An Owner's Manual provides fast, practical, and direct advice and that's what you get with this book! The Small Business Owner's Manual is useful for newly minted entrepreneurs as well as seasoned business owners and can be read from cover-to-cover or to quickly look up information in the midst of a crisis. For example: • Choose among 13 ways to get new financing and the 17 steps to building a winning loan package. • Weigh the pros and cons among...

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.

Mercedes-Benz's Startup Autobahn is an open corporate accelerator built on an open innovation platform that enabled the automaker to screen thousands of startups, execute more than 150 pilot projects, and implement 17 innovative solutions between 2016 and 2021. Mercedes's experience demonstrates how companies can leverage the open corporate accelerator model to more effectively integrate startups into the corporate R&D processes and accelerate their...

A definitive book for any CEO-first time or otherwise-of a high-growth company While big company CEOs are usually groomed for the job for years, startup CEOs aren't-and they're often young and relatively inexperienced in business in general. Author Matt Blumberg, a technology and marketing entrepreneur, knows this all too well. Back in 1999, he started a company called Return Path, which later became the driving force behind the creation of his blog,...

Starting a business? Don't sweat it! With all-new content and updates reflecting the latest laws, business climate, and startup considerations, Starting a Business All-In-One For Dummies, 2nd Edition, is the book you need if you & rsquo;re starting a business today. Inside, you & rsquo;ll find the most important practical advice you need to start any type of business from the ground up, distilled from 10 bestselling For Dummies business titles. Covering...