Economics and Business

80 percent of small businesses do not receive outside funding. They scrimp and save to make their business dreams a reality. As these businesses grow, the hasty financial decisions and systems put in place during their infancy inevitably crumble. Banishing biz-speak, THE FINANCIALLY SAVVY ENTREPRENEUR offers entrepreneurs—indeed, all business owners—simple and innovative tools to maintain business

Most companies around the globe clearly believe that people should have the opportunity to achieve as much as their initiative and native talent can justify, but too many managers still lack the wherewithal to effectively groom junior employees who have the potential to climb the corporate ladder. The support of a mentor is an integral part of any effort to maximise someone's full potential. A men

After years of sharing her small-business tips and marketing tricks with readers of her popular blog, ChunkOfChange.com, and column in the Long Beach Post, Olga Mizrahi has taken her message to the streets, urging business owners to focus in while reaching out. You'll be excited and motivated to clearly state your difference to the world and your neighbourhood - while confidently selling yourself

There are millions of women-owned businesses; they account for trillions in revenue and employ nearly 8 million people. Women are starting businesses at a rate twice that of men. Most of these women are, also, mums. What does it take to be successful as both a mum and as an entrepreneur? MOMS MEAN BUSINESS gives existing and potential mum business owners the encouragement, advice and healthy dose

Do you feel like everyone around you is getting ahead while you're stuck in the same old rut? And do you blame everyone and everything for your situation - except yourself? Many of us walk around engaging in negative behaviour and mindsets, and don't even realise we're doing it. Every day, people work harder and harder to get - nowhere. It's time to stop being second-rate; it's time to be great! W

Play is an essential, necessary and natural human activity... and it's for adults and companies too. Play is an immersive process that allows us to ask “What if?” - to break free of the strictures that limit creativity and satisfaction. It is not about reverting to childhood, but a way to use the processes that came naturally to us as children but have been trained out of us, labelled as inappropr

Somewhere between self-help and self-promotion lies self-awareness and advancement. YOUR ULTIMATE SUCCESS PLAN is a book that provides surprisingly easy-to-apply business strategies in an approachable, actionable, authentic way and encourages you to find your voice and realise your potential. The characters you will meet in each chapter of this book are easy to relate to - professional women and m

How do you take an underperforming unit - team, department, office or company - that has run aground and get it moving forward? In ALL HANDS ON DECK, Peter J. Boni shows any leader or aspiring leader exactly what to do. Following his advice, recognition and rewards come quickly. It even allows leaders without an MBA or Oxbridge education to leapfrog over those who have superior credentials or stro

An international business expert helps you understand and navigate cultural differences in this insightful and practical guide, perfect for both your work and personal life. Americans precede anything negative with three nice comments; French, Dutch, Israelis, and Germans get straight to the point; Latin Americans and Asians are steeped in hierarchy; Scandinavians think the best boss is just on

THE WILD INSIDE STORY OF CRYPTO'S GET-RICH-QUICK UNDERBELLY Nat Eliason had six months to make as much money as possible before his first child was born. So, he turned to where countless others did in 2021: Crypto. Within a year, he'd made millions writing code holding hundreds of millions of dollars of other people's money. He'd been hacked. He'd sold a picture of a monkey for two hundred gran

From the New York Times bestselling author of The New Great Depression and Currency Wars, a telling prediction for how AI will endanger global economic markets and security

A stunning story about how power works in the modern age?the book the New York Times called ?one helluva page-turner? and The Sunday Times of London celebrated as ?riveting?an astonishing modern media conspiracy that is a fantastic read.? Pick up the book everyone is talking about. In 2007, a short blogpost on Valleywag, the Silicon Valley-vertical of Gawker Media, outed PayPal founder and billio

In his New York Times bestselling book, Discipline Is Destiny, Ryan Holiday made the Stoic case for a life of self-discipline. In this much-anticipated third installment in the Stoic Virtues series, he argues for the necessity of doing what´s right – even when it isn´t easy For the ancients, everything worth pursuing in life flowed from a strong sense of justice—or one´s commitment to

A primer on the future of PR, marketing and advertising — now revised and updated with new case studies "Forget everything you thought you knew about marketing and read this book. And then make everyone you work with read it, too." —Jason Harris, CEO of Mekanism Megabrands like Dropbox, Instagram, Snapchat, and Airbnb were barely a blip on the radar years ago, but now they'

The cult classic that predicted the rise of fake news—revised and updated for the post-Trump, post-Gawker age.   Hailed as "astonishing and disturbing" by the Financial Times and "essential reading" by TechCrunch at its original publication, former American Apparel marketing director Ryan Holiday´s first book sounded a prescient alarm about the dangers of fake news. It's all the mor

A timeless trilogy of the extraordinary bestsellers The Obstacle is the Way, Ego is the Enemy, and Stillness is the Key by Ryan Holiday, now available with the 10th anniversary edition of The Obstacle is the Way. For more than two thousand years, Stoic philosophy has been the secret operating system of wise leaders, artists, athletes, brilliant thinkers, and ordinary citizens. With his acclaimed,

Do less and accomplish more in all areas of your life with this 90-day planner based on the million-copy bestseller Essentialism. When it comes to work, more is not better. As the author of Essentialism, Greg McKeown has inspired people all over the world to stop, take stock, and prioritize what is essential and discard what is not. In doing so, you free yourself from the trivial and focus on wha

We live in a world that’s obsessed with talent. We celebrate gifted students in school, natural athletes in sports, and child prodigies in music. But admiring people who start out with innate advantages leads us to overlook the distance we ourselves can travel. We underestimate the range of skills that we can learn and how good we can become. We can all improve at improving. And when oppo

Discover how to run your business in alignment with the cycles of the cosmos, with the guidance of this one-of-a-kind oracle. Business astrology is a growing field that is extremely popular among soulful entrepreneurs. The first oracle deck of its kind, The Business Astrology Oracle is not just an oracle; it´s also a learning tool, offering a unique business astrology framework in a box. Created