Business Plan

Longtime NBC News reporter Char Adams writes a deeply compelling and rigorously reported history of Black political movements told through the lens of Black-owned bookstores, which have been centers for organizing from abolition to the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter. In Black-Owned...

""It is [Tom] Peters—as consultant, writer, columnist, seminar lecturer, and stage performer—whose energy, style, influence, and ideas have [most] shaped new management thinking.” —Movers and Shakers: The 100 Most Influential Figures in Modern Business “We live in a Tom Peters world...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The Fox News host and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Doesn’t Hurt to Ask shares his trusted framework for decision making, telling the story of his life through the choices he’s made using this revolutionary method. “The best guide I’ve read to help...

The truth is you can get anything you want, but first what you ultimately need is a new way of goal setting that will guide you to work toward success in flow and harmony. It's about setting goals that align with our business ambitions and our personal growth needs. Just like yin and yang, we need both elements to create harmony in life. This book is for you: ambitious woman who wants to become successful, but you want to do it the right way.

In Command the Room, Greg Smith and Vince Bevacqua share their strategies for building connections through compelling communication. By first analyzing your purpose, you’ll understand your true motivations and the part they play in the story you create. You’ll learn the tools and tactics for speeches that resonate, along with the delivery techniques used by professional speakers.

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...

Most entrepreneurs spend their working lives competing, feeling fatigue, barely able to offer clients anything more than the industry standard. They deny their creativity and focus their time on making the most of scarce resources. “Free Zone” entrepreneurs don’t compete, they collaborate, creating and sharing “Intellectual Shortcuts” - ways to do things faster, easier, cheaper, and with bigger results. And by 2044, their combined revenue will grow to $15 trillion.

The Retail Start-Up Book provides clear guidance and advice on how to develop a winning retail strategy that seamlessly merges online and offline tactics. Introducing the science of shopping and how to understand customer behaviors and needs, it explores the essential steps of developing a business plan, marketing and promoting a business, and advising on buying and visual merchandising.

"Ellen Bennett is the platonic form of a go-getter who inspires go-getter after go-getter to become a better go-getter."—Zooey Deschanel, actor and musician You’ll never know where to start…until you start. This gutsy guidebook will help anyone who's procrastinating on a goal, career...

A radical new plan of action for corporate managers from the co-author of In Search of Excellence and A Passion for Excellence. In this adaptation of his bold new book, Tom Peters delivers an urgent message: if American corporations are going to thrive in today's (and tomorrow's) turbulent...

Plan BE takes us on a transformative journey toward a new paradigm of success—one that’s not driven by doing more and pushing ahead, but one that allows us to expand into who we’re here to be. In a world where traditional approaches to success often lead to exhaustion and burnout, with millions of people yearning for a more balanced and fulfilling way to work and live, Plan BE offers an alternative pathway that allows individuals to thrive and flourish, while staying true to their authentic selves.

Ugly Americans is the true story of John Malcolm, a Princeton graduate who traveled halfway around the world in search of the American dream and pulled off a trade that could be described as the biggest deal in the history of the financial markets. Without speaking a word of Japanese, with...

Practical ideas from the best brains in Business A sharp, jargon-free guide to the core curriculum of an MBA program, MBA in a Book shows how to master the big ideas of business and use them in a practical way to build and enhance career success. “In the world of business, ideas matter...

Use smart accounting to maximize profits and minimize confusion Whether you're a small business owner or just want to understand your 401(k) statements, this new edition of Accounting For Dummies helps you get a handle on all those columns of numbers. With fully up-to-date accounting basics for...

Pivot: A Practical Guide for the Transition from Career Woman to Full-Time Mom is a powerful audiobook created for women navigating the emotional, financial, and identity shift of stepping away from the workforce. Whether you’re considering a career break, transitioning to stay-at-home motherhood, managing working mom burnout, or planning a future return to your career, Pivot provides clarity, confidence, and financial peace of mind. This audiobook meets you in the tension between ambition and motherhood—without judgment.

Business schools teach that the most important prerequisite for starting a business is a business plan. Nonsense, says Carl Schramm in Burn the Business Plan, who for a decade headed the most important foundation devoted to entrepreneurship in this country. Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, and Google are just a few of the companies that began without one.

A sweeping case that, in a world of trade disputes, higher tariffs, and broader geopolitical uncertainty, a new age of economic localization will put an end to the last half century of globalization—by one of the preeminent economic journalists writing today “This invaluable book is as bold...

This guide grows with you, offering a practical roadmap from idea to execution. With ChatGPT by your side, creating your business plan becomes a breeze, paving a clear path to success.

A career advisor explains why many talented, hard-working people often miss out on their full career potential, revealing the tells, blind spots, secrets, and unspoken rules you need to know in order to play the game to win. While many careers have been impacted by economic downturns, failed...

2020 Audie Awards Winner – Business/Personal Development A comprehensive step-by-step guide to creating a hit show, So You Want to Start a Podcast covers everything from hosting and guest booking to editing and marketing - while offering plenty of encouragement and insider stories along the...