and the founder of Hunt Hospitality, turns his 30 years of buying, renovating, and selling pubs into an accessible, practical guide on how to turn a poorly performing business into a highly profitable one. From the early days of formulating an idea, to raising money and recruiting employees, to fending off competitors, you'll discover the wisdom, practical tools, and tips you need to take control over your business, turn it around, and live the life you've always wanted.

Powerhouse social media influencer and online marketing and business development expert offers inspiration and hands-on tools for readers to follow their dreams and understand why not fitting in is their biggest asset. Bringing your whole, true self to your work, including your body, soul, and...