The only person who can define your Dream Project is you. From Dream to Delivery will help you do just that, by leading you through a guided conversation with yourself. Section by section, you'll record your answers to these carefully chosen questions. Then we'll turn your unique personal responses into the customized roadmap you need to go out and turn your Dream Project into Reality. Techniques to use, traps to avoid, terminology to understand....

Researchers studied eight multinational firms to learn what makes some companies better able to deal with a host country’s hostility than others. They found that firms operating in foreign countries through a joint venture with local companies tended to rely too much on their partners to relate to stakeholders and missed early warning signs of hostile government actions. In comparison, companies that operated through directly controlled subsidiaries...

The growing pains of a startups initial year in business require a keen awareness of uncertainties and a willingness to adapt in order to survive. Todays new founders greatly benefit from taking a behind-the-scenes look at successful companies such as Etsy, HotelTonight, Fiverr, and more in regards to how they overcame the challenges of their first year. Startups in Action is your curated source for critical insights and inspiration from those who...

Looks at what it takes to start a business, from having a winning business plan and beating the competition to advertising and budgeting.

Know how your company can accelerate growth by not only tapping into new growth vectors, but also by adapting its organization, culture, and processes. To oversee growth from an idea to a company with billions in revenue, CEOs must reinvent many aspects of their company in anticipation of it reaching ever-higher revenues. Author Peter Cohan takes you through the four stages of scaling: winning the first customers, building a scalable business model,...

"Maybe you're a budding entrepreneur, somebody with a great idea you'd like to turn into a business. Or maybe you're that super coder who has just been named to lead a division. Either way, you're now someone who needs to know how to read a balance sheet to keep your business or your career on track. In this course, Ken Boyd doesn't just decipher balance sheet terms, he teaches you the meaning behind them. Concepts such as retained earnings, operating...

"A new product, a new service, a new company, a new division, a new anything---where there's a will, Guy Kawasaki shows the way with his essential steps to launching one's dreams"--Publisher's website

""One of the most visionary, original, and quietly influential writers currently working" (The Boston Globe) returns with a sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Peripheral. Verity Jane, gifted app-whisperer, has been out of work since her exit from a brief but problematic relationship with a Silicon Valley billionaire. Then she signs the wordy NDA of a dodgy San Francisco start-up, becoming the beta tester for their latest product: a digital...