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Take control and transform your business. In "How to Get Your Business Flywheel Spinning", financial expert Eric Rigby reveals the repeatable process that has helped countless entrepreneurs achieve their ultimate vision, whether scaling or selling their business. Rigby's unique "flywheel" system will revolutionize how you run your company, empowering you to delegate responsibility to your team, boost profits, minimize taxes, and gain the freedom to focus on a big-picture strategy.

Fred M. Haney, an experienced venture capitalist, angel investor, and company founder, explains start-up strategies that will help you understand the thinking of investors, build a “virtual team”, create initial value in a product or prototype, and recruit management that will help you raise capital. The Fundable Startup contains eight personal interviews with executives and entrepreneurs that will change the way founders think about managing a start-up company.

Welcome to the trillion-dollar world of private equity. What started as a $70,000 investment in 1957 has ballooned into one of the largest industries on Earth, and it’s just the beginning…

In 2009, Canadian entrepreneur Mike Quinn packed his backpack and moved to Lusaka, Zambia, on a mission to find African entrepreneurs building scalable, high-impact businesses. There, he stumbled across two South African brothers, who had founded a business to help unbanked smallholder farmers receive mobile payments in a market where cash was king. After convincing his retired parents to mortgage their house and lend him $100,000, Mike joined as a co-founder of Zoona and became CEO for nine of the next 10 years.

You are about to discover some important information about Litecoin. Lots of people have taken the leap into the world of cryptocurrencies, and it is rapidly growing every day. It can be quite overwhelming, at least initially, when you are thinking about taking the plunge because of various reasons. The main reason for this hesitation is all the misinformation that is available out there. You will need to understand the benefits as well as the risks of using Litecoin before you get started with it.

In one lifetime GDP, or gross domestic product, has ballooned from a narrow economic tool into a global article of faith. It is our universal yardstick of progress. As The Little Big Number demonstrates, this spells trouble. While economies and cultures measure their performance by it, GDP ignores central facts such as quality, costs, and purpose.

Once an obscure niche of the investment world, private equity has grown into a juggernaut, with consequences for a wide range of industries as well as the financial markets. The Myth of Private Equity is a hard-hitting and meticulous exposé from an insider's viewpoint. Jeffrey C. Hooke examines the negative effects of private equity and the ways in which it has avoided scrutiny. He unravels the exaggerations the industry has spun to its customers and the business media, showing the stark realities that are concealed by the funds' self-mythologizing and penchant for secrecy.

Curious about starting as an angel investor but never knew where to start? Angel investing offers amazing rewards to those who venture into this venture. This venture is all about finding those start-ups and the founders that shine with their passion and ideas and solve the painful problems we all experience with their vision and innovative thinking. Angel Investor School will give you the tools to change the world through investment, supporting new technologies and ideas.

Selling a business for millions of dollars is a dream for many and a reality for few. With the help of Linda Rose’s Get Acquired for Millions, rest assured you can be one of those few. This insider’s guide to designing the most lucrative exit strategy is the “go-to” book for Technology Service Provider business owners who need answers. The book contains access to two valuable assessments to help you determine your current company valuation as a Technology Service Provider and your readiness to exit your company on a personal level.

Design Thinking is exponentially transforming how brands operate in a positive way. It is changing the way in which businesses develop solutions. It is a user-centric approach that makes doing business easy for both brands and clients. Mastering Design Thinking can change the way businesses think and helps in better understanding of the client’s need. It adds value to the business and works in the growth of businesses.

Are you ready to quit the rat race job and live a free life? Do you feel you overloaded by your office work? Do you want to change the state of things by starting your own business? This book will provide you a set of proven techniques which can help you to start a business from scratch and achieve financial freedom by turning your dreams to reality.

Today, the pay gap between chief executive officers of major US firms and their workers is higher than ever before - depending on the method of calculation, CEOs get paid between 300 and 700 times more than the average worker. Such outsized pay is a relatively recent phenomenon, but despite all the outrage, few detractors truly understand the numerous factors that have contributed to the dizzying upward spiral in CEO compensation.

Investors don't back entrepreneurs, they back Investable Entrepreneurs. Too many brilliant business ideas are killed by poor communication, leaving investors unable to understand the very basics of the business. When it comes to pitching, clarity is key. 'The Six Principles of the Perfect Pitch' is a proven process that will help to make your pitch powerful, get you noticed, generate interest and have investors queuing up to help you succeed.

Blockchain technology is still at its infancy when it comes to information. Current research and case studies on the Blockchain technology mirrors the very initial implementation of the technology and its feasibility. It is this implementation that has brought about changes in segments and processes that are within the financial institutions. It is the time we began to appreciate the contributions of Blockchain technology that has been very instrumental in powering the digital currency Bitcoin.

By 2050, $50 trillion will change hands in North America in the largest generational wealth transfer ever. It will remake the world and be the biggest money-making opportunity in history. "Business as usual", founded on exploitation and environmental ruin, is over. Climate catastrophe, reactionary politics, and widening inequity have put the world on edge. Meanwhile innovations are shifting the economic ground, and an entire generation is pounding the table for real change.

Adair Turner became chairman of Britain's Financial Services Authority just as the global financial crisis struck in 2008, and he played a leading role in redesigning global financial regulation. In this eye-opening book, he sets the record straight about what really caused the crisis. It didn’t happen because banks are too big to fail—our addiction to private debt is to blame. Between Debt and the Devil challenges the belief that we need credit growth to fuel economic growth, and that rising debt is okay as long as inflation remains low.

Unlock the power of shareholder capitalism -- a system that transcends zero-sum games and Wall Street stereotypes. In its essence, shareholder capitalism enables mutually beneficial trade, a concept ingrained in our human history for over 300,000 years. This approach fosters specialization, fuels innovation, and propels economic growth.

Securing venture capital (VC) funding can be a game-changer for startups, providing the financial resources needed to scale and grow. However, preparing for and successfully landing VC funding requires meticulous planning, understanding the current market landscape, and strategically positioning your startup. These suggestions will hopefully provide an overview of how to prepare for and secure venture capital funding in 2024-25.

Ein verblüffendes Hörbuch über die unheimliche Macht der Vermögensverwalter. Ihre wichtigste Eigenschaft ist die Diskretion, und ihre Aufgabe ist es, den Reichtum der Reichsten unsichtbar zu machen – während sie ihn mehren. Ganze Teams von Offshore-Experten arbeiten Tag und Nacht daran, für ihre Kunden Steuerschlupflöcher zu finden, Gesetze zu umgehen, kreative Lösungen zu finden. Der Begriff Steuerparadies, der in vielen europäischen Sprachen für Offshore verwendet wird, wirkt angesichts der libertären Anarchie, die hier herrscht, geradezu verharmlosend.

Entdecken Sie Ihr Weg zur finanziellen Freiheit: "Börse für Anfänger"- Wollten Sie schon immer die Geheimnisse der Börse entschlüsseln und Ihr Geld für sich arbeiten lassen? Beginnend mit den Grundlagen der Börse in Kapitel 2, zeichnet sich ein umfassendes Bild der historischen Entwicklung von den Anfängen bis zu den einschneidenden Ereignissen wie der Tulpen-Manie, der Dotcom-Blase und der Finanzkrise.