Download or read book The Unauthorized Guide To Doing Business the Alan Sugar Way written by Emma Murray and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-06-15 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alan Sugar is a business legend. When it comes to business, Sugar is both feared and fearless. Shrewd businessman, inspirational figure and sweet-talking star of The Apprentice, this man knows how to strike a deal. The Unauthorized Guide to Doing Business the Alan Sugar Way draws out the universal lessons from Alan Sugar's remarkable success and identifies 10 strategies that can be applied to any business or career: Don't push or shove Start a revolution Know your customer Stay true to your values Learn from your mistakes Drive a hard bargain Invest in the right people Lead from the front Win as a team Hire in haste, repent at leisure Want to be the best? The secrets of phenomenal success are in your hands. Check out the other Unauthorized Guides in this series: Richard Branson; Duncan Bannatyne; Jamie Oliver; Bill Gates; and Philip Green.

Download or read book The Unauthorized Guide To Doing Business the Bill Gates Way written by Des Dearlove and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-06-15 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mega-mogul Bill Gates is quite simply the richest and most successful businessman of all time. His remarkable vision and obsessive desire to win have created a leadership style radically different to anything the business world has seen before. The Unauthorized Guide to Doing Business the Bill Gates Way draws out the universal lessons from Bill Gates' phenomenal success and identifies 10 secret leadership strategies that can be applied to any business or career: Be in the right place at the right time Fall in love with technology Take no prisoners Hire very smart people Learn to survive Don't expect any thanks Assume the visionary position Cover all the bases Build a byte-sized business Never ever take your eye off the ball Want to be the best? The secrets of phenomenal success are in your hands. Check out the other Unauthorized Guides in this series: Richard Branson; Jamie Oliver; Duncan Bannatyne; Alan Sugar; and Philip Green.

Download or read book The Unauthorized Guide to Doing Business the Richard Branson Way written by Des Dearlove and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-11-18 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Branson, the international powerhouse entrepreneur, is an opportunist with an uncanny knack of sniffing out great deals where others hesitate or fear to tread. Branson is the ultimate brand builder and never before has a single brand been so successfully deployed across such a diverse range of goods and services. So how does he do it? The Unauthorized Guide to Doing Business the Richard Branson Way draws out the universal lessons from Richard Branson's remarkable success and identifies 10 strategies that can be applied to any business or career: 1. Pick on someone bigger than you 2. Do the hippy, hippy shake 3. Haggle: everything's negotiable 4. Make work fun 5. Do right by your brand 6. Smile for the cameras 7. Don't lead sheep, herd cats 8. Move faster than a speeding bullet 9. Size does matter 10. Never lose the common touch Want to be the best? The secrets of phenomenal success are in your hands. Check out the other Unauthorized Guides in this series: Jamie Oliver; Duncan Bannatyne; Alan Sugar; Bill Gates; and Philip Green.

Download or read book The Unauthorized Guide To Doing Business the Jamie Oliver Way written by Trevor Clawson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-06-15 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love him or loathe him, Jamie Oliver is one of the best-known and richest celebrity chefs in the world. But there is more to the man than his linguine. He towers over a business empire that comprises restaurants, shops, cookware, food, magazines, books, DVDs and television production. So how does he maintain his brand name and values across such diverse interests? The Unauthorized Guide to Doing Business the Jamie Oliver Way draws out the universal lessons from Jamie Oliver’s remarkable success and identifies 10 secret strategies for business growth and branding that can be applied to any business or career: Be yourself, but more so Extend the brand Build on what you’re good at Remember the social dimension Become the face of a supermarket Deal with adversity Go international Protect the brand Be controversial Be bold Want to be the best? The secrets of phenomenal success are in your hands. Check out the other Unauthorized Guides in this series: Richard Branson; Duncan Bannatyne; Alan Sugar; Bill Gates; and Philip Green.

Download or read book The Unauthorized Guide To Doing Business the Philip Green Way written by Liz Barclay and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-03-30 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philip Green, retail's most colourful figure, is widely regarded as the finest retailer of his generation and one of the best business brains in the UK. He made his first million at 33, and now owns the Arcadia Group, running about an eighth of the UK clothing retail market. So how did a man who just fell into the industry by accident go on and build this business empire? The Unauthorized Guide to Doing Business the Philip Green Way draws out the universal lessons from Philip Green's remarkable success and identifies 10 strategies for building a business empire that can be applied to any business or career: Do it your way Make the business run as efficiently as possible Keep the customer satisfied Whatever you do, don't break the supply chain People matter - you can't run an empire without them Spot the money-making opportunity When the going gets tough - work harder! Aim high and keep trying Stay private but enjoy the publicity Give something back Want to be the best? The secrets of phenomenal success are in your hands. Check out the other Unauthorized Guides in this series: Richard Branson; Duncan Bannatyne; Alan Sugar; Jamie Oliver; and Bill Gates.

Download or read book The Unauthorized Guide To Doing Business the Duncan Bannatyne Way written by Liz Barclay and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-06-15 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Straight-talking Dragons' Den star, Duncan Bannatyne, started it all with a single ice cream van and now manages a portfolio of leisure businesses and a high profile media career. So how did one of the UK's most successful serial entrepreneurs go from trouble-making schoolboy to OBE; from unemployment benefit claimant to multi-millionaire? The Unauthorized Guide to Doing Business the Duncan Bannatune Way draws out the universal lessons from Duncan Bannatyne's remarkable success and identifies 10 strategies for running a business that can be applied to any business or career: Anyone can do it Know yourself and fill in the gaps The right ideas are everywhere you look Don't skimp on the research Plan your enterprise Never mind the atrium! Have the right people by your side Make money, expand rapidly, then make more money Put your name over the door Give it all away before you die Want to be the best? The secrets of phenomenal success are in your hands. Check out the other Unauthorized Guides in this series: Richard Branson; Alan Sugar; Jamie Oliver; Bill Gates; and Philip Green.

Download or read book Lord Sugar written by Charlie Burden and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sir Alan -- or Lord Sugar as he now is -- has the power to inspire anyone to succeed. His story is a template for all who want to achieve. An incredible story, told in a way that will provide maximum tips for those who want to follow him -- how Sugar grew up in an East End council flat and boiled beetroots for the local greengrocer, built his empire, became Sir Alan Sugar and a fixture on the Sunday Times Rich List and television star. Brimming with piercing insight and entertaining anecdotes, this brand new biography reveals the secrets that took Sugar to the top and shows how to learn from his soaring career. The author identifies and analyses the Great British values that made Lord Sugar one of the country's wealthiest men including courage, honesty, hard-work and fair play. Never afraid to tear up the rule-book, Sugar has an unconventional and eccentric streak. In his personal life too, he displays the best of British characteristics, always remaining a loyal family man. In recessionary times, this is a timely and unmissable account of an incredible man. Sugar is also enormously generous, supporting numerous charitable and cultural ventures. This bulldog businessman has proved to be a beacon of light. Partly a biography, this has all the elements of the most practical kind of self-help guide -- showing through the example of the man appointed to be the government's enterprise tsar how anyone can overcome the odds to achieve greatness.

Download or read book What You See Is What You Get written by Alan Sugar and published by Pan MacMillan. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alan Sugar was born in 1947 and brought up on a council estate in Clapton, in Hackney. As a kid he watched his dad struggle to support the family, never knowning from one week to the next if he'd have a job. It had a huge impact on him, fuelling a drive to succeed that was to earn him a personal fortune. This is an autobiography of Alan Sugar.

Download or read book The Way I See It written by Alan Sugar and published by Pan. This book was released on 2012-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone knows that Lord Sugar has strong opinions and is not afraid to share them - no matter how controversial they may be. The Way I See It takes us into the world of Alan Sugar: entrepreneur, Twitter addict, television star, keen cyclist, peer of the realm and bemused grandfather. In The Way I See It he shares his trenchant views on subjects as varied as over-priced poncy restaurants, the problems with British society, why French drivers wind him up, the secrets of his own success, and the reason he respects Katie Price more than most celebrities. Crammed full of brilliant stories, amusing rants and sound advice, this is the last word on life, the universe and everything from the nation's favourite straight-talking businessman.

Download or read book Millionaire Upgrade written by Richard Parkes Cordock and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2006-07-06 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by the true story of a flight with Sir Richard Branson,Millionaire Upgrade blows the lid off the accepted beliefthat successful entrepreneurs are a breed apart, possessing somespecial magic. Through the combined wisdom of interviews with 50 self-mademillionaire entrepreneurs, this book takes you on your own personalmaster class in success, as experienced through the eyes of Tom, afrustrated employee who is upgraded on a long haul flight, andfinds himself sitting next to self made millionaire Michael. Duringthe flight Michael shares the science and secrets behind his ownsuccess. Better than any in-flight movie, Millionaire Upgrade getsyou inside the minds of successful entrepreneurs and self-mademillionaires giving you the inside track on how they think andact. Praise for Millionaire Upgrade: "It took me a long time to learn this stuff—I wishI’d been on that plane 30 years ago!" —Simon Woodroffe - YO! Sushi & Dragons Den "The principles of success apply equally whether you are anaspiring entrepreneur, chief executive of a large plc or simplylooking for inspiration for your own personal life. Here’swhere you start, by reading this book." —Allan Leighton - Chairman, Royal Mail "If you want a toolkit to help you become a successfulentrepreneur, read this book. Then put it into practice." —Duncan Bannatyne - Bannatyne Leisure & DragonsDen "Everything in business is a learning experience. I should know!I'd recommend all would-be entrepreneurs to read this book and beinspired to boldly set out on your own entrepreneurial journey. Youwon't regret it." —Rachel Elnaugh – Red Letter Days and Dragons'Den "It is refreshing to find a book that describes the keydifference between the entrepreneur and the rest – attitude.So often in life a cigarette paper’s thickness separatessuccess from failure and Richard has written a book that perfectlycaptures this and suggests a way of thinking that can transform thetin of dog food into a thoroughbred racehorse." —Tim Smit - Eden Project "Millionaire Upgrade captures the essence of what it takes to besuccessful in anything you choose to do. The rules of success aretimeless and simply explained so you can apply them in your ownbusiness or personal life." —BJ Cunningham - Founder of Death Cigarettes "In Millionaire MBA, Richard decoded entrepreneurs and unpickedtheir millionaire mindset. With Millionaire Upgrade, he has put itall back together again through IBELIEVE and a compelling story.Very clever and a must read for any budding entrepreneur!" —Rene Carayol - Leadership Guru "It takes a certain mindset to succeed in creating your ownbusiness. This book spells out how you need to think and act tosucceed – whether you are an entrepreneur or a professionalmanager. It’s a great read too." —Matthew Barrett - Chairman, Barclays Bank

Download or read book Sir Alan Sugar written by Charlie Burden and published by John Blake. This book was released on 2010-08-10 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a humble background, growing up in an East London council flat, Sir Alan Sugar has become a business success story and television sensation, amassing a net worth of £830 million. Charlie Burden traces his rags-to-riches story from a childhood boiling beetroots for the local grocery store to his knighthood and seat at the table of power. His company Amstrad went public in 1980, setting him on the road to riches with a string of successful businesses. In the 1990s, Sir Alan became chairman of Tottenham Hotspur and he has also become famous for his generous nature, which has seen him support Great Ormond Street Hospital, the Jewish Care charity and he has played a key part in the resurrection of the Hackney Empire.

Download or read book Unscripted written by Alan Sugar and published by Pan MacMillan. This book was released on 2015-09-24 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the star of the award-winning BBC series The Apprentice, Alan Sugar has won millions of fans who tune in to watch his mix of business wisdom, witty putdowns and ability to cut straight through bullshit. But how did the famously straight-talking entrepreneur end up fronting one of our most successful and long-running shows, and why were some of his biggest challenges during his ten years in television to be found outside the boardroom and off camera? In Unscripted, Alan Sugar reveals all this and more as he embarks on a new and sometimes bewildering career. He describes how he lost patience with some of the luvvies, wafflers and wannabes he encountered along the way, and tells us what he really thought of some of the tasks and candidates he came across during the making of The Apprentice, giving his reaction to the egos and the backbiting as well as the genuine talent that shone through. He explains how he brought on board Nick Hewer, Margaret Mountford and Karren Brady, what became of the winners when the cameras stopped rolling - and how working on the show has inspired him and many others. As with his previous books, What You See Is What You Get and The Way I See It, there is no ghostwriter; this is written by the man himself. And, as ever, it is honest, funny and outspoken - Alan Sugar at his entertaining best.

Download or read book Everyday Entrepreneurs written by Ken Horn and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you want to start your own airline, this book isn't for you. This is the business book for everyone tired of being told they have to have the next big thing in order to make a living running their own firm. It's the down-to-earth, insider's guide to starting a great business that thrives - without having to takeover the world. Or dance to Lord Sugar's tune. Or go cap-in-hand to the Dragons. Author and business advisor Ken Horn has helped thousands of people to be a success running their own business, reaching freedom and financial security not by winning the Big Business Idea Lottery but simply through delivering traditional services in existing markets. Bringing a master's knowledge of the ins and outs of starting and running a successful small business, Ken: - strips away the mystery surrounding starting your own business - packages up the common challenges of starting up and helps readers tackle them - cuts through the information overload and provides only what you really need to know to launch a small business - reveals in what order to best tackle things and what can be left till later or ignored entirely. He also uncovers a whole host of secret shortcuts that are too easily missed - especially when it comes to sales and marketing. Straight-talking, bursting with examples, packed with inspiration - and promising not to waste a minute of your time - this book is like having a top business mentor on hand throughout your start-up journey. Get going now!

Download or read book The Unauthorized Guide to Doing Business the Simon Cowell Way written by Trevor Clawson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-12-09 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a job in the mail room at EMI Music Publishing Cowell rose through the ranks swiftly and after becoming a record producer at the firm, left to set up his own company. Following the collapse of his first business and a time at BMG, Cowell went on to pioneer the Popstars TV talent show, and subsequently co-produce Pop Idol and more recently The X Factor. As a music producer he has achieved sales of over 25 million albums, over 70 top 30 records, and 17 Number 1 singles. His band 'Westlife' has achieved an impressive 10 Number 1 hits alone. The Sunday Times Rich List recently estimated that he earned £33.5m in one year alone, thanks to the global success of the 'Pop Idol' brand. The 10 Secrets of the International Music Mogul are: Work Your Way Up – get to know your industry Don’t Be Defeated – how to overcome set backs in business Grab Opportunities – respond to the market Know Your Market – and consistently produce the product they want Think Differently – take your product and spin it in different formats Get Your Name on the Credits – and reap the rewards Don’t Look Back – learn from missed opportunities but keep moving forwards Say it How It Is – straight talking saves time in business Build a Personal Brand – and be respected for what you do well if nothing else Use Your Contacts – there is no shame to pulling strings in business

Download or read book Entrepreneurship written by Heidi M. Neck and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2016-11-30 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Heidi Neck, one of the most influential thinkers in entrepreneurship education today, Chris Neck, an award-winning professor, and Emma Murray, business consultant and author, comes this ground-breaking new text. Entrepreneurship: The Practice and Mindset catapults students beyond the classroom by helping them develop an entrepreneurial mindset so they can create opportunities and take action in uncertain environments. Based on the world-renowned Babson Entrepreneurship program, this new text emphasizes practice and learning through action. Students learn entrepreneurship by taking small actions and interacting with stakeholders in order to get feedback, experiment, and move ideas forward. Students walk away from this text with the entrepreneurial mindset, skillset, and toolset that can be applied to startups as well as organizations of all kinds. Whether your students have backgrounds in business, liberal arts, engineering, or the sciences, this text will take them on a transformative journey.

Download or read book The Consultant s Handbook written by Samir Parikh and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-05-21 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delivers the essential practical skills needed to consult and make sharp, well prepared interactions in a wide range of business situations This comprehensive handbook covers the fundamental skills and attitudes required by successful consultants from novice to practitioner level, irrespective of their specialist area. It untangles the key variables present in any consulting service and introduces practical ways to improve their effectiveness based upon the author's experience of helping consulting organisations to develop and excel in the marketplace. The book explores consulting ‘from the ground up' steering away from theory and focusing instead on practical application, providing a solid platform upon which to build further domain-specific competence. The Consultant's Handbook provides: An understanding of the key variables that can be addressed in order to improve one's own consulting performance A set of simple practices that can be implemented with immediate benefit to the reader Practical insight into day-to-day real life consulting interactions Confidence to implement the new ideas and approaches

Download or read book Anyone Can Do It written by Sahar Hashemi and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2004-05-14 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anyone Can Do It chronicles the start and evolution of a successfulbusiness dream. Beginning with the Hashemi siblings' firstconversations (when the seed of the idea was planted) it followsthe progress of Coffee Republic from business plan to the presentday. Coffee Republic is now worth around £50m with 90 outletsaround the UK. This is a start-up business book for real people. Sahar andBobby take the reader step by step through every aspect of startingand growing a business from asking 'why?' and writing the plan tohiring staff and letting go. The book is illustrated throughoutwith inspirational anecdotes from their own experience. It is avery personal story of dreaming, acting and succeeding offering amyriad of lessons for aspiring entrepreneurs and blowing apart themyth that only 'special' people start successful businesses.