Small Business Development

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.

Discover the books that have already enriched millions. This unabridged guide to the literature of prosperity and motivation surveys 50 of the all-time classics, giving you their key ideas, insights, and applications, everything you need to know to start benefiting from these legendary works.

As a former aerospace scientist, Fortune 500 executive, chief innovation officer of two major companies, inventor and software entrepreneur, David Murray has made a living by coming up with new and innovative ideas. In Borrowing Brilliance he explains the origins and evolution of a business idea by showing you how new ideas are merely the combination of existing ideas.

Unlock the door to financial freedom and turn your property into a thriving Airbnb in just 30 days—even if the market feels overcrowded! Imagine earning passive income while creating memorable guest experiences. With this guide, you’ll move forward with confidence—from understanding regulations to mastering pricing—and turn your property into steady income. What if starting your Airbnb was easier than you thought?

The Science of Scaling offers a rigorous framework for founders, executives, and investors to calculate the answers using their company’s actual performance data―not wishful thinking.

Even if your business is well-funded and has no urgent financing needs, it’s still important that you build up good business credit. You never know when you might need it, and it’s always handy to have access to extra funds so you can readily seize opportunities and get ahead of the competition. Even companies as big and profitable as Walmart are taking advantage of business credit – so should you!

“İçindeki Devi Uyandır” hayatta şu ana kadar edinmiş olduğunuz bütün bakış açılarınızın niteliğini geliştirme yönünde adım adım ilerleyen devrimsel bir programdır: kişisel veya ticari, fiziksel ya da duygusal. Bu kitap, hayatlarında bir fark yaratmak isteyen insanlardan oluşan okuyucu kitlesine ulaşmayı hedeflemektedir.

The best and the brightest use advisors and experts. Whether in business, sports, entertainment, academia, or politics—expert help is a fundamental enabler of success. That means that the demand for expert advice will grow and the competition will increase for such help. This isn't a matter of "certificates" and "universities," it's a matter of specific skill and behavioral sets that create a trusting bond and reliance. Trusted advisors are beyond coaches—they are comprehensive resources and supporters.

For business owners and listeners interested in creating a business that serves its owners, "Sustainable: A Fable About Creating a Personally and Economically Sustainable Business" offers much more than just a good listen. It’s a guidebook filled with wisdom and practical solutions for building a business that can thrive well into the future. And it's not another how-to book; there's a great story that you can use to learn from the Aardvark family.

How did she turn a side hustle into a game-changing business, and at the same time, achieve happiness and fulfillment in her life? For Charlotte, it all came down to one thing - jeong. One of the most important Korean cultural concepts, jeong is a deep and meaningful connection that can be felt between people, places, and things. It goes deeper than love and friendship, and grows stronger with time. In South Korea, jeong encourages generosity, empathy, and the cultivation of lasting bonds.

No matter what position you hold within the medical spa industry, you could be a founder, an entrepreneur, or a medical professional. You may be a physician, NP, PA, RN, an injector, any type of provider, an aesthetician, a laser tech, a patient coordinator, a marketing professional or hold any other position, this book is a must read and a must have for your success library.

Say goodbye to awkward silences and hello to magnetic charisma. Become the person everyone wants to know, talk to, and be around. Are you an introvert? Not anymore! This audiobook will unleash your inner social butterfly, allowing you to spread your wings and soar in any social situation. Are you ready to talk your way to the top? Press play and let's revolutionize your social life!

This book contains proven steps and strategies on how to generate great business ideas. Statistics suggest that most start-ups don't make it through the first two years. Basing a company on the wrong idea is one of the major reasons behind this!

I wrote this book so that all orthodontists can develop the Easy-Grower mindset, multiply their impact, and compress their timelines for success from decades to only a few years. In this book, you'll discover the time-tested principles that have helped people from all walks of life realize their dreams and build legacies they are proud to leave behind.

Lean Shop Makeover is specifically tailored for small to medium-sized businesses in the sign, print, and job shop manufacturing sectors that are facing challenges related to profitability, operational chaos, and timely job completion. This comprehensive guide examines the fundamental components of Lean production philosophy, which prioritizes meeting customer needs, upholding the highest quality standards, minimizing operational costs, and reducing lead times through the systematic elimination of waste in all its forms.

If you as a leader hold on too tightly—to your people, to everyday decision-making, to the past, and more—you will cut off vital oxygen necessary for growth. The solution: stop being a control freak and instead empower your employees, get out of your own way, and establish a clear vision for the future. Embrace the growth paradox to get unstuck and grow your company to the next level. By leaning into some key, counterintuitive business ideas, you’ll make space for changes that will lead to nonlinear growth.

In Selling Your Business with Confidence: A Practical Playbook for Mid-Market Owners, veteran M&A advisor David McCombie delivers an insider's guide to navigating the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) sales process. In plain English, this book covers every essential topic for owners considering the sale of their business. Listeners will fully understand the process, the range of options available, and their implications.

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.

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.

Stakeholders don't invest in AI because they understand the tech―they invest when its business impact is clear and undeniable. In Show AI―Don't Tell It, AI executive and business strategist Dr. Lisa Palmer reveals how to use visual storytelling to make AI's value tangible, turning complex ideas into clear business outcomes that drive buy-in, adoption, and scale. Instead of vague theories and hype, this book provides clear frameworks, practical tools, and proven visualization techniques to help leaders secure funding, accelerate implementation, and maximize AI's impact.