Download or read book Berkonomics written by Dave Berkus and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-10-05 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 101 bite-sized lessions in building a business from ignition to liquidity event (start-up to sale) by Dave Berkus, an internationally recognized business expert, author and keynote speaker. Graduate with your degree in BERKONOMICS, and use these insights to drive your growth and business success. Use separate workbook to create your own personalized guide for corporate growth. www.berkonomics.com, www.berkus.com.
Download or read book Advanced Berkonomics written by Dave Berkus and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advanced Berkonomics contains 101 bite-sized insights for entrepreneurs, business managers, venture capitalists, angel investors and board members. Each insight is a short, easy to read and memorable nugget of actionable advice. The subjects covered range from startup through sale of the business, and each is explored in ways not taught in business courses, even at the graduate level. With over fifty years of business management experience, Dave Berkus is a recognized expert in building great businesses as an entrepreneur, executive and early stage venture capitalist. His books, workshops and keynotes are popular around the world.
Download or read book Berkonomics Workbook written by Dave Berkus and published by . This book was released on 2009-10 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This workbook is to be used in conjunction with the book, "BERKONOMICS, Lessons From a Lifetime in 140 Characters or Less." It is designed as a personal journal for executives and board members of companies to use for creating their unique strategic, pricing and marketing plans while focusing on growth and preparing for an eventual liquidity event. Using the 101 insights from the Berkus book, this workbook asks questions of the reader to help organize strategic thinking at all levels of the organization, leading to a "graduate degree in BERKONOMICS."
Download or read book Basic Berkonomics Soft Cover written by Dave Berkus and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's so basic about entrepreneurism? How do you become a power entrepreneur? How much of it is in your genes and how much can be learned? This book is your resource for your life of entrepreneurism, from start to successful exit, supplying important insights into the entire process. This is the first in a series of BERKONOMICS books for entrepreneurs of all stages.
Download or read book Extending the Runway written by Dave Berkus and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Extending the Runway is a must-read book for every C-level executive and venture capitalist who now or has ever managed a fragile, growing young business. Authored by Dave Berkus, a seasoned entrepreneur and investor acknowledged as ?Director of the Year? for early stage businesses by the Forum for Corporate Directors, this book provides thoughtful material to help management and investors gain alignment at the board level on issues of limited resource allocation toward and beyond the break-even point. The book provides tips and describes traps for growing companies, and explores insights into managing for preservation of capital and business growth. Berkus delves into issues revolving around optimal use of resources, such as time, money, relationships, context knowledge, and process understanding. He shares real accounts of young businesses whose management fell into traps which could have been avoided, and how some extended their runways to make more efficient use of invested funds.
Download or read book You Can Negotiate Anything written by Herb Cohen and published by Bantam. This book was released on 1982-12-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Regardless of who you are or what you want, you can negotiate anything promises Herb Cohen, the world’s best negotiator. From mergers to marriages, from loans to lovemaking, the #1 bestseller You Can Negotiate Anything proves that “money, justice, prestige, love—it’s all negotiable.” Hailed by such publications as Time, People, and Newsweek, Cohen has advised presidents on everything from domestic policy to hostage crises to combating internal terrorism. His advice: “Be patient, be personal, be informed—and you can bargain successfully for anything.” Inside, you’ll learn the keys to using Herb Cohen’s proven strategy for dealing with your mate, your boss, your credit card company, your children, your lawyer, your best friends, and even yourself: •The three crucial steps to success • Identifying the other side’s negotiating style—and how to deal with it • The win-win technique • Using time to your advantage • The power of persistence, persuasion, and attitude • The art of the telephone negotiation, and much more “Power is based upon perception—if you think you’ve got it then you’ve got it!” affirms Herb Cohen, the world’s expert. And with this book, you’ve got the power to get what you really want right in your hands.
Download or read book Financing New Ventures written by Geoffrey Gregson and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2014-01-31 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many business ventures today are looking to attract external financing, with an emphasis on business angel investment. Inside this text, the author incorporates the views of business angels, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, and legal advisors; and draws upon the latest academic thinking on financing new ventures, providing comparisons between business angel and venture capital investing to further inform the reader. The concepts, principles, and guidelines presented can help you and any entrepreneur, business support agency, business student, and others interested in raising external investment and in developing an “investable” business. The book is organized into seven chapters covering: • Fundamental concepts of entrepreneurial venturing and entrepreneurial finance • Market conditions from which investable businesses emerge • The investment process • Deal negotiations • The post-investment relationship between entrepreneur and investor • Recent trends affecting how entrepreneurs raise finance that include strategic exits, “super angels,” and the emergence of “crowdfunding”
Download or read book Early Exits written by Basil Peters and published by Basil Peters. This book was released on 2009 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Angel Investing written by David S. Rose and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-04-28 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Achieve annual returns of 25% or more with a well-designed angel portfolio Written by David S. Rose, the founder of Gust—the global platform that powers the world of organized professional angel investing—Angel Investing is a comprehensive, entertaining guide that walks readers through every step of the way to becoming a successful angel investor. It is illustrated with stories from among the 90+ companies in which David has invested during a 25 year career as one of the world’s most active business angels and includes instructions on how to get started, how to find and evaluate opportunities, and how to pursue and structure investments to maximize your returns. From building your reputation as a smart investor, to negotiating fair deals, adding value to your portfolio companies and helping them implement smart exit strategies, David provides both the fundamental strategies and the specific tools you need to take full advantage of this rapidly growing asset class. He details the advantages of joining an angel group, explains how seed and venture funds can help leverage an investor’s resources, and reveals how recent regulatory changes and new online platforms are making startup investing accessible to millions of Americans. Making money is no longer about sitting back and reading stock listings, David says. It is now about being part owner of an exciting startup that can be fun and financially rewarding. Angel Investing teaches investors how to carefully select and manage investments, establish a long term view, and approach angel investing as a serious part of an alternative asset portfolio while also enjoying being an integral part of an exciting new venture.
Download or read book Basic Economics written by Thomas Sowell and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2014-12-02 with total page 990 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling citizen's guide to economics Basic Economics is a citizen's guide to economics, written for those who want to understand how the economy works but have no interest in jargon or equations. Bestselling economist Thomas Sowell explains the general principles underlying different economic systems: capitalist, socialist, feudal, and so on. In readable language, he shows how to critique economic policies in terms of the incentives they create, rather than the goals they proclaim. With clear explanations of the entire field, from rent control and the rise and fall of businesses to the international balance of payments, this is the first book for anyone who wishes to understand how the economy functions. This fifth edition includes a new chapter explaining the reasons for large differences of wealth and income between nations. Drawing on lively examples from around the world and from centuries of history, Sowell explains basic economic principles for the general public in plain English.
Download or read book Building Great Boards written by Dave Berkus and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-05-03 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you need a board of directors for your small business? What can a board add to grow and protect your business? How do you pay a board? What are the risks? What advice should I give my board? This is one of a series of eight short, easy to read books from the Small Business Success Collection, containing actionable insights from Dave Berkus, nationally recognized successful entrepreneur, angel investor and board member, serving over forty companies. Dave tells stories of successes and failures - of strategies that worked, and those that didn't. He offers his insights for your business success based upon his many experiences. Reading this book, and others in the series, will make you a better visionary, manager, and leader!
Download or read book The Sales Enablement Playbook written by Cory Bray and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-06-23 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Sales Enablement Playbook, sales veterans Cory Bray and Hilmon Sorey provide insights into creating a culture of sales enablement throughout your organization. This book provides a series of stand-alone chapters with frameworks and tactics that you can immediately implement, regardless of company size or industry. Whether you are a sales executive, sales practitioner, or a non-sales executive looking for ways to impact growth, The Sales Enablement Playbook will help you identify your role in a thriving enablement ecosystem.
Download or read book Positioning for Success written by Dave Berkus and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-05-03 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you find the perfect niche for your product or service? How do you market it? What are the best ways to ensure growth of your business? This is one of a series of eight short, easy to read books from the Small Business Success Collection, containing actionable insights from Dave Berkus, nationally recognized successful entrepreneur, angel investor and board member, serving over forty companies. Dave tells stories of successes and failures - of strategies that worked, and those that didn't. He offers his insights for your business success based upon his many experiences. Reading this book, and others in the series, will make you a better visionary, manager, and leader!
Download or read book Racing Safely Living Dangerously written by Bill Simpson and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bill Simpson has saved the lives of more race car drivers than any man in history. His leading-edge genius lies behind most of the safety gear that allows today's drivers to survive truly spectacular crashes. Simpson's products are so good, in fact, that many of the world's best drivers won't compete without wearing his brand of belts, helmet, driving suit, and all the rest.
Download or read book Starting Up written by Dave Berkus and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-05-03 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you start a business? What should you think about before and during the journey? This is one of a series of eight short, easy to read books from the Small Business Success Collection, containing actionable insights from Dave Berkus, nationally recognized successful entrepreneur, angel investor and board member, serving over forty companies. Dave tells stories of successes and failures - of strategies that worked, and those that didn't. He offers his insights for your business success based upon his many experiences. Reading this book, and others in the series, will make you a better visionary, manager, and leader!
Download or read book Protecting Your Business written by Dave Berkus and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-05-03 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What should you do to protect your small business? How do you manage cash during growth? What are business bottlenecks and how do you fix them? What should I worry over as a manager? This is one of a series of eight short, easy to read books from the Small Business Success Collection, containing actionable insights from Dave Berkus, nationally recognized successful entrepreneur, angel investor and board member, serving over forty companies. Dave tells stories of successes and failures - of strategies that worked, and those that didn't. He offers his insights for your business success based upon his many experiences. Reading this book, and others in the series, will make you a better visionary, manager, and leader!
Download or read book Winning Angels written by David Amis and published by Financial Times/Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Angels are wealthy individuals who will write a personal check from $20,000 to $1 million to finance a company. This practical guide for investors looking to be Angels breaks down the investment process into manageable steps and addresses the seven fundamentals of investing as an angel.
