52 Books found for subject: Entrepreneurship

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Founders at Work: Stories of Startups’ Early Days

Founders at Work: Stories of Startups’ Early Days is a collection of interviews with founders of famous technology companies about what happened in the very earliest days. These people are celebrities now. What was it like when they were just a couple friends with an idea? Founders like Steve Wozniak (Apple), Caterina Fake (Flickr), Mitch Kapor (Lotus), Max Levchin (PayPal), and Sabeer Bhatia (Hotmail) tell … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Author: Jessica Livingston | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, People

Instinct: Tapping Your Entrepreneurial DNA to Achieve Your Business Goals

The first book to combine business management and scientific studies shows how the personality traits of successful entrepreneurs may be inherited–and what you can do to make the jump from employee to entrepreneur. What exactly does it mean to be a “born leader”? Are some people naturally endowed with characteristics that lead to success? Could success be the result of something in our DNA? INSTINCT … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Authors: Mary H. Frakes, Thomas L. Harrison | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Personal Development

Done Deals: Venture Capitalists Tell Their Stories

“Until a few years ago,” notes journalist-consultant Udayan Gupta, “venture capitalists were hardly on anyone’s radar screen.” That’s not the case these days, as financiers who used to work behind the scenes now regularly set markets afire with their public support of high-profile technology and Internet stocks. In Done Deals, Gupta allows 35 of the brightest stars in what has become a $30-billion-a-year business to … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Author: Udayan Gupta | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital

The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Business Law

Bagley and Dauchy take the would-be entrepreneur from the decision to go it alone through the growth of the new venture to the initial public offering — anticipating and explaining legal concerns throughout the process. There are chapters on deciding whether to incorporate, raising capital, and forming a board, as well as discussions of contracts, product liability, intellectual property, and human resources.

“There is a need … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Authors: Constance E. Bagley, Craig E. Dauchy | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Legal

The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything

What does it take to turn ideas into action? What are the elements of a perfect pitch? How do you win the war for talent? How do you establish a brand without bucks? These are some of the issues everyone faces when starting or revitalizing any undertaking, and Guy Kawasaki, former marketing maven of Apple Computer, provides the answers.

The Art of the Start will give … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Author: Guy Kawasaki | Subject: Entrepreneurship

Angel Investing: Matching Startup Funds with Startup Companies – A Guide for Entrepreneurs, Individual Investors, and Ventur

According to Robert J. Robinson and Mark van Osnabrugge, so-called business angels–those generally unheralded private investors who usually specialize in high-growth fields and often involve themselves directly in the endeavors they fund–now provide 30 to 40 times more financing each year than their more famous counterparts, venture capitalists. In Angel Investing, Robinson and Van Osnabrugge use personal interviews, anecdotal evidence, and more than 300 research … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Authors: Mark Van Osnabrugge, Robert J. Robinson | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital

How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas

Journalist Bornstein (The Price of a Dream: The Story of the Grameen Bank) profiles nine indomitable champions of social change who developed innovative ways to address needs they saw around them in places as distinct as Bombay, India; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and inner-city Washington, D.C. As these nine grew influential when their ingenious ideas proved ever more widely successful, they came to the attention … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Author: David Bornstein | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Social Responsibility (ESG)

Business Plans Kit for Dummies (With CD-ROM)

While Business Plans For Dummies covers the strategy of putting a business plan together, Business Plans Kit For Dummies covers how to put a business plan to work! This kit covers business plans for every stage (and every type) of business: e-business, sole proprietorships, small businesses, service companies, high-tech companies, non-profits — even business plans for middle managers and restructuring a company. It emphasizes methods … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Authors: Peter E. Jaret, Steven D. Peterson | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Strategy

Zero Gravity: Riding Venture Capital from High Tech Start-Up to Breakout IPO

In the world of venture capital, investors look for deals that will return 10 to 20 times their original investment, although sometimes they do much, much better. Venture capitalists are looking for many things: not only a company that can dominate a business category, but one that will eventually be worth at least a half-billion dollars. And even if an entrepreneur can present a business … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Authors: John Doerr, Steve Harmon | Subject: Entrepreneurship

The Map of Innovation: Creating Something Out of Nothing

What if innovation could be made routine-if assembly-line procedures could churn out brilliant ideas on command? O’Connor, the founder of online ad wholesaler DoubleClick and an unremitting entrepreneur, relishes innovative ideas-from a youthful scheme to shock a troublesome raccoon to DVD rentals that self-destruct instead of having to be returned-and offers here a “reproducible” process that will “force innovation” and “improve both the numbers and … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Authors: Kevin O’Connor, Paul B. Brown | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Innovation