books about: entrepreneurship     books:       Love 'Em or Lose 'Em: Getting Good People to Stay62 reviews Beverly L. Kaye, Sharon Jordan-Evans Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2002 Everything you need to know about engaging your employees Unlike the hundreds of management books out there that can be rather philosophical and academic on how to create a productive work environment (with many of the concepts capable of being covered in three, not three hundred, pages), this book focuses on 26 strategies with countless practical actions under each strategy that a manager can take to make the work environment (read: "people") highly ...             The 2000 Percent Solution: Free Your Organization from "Stalled" Thinking to Achieve Exponential Success91 reviews Donald Mitchell, Carol Coles, ... AMACOM, 1999 My 2000 Percent Solution - A Whole New Life I first read "The 2000 Percent Solution" as part of a course for a Rushmore University doctoral program. It sparked in me the desire and determination to get more "bang for the buck" from my efforts, and provided a clear 8-step guide for doing so. The guide to creating 2000 Percent solutions essentially helps you to see differently, and acknowledge the reality of your personal and ...             The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York107 reviews Robert A. Caro Vintage, 1975 Damning, erudite and compelling Robert Caro's biography reads like an extraordinary work of investigative journalism - damning, erudite and compelling - that surely would have been appreciated by Robert Moses had he not been the subject. It is a fascinating study of the evolution of government in New York City and Robert Moses' ability to shape laws as the "best bill drafter in Albany" and to seize upon prevailing trends and ...             Aiming at Amazon: The NEW Business of Self Publishing, or How to Publish Books for Profit with Print on ...79 reviews Aaron Shepard Shepard Publications, 2007 Best Book Out There! "Aiming at Amazon" by Aaron Shepard is my favorite book right now because I successfully used it to create my already written book, "The Magi of Futurity", and have it listed on Amazon. After checking with others and reading the reviews for Aaron's book, I was very impressed and couldn't wait to order it. Within two months after reading this book, along with Aaron's "Perfect Pages" book, I had ...             The Ultimate Competitive Advantage: Secrets of Continuously Developing a More Profitable Business Model137 reviews Donald Mitchell, Carol Coles, ... Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2003 ...the perennial gale of creative destruction Mitchell and Coles have done businesses a tremendous service in writing this excellent book. They have done so by providing a practical toolbox of ideas with which to stimulate entrepreneurs, business leaders and managers to enhance and improve their business prospects in today's very competitive marketplaces. I must admit to having struggled with this book for a long time. Not because of ...             Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams (Second Edition)78 reviews Tom DeMarco, Timothy Lister Dorset House Publishing Company, Incorporated, 1999 Important Read For Contrarian Reasons Much of this book is spent explaining what should be obvious to the best managers, but which corporate culture and priorities tend to work against. In general, the book looks more at typical mistakes than at recipes for success. At the same time, the advice is solid and they often provide data to back up their assertions. If I was a manager at a typical and mediocre corporation, I would not ...             Starting a Yahoo! Business For Dummies (For Dummies (Business & Personal Finance))67 reviews Rob Snell For Dummies, 2006 great book I found this book to be very helpful and informative. A must read for anyone thinkng of developing a Yahoo store.             The Servant: A Simple Story About the True Essence of Leadership62 reviews James C. Hunter Crown Business, 1998 Outstanding These principles of Leadership are timeless and outstanding. It should be read and put into practice by everyone. This really is the True Essence of Leadership. I wish I could have read it years ago.             Confessions of a Real Estate Entrepreneur: What It Takes to Win in High-Stakes Commercial Real Estate65 reviews James A. Randel McGraw-Hill, 2005 Kick Start Your Brain If you are looking for a step by step buy a house, rehab it, and get rich, please find another book. If you are looking for a dull textbook type presentation you should also pass. If you are looking for clear explanations of concepts and illustrated with some small case studies to kick start your brain, then this might be just the thing to get you from dreaming to doing. Although I knew ...             The Mouse Driver Chronicles: An Entrepreneurial Adventure101 reviews Kyle Harrison, John Lusk Free Press, 2002 Greg Fisher The Mousedriver Chronicles is the story of 2 Wharton MBA's who take a business plan developed on their entrepreneurship course at Wharton and decide to make a go of it. In 1999 they turn away high paying jobs at investment banks and over funded dot.com startups to go it alone. Their idea: to make and sell a computer mouse that looks like the head of a golf driver. They fund the venture ...             Secrets of Power Negotiating41 reviews Roger Dawson Career Press, 2000 Superb Good and insightful techniques for negotiation and great book for beginners. If you are not aware of these techniques then there are chances that you will fall victim of them by an expert who knows it all I strongly recommend this book to all who find themselves as a victim in negotiation and power game             Managing The Professional Service Firm46 reviews David H. Maister Free Press, 1997 Great reading for beginners and experienced managers I have 10 years experience in managing consulting company. When I red just first chapters of this book I immediatelly have started to implement some ideas described there and it gave greate results! No matter if you plan to start new business or you are mature partner with many years of experiane in professional services business - this book is a must and greate reading. Enjoy!             Cracking Creativity: The Secrets of Creative Genius45 reviews Michael Michalko Ten Speed Press, 1998 Practical Techniques to Boost Creativity Author Michael Michalko delivers his best performance to date in this book. The book is filled with information on, and techniques for using, our creative processes. Many of the techniques are easy to learn, requiring only a little bit of practice to get used to them. Most of the book centers around: helping an individual generate many possible ideas about something, which will be critically ...             Management Challenges for the 21st Century60 reviews HarperCollins e-books, 2002 "Druker thougths will live on for many decades to come". Management new paradigms, strategy, the change leader, information challenges, knowledge worker productivity, managing oneself, Druker proved himself more than capable in his definitions and unique challenge to managers. Rather of a retrospective of his past work "he set aside to wirte not the known past but the unknown future". Peter Drucker discusses the profound social and economic changes ...             Less Is More: How Great Companies Use Productivity40 reviews Jason Jennings Portfolio Hardcover, 2002 On the lean culture of cost leadership firms This spring, I had a night-flight from Houston to Europe. I never got any sleep due to this book. It reads like a fiction novel while the focus is very much on the softer issues of productivity businesses. The well-written behind-the-wall stories and interviews with successful top executives give us insight to many issues that usual case stories do not explain. Business magazines often glorify ...             The Well-Fed Self-Publisher: How to Turn One Book into a Full-Time Living63 reviews Peter Bowerman Publishing, 2006 Best book I've Read on Book Marketing Not only does Bowerman give concise, easy-to-follow, and thorough guidelines for self-publishing, he has compiled the best information I have found in one package on how to sell and distribute a book. Self-publishers, small presses, and authors--regardless of who published their books--will find a wealth of information, that, if followed, can make the difference between starving and eating well. ...             Leaving Microsoft to Change the World51 reviews HarperCollins e-books, 2007 Greeting John Namaste John. Kasto Cha?? You have made all Nepalese indebted with your incomparable deeds. You are true hero in our hearts. Yes, we salute you from the core of our heart.             Kick Start Your Dream Business: Getting It Started and Keeping You Going39 reviews Romanus Wolter Ten Speed Press, 2001 Essential reading for entrepreneurs The vast majority of books on business and entrepreneurship focus heavily on theory and case study, and lack practical, easy-to-follow steps to help you get started. This book helps you to identify what you're passionate about, and how to go about creating a dream business around whatever it is that you enjoy. Romanus takes his years of experience working with literally hundreds of ...             Hard Drive42 reviews James Wallace, Jim Erickson John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 1993 Intense, highly relevant Delightful book. Its one flaw is its addictiveness, I couldn't put it down which did cost me sleep (I'm an IT professional with an entrepreneur spirit- your results may vary). The Microsoft/Gates biography is impeccable in its wealth of interesting details and engaging story-telling. Bill Gates is a fantastic decision maker. He would be as successful selling water or space suits, he just ...             The Effective Executive53 reviews Peter F. Drucker Collins, 2002 The Effective Executive Book Review I am still reading this book; there are so many insights that I find myself highlighting and writing them down; then I go back to review them over and over. For the person who wants to be an Effective Executive or just an effective individual I would recommend you read this book. You can just read this book you have to put the information into practice. It is a text book for the effective ...              search for books advantage, adventure, challenges, chronicles, commercial, companies, competitive, confessions, continuously, creativity, developing, effective, entrepreneur, entrepreneurial, executive, exponential, full-time, high-stakes, leadership, management, negotiating, organization, peopleware, productive, productivity, professional, profitable, publisher, publishing, self-publisher books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen tools & hardware: Bessey UNIK-6S 6-Piece Multi-Purpose Parallel UniKlamp Set leave a comment home  impressum - about us