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FIRE: How Fast, Inexpensive, Restrained, and Elegant Methods Ignite Innovation

Dan Ward · HarperBusiness
Pages: 229
Format: Hardcover

Noted military technology expert Dan Ward's manifesto for creating great products and projects using the methods of rapid innovation.Why do some programs deliver their product under cost, while others bust their budget? Why do some deliver ahead of schedule, while others experience...
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Entrepreneurs in Every Generation: How Successful Family Businesses Develop Their Next Leaders

Allan Cohen · Bk/Berrett-Koehler Publishers Inc.
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback

Discover What Makes Family Businesses Beat the Odds and Thrive over GenerationsFamilies are complicated; family businesses even more so. Like other companies, family-run enterprises must develop leadership and entrepreneurial skills. But they must also manage family dynamics that rarely...
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There Are No Overachievers: Seizing Your Windows of Opportunity to Do More Than You Thought Possible

Brian D Biro · Crown
Pages: 192
Format: Print book

In an inspiring new motivational book, management consultant and speaking guru Brian Biro describes how we can seize and act upon the Windows of Opportunity that we encounter to transform our lives. In There Are No Overachievers, renown speaker and former U.S. Swimming coach Brian Biro...
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Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2016-2017

United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics. · Bernan
Pages: 1260
Format: Print book

The Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH) is the premier, nationally recognized source for career information. Especially designed to provide valuable up-to-date information, the Handbook is great for all individuals making decisions about their futures including students about to graduate...
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Art Thinking: How to Carve Out Creative Space in a World of Schedules, Budgets, and Bosses

Amy Whitaker · HarperBusiness
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

An indispensable and inspiring guide to creativity in the workplace and beyond, drawing on art, psychology, science, sports, law, business, and technology to help you land big ideas in the practical world.Anyone from CEO to freelancer knows how hard it is to think big, let alone follow...
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The Secret Club That Runs the World: Inside the Fraternity of Commodity Traders

Kate Kelly · Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

"Commodity players are a shrewd and indomitable lot. And the contracts they trade are still so loosely regulated that the correct combination of money and skill creates irresistible opportunity. That's why I'm only half joking when I call them the secret club that runs the world."When...
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The Great Equalizer: How Main Street Capitalism Can Create an Economy for Everyone

David M Smick · PublicAffairs
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

The experts say that America's best days are behind us, that mediocre long-term economic growth is baked in the cake, and that politically, socially, and racially, the United States will continue to tear itself apart. But David Smick - hedge fund strategist and author of the 2008 bestseller...
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Clash of the Financial Pundits: How the Media Influences Your Investment Decisions for Better or Worse

Jeff Macke · McGraw-Hill Education; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

HOW TO SEPARATE THE NEWS FROM THE NOISE WHAT EVERY INVESTOR NEEDS TO KNOW There is no shortage of financial advice these days. From cocky cable pundits to nattering news columnists to off-grid online bloggers, there are more so-called experts than ever before--and the noise can be downright...
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20 Retirement Decisions You Need to Make Right Now

Ray LeVitre · Sphinx Publishing; 2 edition
Format: Paperback

Youre in Control of Your Retirement Future Inside are twenty major financial decisions that could profoundly impact your lifestyle over the next forty years. For many retirees, these decisions come as a surprise and must be made hastily without proper consultation. But by reading the expert,...
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The Euro: How a Common Currency Threatens the Future of Europe

Joseph E Stiglitz · W.W. Norton & Company
Pages: 416
Format: Print book

Can Europe prosper without the euro?In 2010, the 2008 global financial crisis morphed into the "eurocrisis." It has not abated. The 19 countries of Europe that share the euro currency -- the eurozone -- have been rocked by economic stagnation and debt crises. Some countries have...
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Make Your Kid A Money Genius

Beth Kobliner · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

From Beth Kobliner, the author of the bestselling personal finance bible Get a Financial Life - a new, must-have guide showing parents how to teach their children (from toddlers to young adults) to manage money in a smart way.Many of us think we can have the "money talk" when...
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The Complacent Class: The Self-Defeating Quest for the American Dream

Tyler Cowen · St Martin'S Press
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Since Alexis de Tocqueville, restlessness has been accepted as a signature American trait. Our willingness to move, take risks, and adapt to change have produced a dynamic economy and a tradition of innovation from Ben Franklin to Steve Jobs.The problem, according to legendary blogger,...
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Whiplash: How to Survive Our Faster Future

Joi Ito · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 318
Format: Print book

Today, not only is everything digital getting faster, cheaper, and smaller at an exponential rate, we also have the Internet. When these two revolutions-one in technology and the other in communications-joined, an explosive force was unleaded that changed the very nature of innovation....
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Chapter 13 Bankruptcy: Keep Your Property & Repay Debts Over Time

Stephen Elias · Nolo
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

When you file for Chapter 13 bankruptcy, you can wipe out some of your debt and pay off the rest over time with a repayment plan approved by the bankruptcy court. You may be able to: avoid foreclosure stop car repossession reduce car loan debt stop most debt collectors, and remove junior...
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Winning the Loser's Game, 6th edition: Timeless Strategies for Successful Investing

Charles Ellis · McGraw-Hill; 6 edition
Format: Hardcover

The classic guide to winning on Wall Street--completely updated and expanded! The go-to guide for anyone seeking long-term gain in the stock market, Winning the Losers Game was referred to by the great Peter Drucker as by far the best book on investment policy and management. Dr. Charles...
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