Sentences with phrase «what business books»

Most important, what business books are on your list of 2010 ′ s best business books of the year?

What business books have had the biggest impact on how you think about running a company?

And that, in turn, has begun changing what a business book is.

Not only will these yearly lists provide insights into what business book buyers are currently interested in, the lists, themselves, provide case studies in book title excellence for you to learn from.

Not exact matches

This is a must - read book for entrepreneurs because it is written in a no - nonsense, straight talk style by an entrepreneur who shares his inside perspective on what it takes to start a business.

The business world can be brutal I don't care what you learned in school, you'll come across so many situations you can't learn in a text book written in 1985 (Not a fan of college, can you tell:)-RRB- Be prepared to work 7 days a week.

Adam Braun, founder of Pencils of Promise, described in his book, The Promise of a Pencil, what it feels like when business people appear to lose interest in him after he says he has a non-profit.

Dubbed the best business book of the year last year by The Financial Times and McKinsey, this one by a Pulitzer - Prize winning journalist looks at what happened to Janesville, Wisconsin when a General Motors factory that had been operating in the town for 85 years closed.

And while the book doesn't have anything useful to say about Canadian business leaders, it does raise some interesting questions about what's going on in Canadian business schools.

Fortune spoke with Jeetendr Sehdev, a celebrity branding authority and author of the new book The Kim Kardashian Principle: Why Shameless Sells (and How to Do It Right), about what the Kardashian clan can teach business about reaching millennial consumers (without having them laugh your ad off the air).

In two moves last year, the company lopped $ 2.9 billion off Safeway's book value — half what it paid for the business.

Accenture is an example of what naming guru Alex Frankel describes in his book Wordcraft: The Art of Turning Little Words into Big Business as «the synthetic, just - add - water (and a lot of advertising dollars), umbrella name.»

And you can educate people on what it takes to create sustainable demand, which is why books like Slywotzky's — not to mention business schools — aren't a waste of time.

Speaking from my limited experience, the book business is more illogical and messed up than the music industry ever was, and we all know what happened to them.

Being in business you get a lot of business book recommendations, but fiction gives you a clear sense of what the future could be instead of what has happened in the past.

Author and London Business School professor Lynda Gratton, along with her coauthor, Andrew Scott, had a simple premise in mind for their 2016 book, The 100 - Year Life: What is going to happen to us all, when everyone starts living to 100?

What's more, staff members are nervous about giving up smaller clients and the revenue each adds to their book of business.

Most of the books are not what the average person might want to read, with technical and business manuals making up a good chunk (sample: The 2007 - 2012 World Outlook for Wood Toilet Seats).

Noted business author Nancy Austin explains what's new in upcoming titles from the business - book press.

It's hard to believe that an author who has made a career of the «leadership» racket — with book titles such as Bad Leadership: What It Is, How It Happens, Why It Matters; and Reinventing Leadership: Making the Connection Between Politics and Business — would now be calling for its end.

Dennis Cowhey, author of the book What Does It Mean — The Personal Stories Behind Vanity License Plates, says business people have used all sorts of creative combinations of numerals and letters to let the world know what theyWhat Does It Mean — The Personal Stories Behind Vanity License Plates, says business people have used all sorts of creative combinations of numerals and letters to let the world know what theywhat they do.

To determine just what constitutes a key asset or skill within an industry, David A. Aaker in his book, Developing Business Strategies, suggests concentrating your efforts in four areas:

Name: Melanie Perkins Company: Canva Work - life balance philosophy: We are what we repeatedly do, and being consistent with perseverance and hardwork have seen me from being a 14 - year - old starting my first business of selling handmade scarves, to a 19 - year - old starting Fusion Books, to where I am with Canva is today.

In their book Write Your Business Plan, the staff of Entrepreneur Media offer an in - depth understanding of what's essential to any business plan, what's appropriate for your venture, and what it takes to ensure Business Plan, the staff of Entrepreneur Media offer an in - depth understanding of what's essential to any business plan, what's appropriate for your venture, and what it takes to ensure business plan, what's appropriate for your venture, and what it takes to ensure success.

She provided Business Insider with the list of the books she used to prepare for her marathon of interviews, along with an explanation of what makes each book so helpful.

His book provides a fascinating look into what influenced and shaped one of the most business - savvy entrepreneurs of all time.

Popular business books often exaggerate what case studies can actually teach us, and when the evidence is shaky, the advice is suspect.

The ads that populate the web, the kind that know to show sneakers to a runner or business books to executives, provide a model of what personalization outside the confines browsers and traditional computer systems might look like, Battelle says:

This book reminds me that being naive can be a blessing and to embrace every opportunity following your heart versus what they would tell you to do in business school.»

The book exemplifies how people have gained and lost power throughout the ages, which is what I find really interesting: Learning from iconic figures from past centuries and applying them to our drastically different, hyper - modern business models of the present.

New York Times business reporter and author Charles Duhigg uncovers the psychology behind what makes customer and employee behavior turn into habit in his best selling book, The Power Of Habit.

His latest book is What's the Future of Business?

After reading my new book, Real Leaders Don't Follow, an old friend and business associate who's had a long and successful career, Ziv Azmanov, sent me an email that, among other things, does a pretty effective job of explaining what distinguishes real entrepreneurs from the pack:

«What CA has done is not science — it's marketing to the ignorant and using the perception of success and proximity to Trump to grow their own brand and book of business,» he added.

That's because in a service business everything happens every day on the front line and there's no time to consult a rule book or a manager — you've got to go with your gut, and with what you've been taught, seen and internalized.

He is a professional speaker, an author of multiple books, a what - matters-most business coach, and a proud bald guy.

Yes, you're buying a company, but once you acquire it, what you're really buying is their book of business.

Roger Blackwell and Tina Stephan's book Brands That Rock: What Business Leaders Can Learn From the World of Rock and Roll explains how any company can cultivate a powerful fan base.

Zappos strips it down, Eric Schmidt's book, an identity crisis at the workplace, digital detectives, and what Google + means for your business.

For more on what it takes to be successful in today's highly competitive business world, get Steve's new book, Real Leaders Don't Follow: Being Extraordinary in the Age of the Entrepreneur, and check out his blog at stevetobak.com.

In conducting research for our book What's Your Business Worth?

Arlene Dickinson: The new show is really seeing the due diligence phase in action, where you're going into the businesses and seeing how it works, what the management team is like, looking at the books and all that.

One of the most interesting things I discuss in my book Mapping Innovation is what I call the new era of innovation, which will create profoundly new technologies, classes of data and business models.

Consider these five tips for making a graceful exit from Bill McBean, author of the recent book The Facts of Business Life: What Every Successful Business Owner Knows That You Don't, published by Wiley.

Any bookstore can also order it if you give them the full title: «Guerrilla Marketing to Heal the World» — there are more than 60 Guerrilla Marketing books that cover other aspects of business and have nothing to do with what we've been talking about.

This information is covered in more detail in Carol Topp's book Running a Micro Business What is a Sales Presentation?

Any bookstore can also order it if you give them the full title: «Guerrilla Marketing Goes Green» — there are more than 60 Guerrilla Marketing books that cover other aspects of business and have nothing to do with what we've been talking about.

«Gage pours his heart and soul into this book, sharing his observations and opinions on what's right and wrong with business.

«If you empathize with customers, what you see through their eyes will surprise you,» according to Brian Solis in his book, «X: The Experience When Business Meets Design».

In his book «X, When Experience Meets Design,» Brian Solis outlines how large disrupter businesses like cosmetics giant Sephora went through «aha» moments when it came to truly understanding what their stakeholders wanted.