Judging by all the hoopla surrounding business plans, you'dthink the only things standing between would-be entrepreneurs andspectacular success are glossy five-color charts, bundles ofmeticulous-looking spreadsheets, and decades of month-by-monthfinancial projections. Yet nothing could be further from the truth.In fact, often the more elaborately crafted a business plan, themore likely the venture is to flop. Why? Most plans waste too much ink on numbers and devote toolittle to information that really matters to investors. The result?Investors discount them. In How to Write a Great Business Plan, William A. Sahlman showshow to avoid this all-too-common mistake by ensuring that your planassesses the factors critical to every new venture: ?· The people--the individuals launching and leading the ventureand outside parties providing key services or importantresources ?· The opportunity--what the business will sell and to whom, andwhether the venture can grow and how fast ?·

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Meet a genuine American folk hero cut from the homespun clothof America's heartland: Sam Walton, who parlayed a single dimestore in a hardscrabble cotton town into Wal-Mart, the largestretailer in the world. The undisputed merchant king ofthe late twentieth century, Sam never lost the commontouch. Here, finally, inimitablewords. Genuinely modest, but always sure if hisambitions and achievements. Sam shares his thinking in acandid, straight-from-the-shoulder style. In a story rich with anecdotes and the "rules of the road" of bothMain Street and Wall Street, Sam Walton chronicles the inspiration,heart, and optimism that propelled him to lasso the AmericanDream.

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Mega-bestselling author Ken Blanchard and celebrated businessleaders Don Hutson and Ethan Willis present an inspiring story thatreveals the secrets to becoming a successful entrepreneur. In THE ONE MINUTE ENTREPRENEUR, Ken Blanchard (coauthor of the #1bestselling business classic The One Minute Manager), Don Hutson,CEO of U.S. Learning, and Ethan Willis, CEO of Prosper Learning,tell the inspiring story of one man’s challenges in creating hisown business. Through a powerful and engaging narrative, weconfront many of the typical problems all entrepreneurs face instarting up their business, from finding new sources of revenue tosecuring the commitment of their people and the loyalty of theircustomers. More important, we learn the secrets to becoming asuccessful entrepreneur, including how to build a firm foundation,how to ensure a steady cash flow, and how to create legendaryservice. In addition, the book offers invaluable advice, deliveredthrough One Minute Insights, from such entrepreneurs and t

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The author of Think and Grow Rich presents motivational andinspirational passages from his earlier works that show readers howto live their own lives, use their personal magnetism, achievepeace of mind, and more. 50,000 first printing.

In 1984, The LittleKingdom told the story of Apple's first decade alongside thehistories of Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. Now Moritz revisits hisclassic biography in light of what Apple has become, offering forthe first time in paperback the only from the ground up account ofApple's early years.

The bestselling author of Reallionaire challenges commonmisconceptions about success and lays out the road map to a richerlife Raised in the impoverished south side of Chicago, Farrah Graydefied the odds and became a millionaire by age fourteen. He wasthe youngest person to have an office on Wall Street, and theyoungest to receive an honorary doctorate. Now, at 24, he is aninspiration to millions and the bestselling author of Reallionaire,#1 Essence Bestseller. In The Truth Shall Make You Rich, Gray shares the secret to hissuccess: an emphatic rejection of the seven fallacies most peoplebelieve about money and success: the Born Lucky Lie, the CelebrityLie, the Money Lie, the Debt Lie, the Google and Gates Lie, theWall Street Lie, and the Work-Hard Lie. By revealing the truthbehind the myths, Gray empowers readers to blaze their own pathsand make their own millions.

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