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2011.
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"Most startups are built to fail. But those failures, according to entrepreneur Eric Ries, are preventable. Startups don't fail because of bad execution, or missed deadlines, or blown budgets. They fail because they are building something nobody wants. Whether they arise from someone's garage or are created within a mature Fortune 500 organization, new ventures, by definition, are designed to create new products or services under conditions of extreme...
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Home cleaning is one of the fastest-growing service businesses in North America. A good cleaning service brings comfort and order into people's lives and in today's world, these are highly sought-after commodities. A home cleaning service can start out small, but it has the potential to grow to be a multi-million dollar business with branch offices and franchises. Your business can grow to the point where you need to lease office space, hire staff,...
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Ã2011
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This Element is an excerpt from The Truth About Starting a Business (9780137144501), by Bruce R. Barringer. Available in print and digital formats. Minimizing the cost of launching your business--and then finding the money you do need. Most prospective business owners worry about whether they'll be able to raise sufficient funds to start a business. It's a legitimate concern. But the same business might cost one person $10,000 to start and another...
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You are accustomed to being the first in your family to do many things, often entering rooms where no one else looks like you. You are the first to go to colleg and the first to start a business, and now you have embraced the mission to become the first generation in your family's new legacy! This book is designed to give you the mentorship you need to build an independent and wildly successful, profitable minority business enterprise... In Profit...
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Ã2010
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English
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"What you can learn from the world's greatest businesses: from legendary startups to extraordinary turnarounds! Crucial takeaways from the experiences of McDonald's, Home Depot, Zappos, Wal-Mart, Oprah (Harpo), Ford, NetFlix, UPS, Lego, Intuit, and many others"--Resource description page.
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©2014
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There are four major pitfalls that business owners experience that inevitably lead to failure. Start Me Up! provides strategies to avoid those pitfalls and gives you the powerful ideas you need to build your thriving business. This is the perfect time to start a small business using your existing skills. Although far too many small businesses fail in their first year, many such failures are absolutely preventable. Ebong Eka will show you how to not...
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[2016]
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English
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Managers and executives who work in international trade and foreign direct investment are acutely aware of the importance of the governmental, intergovernmental, and systemic factors that regulate, facilitate, and/or complicate the conduct of international business (IB) But most managers and executives have limited or no expertise in these factors, which are referred to collectively as the IB environment.Also, because the IB environment is a socio-political-economic...
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2021.
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"During a market boom, even bad startups can find funding. However, when a crisis hits, funds dry up, and very few startups will survive. However, with the appropriate tools, it is possible not just to navigate an economic crisis, but to embrace it, identify opportunities, and emerge stronger on the other side. In the current climate of economic instability, and with the financial impact of the coronavirus yet to fully bite, startups and entrepreneurs...
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[2021]
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"Every single entrepreneur dreams of the day when their company will be acquired. According to Global Entrepreneurship Monitor there are more than 582 million individuals who own or are starting a business. However, there is little to no information on how acquisitions work for startups. The knowledge available is provided by investment bankers who typically advise later stage companies and are paid a fortune for their services. This book will provide...
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2020.
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Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. Get your business up and running-and keep it thriving-with the latest edition of the classic entrepreneurial resource For over 20 years, Steven Rogers's Entrepreneurial Finance has been the definitive guide to setting up and managing the financial aspects of any...
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2019.
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Today's successful businesses are increasingly digital and technologically astute, but how do they attract and manage employees in a world where two billion people work part-time? How do they develop a workforce when automation is advancing? And how do they serve customers and attract and retain employees when competition for both is high and trust is at an all-time low? In this O'Reilly Radar report, Josh Bersin, Tim O'Reilly, Roger Magoulas, and...
12) The entrepreneur equation: evaluating the realities, risks, and rewards of having your own business
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By understanding what it takes to build a valuable business as well as how to assess the risks and rewards of business ownership based on your personal circumstances, you can learn how to stack the odds of success in your favor.
13) Me before you
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Me before you volume 1
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They had nothing in common until love gave them everything to lose. Louisa Clark is an ordinary girl living an exceedingly ordinary life--steady boyfriend, close family--who has never been farther afield than their tiny village. She takes a badly needed job working for ex-Master of the Universe Will Traynor, who is wheelchair bound after a motorcycle accident. Will has always lived a huge life--big deals, extreme sports, worldwide travel--and now...
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Ã2009
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"Freesourcing is the definitive guide to free business start up resources, showing you exactly where to go and who to talk to when you're starting a business on a shoestring. Freesourcers don't just think outside the box - they find out where they can get the box for free too"--Resource description page.
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2022.
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The way most business leaders deploy capex right now is nothing short of a train wreck. Very few look at their asset base as a collective network; rather, they see their assets as standalone performers, have no strategy for the role each asset plays in the grand scheme of things, and, therefore, fail to invest in their network for the long term to generate more cash for the business, asset by asset. Redesigning Capex Strategy provides an effective—and...
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Ã2010
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"This Element is an excerpt from Financing the Future: Market-Based Innovations for Growth (ISBN:9780137011278) by Franklin Allen and Glenn Yago. Refocusing on the real value of financial innovation: helping companies of all sizes create jobs and build prosperity"--Resource description page.
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2002.
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In Financial Turnarounds: Preserving Enterprise Value , leading corporate turnaround specialists teach key skills for managing financial turnarounds - and avoiding the need for them. This in-depth, insider's look at 20 turnarounds covers every key industry from manufacturing to retail, technology to services. It illuminates early warning signs, presents key financial findings, compares leading strategies, and offers incomparable insider's insights...
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