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What makes a start-up successful? This book, from award-winning business school professors and a tech serial entrepreneur, tells what makes start-ups successful. Instead of telling start-ups what to do, like most start-up books, they share what start-ups should avoid. Along the way, they share small-business start-up success stories gleaned from the How I Built This podcast and their firsthand experiences.  

The unending war with the anarchist rebellion has spread to the planet of Thrada III. A planet the Union cannot let fall into the hands of the enemy. Takashi Hiraku is part of conscripted civilian militia tasked with reinforcing the besieged city of Harmine. But when they arrive, they find the enemy is already in control and waiting for them. It is a deadly trap, and one that will change Takashi’s life forever. It will take all his wits and fighting ability if he is to survive the terrifying battle.

Katie makes an executive decision, and the mere idea is driving Korbin to drink. Pandora wants Katie to learn to fight without her extra “oomph”. For now. The military need support, but few on the merc teams trust them. Is Pandora is finally getting somewhere with Katie's love life? There is something long and hard in Katie's hand, and Pandora is annoyed that it's only the stick shift of Katie’s new vehicle. (Oops, poor choice of words.) The war with the enemy is heating up, and there’s a new player who might ruin everyone’s lives.

Existing narratives about how we should organize are built upon, and reinforce, a concept of "good management" derived from what is assumed to be a fundamental need to increase efficiency. But this assumption is based on a presentist, monocultural, and generally limited view of management's past. A New History of Management disputes these foundations. By reassessing conventional perspectives on past management theories and providing a new critical outline of present-day management, it highlights alternative conceptions of "good management".

Fools Die in The Zoo. They Die Fast and Horribly. From the fertile imagination of bestselling author Michael Anderle.... JB has left the bar to die in the zoo, but will his friends allow that? If JB's friends try to save him, will they screw up his chance at living one more time? Holly and the team need a serious cash infusion. Where is she going to get the money? Will she succumb to working for the contacts that sent her to the zoo in the first place? Hickok is younger now.

Hickok is out to help a friend, but she needs to kill him first. Will her plan work, or will her friend be another black mark on her conscience for eternity? Holly is entering the ZOO with her team. Will Holly and her team be able to handle the effort, or will the ZOO take Holly out this time? Holly is close, but can she figure out how to test her serum without killing JB if she gets the first batch wrong? It is coming down to the wire, and Holly is betting her life she is right.

Fools die in the zoo. They die fast and horribly. From the fertile imagination of bestselling author Michael Anderle...Join Holly Smith as she learns about the ZOO, how to stay alive, and the opportunities that being a part of the ZOO have brought humanity. The future is looking interesting and humorous, except for the dying part.

Holly is very close to a cure, but she needs an unfathomable amount of goop to concoct a solution. However, is she going to get enough of the goop to try? Hickok doing another job for the company, but she is starting to see the jobs for what they are. Will she be able to ignore the questions in her mind? Holly is close, but can she figure out how to test her serum without killing JB if she gets the first batch wrong? Amanda takes Holly to the one person she needs to talk with, but they will ask her a life question that must be answered before she does anything for JB.

Hickok has to get back into her real job or risk being found out. Can she juggle the jobs for her black ops group and help Holly at the same time? JB has been provided a serum to help his ZOO problem. Will it be enough to give Holly time to figure out a real solution? Holly has a plan, but she has to go into the ZOO to learn more. Can she train well enough to not only go in but come back out safely?

Fools die in the zoo. they die fast and horribly. From the fertile imagination of bestselling author Michael Anderle...As far as Holly is concerned, JB isn't going anywhere - especially not to the Grim Reaper. But can she learn enough about the zoo to save his life? Others have information, but can she get it in time? Holly has a plan, but she needs Hickok to bring back more goop. Is that something the Ghost of the zoo can accomplish, or will she be killed trying? JB has done well by his friends, and in his darkest hour, he has to allow his friends to try to help him.

Fools die in the Zoo. They die fast and horribly. From the fertile imagination of best-selling author Michael Anderle: Holly has been asking questions, but now they are getting a bit more pointed...and you never know who might be in the audience. There are ghosts everywhere, but now we are talking about ghosts in the Zoo.... Can Holly learn enough about the Zoo to become comfortable with the idea that she can make it inside and back out again safely? The more she learns, the more her concern intensifies. Are you ready to enter the Zoo...again?

Holly is beginning to understand what her gut has been telling her, and it isn't a pretty sight. Will she listen to what she is learning, or is she feeling the pressure from New York? JB is telling her stories, but does he have an ulterior motive? And if he does, is it better for Holly to know it…or not? Will each of them find the solution they need? Holly is back, learning about another story ripped out of the ZOO. But this one seems too impossible to be true. HOW MUCH can one person drink and not shoot themselves?

Holly must deal with two problems simultaneously - a ghost from the Zoo and her friend JB dying. Has Holly learned enough from the stories to trust anyone in the Zoo? Hickok seems trustworthy, but is she? Holly needs more information about what is available and what problems she is facing. Can she whip up something quick and dirty for JB to give her time to find a more permanent solution? Holly is back, but this time, she is the person who might be making the stories.

Fools die in the Zoo. They die fast and horribly. Holly has found FU*BAR in the French encampment and she hopes to learn more about the Zoo from those who have been there. Will she get the truth, or will she make decisions based on tall tales? JB is looking for someone special, someone to help him in the future. He might have found that person in Holly. Will each of them find the answers they need?

Holly Smith has been hired as a consultant to go into the ZOO and retrieve information to help a company find a unique chemical. Holly is not a stranger to danger when trying to uncover that next billion-dollar ingredient, but even Holly has to admit something is wrong with the vibe coming from the ZOO.

In the Catholic tradition, moral sexual activity is institutionalized within the confines of marriage and procreation, and sexual morality is marital morality. But theologians Todd Salzman and Michael Lawler contend that there is a disconnect between many of the Church's absolute sexual norms and other theological and intellectual developments explicitly recognized and endorsed in the Catholic tradition, especially since the Second Vatican Council.

Philosophical advisor to the hit NBC sitcom The Good Place contemplates the future of humanity—whether we should bring new humans into the world, or if the world would be better without us.

This audiobook introduces the numbers from one to twelve as skiers, sledders, and snowboarders whiz down a snowy slope.

It's a podcast about two friends talking about life. You're not meant to learn anything, but Michael and Michala's experiences do vary. So chill out, and come catch up with us.

We invite you to join us on a spiritual journey where we offer new perspectives and an opportunity to shift into a new paradigm, as we come to a deeper understanding about ourselves and our relationship with spirit.