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Attitude: Develop a Winning Mindset on and off the Court
Attitude: Develop a Winning Mindset on and off the Court

Jay Wright · Ballantine
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

In this behind-the-scenes look at the making of a champion, the coach of the Villanova University men's basketball team shares his competitive and cooperative philosophy, along with lessons from his coaching career and the story of his personal road to success. When Kris Jenkins sank...
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The Airbnb Story: How Three Ordinary Guys Disrupted an Industry, Made Billions . . . and Created Plenty of Controversy
The Airbnb Story: How Three Ordinary Guys Disrupted an Industry, Made Billions . . . and Created Plenty of Controversy

LEIGH GALLAGHER · HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

This is the remarkable behind-the-scenes story of the creation and growth of Airbnb, the online lodging platform that has become, in under a decade, the largest provider of accommodations in the world. At first just the wacky idea of cofounders Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia, and Nathan Blecharczyk,...
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Fraud: An American History from Barnum to Madoff
Fraud: An American History from Barnum to Madoff

Edward J. Balleisen · Princeton University Press
Pages: 496
Format: Print book

The United States has always proved an inviting home for boosters, sharp dealers, and outright swindlers. Worship of entrepreneurial freedom has complicated the task of distinguishing aggressive salesmanship from unacceptable deceit, especially on the frontiers of innovation. At the same...
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Profit First: Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine
Profit First: Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine

Mike Michalowicz · Portfolio
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

Author of cult classics The Pumpkin Plan and The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur offers a simple, counterintuitive cash management solution that will help small businesses break out of the doom spiral and achieve instant profitability.Conventional accounting uses the logical (albeit, flawed)...
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Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent
Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent

Sydney Finkelstein · Portfolio/Penguin
Pages: 261
Format: Print book

A GOOD BOSS HITS HIS GOALS AND LEADS HIS TEAM.A SUPERBOSS BLOWS AWAY HER GOALS BY BUILDING AN ARMY OF NEW LEADERS.WHICH WOULD YOU RATHER BE? What do football coach Bill Walsh, restaurateur Alice Waters, television executive Lorne Michaels, technol­ogy CEO Larry Ellison, and fashion pioneer...
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No Limits: Blow the CAP Off Your Capacity
No Limits: Blow the CAP Off Your Capacity

John C. Maxwell · Center Street
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling author John C. Maxwell's latest book will enhance the lives of leaders, professionals, and anyone who wants to achieve success and personal growth. We often treat the word capacity as if it were a natural law of limitation. Unfortunately, most of us are much...
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