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Kim Hvidkjaer was twenty-nine years old when he became a millionaire. Two years later, after a cluster of disasters, he found himself basically broke. Now, having rebuilt his fortune as the founder of several successful enterprises and studied thousands of failed startups, Hvidkjaer has become an expert in failure: what it means, what it looks like, and the strategies that business owners can use to prevent it. In How to F--k Up Your Startup, he takes us on an entertaining and enlightening journey through the complex patterns of failure in the life cycle of a business.

The little-engine-that-could story of how a band of scrappy entrepreneurs are reviving the enterprise of manufacturing clothing in the United States.

This is a participation-based book from Alan Lund that provides a roadmap to revive, accelerate, and win at achieving profitability. Alan provides a logical roadmap, support tools, proven methods, and author access to guide you and your business along the profitability journey.

Economics for People and the Planet, a collection of essays by James K. Boyce on the environment, inequality, and the economy, argues that there is not an inexorable trade-off between advancing human well-being and having a clean and safe environment. The goal of economic policy should be to grow the good things that improve our well-being and environmental quality and reduce the bad things that harm humans and nature. To reorient the economy for these ends, we will need to achieve a more egalitarian distribution of wealth and power.

When a crippling disease shattered his lifelong ambition, Dr. Venkataswamy (better known as Dr. V) chose an impossible new dream: to cure the world of blindness. The tiny clinic he founded in India defied conventional business logic and is now the largest provider of eye care on the planet. At Aravind, patients choose whether to pay or not. Millions are treated for free, yet the organization remains stunningly self-reliant. Serving everyone from penniless farmers to the president, it delivers world-class outcomes.

If you're in business for yourself, you know how hard it is and how long it takes to build a solid foundation. Trust me, I know. It doesn't happen overnight and it's definitely not easy. But who's going to answer all of our questions? Where do I start? What entity do I form and what are my tax implications? How can I leverage social media effectively? If you don't understand the immediate answers to the above, you're not alone. Check out Self-Employment: Financial Independence Through Affiliate Marketing and Passive Income and begin your journey toward success today!

This business novel is a story about Bob Bingham. He’s overwhelmed by running his small business. He works all hours – fixing production problems, designing special products, selling, keeping customers happy, and trying to manage his staff whom he considers mostly idiots. As his company has grown, the bottom line has stagnated. He’s under pressure from a once-patient investor who now wants returns. A big customer has stopped paying bills. Stock control is poor, causing last-minute buying at high prices. Bob’s marriage is at risk. He’s gaining weight because of a lack of exercise.

There was a time when Gregory K. Mohr was working the humdrum career. And before that, there was a time when he felt inspired within the world of franchising. After an unfortunate layoff, he found himself returning to the freedom tasted as a young man. In Real Freedom, Mohr has gathered his own experience along with many others, in the interest of illustrating how franchising the greatest plan for building wealth is—when done correctly. While this can be a complex process, there are many opportunities worth considering, and some of them might even surprise you.