Entrepreneurship Small Business

You and a partner go into business together and split the equity 50/50. You do all the work and your partner slacks off. He owns half your business - now what? Slicing Pie outlines a process for calculating exactly the right number of shares each founder or employee in an early stage company deserves.

You will learn: How to value the time and resources an individual brings to the company relative to the contributions of others.

The definitive account of India’s biggest start-up that redefined ecommerce, entrepreneurship and the way we shop and live.

There’s a world of difference between making a living and having a life. Balancing the demands you face every day can feel like being trapped in a frustrating maze, but there is a way out: you can take control and live the life you want to live - and love your work at the same time.Live Life, Love Work, from bestselling NLP expert and coach Kate Burton, is full of ideas for reviewing your priorities and re-charging your energy levels.

In recent years, professional services providers have had to rethink their sales methods and adapt to profound changes in the way clients buy services. In response, Winning the Professional Services Sale argues for fundamental changes in the seller's mindset and sales strategies. Rather than pressing the sale, salespeople must help clients buy - the way that works best for each client. This new approach gives buyers what they now want in a services seller: a consultative problem solver, change agent, and solution integrator, all rolled into one.

How well does your organization respond to changing market conditions, customer needs, and emerging technologies when building software-based products? This practical guide presents Lean and Agile principles and patterns to help you move fast at scale - and demonstrates why and how to apply these methodologies throughout your organization. Through case studies, you'll learn how successful enterprises have rethought everything from governance and financial management to systems architecture and organizational culture in the pursuit of radically improved performance.

Running a successful architectural firm is a juggling act. You need expertise in your area of architecture to provide services to clients. You also need the know-how to run a small business. You've probably been well prepared by your education and experience for the technical ins and outs of an architecture firm. Yet what training has prepared you to run a business? The E-Myth Architect fills this knowledge gap, giving you a complete toolkit for either starting a successful firm from scratch or maximizing an existing firm's performance.

This book reveals what it takes for consultants of all types, as well as organizational leaders, to be really helpful in dealing with the complex, systemic, constantly changing organizational problems of today. They need to rapidly create a relationship of trust and openness that enables clients, subordinates, and team members to reveal what is really on their minds and to jointly develop a sense of what is the problem and what kind of adaptive response could best deal with it.

يؤمن البعض أن التجربة والخبرة هما الطريق الأمثل لنجاح المشروعات، بينما يؤمن البعض الآخر أن تطبيق النظريات العلمية هو الطريق الأمثل للوصول إلى قمة نجاح الأعمال؛ لذلك رأينا أن نجمع في هذا الكتاب ما بين التجربة والعلم في «ضربة البداية »؛ لنتعرف معًا على خطوات بدء المشروعات، وأسرار نجاحها، وأسباب فشلها، وكيف نضع خطة علمية عملية لنبدء مشروعنا الخاص؟! «ضربة البداية » هو أداة عملية نمتلكها أنا وأنت لننطلق في عالم الأعمال، ونحن على طبق نظريات العلم، ونتعلم من خبرات السابقين، ونستعين بالله طالبين منه التوفيق والسداد."

¿Quiere un libro que no solo le dé los conocimientos básicos de los fundamentos de la contabilidad, sino que también le proporcione valiosas formas de gestionar su negocio y sus finanzas como un profesional? Esta guía fácil de entender le proporcionará conceptos y métodos claros que le ayudarán a pensar como un contable y le enseñarán a ponerlos en práctica en su pequeña empresa.

Why can't salesmen sell? And why won't prospects listen? We offer great products to prospects. We say great things to people. We share our vision and passion with others. And they don't buy, they don't believe us, and they don't share our vision and passion. We say great things, but people don't believe us, and they don't trust us. So we don't need more good things to say. Instead, we need to learn how to get people to believe and trust the good things we are saying already.

In the newly revised second edition of Conquer the Chaos, celebrated author and CEO of Keap Clate Mask delivers yet another incisive and exciting roadmap to entrepreneurial success for small business owners. The book offers six non-negotiable, must-have strategies for entrepreneurs, as well as an engaging mix of stories, quotes, anecdotes, and examples that highlight businesspeople who have successfully confronted and overcome the daunting challenges that accompany self-employment.

The Business of Real Estate Photography provides the blueprints to start your own real estate photography business by providing a detailed guide on developing a business strategy and marketing plan, in addition to valuable information on the financial and legal aspects of the business. It assists you in gaining a thorough understanding of the market and includes many useful tips and lessons learned from the author’s own experiences that can save you time and money when establishing and growing your own business.

Everyone knew it was crazy to try to extract oil and natural gas buried in shale rock deep below the ground. Everyone, that is, except a few reckless wildcatters - who risked their careers to prove the world wrong. Things looked grim for American energy in 2006. Oil production was in steep decline and natural gas was hard to find. The Iraq War threatened the nation’s already tenuous relations with the Middle East. China was rapidly industrializing and competing for resources.

Land the deals you want and develop your instincts with million-dollar negotiation techniques. After selling over $3 billion in real estate, including the most expensive one-bedroom house in history, Josh Altman, costar of the hit show Million-Dollar Listing Los Angeles, wants to teach you the real estate sales and negotiation tactics that have made him one of America's top agents. Buying or selling a house, whether for a client or yourself, is one of the most important and stressful deals anyone can make, demanding emotional intelligence and a solid set of negotiating skills.

The best products can still lose in the marketplace. Why? They are beaten by stronger product marketing. Yet, product marketing is widely misunderstood. It includes segmenting and targeting customers, positioning products vs. alternatives, creating product collateral, and supporting sales teams. But great product marketing achieves much more: it identifies the best way to bring your product to market, accelerates your product's ability to penetrate markets over time, shapes what the world thinks about your product and your category, and inspires customers to tell your product's story.

Everyone who wants to achieve something great in life experiences side journeys, setbacks, and opportunities. As an entrepreneur, you know this to be true more than anyone: the journey to entrepreneurial success is never a straight line. Wealth management entrepreneur Chris S. Reynolds has learned firsthand throughout his successful career that preparing for a winding journey is the difference between success and failure. In The Six Circle Strategy, he shares his strategy on how different circles are a key tool for you to get your business on the looping road to financial soundness.

Get the real guidance you need to create and build your first start-up company from founders who have been there many times before.

Entrepreneur Productivity Blueprint is your step-by-step guide to building a smarter business that scales without burning you out. Written for freelancers and entrepreneurs who want both freedom and success, this book reveals the systems, strategies, and mindset shifts you need to thrive.

How to Start an Online Coaching Business by VentureNest Books is an essential guide for anyone looking to convert their passion for coaching into a successful online business. The book addresses common challenges faced by aspiring coaches, such as identifying a niche, building an online presence, attracting clients, and scaling their business. This comprehensive guide outlines a step-by-step approach, beginning with identifying a unique coaching niche that sets you apart from competitors.

How do you develop products that people will actually use and buy? This practical guide shows you how to validate product and company ideas through customer development research - before you waste months and millions on a product or service that no one needs or wants. With a combination of open-ended interviewing and fast and flexible research techniques, you’ll learn how your prospective customers behave, the problems they need to solve, and what frustrates and delights them