Entrepreneurship

Between the theories of business school and the real world of business, there is still a gap - one that can only be filled by experience, helped by the knowledge of someone who has already done it.Over a lifetime as one of the world's most influential business leaders, Mark McCormack gathered more insights than could ever fit in one book: here he has distilled the strategies, techniques and wisdom that everyone needs to get organised, get ahead and gain and keep the competitive edge.Building on from What They Don't Teach You At Harvard Business School, this straight-talking, practical guide offers essential tools and skills - from negotiating to managing, advancing your career to building a new idea - that will help you be a leader at any level.

Auf der Grundlage ihrer 30-jährigen Erfahrung mit chinesischen multinationalen Unternehmen und Firmen werfen die Autoren ein klares Licht auf das unternehmerische China und seine Vertreter. Anhand konkreter Beispiele werden in dem Buch Management- und Strategiekonzepte analysiert, die die gewohnten Methoden westlicher Unternehmen in Frage stellen. Diese werden als "Drachentaktik" bezeichnet, eine systematische Umsetzung des Prinzips: versuchen, scheitern, wieder versuchen und wieder scheitern, bis ein zufriedenstellendes Ergebnis erzielt wird. Das Buch beschreibt eine Mischung aus der Geschichte Chinas, den Prozessen zur Erzielung von Erfolg in einem unsicheren Umfeld und Managementmethoden, die sowohl dem Konfuzianismus als auch den neuen Technologien entlehnt sind, und enthält viele Lektionen, die westliche Führungskräfte lernen können. Nicht nur, um in China selbst erfolgreich zu sein, sondern vor allem, um in einer zunehmend unsicheren und unbeständigen Welt generell besser aufgestellt zu sein.

This book is to help people avoid challenges, heartache, and pitfalls in life and business. You no longer have to learn these lessons The Hard Way like Brad did. If Brad had this book growing up and applied what's in it, his life would have been much better, and he would have found success much sooner. The goal for this book is that it finds its way to anyone wanting to succeed. You will learn these lessons one way or another, but the question is are you going to learn it The Hard Way or the easy way; the easy way is by reading The Hard Way. This book explains life lessons and universal laws that you need to be successful. This a collection of stories and the lessons Brad Lea has learned to help him build an incredible life and ultimately it is his bible on how to do sales, business, and life. Learn more about Brad by subscribing to his YouTube channel at BRADLEA.TV or checking out his website at Bradlea.com. This book is intended to change your life- let it happen and remember to always keep it real.

What if we could help people design a life they loved to live?That's the question Tony and Frances Pappalardo set out to answer, and this book is the culmination of that discovery process. What they discovered on their journey is that far too many people settle for a one-size-fits-all approach to life and forget about all the things that make them unique-their goals, dreams, and hopes for the future. As a result, people settle for less than optimal life and end up frustrated, burned out, and going through the motions of a mass-produced life. In Customize Your Life: Break Free From Ordinary and Create a Life You'll Love to Live, entrepreneurs, certified performance coaches, and philanthropists, Tony and Frances Pappalardo propose a better way. It starts by casting a vision of your customized life and quickly moves into crafting a blueprint to get where you want to go and creating a network of people who both challenge and encourage you to push forward and grow. This book isn't theory. It's filled with actionable steps, concrete examples, and powerful stories of people who have put these practices to work in their own lives and created a life they love to live. In the pages of this book, you'll learn: How to intentionally cast a vision for the life you want to liveWhat your past struggles can teach you about your future successHow to create a roundtable of advisors whose knowledge shortens your journey to your goalHow to create a step-by-step blueprint that helps you eliminate distractionWhy your tribe can become your secret weapon that helps you change the worldHow to learn from the experts to "fold time" and get farther, fasterWhich four seats at your roundtable must be filled firstHow to become a change agent who uses your life to impact othersHow to adapt and react when life doesn't go as planned Here's the simple truth: we each only get one life to live, and how we live that life is our choice. When you discover the secret of how to Customize Your Life, it changes the way you look at the world, and your one life will never be the same.

In the much-anticipated follow-up to the bestselling In the Company of Women, Grace Bonney turns her attention to older women in a celebration of intergenerational bonds between women, and the role those bonds play in sharing vital knowledge, stories, power, and history through generations.

A detailed and critical analysis of the multiple types of entrepreneurship, helping students to understand the practical skills and theoretical concepts needed to create their very own entrepreneurial venture.

Embark upon the ultimate journey of self-discovery, then make your life truly happen.

It's time to reset, adjust and take the power back.Having spent over 20 years building her hugely successful beauty empire, Maria Hatzistefanis managed to achieve all her childhood dreams and goals. She has attended exclusive parties, walked on glamorous red carpets and visited beautiful cities. Whilst this life of glamour and success is exhilarating, Maria is shocked to find that the happiness it brings is fleeting. This leads her to realise that her life needs a new focus. In this easy to follow guide Maria asks the fundamental question 'what is happiness?'. Analysing her own experiences, failures and fortunes, Maria provides clear, concise and intuitive strategies to help you tackle your own challenges. From aligning your thoughts and actions to detaching your success from achievements, Maria shares her practical secrets to mastering your mindset. How to Live Your Best Life will equip you with the tools you need to be in control of your own destiny. Brimming with good sense, great advice and clear tips Maria guides you on your journey to happiness and ultimately success.

During a time of unprecedented change in the way we work, the editors of Monocle are here to help us envision, create and make a success of new businesses or reboot an existing one.

Focusing on the growing number of mobile users and increased localized searches, Perry Marshall and Mike Rhodes once again deliver the most comprehensive, current look at today's fastest, most powerful, easy-to-use advertising medium: Google Ads.

"Impact investing" is one of the biggest buzzwords in finance today, touted as investing with the intention of generating positive and measurable social and environmental change in addition to monetary returns. Putting money into projects, businesses, and places that improve the lives of the people living there in addition to strengthening your investment portfolio sounds great...but there are plenty of pitfalls as well. One of the most inspiring locations for impact investing, but also one of the most misunderstood by the foreign investor, is sub-Saharan Africa.In Digital Africa, Jesper Drescher, a successful investor in the African tech scene since 2013 and the chairman of three African tech companies, explains the potential and the perils of investing in sub-Saharan Africa. He goes into depth on what a potential investor needs to understand about sub-Saharan Africa before deciding to do business there: where the benefits and downsides, both evident and understated, lie; the special issues surrounding business creation, taxation, and hiring; and the dangers of letting the hype run away with your expectations. Most of all, Drescher outlines how digitalization is the key to creating the biggest impact possible with your time and money.Whether it takes the form of digital money for people without access to formal banking, the increased ability for governments to collect taxes, or improving healthcare outcomes with minable data, digitalization is one the rise in sub-Saharan Africa. With Digital Africa as your guide to tech investment, your chances of making a real impact as an investor are on the rise.

A perfect pocket guide to the new way of doing business for a new generation

Leadership is complicated.How do you become a great leader?Don't leave it to chance.The Leadership Map demystifies the subject and provides every leader with a comprehensive framework to create and grow a successful business. It covers all the key elements you need to understand and build a successful business; from creating your vision, to developing your people, to executing on your strategy.The book is brought to life through stories based on the author's knowledge and experience of working first-hand with CEOs of many businesses both large and small, private and public, national and international.Ian Windle is a pragmatist, not a theorist. The Leadership Map will bring clarity to your thinking and provide you with models, tools and techniques that will allow you to immediately put your ideas into action.

The amazing true story of how London became home to the Russian super-rich - told for the first time ever. A dazzling tale of incredible wealth, ferocious disputes, beautiful women, private jets, mega-yachts, the world's best footballers - and chauffeur-driven Range Rovers with tinted windows.A group of buccaneering Russian oligarchs made colossal fortunes after the collapse of communism - and many of them came to London to enjoy their new-found wealth. Londongrad tells for the first time the true story of their journeys from Moscow and St Petersburg to mansions in Mayfair, Knightsbridge and Surrey - and takes you into a shimmering world of audacious multi-billion pound deals, outrageous spending and rancorous feuds.But while London's flashiest restaurants echoed to Russian laughter and Bond Street shop-owners totted up their profits, darker events also played themselves out. The killing of ex-KGB man Alexander Litvinenko in London to the death - in a helicopter crash he all but predicted - of Stephen Curtis, the lawyer to many of Britain's richest Russians, chilled London's Russians and many of those who know them.This is the story of how Russia's wealth was harvested and brought to London - some of it spent by Roman Abramovich on his beloved Chelsea Football Club, some of it spent by Boris Berezovsky in his battles with Russia's all-powerful Vladimir Putin. Londongrad is a must-read for anyone interested in how vast wealth is created, the luxury it can buy, and the power and intrigue it produces.

A collection of swift and actionable thoughts on branding that any entrepreneur or marketer can use to craft better brands.

This is a "Self-help workbook" providing a guideline of how to set up, operate, or position a non-governmental organization (NGO) with an idealistic mission. For persons working with, or exploring the potentials of a redefined role of NGOs in the scheme of things, it contains a reference framework with clarifying materials.