Capital Management

Drawing upon their experience founding more than 30 companies, authors Lars Tvede and Mads Faurholt share their entrepreneurial wisdom and reveal the real-world techniques that lead to success. A simple step-by-step process will help you translate your ideas into effective business plans, raise the capital needed to start and grow your business, build a winning team, and leave the competition behind.

In two decades as a television reporter, T. J. Winick covered many scandals. The biggest mistake he saw brands make was to try to “make it go away” by refusing to apologize, declining to comment, or going on the attack—anything to deflect attention. Often that kind of response becomes a scandal of its own. In his book, Winick argues instead for transparency, honesty, authenticity, and empathy. Handled correctly, the way you address an egregious violation of your standards can increase your reputation capital.

In Secrets of Silicon Valley, entrepreneur and media commentator Deborah Perry Piscione takes us inside this vibrant ecosystem where meritocracy rules the day. She explores Silicon Valley's exceptionally risk-tolerant culture, and why it thrives despite the many laws that make California one of the worst states in the union for business.

In Return on Integrity: The New Definition of ROI and Why Leaders Need to Know It, author John G. Blumberg asks CEOs and top leadership to dig deep, to find the core values they live by, and in turn to engage an impactful set of core values for the organization they lead. These values are not just a guide; they should be the basis of every decision and action in the organization. The new ROI is the value built at the intersection of personal and organizational core values - creating a stronger organization built on a stronger base - while establishing the meaningful return CEOs and their leadership ambassadors experience by living and leading with integrity.

Business leaders know that the key to competitive success is smart management of scarce resources. That's why companies allocate their financial capital so carefully. But capital today is cheap and abundant, no longer a source of advantage. The truly scarce resources now are the time, the talent, and the energy of the people in your organization—resources that are too often squandered.

In Cash is King, working capital and cash strategist Peter W. Kingma delivers an insightful and practical discussion of why your company's cash position should be on an equal footing with sales, cost, and service, and how to make that happen. You'll learn why cash is the fuel in your corporate engine and discover the attributes of an organizational cash culture and how to adopt them within your own firm.

What happens when the world around you is spinning with so many questions, hurdles, and problems? How do you get to live the life you have always dreamed of—and reach the goals that you and your family desire? The answer, says author Irvin Schorsch, is through finding the right kind of family-focused fiduciary firm that can be a trusted partner to help you in all aspects of life.

Today, our Mother Earth is giving us a timeout to go to our corners and think about what we have done, and she is compelling us to wake up and to remember that we are all connected from the global markets and economies to the air we inhale and exhale. One day, we will realize that there is nothing more important in the world than knowing that each of us has a gift and that we are all here to support each other to fulfill that gift.

In Humanizing Human Capital, Solange Charas, PhD, and Stela Lupushor reframe traditional HR practices into a future-forward strategy to optimize human capital. Charas and Lupushor shift decision-making about people from a gut sense to an evidence-based approach—a critical and much-needed departure from the cross-your-fingers-and-hope-for-the-best approach of most traditional HR programs today.

After making millions of dollars flipping hundreds of houses, Dan Zitofsky's wife informed him that he was failing as a husband and father. In spite of providing his family "everything they could ever desire", he was not giving them what they really wanted, personal time with him. Working 100-hour weeks on real estate deals and rehab projects, Dan was never home. And, even when he was, he wasn't "present" for his family. Stressing over business problems with his phone always in his hand, Dan Zitofsky's highly successful real estate investing business had taken over his life.

It's the 21st century, yet most companies maintain a 20th-century corporate culture. Despite instant communication and collaboration through wireless computers and smartphones, employers needlessly rent or own office space. Bryan Miles has a reality check for you: the future of business is virtual, and it's going to take more than technology upgrades for you to upgrade your workplace environment.

In this hysterical, astute book, HR industry expert Jim Dunn explores how humor can improve our professional environments and personal development by exploring questions like: How is humor a superpower for fostering collaborative environments? Are funny employees more effective? How can laughter turn crisis into connection and opportunity? How can instituting a culture of levity shape team dynamics and improve job satisfaction?

Willst Du erfahren, was ein gutes Personalmanagement ausmacht? Weißt Du, wie es um das Humankapital in Deiner Firma bestellt ist? Überlegst Du Dir, Dein Personalmanagement auf Vordermann zu bringen? Humankapital verstehen und erfolgreich managen. Lerne in diesem hilfreichen Ratgeber.

After launching his first company while still in college, Jason Baptiste cofounded his current venture, Onswipe, in his early twenties, turning it into a multimillion-dollar company in less than a year. Now, drawing on his own experience as a bootstrapping but hungry entrepreneur, as well as on examples from today’s most famous companies, he guides would-be tech moguls through every stage of the process - from testing a concept to acquiring customers to determining the best pricing model - in a cheap, practical way.

Imagine a world where you are the master of your finances, steering the ship of your economic destiny with confidence and precision. Capital Creations: Crafting Your Own Wealth Narrative is your map to this world—a detailed guide designed to transform your approach to wealth and set you on the path to financial freedom. This isn't just a book; it's the start of a journey that leads to the life you've long deemed possible.

For thousands of years, humanity was ruled by Kings and Queens through bloodlines and rituals. Later governments and social insurgents brought forth unity for democracy and revolutions. Today, humanity distrusts the political forces which govern, and royalty is a dying breed. Yet still, 99.99% of humans are looking for someone, anyone whom they can follow, learn from, be inspired by, and trust in.

Viva the Entrepreneur shares the lessons Brian learned while building his company. He shows how to manage your own psychology and your operations, be it working with cofounders, building a culture, or managing a board of directors. Brian also reveals the secrets of scaling a business and best practices for raising venture capital in Latin America. You will develop an understanding of the most critical parts of an investor term sheet and gain perspective into the inner workings of the venture capital game.

Overthinking manifests itself as an overwhelming fear that, although unrealistic, ends up taking control of your thoughts and completely blocking your actions. Excessive thinking generates excessive thinking. It is a process that feeds itself and leads inevitably to exhaustion, both emotional and physical because your mind never stops running and consuming energy. If you are genuinely motivated by the desire to reverse this vicious circle, but perhaps you never had the right approach to solving the problem, this audiobook may be what you are missing to accomplish the mission.

Work sucks. It’s not the job, it’s the people. There’s the guy who hates everything. The woman that derails every meeting. The jackass that built an evil empire around the accounting system. If they’d just go away, life at work would be a lot better. So fire them as nature intended. The law of the jungle has striking parallels in the office jungles of work. I’ll guide you through the wilderness of the organizational predator to show you how to hunt vile coworkers, even bosses, all the way to the pink slip.

Leadership by the Book is an exceptional audiobook, brimming with insights, tools, and tactics for becoming a successful leader. Written in the parable format of Ken Blanchard's best-selling The One Minute Manager and Raving Fans, it tells the story of a professor and minister who school a young professional in management skills and ethics.