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The must-read summary of Chris Ducker's book: "Virtual Freedom: How to Work with Virtual Staff to Buy More Time, Become More Productive and Build Your Dream Business".
This complete summary of the ideas from Chris Ducker's book "Virtual Freedom" details how many new entrepreneurs believe they have to do everything themselves. This method is impossible for a long period of time. According to Ducker, entrepreneurs should hire virtual staff to manage...
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The must-read summary of Paul Pilzer's book: "The Wellness Revolution: How to Make a Fortune in the Next Trillion Dollar Industry".
This complete summary of the ideas from Paul Pilzer's book "The Wellness Revolution" shows how the next big thing is set to be the wellness industry - providing healthy people with the food, nutritional supplements, preventative healthcare services and insurance that they need to maintain their health. In his book, the...
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The must-read summary of Donald Trump and Bill Zanker's book: "Think Big and Kick Ass - In Business and in Life".
This complete summary of the ideas from Donald Trump and Bill Zanker's book "Think Big and Kick Ass" shows how there's no use in having small dreams. Instead, you should dream big, aim for the top and then work hard to make your dreams happen. In their book, the authors explain that your dream is what you generally end up doing, so if...
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The must-read summary of Richard Branson's book: "Business Stripped Bare: Adventures of a Global Entrepreneur".
This complete summary of the ideas from Richard Branson's book "Business Stripped Bare" shows that the whole object of being in business is to create new things, make them and sell them. The essence of any business is creativity. There is no reverse gear in commerce — if you have a problem, you have to invent a solution rather than trying...
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The must-read summary of Eric Reis' book: "The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses"
This complete summary of the ideas in Eric Reis' book "The Lean Startup" shows that most startups tend to burn through their resources and then disappear because they never get around to seeing what their potential customers think of what they're developing. With this accessible summary, you will...
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The must-read summary of Christine Comaford-Lynch's book: "Rules for Renegades: How to Make More Money, Rock Your Career and Revel in Your Individuality".
This complete summary of the ideas from Christina Comaford-Lynch's book "Rules for Renegades" demonstrates the author's one simple mantra: be a renegade. Effective businesspeople find ways to explore new ventures in enjoyable ways that express their own personalities. Renegades make money, and...
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The must-read summary of Joel Schuman's book: "Getting Bigger by Growing Smaller: A New Growth Model for Corporate America".
This complete summary of the ideas from Joel Schuman's book "Getting Bigger by Growing Smaller" shows how today's companies need a smarter way to grow. It is no longer useful to focus on major investments or acquisitions - the best place to look for future growth is actually in small entrepreneurial initiatives and ideas which...
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A must-read summary of Michel Robert and Bernard Racine's book: "e-Strategy Pure & Simple: Connecting Your Internet Strategy To Your Business Strategy".
This complete summary of the ideas from Michael Robert and Bernard Racine's book "e-Strategy Pure & Simple" shows that many CEOs are baffled by the Internet, and are delegating their decisions about an Internet strategy to consultants and IT staff. The only problem is that's roughly equivalent to...
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This complete summary of the ideas from Carter Pate and Harlan Platt's book "The Phoenix Effect" answers one of the biggest questions in the business environment: why do so many successful companies fail? In their book, the authors present their research and conclude that these failures are the result of managers that refuse to accept that they are losing and fail to take action. This summary provides a detailed insight into the reasons behind business...
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This complete summary of the ideas from Yvonne Van Dongen's book "Brierley" tells of the life and work of the Brierley corporate empire and its impact on business in New Zealand and Australia. In this summary, you will learn more about the man behind the empire and how he achieved his success. By reading this biography, you can understand how successful people begin their journey and how you can learn from them to reach your own goals.
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The must-read summary of W. E. Pete Peterson's book: "Almost Perfect: How a Bunch of Regular Guys Built WordPerfect Corporation".
This complete summary of the ideas from W. E. Pete Peterson's book "Almost Perfect" tells the story of Bruce Bastian and how he created WordPerfect. In this book, the author reveals how the company rose to fame through its progress and innovations, as well as the many challenges it faced. This summary sheds some light...
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The must-read summary of Tony Hsieh's book: "Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion and Purpose".
This complete summary of the ideas from Tony Hsieh's book "Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion and Purpose" shows how everyone has the potential to become a successful entrepreneur with dedication and hard work. In his book, Hsieh explains the best practices of his own company, Zappos, and how it is important to create a customer-focused...
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The must-read summary of Jay Conrad Levinson and Charles Rubin's book: "Guerrilla Marketing on the Internet: The Complete Guide to Making Money On-Line".
This complete summary of the ideas from Jay Conrad Levinson and Charles Rubin's book "Guerrilla Marketing on the Internet" shows that the essential goal of guerrilla marketing is to achieve conventional goals — such as profits — using unconventional methods — such as investing energy in marketing...
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The must-read summary of Mick Brown's book: "Richard Branson: The Inside Story".
This complete summary of the ideas from Mick Brown's book "Richard Branson" tells the story of the dynamic British entrepreneur and adventurer, Richard Branson. In his book, the author examines Branson's childhood, upbringing, education and how he progressively built his extremely successful business empire starting from his own record shop in London which later developed...
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The must-read summary of Richard Branson's book: "The Virgin Way: Everything I Know About Leadership".
This summary of the ideas from Richard Branson's book "The Virgin Way" tells all about 'The Virgin Way' of managing a business and leading a team. Their basic motto is: "If you don't enjoy it, don't do it.". According to Branson, there is no point thinking about the past or looking into the future. All it takes is doing what you enjoy. This summary...
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The must-read summary of Steve Gottry's book: "Common Sense Business: Starting, Operating and Growing Your Small Business – In Any Economy!".
This complete summary of the ideas from Steve Gottry's book "Common Sense Business" shows that you always learn far more from your failures in running a small business than you ever learn from your successes. According to Helen Keller, "Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience...
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This complete summary of the ideas from Tim Burns' book "Enterpreneurship.com" shows that the days of preparing highly detailed, 100-page business plans are over. In the new economy, change is happening constantly. Therefore, a more flexible type of business plan is required which is concise, flexible enough to permit modifications to be made along the way and focused on one key point — how profitability will be achieved. This is the essence of...
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The must-read summary of John Assaraf and Murray Smith's book: "The Answer: Grow Any Business, Achieve Financial Freedom, and Live an Extraordinary Life".
This complete summary of the ideas from John Assaraf and Murray Smith's book "The Answer" solves the question that almost everyone asks at some point in their life: "How can I access the unlimited abundance of the universe and become a "success" - whichever way I personally define that term?" In...
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The must-read summary of Kenneth McGee's book: "Heads Up: How to Anticipate Business Surprises and Seize Opportunities First".
This complete summary of the ideas from Kenneth McGee's book "Heads Up" shows how there is no such thing as a genuine "surprise" in business - every potential disaster-in-the-making has some advance warnings. In his book, the author explains that the key to picking up these signs is to use real-time data to your advantage,...
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The must-read summary of Stanley Rich and David Gumpert's book: "Business Plans that Win $$$: Lessons from the MIT Enterprise Forum".
This complete summary of the ideas from Stanley Rich and David Gumpert's book "Business Plans that Win $$$" shows that preparing a business plan that appeals to investors sufficiently to have them reach for their checkbooks is one of the great challenges to building a successful business. Yet the process of developing...
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