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Brian Long, author of The Tech Startup Textbook, Brian Long provides a useful and practical playbook that any entrepreneur and innovator can use as a reference when starting and scaling their business.

Problem Hunting chapters has step-by-step advice for driving each stage of a startup tech company such as:

  • Product market fit
  • Testing Solutions
  • Creating and Reinforcing Your Mission
  • How to Generate Focus and Alignment
  • Defining the Team You want to Build
  • How to make a Venture Capital Pitch.

The author, a unicorn founder provides in this book a comprehensive guide that entrepreneurs and leaders will need to start their business.

The Entrepreneurs Guide to The Art of War by Mark Smith highlights how entrepreneurs can apply the axioms of General Sun Tzu so as to create and expand a business in a successful and meaningful way.

The book is Illustrated by numerous case studies of how Sun Tzu’s teachings can be applied in our modern business environment.  Covering over 13 chapters, the book will allow you to

• lay firm foundations for your intended business
• choose your staff and co-workers effectively
• study your competitors in order to be stronger and better at what you do
• maintain a good working environment and happy employees
• work out your business’s path to continued success

Each chapter has a useful conclusion summary.  Overall, this concise and well written book will be an invaluable companion for business leaders and executives.

The HBR Entrepreneur’s Handbook addresses entrepreneurship challenges with practical advice and wisdom from Harvard Business Review‘s archive. 
In this well-written and readable book, you’ll learn:

  • Which skills and characteristics make for the best entrepreneurs
  • How to gauge potential opportunities
  • The basics of business models and competitive strategy
  • How to navigate funding options, from venture capital and angel investors to accelerators and crowdfunding
  • How to develop sales and marketing programs for your venture
  • What entrepreneurial leaders must do to build culture and set direction as the business keeps growing.
The HBR Entrepreneur’s Handbook is your essential resource for your entrepreneurship success.

BE 2.0 by Jim Collins and Bill Lazier pulls together the key concepts from thirty years of research into one integrated framework called The Map. This is a road map for building a company that delivers superior results, makes a distinctive impact, and achieves lasting endurance.

The book key topics includes:
– Great Vision Without Great People Is Relevant
– Leadership Style
– Vision
– Luck Favors The Persistent
– What Makes Great Companies Tick
– Strategy
– Innovation
– Tactical Excellence

 

Successive generations of entrepreneurs turn to the strategies outlined in Beyond Entrepreneurship to answer the most pressing business questions.  Overall this is a informative and useful book for entrepreneurs, business executives and leaders who wants to build an enduring great company.

Lei Jun is the cofounder and chairman of Xiaomi, the privately-held firm that is one of the largest Chinese smartphone makers, The story of how he lead the company quickly to become a world market leader in just a few short years has become a legend in entrepreneurial circles.
This book explains it all, including these key points:
– The embedding of mobile Internet thinking, which is the backbone of the company
– Clever marketing to Xiaomi users, making them feel part of the company and its products
– Insistence on perfection in manufacturing
– Design aspects that reach the consumers’ hearts and minds
– Integrating the Xiaomi phone into an ecosystem of products
– Strengthening the Xiaomi brand through fans of the phones
…and more ways this incredible company is reshaping the mobile phone market.
Read this useful book to gains insights from this successful entrepreneur and now billionaire on the secrets behind the miraculous rise of Xiaomi.

Veteran venture capitalist Randy Komisar and finance executive Jantoon Reigersman share a no-nonsense book to help anyone build a successful startup.

In Straight Talk for Startups they walk budding entrepreneurs through 100 essential rules—from pitching your idea to selecting investors to managing your board to deciding how and when to achieve liquidity. Culled from their own decades of experience, as well as the experiences of their many successful colleagues and friends, the rules are organized under broad topics, from “Mastering the Fundamentals” and “Selecting the Right Investors,” to “The Ideal Fundraise,” “Building and Managing Effective Boards,” and “Achieving Liquidity.”  This is a useful book with concise insights for any entrepreneur.

Technology Ventures is the leading resource for analyzing opportunities and building new enterprises. Drawing on the latest academic research and practitioner insights, Technology Ventures integrates clear theoretical frameworks with action-oriented examples and exercises. Its broad perspective on “technology,” including clean tech, information technology, and the life sciences – ensures wide-ranging appeal to anyone with an interest in high-potential ventures. Special attention has been paid to technology commercialization, open source innovation, and opportunities in mobile, digital health, 3D printing, and energy tech. Also available with this edition are additional web-based resources, including syllabi and presentations, additional cases and business plans, and hundreds of videos of entrepreneurs and leaders.

Family firms are to be found in every sector of commercial activity. Family values, commitment and pride in the business are typically their special strengths, yet they also face major challenges in reconciling the needs of the business with those of the family.
The author Peter Leach drawing on his extensive experience of working with and advising some of the world’s most successful business families explains the pitfalls and then offer suggestions in running a successful family enterprise. Running a successful family business is always a huge challenge, but this book offers real insight and guidance on how to keep both business and family united and buoyant.

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