Business & Careers

Featuring a foreword by Reid Hoffman, founder of LinkedIn, this fascinating handbook inspires potential founders and provides essential guidance and advice for people who want to create their own start-up and build a successful company. This audiobook answers the question “how do I get started?” It takes the listener from making the decision to plunge into entrepreneurship, through the process of choosing and developing an idea and team, all the way to raising capital and working with VCs and angel investors.

Starting a company may be a great experience that improves your life. Most individuals who launch a company commit the same errors in planning and execution. If you don't put in the work, it won't be easy to develop your concept into a profitable enterprise. Our goal is not to intimidate you into giving up on business. We want to be honest and let you know that it is feasible to launch your own company. You can accomplish it, but it will require time, effort, and perhaps a few setbacks. This book will teach you step-by-step how to start a business.

Do you love traveling, eating, and exploring new locations? Are you thinking of starting your own bed-and-breakfast? This book will quench your curiosity and answer all your questions. We interview everyone from huge B&Bs to small mom-and-pop B&Bs, inns that have been around for decades and B&Bs that are new and making a big splash! This is one of the most interesting books about the bed-and-breakfast business written in the last decade. The vast amount of different people we spoke with gives us a truly eye-opening glimpse into what the industry is all about!

Authors Joe Judge and Michael D. Merrill, MD, outline the process of continually becoming your better self. In their view, becoming a leader is a decision, and not necessarily the fulfillment of a natural inclination or a promotion. The hardest part about that decision is that it will change your life, and there are things, and maybe even people, that you will need to leave behind. This must-listen work distills their combined decades of wisdom and experience into 52 powerful maxims for any leader—or aspiring leader—to embrace.

Access Granted: Tomorrow's Business Ethics is science fiction in its literal sense. The book analyzes actual and future technological developments to discuss how these will affect tomorrow's business reality and its impact on the human. It is clear that robotization and the implementation of artificial intelligence will change companies and societies. This does not mean automatically a shift for the better or worse, but life will be different, and it is in our hands to use technology for the better.

Once you are promoted to a management role, the transition can be a challenge. Some managers fail, and others become successful. Having a few key skills can make the difference between winning and losing when it comes to hiring and retaining the very best talent. Learn the techniques that can help you transform your career.

Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to Keep That Seat Hot! and learn about business strategies to grow your barbershop business.

Millions of people use Google every day to find local business, online stores, and to even answer the simplest of questions. With my years of SEO expertise, I've devised a beginner's guide to understanding the fundamentals of how to get your website seen online. SEO Guide for Beginners is an easy-to-understand introduction to the online world of SEO. You will be taught from how search engines work to what you should avoid doing to your website in order to maintain high positions on the results page.

In an ultra-modern world where we are continually overstimulated, sometimes we may miss the subtle callings of our intuition that serve as natural guides for our lives. This conversational treatise centers around the theory that "The Craftsman Path to Mastery" is is achievable today through hard work, intense focus, and following your intuition. This treatise is written to Generation Z and fills a vast gap in the clear-cut direction needed on how to attain mastery through craftsmanship. 

We’re constantly told we should be doing work that is 100 percent fulfilling and makes us feel authentic and bursting with joy at every moment. But the perfect job doesn’t exist. What if there was another way? From running a company to becoming a freelancer and everything in between, Anniki has learnt some valuable life lessons about her relationship with work. Packed with real advice and insights, this essential guide provides you with the tools and insights you need to change your relationship with work for good.

This audiobook will help you learn everything that you need to know about how to start a vending machine business. The information contained has been gathered over many years of personal experience and research. Here we cover all areas of getting your business up and running including selecting your location, selecting which vending machines would work best in that environment, finding appropriate supplies and parts, and choosing what snack food or drinks to offer at your location. The vending machine business is waiting for you!

If the idea of starting a business that entails low start-up costs and huge profitability intrigues you, then this is your lucky day! If you’re a total newbie to the realm of business and entrepreneurship but still want to start something of your own with minimum investment, vending machines are the answer. Vending machines are everywhere…and everyone uses them…you have a HUGE market to tap into. So…what are you waiting for? Take a step closer to living your dream life: Get your own copy of How to Start a Vending Machine Business right now.

Risk management has become a standard part of the strategic tool kit, providing leaders with a forward-looking radar to scan the future and give early warnings of approaching threats and opportunities. However, even best-in-class organizations can falter in the face of extreme risk exposure. Special circumstances demand special responses, and extreme risk exposure needs very careful handling. Routine risk management approaches will fall short, but businesses that demonstrate high flexibility and resilience will have the competitive advantage and the ability to thrive where others fail.

Managing Brilliant Jerks provides resources to help you work more effectively with difficult leaders. As you listen, you’ll find detailed information on the flow of coaching sessions, sample correspondence to use with key stakeholders, and questions that encourage you to reflect on the issues presented in each chapter. The story of Peter will clarify for you the complex processes at work in the mind of an abrasive leader—and empower you to forge a productive and cooperative relationship with the brilliant jerks you encounter.

Advertising, as one of the components of marketing, is a very crucial aspect of any business. According to Hootsuite, Facebook has 2.91 billion monthly active users and is the most used online social network worldwide. Whether you want to build brand awareness, gain a loyal following, or boost your sales, Facebook advertising will definitely help you achieve your business goals…but only if you know the right strategies. Get ready to reach thousands or even millions of your ideal customers through Facebook ads and grow your business exponentially. Start equipping yourself today!