The Smart StartUp helps readers start strong and stay strong in the early phases of growing their businesses, providing fundamental strategies for beating the odds. Tom Hopkins and Omar Periu want readers to be part of the statistics for businesses that not only succeeded in their first two years, but exceeded their own expectations for success. With this information, readers will be able to establish a solid foundation on which to build their businesses...

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...

The founder and CEO of Venture for America steers young graduates toward entrepreneurship, interweaving success stories with explanations of why current trends are leading to economic distress and cultural decline.

Find the money to execute your brilliant business ideas Funding a Startup For Dummies drills down to the top question on the minds of entrepreneurs-where can you find the funds to launch your new business? Connecting the dots between your vision and the capital needed to make it happen can be one of the most challenging parts of entrepreneurship. This book helps you over that hurdle, giving you the essential information and advice you need to navigate...

A dramatic tale distilling the seven irrefutable truths required for starting, surviving and growing a profitable business or thriving organization. Johnny Dawkins cofounded a small media company that became a Wall Street giant. But now he must make "the decision" that will dictate the fate of everything he has worked so hard to achieve. With everything riding on his choice, Johnny draws from a lifetime of experiences with his partner and mentor-The...

Who Do You Think You Are? Times are changing fast. Traditional working practices and the concept of a conventional job are increasingly becoming things of the past as we make sense of a new marketplace where the only limit to success is our own imagination. What Does it take to Survive in This New Scrambled Up World of Work? * Attitude-to get started * Enterprise-to succeed * Success-at maximising opportunities * Worklife-in the right balance The...

"The definitive A-to-Z guide to researching, selecting, and starting a viable franchise businessWith more and more professionals looking for alternatives to traditional corporate employment, Become a Franchise Owner! informs would-be franchise owners of the joys and perils of purchasing a franchise. Authored by a trusted, feisty, tell-it-how-it-is independent franchise industry insider, this book offers straightforward, step-by-step tips and advice...

The host of MSNBC's "Your Business" offers tips and practical advice for small business owners and entrepreneurs on a wide range of topics including finance, human resources, public relations, and sales that will help them succeed.

Ben Horowitz, co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz and one of Silicon Valley's most respected and experienced entrepreneurs, offers essential advice on building and running a startup -- practical wisdom for managing the toughest problems business school doesn't cover, based on his popular ben's blog. Publisher's description.

Going insider to insider with unprecedented access, New York Times bestselling author and Clickable CEO, David Kidder, shares the hard-hitting experiences of some of the world's most influential entrepreneurs and CEOs, revealing their most closely held advice. Face-to-face interviews with 40 founders give readers key insights into what it took to build PayPal, LinkedIn, AOL, TED, Flickr, and many others into household names. Special sections include...