Summaries of books about Business & Finance:
How to Publish a Book on Amazon in 2023
Real Advice from Someone Who’s Doing it Well
Sam Kerns
The book provides practical guidance on self-publishing a book on Amazon, covering the entire process from writing and formatting to marketing and selling. It offers insider tips and strategies from an experienced author to help readers successfully navigate the Amazon publishing landscape and monetize their work.
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Startup Growth Engines
Case Studies of How Today’s Most Successful Startups Unlock Extraordinary Growth
Sean Ellis|Morgan Brown
The book examines the strategies and tactics used by successful startups to achieve rapid growth, providing insights through detailed case studies. It explores the concept of growth hacking and how companies can leverage data, innovation, and smart marketing to scale quickly and efficiently.
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Leading Digital
Turning Technology into Business Transformation
George Westerman|Didier Bonnet|Andrew McAfee
The book explores how companies can leverage digital technologies to transform their business models, processes, and customer experiences. It provides insights and frameworks for leaders to drive digital transformation effectively, including case studies of organizations that have successfully embraced the digital revolution.
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High-Probability Trading
Marcel Link
The book provides strategies and advice for traders to increase the odds of making profitable trades by focusing on high-probability setups. It covers risk management, psychological challenges, and the importance of having a solid trading plan, while also delving into technical analysis and the author's personal trading experiences.
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The Daily Grind
How to open and run a coffee shop that makes money
Andrew J Bowen|Claire E Bowen
The book provides practical advice on starting and operating a successful coffee shop, covering topics such as business planning, marketing, menu creation, and customer service. It also offers insights into financial management, staff training, and creating a unique coffee shop experience to stand out in a competitive market.
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Enchantment
The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions
Guy Kawasaki
The book provides insights into the process of influencing people's beliefs and behaviors in a positive way, emphasizing the importance of genuine passion and trustworthiness in creating enchantment. It offers practical advice and strategies for entrepreneurs, business leaders, and individuals to captivate others, build strong relationships, and inspire enduring loyalty.
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Good Charts
The HBR Guide to Making Smarter, More Persuasive Data Visualizations
Scott Berinato
The book provides practical advice on how to create effective and compelling data visualizations that convey information clearly and persuasively. It covers the principles of good design, the use of storytelling in data presentation, and the tools and techniques for improving one's chart-making skills.
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24 Assets
Create a digital, scalable, valuable and fun business that will thrive in a fast changing world
Daniel Priestley
The book outlines a framework for entrepreneurs to build a modern business by developing 24 assets that fall into four categories: intellectual, physical, cultural, and digital. It emphasizes the importance of creating a scalable and adaptable company that can thrive amidst rapid technological and market changes, while also providing practical advice on asset creation and management.
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How to Measure Anything
Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business
Douglas W. Hubbard
The book provides a framework for quantifying seemingly unquantifiable business metrics, such as customer satisfaction or organizational flexibility. It offers practical methodologies, including calibration techniques and applied statistics, to help decision-makers assess the value of intangible assets and make better-informed decisions.
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What the CEO Wants You To Know, Expanded and Updated
How Your Company Really Works
Ram Charan
The book distills complex business concepts into fundamental principles that drive business success, such as cash generation, return on assets, and growth. It provides insights into the mindset of successful CEOs and offers practical advice on understanding and leveraging the core drivers of any business to achieve better decision-making and leadership.
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