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In a world where dreams can slip away in an instant, T.J. Hughes stands at a crossroads. After leaving a secure corporate management position to launch his startup, ScreenSaver, T.J. promised his wife, Jill, that he would turn their dreams into reality. But as reality sets in, he faces the harsh truth: his company is struggling to survive in a competitive landscape. With the odds stacked against him and the looming threat of failure, T.J. is determined to beat the statistics and prove that he can succeed where so many others have faltered. How can he face Jill if he loses everything?

Hundreds of thousands of business leaders and aspiring professionals have profited from the wisdom and savvy of Lead the Field! Now you can, too. Lead the Field has often been referred to as the "Program of Presidents" because so many top executives and business leaders have incorporated Earl Nightingale's insight and guidance into their management philosophies. This landmark book is a practical guide on how to think and act like a success. The timeless stories Nightingale uses to make his points are as profound as they are accessible.

You don't have to starve to be an artist. Build a career doing what you love. In this practical guide, professional artist Lisa Congdon reveals the many ways you can earn a living by making art - through illustration, licensing, fine art sales, print sales, teaching, and beyond. Including industry advice from such successful art-world pros as Nikki McClure, Mark Hearld, Paula Scher, and more, Art, Inc. will equip you with the tools - and the confidence - to turn your passion into a profitable business.

Go inside the high-stakes world of sports ownership as New York Times bestselling author and owner of the Baltimore Orioles David M. Rubenstein reveals the financial strategies, leadership secrets, and billion-dollar deal-making behind championship franchises through conversations with America's...

The champagne has gone flat. The wire transfer cleared months ago. Now what? Most founders spend decades building their companies, only to find themselves unmoored after the exit. The identity that defined them vanishes overnight. The mission that drove them disappears. Financial freedom arrives with an unexpected companion: existential emptiness.

Four innovation experts from the startup world, large enterprises, nonprofits, and academia come together to reveal the secret of uncovering authentic demand to build successful innovations. Books on innovation mostly focus on how to nurture innovative cultures and brainstorm ideas. The Heart of Innovation is the first popular book to concretely delve into what innovations really are and how to create them.

The first questions most people ask when starting a new job are "When do I get paid?" and "How much?" They're questions conditioned in us from the time we are kids doing our first odd jobs. And, we ask every single time we start new employment. Yet many of us forget about these questions when we begin working in a multilevel/network marketing/home-based business. Then we find our heads spinning, wondering how everything fits together.

Learn how the most successful businesses are creating value and igniting smart growth in a fast-paced, competitive market. Most businesses today focus on competition and disruption instead of collaboration, participation, and engagement. They focus on transactions instead of interactions. They...

Everything you need to know to green your business and grow your profit. This audiobook - based on the acclaimed book The Truth About Green Business - reveals 52 proven business strategies and bite-size, easy-to-use techniques that get results.

Jonathan Fields knows the risks - and potential power - of uncertainty. He gave up a six-figure income as a lawyer to make $12 an hour as a personal trainer. Then, married with a three-month old baby, he signed a lease to launch a yoga center in the heart of New York City...the day before 9/11.

John Brekke is one of the nation's most veteran executive coaches. He has worked with the top executives in some of the world's most prestigious companies including 3M, General Growth Properties, Pfizer, Wells Fargo, Cigna, and Honeywell. But this was not always so. John spent much of his youth working on a farm in Northern Minnesota plowing, seeding, and bailing hay. Under the tutelage of his Uncle George he learned about more than just farming, he learned about life.

In The Invisible Promise, Harry Beckwith, New York Times bestselling author of the iconic marketing classic, Selling the Invisible, applies his forty-plus years of advising businesses on every continent and his research in the last ten years to impart the proven guidance that businesses of all sizes desperately need. In this new age in marketing, he details how to build digital and nondigital messages that enhance your reputation for integrity; that stand out from the clutter; and that can produce exponential growth while saving you both time and money.

The Work of Art is an essential 21st-century roadmap for turning your creative work into a thriving business. Featuring brass-tacks useful information for creative entrepreneurs of every skill set, this book covers topics from personal branding, budgeting, and mental health, to guidance on clearing the hurdles that come forth as you rise to steady success. Heidi Luerra is the founder and CEO of RAW:natural born artists, the world’s largest independent arts organization.

We’re driven to accelerate growth in our local startup communities—but in the process, we overthink, overanalyze, and overload even our simplest activities. Before long, our community goals buckle under the weight of our complex adult concerns. Our motivation dries up. Our best ideas fade away, leaving entrepreneurs no choice but to find another city in which to make their dreams come true.

DEFCON is the US military acronym for "Defense Readiness Condition." DEFCON 1 is reserved only for imminent catastrophic events, like a nuclear war. Luckily, you don't have to fend off missile attacks in direct selling, but you will face some extremely difficult challenges and urgent crises leading your MLM team. It takes much more than a positive attitude and motivational words to be a successful field leader. True leadership requires you to deal with messy, complicated scenarios when there is not always a clear-cut solution.

If you’re an entrepreneur who’s ever caught yourself saying, “I’ll be successful when…”, this audiobook is for you. Successful entrepreneurship isn’t about reaching a specific number in your bank account or a certain number of clients. It’s about discovering and living out your own definition of "enough", so you are fulfilled by whoever you are and whatever you have in the now while confidently moving toward your next goal.

A perfect companion for mom entrepreneurs, this guide is brimming with practical advice, tips, and tricks to help a woman fine-tune her self-starter skills and raise a successful company. The lessons here show how to blend motherhood and business, including pointers on how to incorporate kids into the daily business routine and dozens of accounts from mom entrepreneurs on their adventures in time management. It's an indispensable sidekick to launching a dream, keeping it running, and turning it into a thriving business.

Music industry insider Christopher Grant Sr. introduces underrepresented creatives to the groundbreaking concept of Competitive Streaming™ and destroys the idea that creatives must rely on traditional digital media platforms for discovery. He levels the playing field for URCs, as he calls them to achieve success—regardless of fame, connections, or net worth.

This is a unique, fun guide to help entrepreneurs with the setbacks, the frustrations, the detours, and the crap that goes along with growing a dream, and to learn ways to access creative solutions and get stronger rather than feeling defeated. Remember, you are not alone; there are solutions, and having a sense of community, vision, and humor really helps. Dream big...droppings and all.