Building Business

Dave Whorton was John Doerr's associate partner at high-flying Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers during Silicon Valley's big shift. After Netscape's IPO, he witnessed the VC industry pivot from a proven forty-year playbook of managing risk to something much more aggressive: Get big fast. Don't worry about profitability. Cash out and find another venture.

Every leader and team can use Building Strategic Organizations to deepen their understanding of essential strategy topics. You can also use these five tools to quickly develop a robust strategic plan that aligns your on-the-ground work with your strategy, priorities, and vision. Build the strategic capacity and employee engagement of your entire workforce by making sure they know why they come to work, what is most important, and what progress is being made.

Delivering a fresh perspective, Yohn's What Great Brands Do teaches an innovative brand-as-business strategy that enhances brand identity while boosting profit margins, improving company culture, and creating stronger stakeholder relationships. Drawing from 25 years of consulting work with such top brands as Frito-Lay, Sony, Nautica, and Burger King, Yohn explains key principles of her brand-as-business strategy.

As AI rapidly reshapes the enterprise landscape, the real challenge isn’t adopting it—it’s adopting it responsibly. Data privacy. Regulatory pressure. Ethical deployment. The stakes have never been higher. Building Your Private AI is a strategic, non-technical guide tailored for business executives ready to scale AI while safeguarding trust, compliance, and performance. With real-world insights from UPS, Tesla, Mayo Clinic, and Siemens, author Daniel J. Jacobs offers a proven roadmap to secure, enterprise-ready AI transformation.

Sharing hard-earned insights, advice, and best practices, brand and marketing strategist Karen Tiber Leland helps entrepreneurs, business owners, CEOs, and executives create a brand by design instead of default, gain greater influence in their industries and companies, and become thought leaders in their fields. The Brand Mapping Strategy uses proven strategies, best practices, and anecdotes from real life brand-building successes to give listeners the tools they need to design, build, and accelerate a successful brand.

Bosses, Coworkers, and Building Great Work Relationships is filled with practical advice from HBR experts who can help you answer questions like: What's the best way to have a tough conversation with my boss? How do I connect with people and make real friends at work? When should I opt into (or out of) office politics? How can I build a strong professional network?

The Non-Manipulative Selling Method is based on quickly establishing a bond of trust with a prospect, thus enabling a salesperson to deal from a position of mutual respect. Today, Non-Manipulative Selling is used as a training resource among the world's leaders.

In the decade since their blockbuster international best seller Winning was published, Jack and Suzy Welch have dug deeper into business, traveling the world; consulting to organizations of every size and in every industry; speaking before hundreds of audiences; working closely with entrepreneurs from Mumbai to Silicon Valley; and, in 2010, starting their own fully accredited online MBA program, which now has approximately 1,000 students enrolled.

Among the hardest transitions for individuals is to move from the employee to the entrepreneur mentality. The idea of setting out on your own and starting your own business is fantastic. It's the desire of a lot of individuals to leave their jobs and get to be successful business owners. However, is there a transition that has to be made from the employee mentality to the entrepreneur mentality? It's crucial that you bear this entrepreneur mentality to succeed in business on your own...because most of the principles you'll need to succeed are based off of being a true entrepreneur.

A team of expert innovation strategists delivers an exciting and insightful collection of strategies, techniques, and frameworks for scaling your next big, audacious idea into a concrete product or service. Each proven and tested strategy contained in the book has been categorized to make it easy to find and implement when you need it most. You’ll learn how and where to start, when to bet big, how to invest, when to play the long game, what to communicate, and much more.

Learn how Jack Gray, a successful and ambitious entrepreneur with an MBA, hit rock bottom financially but turned it all around and gained more wealth than he ever dreamed,within just a few months! He now spends his time sharing the tools and strategies he created to live his financial dreams.

How to Start a Pinterest Marketing Business by VentureNest Books is an essential guide for anyone looking to establish a successful online marketing agency focused on Pinterest. This book addresses common challenges like initiating a marketing strategy, attracting the right clients, and turning engaging content into business growth. The guide provides a thorough understanding of Pinterest's unique features and audience, helping listeners develop effective marketing strategies tailored for success.

Why do some people get stressed while others stay calm, cool, and collected under pressure? According to renowned stress researcher Dr. Derek Roger, the answer lies in resilience - your ability to cope with challenges and thrive under adversity - rather than ruminating and obsessing over them. In lab-controlled studies, he discovered that the key to “managing” stress is to stop it before it starts. To be resilient, flexible, and ready for anything.

Do you have a vision to make a difference in the world, but don't know where to start? Founding a nonprofit organization can be a rewarding but challenging journey. The process involves understanding complex legal structures, sustainable fundraising, building a powerful network, and so much more. Without the right guidance, aspiring nonprofit founders often feel overwhelmed or unsure of their next steps. 'Building a Mission-Driven Organization' is an essential guide for anyone looking to transform their passion into a successful nonprofit.

In All We Want, award-winning author Michael Harris dismantles our untenable consumer culture and delivers surprising, heartwarming alternatives. Drawing on the wisdom of philosophers, scientists, and artists, Harris uncovers three realms where humans have always found deeper meaning: the worlds of Craft, the Sublime, and Care.

Bypass the faulty processes and communication styles that make change impossible in so many other organizations; access these practical tools and ideas for increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in your company. This book provides clear, actionable steps for you to build new values, experiences, and perspectives into your organizational culture, infusing it with the diversity, inclusion, and belonging employees need to feel accepted, be their best selves, and do their best work.

Understand the dynamics of all different types of teams. Beyond Team Building: How to Build High Performing Teams and the Culture to Support Them represents the latest in thinking about creating effective teams. The authors present a new "Five C" framework that focuses on the core aspects of team building. The book helps the listener assess how his/her team is performing on each of the 5Cs - context, composition, competencies, change, and collaborative leadership - and discusses options concerning how to improve team performance along each of these dimensions.

The Authority Advantage gives you the step-by-step blueprint to build thought leadership focused on impact, not ego to accelerate trust.

Step into the world of entrepreneurship with The Founder’s Art of Fortitude by Jeffrey Nelson Cole and brace yourself for a brutally honest guide through the complexities of establishing and running a successful business. Unlike any other business book, this one speaks directly to those prepared to face the harsh realities of entrepreneurship with resilience and strategic foresight.

Make money Online through e-commerce! Do you want to learn how you can make money through selling Online? If so, Dropshipping: The Ultimate Guide to Building a Six-figure E-commerce Business by Successfully Selling Online is the book for you! Dropshipping is a proven business model that allows you to sell products online through your own personal platform without purchasing stock beforehand. This method of selling can earn you a six-figure income. The idea is you can sell practically anything you want with minimal risk and hardly any upfront capital investment.