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Ice Cream Social: The Struggle for the Soul of Ben & Jerry's

Brad Edmondson · Berrett-Koehler
Pages: 280
Format: Paperback

Ben & Jerry's has always been committed to an insanely ambitious three-part mission: making the world's best ice cream, supporting progressive causes, and sharing the company's success with all stakeholders: employees, suppliers, distributors, customers, cows, everybody....
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Start Your Own Hair Salon and Day Spa: Your Step-By-Step Guide to Success

Eileen Figure Sandlin , · Entrepreneur Press; Third Edition edition

Personal care, newfound energy, and a revitalized appearance remain invaluable commodities among consumers. Learn the ins and outs of starting a successful business in one of todays hottest industries salons and day spas. From laying the groundwork and establishing yourself in the marketplace...
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The 5 Mistakes Every Investor Makes and How to Avoid Them: Getting Investing Right

Peter Mallouk · Wiley; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Identify mistakes standing in the way of investment success With so much at stake in investing and wealth management, investors cannot afford to keep repeating actions that could have serious negative consequences for their financial goals. The Five Mistakes Every Investor Makes and How to Avoid...
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Nonprofit Fundraising 101

Darian Rodriguez Heyman · Jossey-Bass
Pages: 334
Format: Print book

Raise more money for your cause! Based on expert advice and insights from a variety of respected industry experts, Nonprofit Fundraising 101 is an essential text for nonprofit professionals, volunteers, activists, and social entrepreneurs who want to leverage best practices to promote their...
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Not Pretty Enough: The Unlikely Triumph of Helen Gurley Brown

Gerri Hirshey · Sarah Crichton Books ; Farrar
Pages: 528
Format: Print book

A bold and deeply researched biography of a complicated cultural iconWhen Helen Gurley Brown published Sex and the Single Girl in 1962, it sold more than two million copies in just three weeks, presaging the self-help boom and helping to usher in the unapologetic self-affirmation of second...
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Helping Children Succeed: What Works and Why

Paul Tough · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 125
Format: Print book

In How Children Succeed, Paul Tough introduced us to research showing that personal qualities like perseverance, self-control, and conscientiousness play a critical role in children's success. Now, in Helping Children Succeed, Tough takes on a new set of pressing questions: What does...
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Dead Companies Walking: How A Hedge Fund Manager Finds Opportunity in Unexpected Places

Scott Fearon · Palgrave Macmillan Trade
Format: Hardcover

Unlike most investors, who live in fear of failure, Scott Fearon actively seeks it out. He has earned millions of dollars for his hedge fund over the last thirty years shorting the stocks of businesses he believed were on their way to bankruptcy. In Dead Companies Walking, Fearon describes...
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Everyone's a Critic: Winning Customers in a Review-Driven World

Bill Tancer · Portfolio
Format: Hardcover

More than of customers consult online reviews and take them very seriously A disgruntled customer on Yelp might have more clout than a guidebook magazine or newspaper This review-driven marketplace terrifies many businesses But some have learnt to navigate and profit from customer reviews...
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Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley

Antonio Garcia Martinez · Harpercollins
Pages: 512
Format: Print book

Liar's Poker meets The Social Network in an irreverent exposé of life inside the tech bubble, from industry provocateur Antonio García Martínez, a former Twitter advisor, Facebook product manager and startup founder/CEO.The reality is, Silicon Valley capitalism is very simple:Investors...
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The End of Alchemy: Money, Banking, and the Future of the Global Economy

Mervyn King · W W Norton, 2016.
Pages: 448
Format: Print book

"Mervyn King may well have written the most important book to come out of the financial crisis. Agree or disagree, King's visionary ideas deserve the attention of everyone from economics students to heads of state." -- Lawrence H. SummersSomething is wrong with our banking system....
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