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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.

You cannot be reluctant to fundraise. Your mission and the impact it's meant to have needs resources to make it happen. When good people come together and are driven by purpose, incredible things happen. You don't need to sell your soul to raise money for a great cause. Period. Let Cindy teach you how to navigate fundraising, so you can build a purposeful and impactful nonprofit with confidence, ease, and heart.

Based on over 10 years working with small businesses, Kassan says the landscape of investment capital is far larger and more diverse than many would have you believe. Venture capitalists looking for a tenfold return on their investment are a tiny minority, and many investors are just as mission-driven as entrepreneurs. Kassan takes listeners through a six-step process to create a customized capital-raising plan, one that inspires them, excites them, and is in complete agreement with their business, their values, and their lives.

It has never been easier to start a home based business using the internet to sell what you make. A whole generation of young families are enjoy additional income because they've learned to make and sell from the comfort of their home. The potential is real and the impact on household budgets can be life changing. According to an April 2011 article in Inc. magazine, the average Etsy seller makes just $785 a year. You can do much better!

A game-changing audiobook that outlines the ways in which technology has transformed how brands and businesses innovate and connect with consumers. The DNA of business has changed. Forever. You can blame technology, smartphones, social media, online shopping, and everything else, but nothing changes this reality: We are in a moment of business purgatory. Mitch Joel, one of the world's leading experts in new media, warns that the time has come to "Ctrl Alt Delete". To reboot and to start re-building your business model.

Drawing on decades of experience, the authors offer a fresh, enlivening approach to the nonprofit enterprise that, too often, is undervalued and thought of as the province of the burnt-out and the overwhelmed. Along with its many candid insights and memorable anecdotes, The Art of Giving also offers instruction on how to create a business plan for giving that works for you.

Your career is in real estate, or maybe you’re looking to invest. What if you had the tools, know-how, and been there-done-that experience from an industry veteran on how to hedge your cash from the market? What if real estate was on your terms? Good news? All of this is achievable by creating a “money machine” rather than a per-deal operating system. Listen to find out more....

The official guide to automated income streaming (AIS), a step-by-step guide how to make money online without using affiliates, MLM, or pyramid schemes. Do you have five hours a week and a computer? Then you’re ready to build your first AIS. This audiobook will teach you literally everything that you need to know about how to build a real online business model that customers will happily pay you for. Even if you know nothing about digital marketing, this audiobook will get you started and make money right away.

Life is getting more and more expensive. The cost of living keeps going up, pensions have dwindled and are taking longer than ever to pay out, and people are having to work more and longer for the same (or lower) quality of life. The postapocalyptic recession has left many businesses having to start again.

Having a clear knowledge of your business's financial life is important. No one should be in the dark about their overall financial picture. That's a disaster waiting to happen. However, with a perfunctory knowledge of basic accounting principles, including assets and liabilities, creating financial statements, budgeting, and more, you'll be on the road to healthier relationship with your money.

If you’re reading this that likely means you’ve heard of “selling on Amazon", “Amazon FBA”, or “private label products” being bandied around Online or from other entrepreneurs. Perhaps you’re already quite experienced in this field and are interested in how others run their business or perhaps you’re simply curious about what the fuss is all about. In a nutshell, Amazon FBA can be compared to what eBay was 10 years ago, in terms of the opportunity it provides to earn money Online. The actual technicalities of how FBA and private labeling works will be covered in the next two chapters.

Making passive income has never before been easier than it is right now. With the internet at your fingertips, you have the opportunity of a lifetime to create a successful business, generating passive income that will change your life. This guide will provide you with information that will help guide you on your journey to creating passive income and the life you want.

Education is important. But schools don’t teach you how to become wealthy by using the incredible power of your mind. You don’t need a high IQ or a college degree to be successful. You can become a millionaire, even a billionaire, faster than you ever imagined possible by following a simple formula.

According to a recent study, 69 percent of Americans have less than $1,000 in a savings account. Worse, 45 percent reported having $0 in a savings account! I don’t have to tell you - if you’re in that position, you know it’s a fragile way to live. You’re one unexpected expense, one missed paycheck, one surprise layoff away from taking on more debt. This audiobook is about creating some financial margin in your life.

A powerful manifesto for CEOs and employees alike: Influential and award-winning business leader Margaret Heffernan reveals how organizations can build ideal workplace cultures and create seismic shifts by making deceptively small changes.

Learn how you can start your own lucrative trucking business with very little funding in this comprehensive guide that is easy and simple to follow.

Good ideas are killing great companies. A waste of money, brains, and time (WOMBAT) is guaranteed if your company thinks product first, market second. Every late-stage failure, every “pivot,” is a testament to this. When you’re wrong about the market, you cannot be right about the product, so why is innovation done this way? Needs-Driven Innovation—inspired by Stanford University’s Biodesign—turns the typical innovation process on its head. Instead of failing with product-market fit, NDI discovers market-product fit. Every time.

When Ashton Kutcher first heard about 50 Cent's nine-figure Vitaminwater windfall in 2007, the actor realized he'd been missing out. He soon followed the rapper's formula - seeking equity instead of cash for endorsement deals - but with a twist: as the first person to top one million Twitter followers, Kutcher leveraged his social reach to accumulate stakes in a vast range of user-hungry tech startups. A decade later, Kutcher is perhaps the brightest in a firmament of star investors from Beyoncé and Jay-Z to Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez.

Will Africa be the world's next hub of manufacturing? China is answering in the affirmative and investing accordingly. This book dispels the notion that this crucial story is merely about China's exploitation of Africa's resources, illuminating deep questions about our own Western approach to development and the implications for the future of manufacturing. The fact that China sees Africa not for its poverty but for its potential wealth is a striking departure from the attitude of the West, in particular the United States.

Ring the Bell is the story of a home service entrepreneur who is called to follow his heart and build the business of his dreams. It’s a book unlike any others. It's a story of overcoming adversity and growing in mental toughness. It's a blueprint to making more money than ever before. It's a outline for serving and giving back at the highest level.