Business & economics

Startup Weekend: How to Take a Company From Concept to Creation in 54 Hours

by Marc Nager, Clint Nelsen & Franck Nouyrigat

Tested principles for transforming an idea into a fully operational company

Startup Weekend—the organization behind 54-hour events where developers, designers, marketers, and startup enthusiasts come together...

Inside the Currency Market: Mechanics, Valuation and Strategies

by Brian Twomey

A complete resource to trading today's currency market

Currency movements are impacted by a variety of factors, including interest rates, trade balances, inflation levels, monetary and fiscal policies, and the...

How to Buy Bank-Owned Properties for Pennies on the Dollar: A Guide To REO Investing In Today's Market

by Jeff Adams

Buy bank-owned properties at fire-sale prices!

Banks and lending institutions today own more than one million foreclosed properties, more are in the foreclosure pipeline. Banks desperately want to get these properties...

Creative People Must Be Stopped: 6 Ways We Kill Innovation (Without Even Trying)

by David A Owens

A framework for overcoming the six types of innovation killers

Everybody wants innovation—or do they? Creative People Must Be Stopped shows how individuals and organizations sabotage their own best intentions...

The Business of Investment Banking: A Comprehensive Overview

by K. Thomas Liaw

A comprehensive overview of investment banking for professionals and students

The investment banking industry has changed dramatically since the 2008 financial crisis. Three of the top five investment banks in...

Options Made Simple: A Beginner's Guide to Trading Options for Success

by Davin Clarke

The sixth book in the Wrightbooks Made Simple series, Options Made Simple is an uncomplicated guide to tradingoptions for beginners. This book outlines some simple, easy to understand strategies anyone can use...

Summary: It's a Wired, Wired World - David Stauffer

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This work offers a summary of the book “IT’S A WIRED, WIRED WORLD: Business the AOL Way” by David Stauffer.

David Stauffer is a business writer, with articles published in the Wall Street Journal, Harvard...

Summary: Bill and Dave - Michael Malone

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This work offers a summary of the book “BILL & DAVE: How Hewlett and Packard Built the World’s Greatest Company” by Michael Malone.

Michael Malone is a technology journalist. He is the former editor of...

Summary: Beyond e - Stephen Diorio

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This work offers a summary of the book “BEYOND e: 12 Ways Technology Is Transforming Sales and Marketing Strategy” by Stephen Diorio.

Stephen Diorio is founder and president of IMT Strategies, a sales and...

Summary: Best Practices - Robert Hiebeler, Thomas Kelly and Charles Ketteman

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 This work offers a summary of the book “BEST PRACTICES: Building Your Business With Customer-Focused Solutions” by Robert Hiebeler, Thomas Kelly & Charles Ketteman.

Robert Hiebeler is the Managing Director...

Summary: Ben & Jerry's The Inside Scoop - Fred "Chico" Lager

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This work offers a summary of the book “BEN & JERRY’S: THE INSIDE SCOOP, How Two Real Guys Built a Business with a Social Conscience and a Sense of Humor” by Fred “Chico” Lager.

Fred “Chico” Lager...

Summary: Being The Best - Denis Waitley

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This work offers a summary of the book “BEING THE BEST: Learn How To Replace Self-Destructive, Popular Myths with Life-Changing, Practical Truths” by Denis Waitley.

Denis Waitley is described as “one of...

Summary: Behind the Cloud - Marc Benioff

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This work offers a summary of the book “BEHIND THE CLOUD: The Untold Story of How Salesforce.com Went from Idea to Billion-Dollar Company – and Revolutionized an Industry” by Marc Benioff.

Marc Benioff...

Summary: Becoming a Category of One - Joe Calloway

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This work offers a summary of “BECOMING A CATEGORY OF ONE: How Extraordinary Companies Transcend Commodity and Defy Comparison” by Joe Calloway.

Joe Calloway is a business consultant specializing in branding...

Summary: Beating the Market, 3 Months at a Time - Gerald Appel and Marvin Appel

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This work offers a summary of the book “BEATING THE MARKET, 3 MONTHS AT A TIME: A Proven Investing Plan Everyone Can Use” by Gerald Appel and Marvin Appel.

Gerald Appel is publisher of Systems and Forecasts,...

Summary: Beating The Business Cycle - Lakshman Achuthan and Anirvan Banerji

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This work offers a summary of the book “BEATING THE BUSINESS CYCLE: How to Predict and Profit from Turning Points in the Economy” by Lakshman Achuthan and Anirvan Banerji.

Lakshman Achuthan is managing director...

Summary: Amazon.com. Get Big Fast - Robert Spector

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This work offers a summary of the book “AMAZON.COM GET BIG FAST: Inside the Revolutionary Business Model That Changed the World” by Robert Spector.

Who would have thought, twenty years ago, that we would...

Summary: Almost Perfect - W. E. Pete Peterson

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This work offers a summary of the book “ALMOST PERFECT: How a Bunch of Regular Guys Built WordPerfect Corporation” by W. E. Pete Peterson.

In 1977 Bruce Bastian started writing a 3-D computer software package...

Summary: All I Really Need to Know in Business I learned at Microsoft - Julie Bick

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 This work offers a summary of the book “ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW IN BUSINESS I LEARNED AT MICROSOFT: Insider Strategies to Help You Succeed” by Julie Bick.

Microsoft is one of the successful companies...

Summary: Advanced Selling Strategies - Brian Tracy

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 This work offers a summary of the book “ADVANCED SELLING STRATEGIES: The Proven System of Sales Ideas, Methods and Techniques Used by Top Salespeople Everywhere” by Brian Tracy.

Brian Tracy’s advice to...