McKeever, Mike P.
Summary: You need a sound business plan to start a business or raise money to expand an existing one. For over 30 years, How to Write a Business Plan has helped fledgling entrepreneurs--from small service businesses and retailers to large manufacturing firms--write winning plans and get needed financing. This bestselling book contains clear step-by-step instructions and forms to put together a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nolo 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.15 MCKMcKeever, Mike P.
Summary: "You need a sound business plan to start a business or raise money to expand an existing one. For over 30 years, how to Write a Business Plan has helped fledging entrepreneurs -- from small service businesses and retailers to large manufacturing firms -- write winning plans and get needed financing. This bestselling book contains clear step-by-step instructions and forms to put together a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nolo 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.6 MCKIansiti, Marco
Summary: In industry after industry, data, analytics, and AI-driven processes are transforming the nature of work. While we often still treat AI as the domain of a specific skill, business function, or sector, we have entered a new era in which AI is challenging the very concept of the firm. AI-centric organizations exhibit a new operating architecture, redefining how they create, capture, share, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Summary: Offers step-by-step instructions for writing a business plan and includes a sample plan and tips on avoiding common mistakes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4012 COVMaitland, Iain
Summary: The ability to write a successful business plan is crucial to anyone who wants to advance their career. Written by Iain Maitland, a leading expert on appraisals as both a coach and a practitioner, this book quickly teaches you the insider secrets you need to know to in order to write and receive support for a business plan. The highly motivational 'in a week' structure of the book provides...
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Murray Learning 2016
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Summary: The first in a series of books by Zingerman's co-founding partner Ari Weinzweig examines the basic building blocks of the culture and structure we know now as Zingerman's. These approaches are applicable whether you're running a law office, a library, a restaurant, a record label, a software firm, or an organic farm. They are the behind-the-scenes "secret" stuff that goes into making a very...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zingerman's Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Display, Call number: 658.5 WEIKagan, Noah
Summary: "The founder and CEO of AppSumo.com, Noah Kagan, knows how to launch a seven-figure business in a single weekend-and he's done it seven times. Million Dollar Weekend will show you how. But, if the barriers to starting a business are getting lower and lower, why is it SO HARD TO DO for SO MANY PEOPLE? Why are there so many wantrepreneurs playing at business on social media and so few...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin 2024
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Summary: Part 3 continues to share the "secrets" that have helped take Zingerman's from a 25-seat, 4-person start up to a nationally known, $49,000,000-organization employing over 600 people. It includes Secrets #30-39 and explores our belief that some of the most important work we do to build great organizations and lead rewarding lives is the work we need to do within ourselves. The book includes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zingerman's Press 2013
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3 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.5 WEISutherland, Jeffrey Victor
Summary: For those who believe that there must be a more efficient way for people to get things done, Scrum pioneer Jeff Sutherland offers a thought-provoking book about the management process that is changing the way we work. In the future, historians may look back on human progress and draw a sharp line designating "before Scrum" and "after Scrum." Scrum already drives most of the world's top...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Currency 2014
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2 available in Adult Display, Call number: 658.4 SUTKivirist, Lisa
Summary: "Females are farming in record numbers. Covering everything from business planning to tool use to integrating family into farm operations, Soil Sisters is a comprehensive blueprint for women who dream of bringing their vision of agricultural entrepreneurship to life. This unique guide blends inspiring stories of successful female farmers with practical information and resources for women...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Society Publishers 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 630 KIVWeinzweig, Ari
Summary: This second book in the Zingerman's a Lapsed Anarchist's Approach" series looks at the leadership style that has helped make Zingerman's such a special place to work and to eat. The book includes essays on the energy crisis in the American workplace, servant leadership, stewardship, why everyone's a leader, Zingerman's entrepreneurial approach to management, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zingerman's Press 2012
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3 available in Adult Display, Call number: 658.5 WEIKito, Takayuki
Summary: "The book follows a young business planning manager, who takes after her father's confectionery company operations. With help of her mentor, an ex-management consultant, the couple formulates a viable turn-around business plan, builds trust among key stakeholders, and successfully convinces the CEO for companywide implementation. Concepts and Theories: Introduction to the entire process of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 KITSutton, Garrett.
Summary: Reveals how to write an accessible and recognition-promoting business plan for any organization, discussing how new or established companies can benefit from an effectively executed business plan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 SUTOsterwalder, Alexander.
Summary: Offers tools and techniques to systematically understand, design, and implement new business models and renovate and rework old models.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley 2010
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 658.4 OSTWarrillow, John
Summary: "How smart companies can use subscriptions to win customers, increase cash flow, and ignite growth What do Zipcar, Netflix, and WhatsApp have in common? They are pioneers of the new subscription economy in which people pay automatically for much more than publications. John Warrillow, the acclaimed author of Built to Sell, offers a blueprint for winning subscribers for any kind of business....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.6 WARSummary: Hungry consumers in America and abroad are losing their appetite for the world's largest fast food company. Is McDonald's a brand on the verge of collapse, or can it be revitalized? This program strives to find out, as Harvard Business School's David Upton, Philip Morris litigator John Banzhaf, BBC business editor Jeff Randall, and neuroscientist Ann Kelley cite fat- and sugar-laden foods,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Why are parents, educators, health advocates, and politicians-including Arnold Schwarzenegger-taking on Coca-Cola, the world's biggest brand? This program explains the facts and opinions at the heart of the growing controversy, revealing the health issues and business challenges that the soft-drink company must confront in order to survive in an increasingly fitness-oriented beverage market....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: A demographic change is affecting all Americans wherever they work and live: the rise of the flexible workforce. The global economy, increasing numbers of two-income families, and the need for businesses to retain talent both in the executive suite and among low-paid workers are all having an impact on the way people work. This documentary, hosted by Bonnie Erbe, explores innovations in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: CNBC's Becky Quick travels with iconic billionaire Warren Buffett during a business trip to China and South Korea. Warren Buffett: The Billionaire Next Door-Going Global provides an inside look at the whirlwind tour, showcases Buffett's views on investing and wealth management, and offers a succinct case study of his first international acquisition, Iscar Metalworking. In an extended interview...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Invest, don't speculate. "Only deal in things you can understand." "Be greedy when others are fearful and fearful when others are greedy." These are three of the maxims of Warren Buffett-the modern Midas who, with a net worth in the tens of billions of dollars, is arguably the world's greatest moneymaker. How has he achieved such success? This program examines the Oracle of Omaha's deceptively...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Warner, Ralph E.
Summary: Written by a business owner who has survived three decades of challenges, this resource provides 12 no-nonsense strategies for small business owners on protecting personal assets from creditors and surviving the current recession.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nolo 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 WARSummary: America hasn’t built a nuclear power plant in thirty years. Is that due to a right-headed concern over health and environmental dangers, or an unfounded timidity that puts us behind the rest of the world? This CNBC Original documentary explores the issue, which, despite rising support for nuclear energy, remains divisive. Guiding viewers through the basic workings of a nuclear facility, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: German automaker Porsche has long desired a takeover of Volkswagen, a company rich in research and production capabilities. In 2008, Porsche announced it had taken a majority position in Volkswagen shares. This program shows how Porsche reached its place of near-dominance by entering the financial markets and employing controversial trading methods. Illustrating the use of financial instruments...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Most economists use Gross Domestic Product to measure a country's economic health. But some experts in the field of economic development consider GDP calculations to be painfully inadequate. This program explores alternative ways to define national success and productivity using not only monetary parameters but also the safety, happiness, and potential of a country's citizens and the health of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007