"Nineteen-year-old Oprah Winfrey started out as a news anchor, but she blazed through the ranks to become one of the most influential entrepreneurs in the world. Historically, minorities such as women were relegated to lesser positions in business. Although a shift toward more diversity in business began long ago, readers will learn about the tremendous gap that still remains between genders, cultures and races, social and economic levels, and abilities...

Tony Fadell led the teams that created the iPod, iPhone and Nest Learning Thermostat and learned enough in thirty plus years in Silicon Valley about leadership, design, startups, Apple, Google, decision-making, mentorship, devastating failure and unbelievable success to fill an encyclopedia. So that's what this book is. An advice encyclopedia. A mentor in a box. Tony uses examples that are instantly captivating, like the process of building the very...

"The students at Lizzie's high school are notoriously terrible at breakups. Forget awkward conversations -- they're dumping each other via text. Inspired by the terrible breakups around her, sixteen-year-old Lizzie, strapped for cash and itching to go on the school's band trip to NYC, teams up with her best friend, Willa, to create a genius business: personalized gift baskets -- breakup baskets -- sent from dumper to dumpee. The Goodbye Girls operate...

Seeking funding for their edible insect business, with the ultimate goal of getting their tortilla chips made with cricket powder on every grocery store shelf, twelve-year-olds Hallie and Jaye enter the county startup pitch competition to try and win tickets to New York City to compete in the next round.

Sees the arrival of a dashing and elegant stranger in Candleford. Rich, enterprising, worldly and without a wife, James Dowland is a successful businessman with a string of London hotels and has come to transform Candleford and bring it new prosperity. But not everyone welcomes his entrepreneurial efforts and it isn't long before he is sparring with the spirited yet suddenly flustered Dorcas.

The entrepreneurial journey is lonely-especially if you're looking to start a business in Latin America, where opportunities are ripe but resources are scarce. Brian Requarth is well acquainted with the challenges unique to this part of the world, having grown Viva Real from two people to over 500 employees, and tens of millions in dollars of revenue. Now, Brian wants to help demystify the obstacles you'll face, teach what you won't learn in business...

As an innovator in a large company working hard to drive growth and deliver products consumers love, your size is an advantage-one that you can leverage for incredible results. But when it comes to innovation, you can't rely on big-company strength alone. Between your company's capabilities and the entrepreneurial ethos underscoring every successful startup lies the sweet spot for disruptive innovation, and the key to unlocking exponential growth. In...

If you study the lives of the most successful people around you; these people without fail apply the principle of leverage and use it to maximum effect in their life. Without applying some kind of leverage there is no possibility of creating accelerated wealth. Bestselling author Praveen Kumar in this book explains how you can create massive wealth in quick time by simply understanding and mastering the principle of leverage. Correct application of...

Entrepreneurs are the heartbeat of America's economy! Today, more businesses - sometimes referred to as side hustles - are popping up than ever before. The secret is out, the best opportunity to obtain financial freedom is through entrepreneurship. Millions of courageous men and women leave the comfortable, predictable salaries to stake their claim on their futures. It's almost like the days of the Gold Rush, when droves of people traveled west...