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"The United States has led other nations in creating a legal, economic, social, and political ecosystem that has proven extraordinarily effective at fostering entrepreneurship. Evidence of this country's status as a powerful launchpad for entrepreneurship runs throughout its history. It is not a coincidence that America was itself an entrepreneurial venture in Revolutionary times, nor that many of the early settlers were themselves merchants and entrepreneurs....
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2023.
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Thsi book focuses on entrepreneurial development and the development of small businesses in Africa. The central idea of this book is that entrepreneurial development and small business development are connected. Entrepreneurship is lauded as an engine of growth (economic development and job creation), with small businesses often contributing to new job creation. Also, entrepreneurship and small business development are the heart of many countries'...
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2023.
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Research shows that innovators have a poor track record of predicting which of their own ideas will result in breakthroughs. But some ideas that appear to be incremental at first eventually prove to be blockbusters. Carrying more ideas through to incubation gives both the company and the broader market a chance to learn more about them and for unanticipated use cases to emerge.
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"Originate, Motivate, Innovate will stand out among comparable books for women entrepreneurs because other books either miss, overlook, or underrepresent the obstacles that women of color face at the intersection of race and gender (and sometimes sexuality) in the mostly white heterosexual male world of venture capital. This book will be unlike other business books because it will not give you one prescribed process to achieve success. Instead, it...
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2022.
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"When re-imagining, re-thinking, and re-writing entrepreneurship in this book, the authors have come to the conclusion that the concept that describes it most precisely is one that signifies a process that includes imagining, seductively describing, playfully organizing, political agility in navigating common sense, and business sensibility before possible commerce. This book develops a process theory of entrepreneurship by exploring how key concepts...
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2017
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Empezar como emprendedor o inversor no es algo evidente. El mundo de las startups tiene sus particularidades y, para entrar con paso firme, es necesario empezar con la guía de un experto. Christian Fernández es uno de los inversores pioneros en este campo. Se ha entrevistado con cientos de emprendedores y ha analizado otros tantos planes de negocios. Conoce perfectamente las ilusiones, puntos débiles y fortalezas de estos valientes. Asimismo,...
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2024.
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Español
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El nuevo manual para la innovación y el éxito de las startups que desafía el evangelio de Silicon Valley Innovar más allá de Silicon Valley es un viaje hacia el futuro de la innovación empresarial que explora territorios desconocidos y con pocos recursos y desafía las convenciones de Silicon Valley. Lazarow nos sumerge en la frontera, donde la auténtica revolución empresarial está floreciendo en entornos desafiantes y sin los lujos...
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2023.
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"Ron Shaich is a business visionary who has been part of building three iconic restaurant brands: Au Bon Pain, Panera Bread, and now Cava. Along the way, he developed ""fast casual,"" a $100 billion-plus segment of the industry. Now he reveals what he learned about entrepreneurship, running large enterprises, business transformation, and life itself. He illustrates these lessons with his experiences turning a small cookie store into 2,400 restaurants...
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2023.
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A toolkit for entrepreneurial success In The Essential Entrepreneur, celebrated entrepreneur and business strategist Richard Turner delivers a practical, step-by-step approach to starting and growing a thriving enterprise. If you're ready to take your fledgling business to the next level--and finally follow that brilliant big idea--this guide covers everything you'll need to navigate the challenges ahead. Richard shares straightforward advice and...
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2023.
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Modern startups are on an assembly line from seed to later-stage series financing. As they make that journey, founders need to have a working knowledge of dozens of fields if theyre going to scale a company. SaaS is a unique set of skills across those disciplines. This book focuses on gaining a working understanding of what specialists will do in those fields as an organization grows and how founders can leverage the basics to get those capabilities...
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[2022]
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"In the middle of the pandemic when the world was turned upside down overnight, some of us out there were still so consumed by the notoriety of startup behaviors while most of us were mourning the loss of freedom, a social life and some, families and friends. I thought to myself, surely people stuck at home don't need to read more about who's done what wrong to who, but I was clearly naïve. I was still getting calls from journalists asking if I...
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2020
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A strong business model is the bedrock to business success. But all too often we fail to adapt, clinging to outdated business models that are no longerpromisingthe results we need. This new edition builds on the well-known methodology of the first edition to allow you to innovate,
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[2022]
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"A practical manual for designing startup collaboration and acceleration programs that deliver results for any organization Startup accelerators. Business incubators. Hackathons. These are the hallmarks of the innovation ecosystem development practices used to discover, launch, and scale the most forward-looking startups of the last decade. If you want to adopt these approaches to your own business but aren't sure how to implement them, now is the...
15) Invent and wander: the collected writings of jeff bezos, with an introduction by walter isaacson
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p2020
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In Jeff Bezos's own words, the core principles and philosophy that have guided him in creating, building, and leading Amazon and Blue Origin.In this collection of Jeff Bezos's writings-his unique and strikingly original annual shareholder letters, plus numerous speeches and interviews that provide insight into his background, his work, and the evolution of his ideas-you'll gain an insider's view of the why and how of his success. Spanning a range...
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Start a business with this entrepreneur's step-by-step guide to business start-up success. This little book packs a big punch! "Business Owner's Secret Sauce" is your ultimate guide to turning your business idea into a thriving success story. From the basics of business formations and marketing to the complexities of dealing with customers and employees, this spicy little book has you covered. Whether you're a first-time entrepreneur or a seasoned...
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2024.
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"Part memoir, part history, Burn Book is a necessary chronicle of tech's most powerful players. This is the inside story we've all been waiting for about modern Silicon Valley and the biggest boom in wealth creation in the history of the world"--
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2022.
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The perfect resource for your journey to start a business Entrepreneurship For Dummies is the essential guide to becoming your own boss and a successful entrepreneur. We make it simple to learn every step of the process. Identify an opportunity, learn your customers' needs, test your product, protect your intellectual property, secure funding, and get ready for that all-important launch. In classic Dummies style, this book is packed with practical...
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"Freelance Your Way to Freedom is the gig economy Bible that every person needs to start a side hustle with serious profitable potential today. This book will provide actionable advice, real-world scenarios, and personal tips that have enabled Alex to take her freelancing profile from $36,000/year in 2015, to a 7-figure empire in 2021. With unique insights that come from an individual who had virtually no preparation for working on her own, navigating...
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