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Author
Publisher
Crown Business
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
An executive placement guru counsels graduates and young professionals on how to land a first job and establish a satisfying and successful career, covering topics ranging from job searches and interviews to salaries and advancement potential.
Author
Publisher
Peakpoint Press/Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A founder's wild memoir of startup success, told from hot tub inception to $50 million exit with the humor of a comic and the perspective of an educator. In The Startup Story: An Entrepreneur's Journey from Idea to Exit, renowned serial entrepreneur Martin Warner takes a fledgling company all the way from zero to hero, selling it for $50 million after a mere 17 months. It's a memoir of whirlwind entrepreneurial success, a nonfiction narrative that...
Author
Publisher
Girl Friday Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"We all have an inner voice shouting "Fuck it!" at expectations and standards. An inkling that the rules might just be the things holding us back. Amanda King teaches you to screw the standards and let your inner "fuck it" out for the world to hear. Are you an entrepreneur trying to make it in the online space? How do you cut through all the conflicting advice and define what success means to you? How do you show up, help people, and make money along...
Author
Publisher
Portfolio/ Penguin
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Stacey Abrams and Lara Hodgson draw on firsthand experience starting and scaling multiple companies over nearly two decades to crystallize their advice in Level Up, a how-to guide for small business owners. They share stories of building their own businesses, as well as actionable principles for founders looking to propel their ventures forward. They cover such topics as hiring, identifying a revenue strategy, recognizing when growth is a trap, and...
Author
Publisher
PENGUIN Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
McArdle weaves together corporate case studies of triumphs and flops, core findings of behavioral economics, and her own bad luck in losing a succession of jobs during the Great Recession. . . To get where you want to go, McArdle sagely notes, you must first give yourself permission to suck. Seeing how this epiphany earns her a freer, failure-embracing growth mindset is like watching a flower unfold. McArdle combines a shrewd knowledge of economics...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
As nations careen from one crisis to the next, there is a growing cry for fresh leadership. Those in charge have repeatedly fallen short, and trust in institutions has plummeted. So, what does great leadership look like? And how are great leaders made? David Gergen, a leader in the public arena for more than half a century, draws from his experiences as a White House adviser to four presidents, his decades as a trusted voice on national issues, and...
98) Loonshots: how to nurture the crazy ideas that win wars, cure diseases, and transform industries
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"'Loonshots is a brilliant and wonderfully entertaining book, an unstoppable read, full of surprises and rich with insight into how people create and nurture things that change the world. It's also an important book. Bahcall, a physicist and biotech entrepreneur, is unfolding the secrets behind successes everywhere.' --Richard Preston, author of The Hot Zone and The Wild Trees What do James Bond and Lipitor have in common? Why do traffic jams appear...
Author
Publisher
Atria Paperback
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Where does stress come from? Financial worries? Health issues? Conflicts at work or at home? For more than half a century, we ve been told that stress is caused by outside pressures and that the best we can do is to breathe, try to relax, and accept that life is hard. According to Andrew Bernstein, this is all wrong. Spurred by the death of several family members when he was young, Bernstein began a quest to understand the real dynamics of stress...
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