Bahcall, Safi
Summary: "'Loonshots is a brilliant and wonderfully entertaining book, an unstoppable read, full of surprises and rich with insight into how people create and nurture things that change the world. It's also an important book. Bahcall, a physicist and biotech entrepreneur, is unfolding the secrets behind successes everywhere.' --Richard Preston, author of The Hot Zone and The Wild Trees What do James...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 BAHWeinzweig, Ari
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 WEIShaich, Ron
Summary: "How did Ron Shaich, the visionary founder of Panera Bread, build a little bakery in St. Louis into 2,400 restaurants with 6 billion dollars in revenue and annual returns of 25 percent, outperforming Starbucks, Chipotle, and all others? By seeing the future and clearing a path to it, leading and innovating from the future back. Now, Shaich shares his story, starting with its humble...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard Business Review Press 2023
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Summary: The Art of War by Sun Tzu has been a much-studied work of military strategy for hundreds of years, influencing great leaders in all walks of life. Here, respected business journalist Mark Smith applies the lessons to the role of the entrepreneur by showing how the axioms of General Sun Tzu apply to business and other ventures to develop strategies for long-term success.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sirius Publishing, a division of Arcturus Publishing Limited 2021
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Summary: Former U.S. Navy SEAL sniper Brandon Webb applies the "total focus" skill he mastered as a SEAL sniper to the business world and teaches how to make better decisions under extreme pressure.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio Penguin 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658 WEBBelsky, Scott
Summary: Creating something from nothing is a volatile journey. The first mile births a new idea into existence, and the final mile is all about letting go. We love talking about starts and finishes, even though the middle stretch is the most important and often the most ignored and misunderstood. Every business or creative project is "going great" until it fails--the bumps along the road are endured...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2018
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Summary: Call it a network, a community, a home team. It might be your family, your neighbors, the people you work with. But you need to be intentional about choosing the people in it. Gaines has been building that kind of network his whole life, and he can tell you it doesn't come easy. Here he shares hard-won lessons and personal stories, coaching readers on how to build a network that will make their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W Publishing Group, an imprint of Thomas Nelson 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 302.3 GAISivers, Derek
Summary: "Anything you want is a manifesto about living life, appreciating enough, and doing what matters. It's most of what fabled entrepreneur Derek Sivers [and founder of CD Baby] learned in ten years of starting and growing a small business, compacted into something you can read in an hour."--Dust jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Do You Zoom, Inc. 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.04 SIVKemp, Guy
Summary: "It's Your Business" is a comprehensive guide designed to empower entrepreneurs and business enthusiasts alike. This book delves into the core principles of successful business management, offering practical strategies, case studies, and actionable advice that can help readers take their ventures to the next level. With a clear and engaging writing style, I aim to inspire and equip individuals...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Independently published 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.02 KEMWeinzweig, Ari
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 WEIBlank, Arthur (Arthur M.)
Summary: "The Home Depot cofounder and owner of the NFL's Atlanta Falcons and MLS's Atlanta United shares a vision and a roadmap for values-based business. Arthur M. Blank believes that for good companies, purpose and profit can-and should-go hand in hand. And he should know. Together with cofounder Bernie Marcus, Blank built The Home Depot from an idea and a dream to a $50 billion-dollar company, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BLANK, ARTHUR M. BLARottenberg, Linda.
Summary: "In the tradition of both The Lean Startup and Lean In, a manifesto about taking smart risks in pursuit of big dreams Linda Rottenberg has spent her career helping innovators think big. "If people aren't calling you crazy, you aren't thinking big enough," she says. These days taking chances isn't just for young college dropouts in hoodies. Whether you work at a Fortune 500 company, a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio Hardcover 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 651 ROTStone, Biz.
Summary: "Biz Stone, the co-founder of Twitter, discusses the power of creativity and how to harness it, through stories from his remarkable life and career. THINGS A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME From GQ's "Nerd of the Year" to one of Time's most influential people in the world, Biz Stone represents different things to different people. But he is known to all as the creative, effervescent, funny, charmingly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Pub 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 STONE, BIZ STOWeinzweig, 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 WEIColligan, Victoria.
Summary: Ladies Who Launch is the first company to define the feminine approach to launching a business and to make the connection between starting a business and bringing creativity into your life with self-esteem and happiness. The four-step incubator process gives women the courage to follow a cherished but unfulfilled dream, providing a proven approach to catapulting a lifestyle, relationship, or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Audio 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 658.1 COLHamilton, Arlan
Summary: "From a black, gay woman who broke into the boys' club of Silicon Valley comes an empowering guide to finding your voice, working your way into any room you want to be in, and achieving your own dreams. In 2015, Arlan Hamilton was on food stamps and sleeping on the floor of the San Francisco airport, with nothing but an old laptop and a dream of breaking into the venture capital business. She...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Currency 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650.1 HAMPeabody, Bo.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.421 PEASlim, Pamela.
Summary: Inspired by reader submissions to her blog Escape from Cubicle Nation, Slim provides everything one needs to consider before making the decision to become self-employed, from the nuts and bolts of starting a business to a full discussion of the emotional issues involved.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.1 SLISnow, Shane
Summary: Entrepreneur and journalist Shane Snow (Wired, Fast Company, The New Yorker, and cofounder of Contently) analyzes the lives of people and companies that do incredible things in implausibly short time by employing what psychologists call "lateral thinking" to rethink convention and break "rules" that aren't rules.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperBusiness, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658 SNOSummary: The Provisions Cafe is known for its great coffee, food, and atmosphere. This case study takes viewers behind the scenes at the Provisions, illustrating the procedures and best practices that make for a well-run, successful cafe. Using high-energy visuals and detailed interviews with the Provisions' owner/manager, the program explores a typical day in the life of the cafe-including early...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Clifton, Jim.
Summary: Delves into the psychology of the entrepreneur and includes strategies and action items for building successful ventures, as well as access to an online test that measures readers' entrepreneurial potential.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallup Press 2014
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Summary: Presents information how to spot and sidestep roadblocks on the entrepreneurial journey and sets readers on a path to startup success.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Currency 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 658.1 EISCopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Business EisenmannGerber, Scott
Summary: "Go to work for the best boss in the world-yourself Never Get a "Real" Job challenges the social conventions behind the old-school, 9-to-5 "real" job, and empowers entrepreneurs to take control of their lives, fears, and careers. Successful entrepreneur Scott Gerber dissects failures, shares hard-learned lessons, and presents practical, affordable, and systematic action steps to building,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Business GerberGrant, Adam M.
Summary: ""Reading Originals made me feel like I was seated across from Adam Grant at a dinner party, as one of my favorite thinkers thrilled me with his insights and his wonderfully new take on the world." --Malcolm Gladwell, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Outliers and The Tipping Point "Originals is one of the most important and captivating books I have ever read, full of surprising and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2016