Sustainable Business

For 50 years, writers at every stage of their careers have turned to the literary nonprofit organization Poets & Writers and its award-winning magazine for resources to foster their professional development, from writing prompts and tips on technique to informative interviews with published authors, literary agents, and editors. But never before has Poets & Writers marshalled its 50 years’ worth of knowledge to create an authoritative guide for writers that answers every imaginable question about craft and career - until now.

This comprehensive audiobook is your step-by-step guide to building a lean, profitable business in just 90 days. Created by successful entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs, this practical framework eliminates guesswork and focuses exclusively on what truly matters. You'll learn how to validate your ideas rapidly by testing market demand before you invest. Discover strategies to launch with momentum, building buzz and securing those crucial early sales. Master established tactics to scale your business toward seven-figure revenue.

Imagine a world in which corporations such as Costco, Nike, BP, and countless others are forming partnerships with environmental and social justice organizations to ensure better stewardship of the Earth and better livelihoods in the developing world. Now, stop imagining - that world is already emerging.

In their effort to build the world's first and largest commercial green rooftop farm, the founders of Brooklyn Grange learned a lot about building and sustaining a business while never losing sight of their mission: to serve their community by providing delicious organic food and changing the way people think about what they eat. But their story is about more than just farming. It serves as an inspirational and instructional guide for anyone looking to start a business that is successful while making a positive impact.

Not one to shy away from developing countries, Yusuf Amdani has laid a path for other investors to follow. Originally from Pakistan, Amdani moved to Honduras at a time when few international players paid attention to the Central American country. Amdani’s quick eye and keen business savvy paid off. Today his company has grown and expanded into other Central American countries, along with the Caribbean, United States, Pakistan, and beyond. Moreover, Amdani’s initiatives provide an example of how to create opportunities in developing countries.

In Net Zero Business Models: Winning in the Global Net Zero Economy, two accomplished business transformation thought leaders deliver a revolutionary new take on how to transition from business models that are contributing to worldwide climate disaster to net zero models consistent with long-term sustainability. In the book, you'll discover what net zero emissions means, how to implement net zero emission business models, what the overall transition to a net zero emissions economy looks like, and, ultimately, how civilization itself will transition to net zero.

Whether you're just starting to explore circularity, or you are already actively advancing a circular business agenda, this book caters to your unique journey. It introduces a set of circular business model patterns as a pathway to transformation and creating value in a circular economy. It offers over 100 real-world case studies of circular business model innovation to highlight emerging trends, new opportunities, and the pathway to sustainable change.

Your next business venture could be as simple as dirt and as valuable as gold. The true entrepreneur knows that financial potential can be found even in the most unlikely of places. But would you believe that the future of eco-friendly self-sufficiency lies in harnessing the organic waste so typically overlooked by most of us?

The green-building movement has produced hundreds of "how-to" books and websites that are filled with tips about green building and what homeowners should do to go green. While helpful and informative, when it comes to making actual purchasing and installation decisions, these books do not make it any easier for a homeowner to prioritize against a budget. Here, Melisssa Rappaport Schifman shares her knowledge and experience for others to use in their journey toward a greener way of living.

Eco-friendly living made simple. As a lifestyle guide and an introduction to sustainable living, Sustainable Badass shows you why and how to minimize your consumption while effortlessly making your habits greener.

This book provides valuable guidance and advice for those who are moving into coaching, healing, mystic, or creative businesses. Embody Your Calling contains the practical and energetic lessons of creating a sustainable soul-aligned business, embodying who you are and who you want to be, and sharing this message in a potent way with your clients. The book takes you through 12 lessons with wisdom, guidance, exercises, journaling prompts, and energy work for you to make the mindset, energetic, and nervous system shifts to take action in a more safe and sustainable way.

That’s the dream: meaningful work on the land that grows food, feeds your soul, restores the Earth, and grows your bank account. It’s not just a fantasy. This book will show you how real people just like you are making it their reality—and how you can do it, too. Living FREE with the Land is your guide to making the dream a reality—no matter your background, budget, or starting point. Michael Hoag delivers practical, actionable strategies backed by decades of experience, along with proven business models and financial tools designed specifically for land-based livelihoods.

In Sustainable Success, Melinda Cohan challenges the hustle mindset and reveals a radically different approach to building a thriving business—one that allows you to perform at high levels and scale your success without sacrificing you in the process. The key is self-care. Not as a social media hashtag, not as an excuse for a self-indulgent spa day, but as a core business strategy. Sustainable Success will show you how to harness radical self-care to build a business that fuels you instead of drains you—so you can thrive for years to come.

In How to Build a Billion-Dollar Business, former Swisse CEO Radek Sali unpacks how his unique approach to product, people, and branding took Swisse Wellness from an Australian favorite to a blockbuster brand that sold for $2.1 billion.

"Sustainable Sales & Leadership: The Nordic Way" delves deep into the hottest topic in today's business world: sustainability. But this book stands out from ordinary business and leadership books. It's a manifesto for the future, a guide that illuminates the Six Nordic Virtues driving sustainable success in sales and leadership.

Negotiation and decision-making expert Max Bazerman explores how we can make more ethical choices by aspiring to be better, not perfect.

Inspired by Jannik Sinner’s example—calm under pressure, respectful in victory—this field manual shows how humility, discipline, and intelligent practice compound into sustainable wins in sport, business, and everyday life. No gossip. No hero worship. Just verifiable lessons mapped to performance psychology so you can execute with clarity when it counts. Built for listening on the go, each chapter ends with a micro exercise and a simple metric—tight, practical, and usable the same day—plus a 30-day challenge to lock in momentum.

For hardworking and dedicated professional service providers, Make Them Smile offers a way out of the grind of living hour to billable hour, providing a road map for how to build a scalable, standardized brand that provides a consistent, repeatable, and high-quality customer experience.

How did the 360-year-old scissor company, Fiskars, double its profit in key markets just by realizing its customers had already formed a community of avid scrapbookers? How is Best Buy planning to dominate the musical-instruments market? By understanding the "Brains on Fire" model of tapping movements and stepping away from the old-school marketing "campaign" mentality.

#BossLiving: A Practical Guide to Starting Your Sustainable, Small Business guides the budding business owner through the steps of small business ownership. This audiobook helps people with #BossLiving dreams refine and execute their small business ideas with realistic, actionable steps.