Business Capital

Welcome to a transformative journey through the dynamic and challenging world of angel investing. This book is your guide to shaping industries and influencing innovations by injecting capital, guidance, and vision into early-stage startups. Here, we delve deep into the principles, strategies, and experiences that define successful angel investing, offering you the opportunity to not just invest, but to grow personally and make a significant impact. Angel investors play a crucial role in the startup ecosystem. Unlike institutional investors, angel investors not only provide financial ...

Business leaders know that the key to competitive success is smart management of scarce resources. That's why companies allocate their financial capital so carefully. But capital today is cheap and abundant, no longer a source of advantage. The truly scarce resources now are the time, the talent, and the energy of the people in your organization—resources that are too often squandered.

Description: Unlock the secrets of finance and economics with "Fundamentals of Finance & Economics for Businesses – Crash Course," your comprehensive guide to mastering the essentials of financial management, investment strategies, and economic analysis. Whether you're a budding entrepreneur, a seasoned business owner, or an aspiring investor, this book equips you with the knowledge and tools to make informed financial decisions and achieve your financial goals. What's Inside: Introduction to Finance and Economics: Understand the critical role finance and economics play in business ...

In recent years, dreams about our technological future have soured as digital platforms have undermined privacy, eroded labor rights, and weakened democratic discourse. In light of the negative consequences of innovation, some blame harmful algorithms or greedy CEOs. Behind the Startup focuses instead on the role of capital and the influence of financiers. Drawing on nineteen months of participant-observation research inside a successful Silicon Valley startup, this book examines how the company was organized to meet the needs of the venture capital investors who funded it.

When Brigadier General John "Dragon" Teichert took command of legendary Edwards Air Force Base, it was characterized by a choking complacency. It was operating on autopilot when it needed to be in afterburner.

Como un manual en contra de la infelicidad en las oficinas y en el trabajo, este libro le mostrará qué comportamientos evitar para no hacer de su día a día laboral una pesadilla. Con humor y un tono fresco para aquellos que pasan la mitad de su vida o incluso más tiempo trabajando, este libro busca dar consejos para encontrar el camino hacia la felicidad en el trabajo.

In Activate Human Capital, author Richard N. Morrison outlines the eight "People-Focused Principles of Management", and he explains them in terms of the values that motivate people to want to do the work given to them. And even more, he shows how these values will actually get employees to initiate their work because they will see how it contributes to the overall purpose of the business. Each principle is linked to a component of human fulfillment, and then through research, personal experience, and shared stories.

As work and organizations have become more fluid - and business strategy is no longer about planning years ahead but about sensing and seizing new opportunities and adapting to a constantly changing environment - companies must deploy talent in new ways to remain competitive. Turning conventional views on their heads, talent and leadership experts Ram Charan, Dominic Barton, and Dennis Carey provide leaders with a new and different playbook for acquiring, managing, and deploying talent.

Embark on an enlightening journey into the world of entrepreneurship and investment with "The Business of Venture Capital: Navigating the Landscape of Venture Investment and Unveiling Strategies for Investment and Growth." This audiobook serves as your comprehensive guide, offering a deep dive into the intricate realm where innovation and funding intersect. Unlock the secrets to strategic investment as you explore the dynamic landscape of venture capital. Delve into the art of identifying promising ventures, nurturing their growth, and reaping the rewards of wise investment choices.

Unlock the secrets to securing startup funding with The Funding Framework: Secure Startup Funding with Confidence by Vijay Rajendran. This indispensable guide is packed with actionable insights and expert strategies that can transform your approach to fundraising. Here’s why this book should be your next investment: Unlock Fundraising Skills Every Founder Must Have Dive deep into a range of fundraising options and learn how to strategically choose between equity, debt, or a mix to suit your startup’s needs. Discover Actual Investor Dynamics and How it Affects Fundraising Gain insider ...

The Executive Coaching Guide is packed with real coaching scenarios, tips and tricks to help HR professionals prepare for their coaching sessions, and tons of examples of effective and powerful coaching questions to illustrate the different stages of the coaching models during a professional coaching engagement, The Executive Coaching Guide will help HR managers enhance their coaching skills while developing an effective leadership style that is all their own.

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What can you learn from the most successful companies in the world? The Capital One Story will help you understand and adopt the competitive strategies, workplace culture, and daily business practices that enabled an unlikely credit card startup to revolutionize the credit industry.

There are lots of books about how to invest in venture capital. There are few books focused on what it takes to set up the behind-the-scenes business to position you for being a successful venture capitalist. To be a successful venture capitalist, you must set up a strong foundation for your business, including setting up your venture capital fund. This book provides you the fundamentals to quickly and easily set up your venture capital business. It provides a step-by-step process for launching your venture capital fund from Day 0.

“The Common Thread Method” isn’t just another book—it’s a blueprint for clarity, action, and real transformation. I’ve spent years helping people build businesses, manage money, and reach their goals, but what Andy Borses has done with the T.H.R.E.A.D. Method is next level. This isn’t just a framework; it’s a holistic guide that brings together key principles in a way that’s actionable, relatable, and designed to deliver real, lasting results.

Some companies waste millions of dollars on team building, benchmarking, and other quality initiatives, while others save millions with the same initiatives. What makes the difference? Total Quality Management. If you want to know how today's most successful companies are getting the most from their quality initiatives, Total Quality Management: Managing Employees lays out the best practices for you to put to work—today.

It is no exaggeration to say that venture capital has been central to the greatest legal creation of wealth anywhere and has enabled much of the world we live in, yet we know surprisingly little about this strange tribe of financiers. In The Power Law, Sebastian Mallaby turns his unprecedented access to the industry's central players into a riveting, character-driven account of venture capital and the world it has made.

It's the 21st century, yet most companies maintain a 20th-century corporate culture. Despite instant communication and collaboration through wireless computers and smartphones, employers needlessly rent or own office space. Bryan Miles has a reality check for you: the future of business is virtual, and it's going to take more than technology upgrades for you to upgrade your workplace environment.

Learn what the capitalist mindset is and how to use that capitalist mindset to liberate yourself from the fallacy of working hard for someone else. The capitalist mindset will help you realize that if you are going to work hard, you should be working hard to achieve the wealth you always dreamed about.

People all over the world have changed their lives and the lives of others through funding their ideas and creating life-changing products and services. The trouble for most people is that they often get stuck at the first hurdle because they don’t have the funds to bring their ideas into reality.