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This audiobook provides a compelling argument for how and why US Immigration Policy is working against our own best interest. It explores why a bipartisan Startup Visa for foreign entrepreneurs, which the US Congress has repeatedly failed to approve, is now more crucial than ever. And it reaches back through the generations to acknowledge immigrants’ contributions to America. If we want a future of economic prosperity, the Startup Visa is essential for keeping America in this global race as the rest of the world is catching up, embracing the entrepreneurs we are turning away.

Learning how to create a plan can be tough if you’ve never done it before, but it doesn’t have to be. Creating a fair and equitable family business legacy plan is possible if you start with the right mindset and your desired goals and objectives. Author and financial advisor Maria L. Ellis, MBA, has spent decades helping people achieve their financial goals so they are best prepared for their futures. In Family Business Legacy Plan, Maria will teach you why you do not need to have all your legacy issues figured out to create a plan, and more.

Have you ever dreamed of being a successful business professional? Do phrases like “intangible assets” intimidate you? The Hidden Treasures of Businesses is a brilliant guide written by successful businessman and author John Evgenidis. Its main focus is explaining how intangible assets are able to lead to competitive advantages in the market. This audiobook is not a technical manual based on IFRS or other accounting standards. Evgenidis approaches the topic of intangible assets with a clear purpose and a linguistic ability that holds listeners’ attention.

Innovation Casino is a new playbook on how executives at large firms can grow digital revenue in the 2020s. Challenged with COVID-19 at the outset, the 2020s are also poised for higher taxes and higher borrowing costs. In this new decade, large corporates will need to change course from betting on big acquisitions (a strategy used by “players” in the innovation casino) to growing organically by creating new reasons for customers to pay a premium and stay loyal.

Recovery, ora dipende da noi: Recovery, poteri rafforzati per evitare i ritardi. Premi alle aziende che chiudono prima i lavori, di Raffaele Ricciardi; Premi ai funzionari che si impegnano di più sul Recovery Plan, di Rosaria Amato; Recovery Fund, dall'Ue via libera rapido al Piano italiano, di Claudio Tito; Prodi a Repubblica: "Bene il Recovery plan, ma adesso cambiamo l'economia italiana per avere un futuro", di Luciano Nigro; Ora dipende solo da noi, di Carlo Cottarelli; I primi 25 miliardi del Recovery per scuola, giovani e infrastrutture, di Claudio Tito.

100 Millionen Euro hat Wolfgang Deutschmann mit seinen Unternehmen bereits online unter Einsatz von Facebook, Instagram, YouTube und Co. bewegt. In diesem Buch erklärt der 28-Jährige leicht verständlich, wie jeder und jede erfolgreich ein Social-Media-Business aufziehen kann und wie Unternehmen von der Pizzeria bis zum Versicherungskonzern ihr Geschäftsmodell digitalisieren und ihren Umsatz steigern können.

Balancing the short term and the long term is a perennial struggle, but new developments put boards squarely at the center of this dilemma and in need of guidance. Much of the $14 trillion of assets that firms like Vanguard, BlackRock, and State Street manage is now held in index funds, creating a huge class of permanent institutional investors. These so-called passive investors (unlike activist investors, passive investors don't have power to exit the fund) own almost 60 percent of the Fortune 500 - and they have found their voice.

In the long run, economies grow. Over the shorter-term business cycle, economic activity contracts and expands. From Main Street to Wall Street examines both the long-run relation between economic growth and stock returns and the shorter-term business-cycle relation. It examines the complex relationship between the economy and the stock market, and guides listeners through the fascinating interaction between economic activity and financial markets.

Wall Street lawyer Norm Champ spent nearly 20 years dealing with the SEC on behalf of his clients and as an industry representative working to educate the agency about hedge funds. Believing he could help reform the deeply flawed agency, Champ left his career in the private sector and joined the SEC. In Going Public, Champ presents a rare insider's look at how the SEC operates and explains exactly how the agency impacts the overall economic health of the country.

A medida que cada nueva generación de emprendedores emerge, existe un renovado interés en cómo se unen los acuerdos de capital de riesgo. Sin embargo, realmente no hay una guía definitiva para los acuerdos de capital de riesgo. Nadie entiende esto mejor que los autores Brad Feld y Jason Mendelson. Durante más de diecisiete años, han estado involucrados en cientos de financiamientos de capital de riesgo, y ahora, con Venture Deals, comparten sus experiencias en este campo con usted.

As a certified financial planner with 35 years of industry experience, Cindy Couyoumjian is committed to filling the financial literacy void for many Americans. In her timely and thought-provoking book, Cindy gives a unique macro perspective of what she calls “the hidden forces behind your money”, which are the unseen political and economic forces that may influence your investment decisions.

When you’re acquired by private equity, the first 100 days are critical. You need to grow revenue faster, be more profitable, and integrate additional companies, all while getting buy-in from investors. In this environment, ramping up your sales pipeline is a major component of meeting board expectations. In Post-Acquisition Marketing, Shiv Narayanan reveals how PE-backed companies can leverage marketing to scale faster and deliver on the investment thesis.

Ron Dimon's thought-leading second edition of the book originally entitled Enterprise Performance Management Done Right, published in 2012, is a practical road map for using connected planning to develop an agile organization and to navigate the complex enterprise performance management landscape.

Warren Buffett is one of the best investors of all time. But what is his strategy? Buffett's 2-Step Stock Market Strategy breaks down Buffett’s two-step strategy and compiles his best investing principles, so that you can replicate his strategy when you invest in stocks. Buffett's 2-Step Stock Market Strategy will teach you when Buffett buys and sells, what he looks for when researching a stock, and the biggest mistakes that beginners make when trying to replicate his strategy.

Women receive 2 percent of venture funding and make up 9 percent of VC partners, yet research shows that companies with female leaders and board members outperform all-male companies. Changing Tides brings together experienced female venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, and thought leaders who share their expertise and tactical guidance through a collection of essays. This audiobook is intended as a resource for anyone wanting to win - or support a woman to win - at the heavily stacked entrepreneur and funding game.

Governo tra voto e recovery fund: La supplica del voto utile, di Stefano Folli; Zingaretti e Di Maio, il giorno da nemici in Puglia, di Giuliano Foschini; Lo spettro del super tecnico che agita il premier: "I potentati mi vogliono fuori", di Giovanna Vitale; La sfilata dei ministri a Cernobbio per blindare il governo: "Reggerà", di Giovanna Vitale; Conte nell’arena dem per fare pace. Si riapre la trattativa sul salva-Stati, di Tommaso Ciriaco; La sferzata di Zingaretti: "Hanno provato a farmi fuori ma non ci sono riusciti", di Giovanna Vitale.

Bank Job is a white-knuckle ride into the dark heart of the global financial system. Discover how art hacks life as artist and filmmaker duo Hilary Powell and Dan Edelstyn bring a community together to buy up and abolish crippling debt by printing their own money in a disused bank in East London. Behind the opaque language of loans and the defunct diagrams of debt, they discover a system flawed by design and ripe for hacking.

Misdirection is a step-by-step playbook for CEOs, CFOs, business owners, and HR executives that will help you identify and mitigate what can be the largest cause of negative operating leverage in your business. No matter your industry, company size, or location, this book will provide the tools to help you uncover what every other consultant has ignored. These expenses, hiding in every business, are disguised as liabilities but can become a powerful asset.

The untold fact is that relying on traditional VC/angel groups for startup funding doesn't work, but now, there's a better way. The Evergreen Startup presents a radical new approach that dramatically diversifies the sources of capital and types of investments available to an early-stage startup. It has been used in the real world by hundreds of founders to raise many millions of dollars.

Small businesses are the backbone of the US economy. They are the biggest job creators and offer a path to the American dream. But for many, it is difficult to get the capital they need to operate and succeed. In the Great Recession, access to capital for small businesses froze and in the aftermath, many community banks shuttered their doors and other lenders that had weathered the storm turned to more profitable avenues. For years after the financial crisis, the outlook for many small businesses was bleak. But then a new dawn of financial technology, or 'fintech', emerged.