Small Business Development

The rock star of public speaking. Vusi Thembekwayo has been called many things. Join him in his inspiring journey from the township to the top echelons of South African business, to becoming one of youngest directors of a listed company and CEO of a boutique investment firm. As a Dragons' Den judge and a sought-after public speaker across the globe, Vusi doesn't just talk business - he lives it. Now you can learn the secret of his success and how to shape your own destiny.

Listening to this Millenium audio version of this RGH international bestseller, you can discover how to persuade people to do what you think and what you want but have them think it was their idea. Learn how to generate so may foolproof ideas, solutions to problems and Eurekas! that will need to carry around pen and paper to capture them all. You can start creating wealth without capital. This works. This is foolproof.

Frank Altman, a legendary figure in the Community Development Finance industry, offers a systematic argument for why and how American capitalism can be extended to people from every walk of life, including those from low-income census tracks. He explores the history and cultural realities that have created an unequal financial playing field, particularly for BIPOC communities and how innovative approaches can create sound investment devices and exponential growth in minority and women-owned businesses and increase levels of home ownership.

Elevate your leadership game and discover the secrets to winning big in business and innovation. Big Bet Leadership equips business leaders with the principles and tactics to achieve critical results and solve complex problems facing businesses today. You will capture the upside potential while avoiding the many failure points inherent to AI strategies, growth strategies, M&A, innovation programs, operating model transitions, and digital transformation.

While change is often credited to CEOs or disruptive startups, real transformation frequently begins deep within—the overlooked departments, the courageous middle managers, the restless innovators hidden in plain sight. Catalysts of Change in Corporate Cores reveals how organizations truly evolve from the inside out.

Our world will change more in this century than in all of human history, driven by many factors including technology, climate change, demographics and inequality. Such extreme change is throwing up unprecedented opportunities and creating an ‘adaptive challenge’ for individuals, organizations and societies. Those who can adapt to a fast-flowing, complex, volatile and uncertain world will flourish. Those who cannot will suffer greatly. There are clear signs everywhere that we need new ways to think about the world and our place in it.

Virtually no business owners follow a few basic principles of business to nearly the degree they deserve. These magic principles almost ensure success, both short-term and long-term, when understood and applied. The magic lies in how easy they are to apply. Small Business Magic is all about those principles, which the author has spent years in analyzing and refining.

تشدد عقلية تنمية الكعكة على أن حجمها غير ثابت، فاستثمار الشركة في أصحاب المصلحة لا يعني أنها تقلل من شريحة المستثمرين في الكعكة، بل يعني أنها تنميها، وفي النهاية سينتفع المستثمرون من هذا. ربما تحسن الشركة من ظروف العمل بها بسبب اهتمامها الصادق بموظفيها، ومن ثم يصبح هؤلاء الموظفون أكثر حماسًا وإنتاجية, وربما تطور شركة ما عقارًا جديدًا للحد من الوباء دون أن تضع في اعتبارها ما إذا كان الأشخاص المتضررون من هذا الوباء سيمكنهم تحمل تكلفة هذا العقار أم لا، ومع ذلك تنجح في النهاية في التسويق له. وربما تقلل شركة ما من انبعاثاتها ليس خوفًا من.

Working from home on the Web is a dream that resides in the hearts of millions of people across the world. But, it's also a dream that's realized by only a small percentage of the population. That's because most people simply don't know where to turn when it comes to working on the Web. They get sucked into one get-rich-quick scheme after another. They chase empty promises and live unfulfilled lives as their once vivid dreams of working for themselves slip further and further away.

With the wisdom of a seasoned industry expert and the clarity of an effective educator, Smith walks you through each aspect of building, operating, and excelling in your professional services firm. Dive into the depths of strategic thought, embrace the magnetic power of authentic branding, and discover client-centric strategies.

Win at both! On a tandem bicycle, two riders with different strengths can ride together and cover a lot of ground efficiently—if they have the same destination in mind and communicate effectively. Sounds a lot like marriage, doesn’t it? If you are an entrepreneur who has experienced the frustration of trying to balance your work life with your marriage life, only to fall behind in both areas, you’re far from alone. You can achieve greater balance simply by taking action together, in tandem, as outlined in this book.

As a manager or executive working in the architecture, engineering, and construction industry, you’re under pressure to do more with less, reduce waste, produce faster, and still turn a profit.

In The Introvert Entrepreneur, professional coach Beth Buelow shows listeners how to harness their natural gifts (including curiosity, independence, and a love of research) and counteract their challenges (such as an aversion to networking and self-promotion). She addresses a wide range of topics.

In the wake of economic downturn, foreign competition, spiking oil prices, and even war, American business throughout this decade has been thrust into crisis. To improve their performance, corporations everywhere have adopted a wide range of tools and techniques, yet many continue to struggle. Going Lean points to a better way.

While Erik Z. Severinghaus has been to the top of the physical world (literally climbing Everest) and the business world (exiting companies for hundreds of millions of dollars), what has defined his journey is not the successes...but rather, the hard times of loneliness and self-doubt that nearly cost him his accomplishments and his life. This guidebook passes along the lessons needed in those dark times, with the hope that it will help every entrepreneur who is going through this struggle understand their journey and build the mental resiliency to succeed.

People don't get rich by accident. There is a science of getting rich, and it is an exact science, like algebra or arithmetic. There are certain laws which allow (or prevent) the accumulation of wealth. Once you know how to use these laws, you will get rich with mathematical certainty. Yes, you can learn how to get rich.

A career is such a valuable thing in our society. It represents the difference between people who live pay check to pay check, doing the same level of work for their entire life, and those who manage to start in the same dead-end jobs, but rise to lives of great fortune. A carefully designed career can launch you into extremely high levels of income, even showing you the path into entrepreneurship while providing the resources to get you started.

Aujourd'hui, en France, 354 personnes pèsent 1 000 milliards d'euros. Ce livre-enquête retrace les origines des plus grandes dynasties financières (Rothschild, Arnault, Bolloré, Wertheimer, Pinault, Rockefeller...). Il permet de comprendre à quel point elles ont influencé les transformations de nos sociétés. Oui, ces riches appartiennent à une élite planétaire qui se déplace en jet privé, collectionne les voitures de luxe, organise des fêtes somptueuses, multiplie les domiciliations aux quatre coins du monde, investit tous les marchés, domine tous les réseaux.

Have you always wanted to build your own business? Want to mitigate risks and build a successful business? Don't know where to start? This book can help you find realistic answers. How to Start a Business from an Idea is a must-listen for anyone pursuing entrepreneurship. This book explains how to systematically validate business ideas to increase the chance of success for a new venture.

You check email the moment you lift your head off the pillow in the morning. You bring work with you on vacation, sneak glances at your smart phone during family dinners, and take business calls and texts at your kid's sports games. It's as if you've been forced to make a choice between your company or your life, sacrificing time for yourself and family for the sake of career success. But it doesn't have to be that way.