Dear Founder

Dear Founder
Author: Maynard Webb
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2018-09-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1250195659

The Los Angeles Times and USA Today bestseller! Wise, practical, and profitable letters to entrepreneurs, leaders, managers, and business owners in every field—from a leading executive, investor, and business founder More than 600,000 new businesses are launched each year. How can a start-up find the funding it needs to survive? When, if at all, should a company go public? How does an entrepreneur build and manage a workplace—and create a lasting legacy? Maynard Webb has helped found, fund, and grow dozens of successful companies, and has driven strategic change at Salesforce, eBay, Everwise, and Visa, among other worldwide corporations. Known for offering savvy insight, encouragement, and a dose of reality in the form of engaging personal letters to a select group of business leaders, Webb now shares his lessons with the rest of America’s aspiring entrepreneurs—at any age and stage in their careers—in Dear Founder. Featuring more than eighty inspiring, informative, and instructive letters, Dear Founder is rich with sound advice on an array of business topics, from turning your idea into a reality to building a culture, to reaching key financial goals. This book is an indispensable guide to navigating the realities, risks, and rewards of being your own boss—and founding the company of your dreams.

Disciplined Entrepreneurship

Disciplined Entrepreneurship
Author: Bill Aulet
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2013-08-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1118692284

24 Steps to Success! Disciplined Entrepreneurship will change the way you think about starting a company. Many believe that entrepreneurship cannot be taught, but great entrepreneurs aren’t born with something special – they simply make great products. This book will show you how to create a successful startup through developing an innovative product. It breaks down the necessary processes into an integrated, comprehensive, and proven 24-step framework that any industrious person can learn and apply. You will learn: Why the “F” word – focus – is crucial to a startup’s success Common obstacles that entrepreneurs face – and how to overcome them How to use innovation to stand out in the crowd – it’s not just about technology Whether you’re a first-time or repeat entrepreneur, Disciplined Entrepreneurship gives you the tools you need to improve your odds of making a product people want. Author Bill Aulet is the managing director of the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship as well as a senior lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management. For more please visit http://disciplinedentrepreneurship.com/

The Outdoor Table

The Outdoor Table
Author: April McKinney
Publisher: Harper Horizon
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: Barbecuing
ISBN: 9780718022198

The Outdoor Table is your guide to creating portable dishes that you can prepare ahead of time and serve cold or at room temperature when you get to your destination that your family and friends will love.

Dear Mr. a ~ Letters Revealing the Secrets of an Entrepreneur

Dear Mr. a ~ Letters Revealing the Secrets of an Entrepreneur
Author: George Black
Publisher:
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2017-12-21
Genre:
ISBN: 9780999574607

Any one with a vision for anything is an entrepreneur. Life becomes a real adventure for those who, act on their vision and seize opportunity!Max North, a recent college graduate, is an assistant to an assistant at a large, grain processing operation in Salina, Kansas. Even so, he would prefer to chart his own course rather than be a part of another person¿s vision. So, he pursues his entrepreneurial itch.On July 10, 1941, Max writes a letter to a billionaire in New York City: Mr. A, whom he hopes could be an entrepreneurial sage. Max asks a simple question. Surprisingly, Mr. A responds creating more questions in Max and launching him on an authentic adventure he never imagined, that includes a World War.Throughout their 5 year correspondence Mr. A shares his secrets as an entrepreneur and life wisdom. Ultimately, Mr. A guides Max through his greatest secret: a strategic process called The Next Level Navigator¿.In Dear Mr. A, George Black invites readers to join Max in discovering more about themselves, their passions and purpose by applying the same sage advice Max receives. Included in the text, these applications set the foundation for any successful endeavor, because true success begins with one¿s true self! In addition, readers can develop The Next Level Navigator for their own personal Next Level or for their startup or for their ongoing business, as Max develops his.Ignite your passions, overcome obstacles, and reach your Next Level with Max and Mr. A !

Build the Damn Thing

Build the Damn Thing
Author: Kathryn Finney
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2022-06-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0593329260

The Wall Street Journal Bestseller featured in Bloomberg, Fast Company, Masters of Scale, the Motley Fool, Marketplace and more. An indispensable guide to building a startup and breaking down the barriers for diverse entrepreneurs from the visionary venture capitalist and pioneering entrepreneur Kathryn Finney. Build the Damn Thing is a hard-won, battle-tested guide for every entrepreneur who the establishment has left out. Finney, an investor and startup champion, explains how to build a business from the ground up, from developing a business plan to finding investors, growing a team, and refining a product. Finney empowers entrepreneurs to take advantage of their unique networks and resources; arms readers with responses to investors who say, “great pitch but I just don’t do Black women”; and inspires them to overcome naysayers while remaining “100% That B*tch.” Don’t wait for the system to let you in—break down the door and build your damn thing. For all the Builders striving to build their businesses in a world that has overlooked and underestimated them: this is the essential guide to knowing, breaking, remaking and building your own rules of entrepreneurship in a startup and investing world designed for and by the “Entitleds.”

Faith Driven Entrepreneur

Faith Driven Entrepreneur
Author: Henry Kaestner
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2021-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1496457234

"I'm excited about Faith Driven Entrepreneur. Anyone who is following the example of their creator God can find echoes of their work in this book." --Lecrae Entrepreneurship can be a lonely journey. But it doesn't need to be. God has a purpose and a plan for all those entrepreneurial dreams and creative gifts he gave you. The work you do today--the company you've built, the employees you work with, the customers you serve, the shareholders you report to, all of it--serves as an active part of what God wants to accomplish on earth. You are not alone in this journey. Join other faith-driven entrepreneurs as, together, we identify the values, habits, and traits that empower us to successfully build businesses, serve our communities, and faithfully pursue a loving relationship with God; read stories that exemplify how those values, habits, and traits unfold in everyday life; and discover the potential God wants to unleash through our work. Each book purchase includes access to the eight-session Faith Driven Entrepreneur video series, a discussion guide to encourage conversation among peers, and an invitation to join a Faith Driven Entrepreneur Group to meet other like-minded entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneur The Person

Entrepreneur The Person
Author: John Nesheim
Publisher: John Nesheim
Total Pages: 411
Release:
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Embrace the Unknown: Navigating Your Life Along the Startup Trail Dive into the candid world of startups with John Nesheim, a veteran of 40 years in Silicon Valley, best-selling author, entrepreneur, advisor to 300 startups that raised $2 billion in capital, and Cornell University entrepreneurship teacher. Within these pages lie tales of triumphs, losses, and unexpected events entrepreneurs encountered on their journey to success. Nesheim's unprecedented access to intimate stories unveils the raw, personal struggles rarely discussed in the bustling startup landscape. Discover how preparation and foresight can transform daunting challenges into opportunities for triumph, empowering you to maneuver your startup trail with confidence and resilience.

The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur

The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur
Author: John Jantsch
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 413
Release: 2019-10-23
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1119579767

A guide for creating a deeper relationship with the entrepreneurial journey The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur offers overworked and harried entrepreneurs, and anyone who thinks like one, a much-needed guide for tapping into the wisdom that is most relevant to the entrepreneurial life. The book is filled with inspirational meditations that contain the thoughts and writings of notable American authors. Designed as a daily devotional, it is arranged in a calendar format, and features readings of transcendentalist literature and others. Each of The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur meditations is followed by a reflection and a challenging question from John Jantsch. He draws on his lifetime of experience as a successful coach for small business and startup leaders to offer an entrepreneurial context. Jantsch shows how entrepreneurs can learn to trust their ideas and overcome the doubt and fear of everyday challenges. The book contains: A unique guide to meditations, especially designed for entrepreneurs A range of topics such as self-awareness, trust, creativity, resilience, failure, growth, freedom, love, integrity, and passion An inspirational meditation for each day of the year. . . including leap year Reflections from John Jantsch, small business marketing expert and the author of the popular book Duct Tape Marketing Written for entrepreneurs, as well anyone seeking to find a deeper meaning in their work and life, The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur is a practical handbook for anyone seeking to embrace the practice of self-trust.

The Shopify Story

The Shopify Story
Author: Larry MacDonald
Publisher: ECW Press
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2024-10-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1778522963

The story of Shopify, one of Canada’s largest publicly traded companies, is all about starting and growing businesses. In this inspirational corporate history, follow the company’s rocket-like growth over its first two decades and meet its major players, such as Tobias Lütke, who co-founded the company in 2004, transitioned from programmer to CEO in 2008, and thereafter steered Shopify to its incredible growth trajectory, relying more on “first principles” thinking than the business nostrums of MBA classes. Learn more about the executive team that contributed to Shopify’s performance during the years leading up to its initial public offering (IPO), which turned them into multimillionaires and paved the way for Shopify to enable millions of entrepreneurs to start businesses and enrich the global economy. In The Shopify Story, economist and business journalist Larry MacDonald investigates the factors behind Shopify’s growth and shares lessons for entrepreneurs, business managers, employees, programmers, policymakers, and investors.