Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age (Paperback)

Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age (Paperback)
By Paul Graham

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"The computer world is like an intellectual Wild West, in which you can shoot anyone you wish with your ideas, if you're willing to risk the consequences. " --from Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age, by Paul Graham

We are living in the computer age, in a world increasingly designed and engineered by computer programmers and software designers, by people who call themselves hackers. Who are these people, what motivates them, and why should you care?

Consider these facts: Everything around us is turning into computers. Your typewriter is gone, replaced by a computer. Your phone has turned into a computer. So has your camera. Soon your TV will. Your car was not only designed on computers, but has more processing power in it than a room-sized mainframe did in 1970. Letters, encyclopedias, newspapers, and even your local store are being replaced by the Internet.

Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age, by Paul Graham, explains this world and the motivations of the people who occupy it. In clear, thoughtful prose that draws on illuminating historical examples, Graham takes readers on an unflinching exploration into what he calls "an intellectual Wild West."

The ideas discussed in this book will have a powerful and lasting impact on how we think, how we work, how we develop technology, and how we live. Topics include the importance of beauty in software design, how to make wealth, heresy and free speech, the programming language renaissance, the open-source movement, digital design, internet startups, and more.

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The 7 C's of Hiring - English (Kindle Edition)

The 7 C's of Hiring - English (Kindle Edition)
By Alan E. Hall

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Why does our company repeatedly hire people who just don't work out? In my extensive experience hiring hundreds of employees, I have learned that great employees possess near perfection in each of what I call the "Seven C's." These key traits include competency, capability, compatibility, commitment, character, culture and compensation.

In this book, I address each of the “C’s” as a useful evaluation tool to help an employer determine if the candidates being interviewed possess these outstanding qualities and will be a perfect match as an employee. Experience shows that when you hire a person who meets every characteristic, at the highest level, the odds are strong of that person staying with a company, and being happy and highly productive for a very long time.

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Startups (Kindle Edition)

Startups (Kindle Edition)
By chris dixon

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This book is a collection of blog posts I wrote from late 2008 to early 2011. I've been intensely interested in tech startups for the past 15 years or so. I started three companies, including one (SiteAdvisor) that was acquired by McAfee and one (Hunch.com) that I'm currently running full time. I also co-founded an early-stage seed venture capital fund called Founder Collective. Most of these posts are written from hard-earned and sometimes painful experiences. I hope they help other people avoid some of the mistakes I made.
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• Published on: 2011-04-16
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting a Food Truck Business (Paperback)

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting a Food Truck Business (Paperback)
By Alan Philips

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• Everything readers need to know to start up and operate a wildly popular mobile food business
• Includes crucial marketing expertise from a successful food truck entrepreneur

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• Published on: 2012-04-03
• Released on: 2012-04-03
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• 304 pages

Rippling: How Social Entrepreneurs Spread Innovation Throughout the World (Hardcover)

Rippling: How Social Entrepreneurs Spread Innovation Throughout the World (Hardcover)
By Beverly Schwartz

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Principles for driving significant change throughout an entire system

Drawing on the knowledge and experience of working with hundreds the world's top social change leaders in all fields, Beverly Schwartz presents a model for change based on five proven principles that any individual leader or organization can apply to bring about deep, lasting and systematic change. Rippling shows how to activate the type of change that is needed to address the critical challenges that threaten to destroy the foundations of our society and planet in these increasingly turbulent times.

These actionable principles are brought to life by compelling real-life stories. Schwartz provides a road map that allows anyone to become a changemaker.

• Presents some of today's most innovative and effective approaches to solving social and environmental challenges
• Offers a vision of social entrepreneurs as role models, catalysts, enablers and recruiters who spread waves system changing solutions throughout society
• The author offers a model of change that begins with the end result in mind
• First book from an insider at Ashoka, the foremost global organization on social change through social entrepreneurship

Rippling clearly demonstrates how and when empathy, creativity, passion, and persistence are combined; significant, life-altering progress is indeed possible.

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• 288 pages

Entrepreneurship in Action (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

Entrepreneurship in Action (2nd Edition) (Paperback)
By Mary K. Coulter

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Fun, contemporary, and easy to read, this book conveys the excitement and reality of entrepreneurship. Coulter focuses on the actual tasks and activities of the entrepreneur—from researching venture feasibility, to launching the venture, to managing growth. KEY TOPICS Other chapter topics include the context of entrepreneurship, the details of planning and organizing the venture, and managing processes and people. For up-and-coming entrepreneurs and owners of small businesses.

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• 384 pages

Running Lean: Iterate from Plan A to a Plan That Works (Lean (O'Reilly)) (Hardcover)

Running Lean: Iterate from Plan A to a Plan That Works (Lean (O'Reilly)) (Hardcover)
By Ash Maurya

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We live in an age of unparalleled opportunity for innovation. We're building more products than ever before, but most of them fail--not because we can't complete what we set out to build, but because we waste time, money, and effort building the wrong product.
What we need is a systematic process for quickly vetting product ideas and raising our odds of success. That's the promise of Running Lean.

In this inspiring book, Ash Maurya takes you through an exacting strategy for achieving a "product/market fit" for your fledgling venture, based on his own experience in building a wide array of products from high-tech to no-tech. Throughout, he builds on the ideas and concepts of several innovative methodologies, including the Lean Startup, Customer Development, and bootstrapping.

Running Lean is an ideal tool for business managers, CEOs, small business owners, developers and programmers, and anyone who's interested in starting a business project.

• Find a problem worth solving, then define a solution
• Engage your customers throughout the development cycle
• Continually test your product with smaller, faster iterations
• Build a feature, measure customer response, and verify/refute the idea
• Know when to "pivot" by changing your plan's course
• Maximize your efforts for speed, learning, and focus
• Learn the ideal time to raise your "big round" of funding

"If you are starting a company, or want to adopt the Lean Startup approach, Running Lean is a must read."

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• Published on: 2012-03-06
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• 240 pages

Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age (Kindle Edition)

Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age (Kindle Edition)
By Paul Graham

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"The computer world is like an intellectual Wild West, in which you can shoot anyone you wish with your ideas, if you're willing to risk the consequences. " --from Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age, by Paul Graham

We are living in the computer age, in a world increasingly designed and engineered by computer programmers and software designers, by people who call themselves hackers. Who are these people, what motivates them, and why should you care?

Consider these facts: Everything around us is turning into computers. Your typewriter is gone, replaced by a computer. Your phone has turned into a computer. So has your camera. Soon your TV will. Your car was not only designed on computers, but has more processing power in it than a room-sized mainframe did in 1970. Letters, encyclopedias, newspapers, and even your local store are being replaced by the Internet.

Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age, by Paul Graham, explains this world and the motivations of the people who occupy it. In clear, thoughtful prose that draws on illuminating historical examples, Graham takes readers on an unflinching exploration into what he calls "an intellectual Wild West."

The ideas discussed in this book will have a powerful and lasting impact on how we think, how we work, how we develop technology, and how we live. Topics include the importance of beauty in software design, how to make wealth, heresy and free speech, the programming language renaissance, the open-source movement, digital design, internet startups, and more.

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Entrepreneur Magazine April 2012 (Single Issue Magazine)

Entrepreneur Magazine April 2012 (Single Issue Magazine)
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App Empire: Make Money, Have a Life, and Let Technology Work for You (Hardcover)

App Empire: Make Money, Have a Life, and Let Technology Work for You (Hardcover)
By Mureta, Chad

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Have you ever wanted to have a business that works while you play? Have you ever wanted the flexibility to live life on your terms? How many times have you had a great idea, but never followed through on it?
The world's insatiable appetite for apps is growing at an astounding pace.  Over 21 billion apps have been downloaded for Apple and Android devices alone and the market is expected to reach 30 billion dollars annually over the next few years. App Empire will show you how to cash in on the app gold rush, without a background in technology or large amounts of start-up capital. 

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App Empire: Make Money, Have a Life, and Let Technology Work for You (Kindle Edition)

App Empire: Make Money, Have a Life, and Let Technology Work for You (Kindle Edition)
By Chad Mureta

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A guide to building wealth by designing, creating, and marketing a successful app across any platform

Chad Mureta has made millions starting and running his own successful app business, and now he explains how you can do it, too, in this non-technical, easy-to-follow guide. App Empire provides the confidence and the tools necessary for taking the next step towards financial success and freedom. The book caters to many platforms including iPhone, iPad, Android, and BlackBerry.

This book includes real-world examples to inspire those who are looking to cash in on the App gold rush. Learn how to set up your business so that it works while you don't, and turn a simple idea into a passive revenue stream.

• Discover marketing strategies that few developers know and/or use
• Learn the success formula for getting thousands of downloads a day for one App
• Learn the secret to why some Apps get visibility while others don't
• Get insights to help you understand the App store market

App Empire delivers advice on the most essential things you must do in order to achieve success with an app. Turn your simple app idea into cash flow today!

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #11340 in eBooks
• Published on: 2012-02-24
• Released on: 2012-02-24
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Maverick Startup: 11 X-Factors to Bootstrap From Zero to Six Figures and Beyond (Paperback)

Maverick Startup: 11 X-Factors to Bootstrap From Zero to Six Figures and Beyond (Paperback)
By Yanik Silver

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Shattering the myth that you need money to make money, serial entrepreneur and millionaire Yanik Silver reveals the 11 X-Factors that allowed him to grow eight different business ideas from scratch to 7-figures + each. Following in the footsteps of Silver and many other successful bootstrappers, uncover the secrets to turning your big idea into significant profits—without taking on debt, partnering with outside investors, or even writing a business plan.

Yanik Silver (Potomac, MD) is a serial entrepreneur who has successfully bootstrapped 8 different product and service ideas to reach the 7-figure sales mark without funding, taking on debt or even a real business plan. He’s been featured on Fox Business News, TIME.com, USA Today, SmartMoney.com, MSN Money, Portfolio.com, Entrepreneur.com, WORTH.com, The Boston Globe, Denver Business Journal, and many others.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #35007 in Books
• Published on: 2012-02-28
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HOW TO START YOUR BUSINESS TODAY (Kindle Edition)

HOW TO START YOUR BUSINESS TODAY (Kindle Edition)
By NATASHA RUSSELL

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HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT STARTING YOUR OWN BUSINESS BUT DID NOT KNOW HOW THIS BOOK WILL HELP YOU DO THAT ALONG WITH MARKETING IDEAS.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #299018 in eBooks
• Published on: 2012-03-12
• Released on: 2012-03-12
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Linchpin: Are You Indispensable (Hardcover)

Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? (Hardcover)
By Seth Godin

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"The only way to get what you're worth is to stand out, to exert emotional labor, to be seen as indispensable, and to produce interactions that organizations and people care deeply about."

In bestsellers such as Purple Cow and Tribes, Seth Godin taught readers how to make remarkable products and spread powerful ideas. But this book is different. It's about you - your choices, your future, and your potential to make a huge difference in whatever field you choose.

There used to be two teams in every workplace: management and labor. Now there's a third team, the linchpins. These people invent, lead (regardless of title), connect others, make things happen, and create order out of chaos. They figure out what to do when there's no rule book. They delight and challenge their customers and peers. They love their work, pour their best selves into it, and turn each day into a kind of art.

Linchpins are the essential building blocks of great organizations. Like the small piece of hardware that keeps a wheel from falling off its axle, they may not be famous but they're indispensable. And in today's world, they get the best jobs and the most freedom.

Have you ever found a shortcut that others missed? Seen a new way to resolve a conflict? Made a connection with someone others couldn't reach? Even once? Then you have what it takes to become indispensable, by overcoming the resistance that holds people back. Linchpin will show you how to join the likes of...

*Keith Johnson, who scours flea markets across the country to fill Anthropologie stores with unique pieces.
*Marissa Mayer, who keeps Google focused on the things that really matter.
*Jason Zimdars, a graphic designer who got his dream job at 37signals without a résumé.
*David, who works at Dean and Deluca coffeeshop in New York. He sees every customer interaction as a chance to give a gift and is cherished in return.

As Godin writes, "Every day I meet people who have so much to give but have been bullied enough or frightened enough to hold it back. It's time to stop complying with the system and draw your own map. You have brilliance in you, your contribution is essential, and the art you create is precious. Only you can do it, and you must."

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• 256 pages

The Startup Owner's Manual: The Step-By-Step Guide for Building a Great Company (Hardcover)

The Startup Owner's Manual: The Step-By-Step Guide for Building a Great Company (Hardcover)
By Steve Blank

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Now a decade after The Four Steps to the Epiphany sparked the Lean Startup revolution, comes its sequel... The Startup Owner's Manual. The Manual incorporates 10 years of learning and best practices that have swept the startup world. It incorporates the Business Model Canvas as the organizing principle for startup hypotheses, provides separate paths and advice for web/mobile products versus physical products, offers a wealth of detailed instruction on how to get, keep, and grow customers recognizing the different techniques for web and physical channels and teaches a "new math" for startups: "metrics that matter for fueling growth." The Startup Owner's Manual is a step-by-step, near-encyclopedic reference manual or "how to" for building a successful, scalable startup. Want to know what to do the first, week, month or year? What's the right distribution channel for your product? How to get traffic to your web site? ...and how to activate customers or users on arrival? Who are the right "first customers," and why? ...plus many more great tips in nearly 500 pages, complete with index, glossary, and Customer Development Checklists. It's the indispensible reference guide for any startup founder, entrepreneur, investor or educator.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #768 in Books
• Published on: 2012-03-01
• Original language: English
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• 608 pages

Get Rich Click!: The Ultimate Guide to Making Money on the Internet (Hardcover)

Get Rich Click!: The Ultimate Guide to Making Money on the Internet (Hardcover)
By Marc Ostrofsky

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Whether you are looking to earn $100 a day or $100,000 a year, this book will teach you how. Get Rich Click! is a comprehensive source of information from one of the world's most successful Internet entrepreneurs. This book outlines proven strategies and techniques for the Internet entrepreneur, and is full of real-life success stories about people of all ages who have made millions on line!

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #9988 in Books
• Published on: 2011-05-02
• Released on: 2011-05-02
• Original language: English
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• Binding: Hardcover
• 272 pages

How To Make Money In Your Fuzzy Bunny Slippers (Kindle Edition)

How To Make Money In Your Fuzzy Bunny Slippers (Kindle Edition)
By Leigh Davies

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This book shows you some of the best and easiest ways to make money at home with very little to no start-up money!

No more job hunting.
It's time to take control of your future and decide when and where you want to work!

This guide shows you all the requirements you need for some of the best home-based businesses and how to start making money today. I've also included a list of over 100 resources for work-at-home jobs from affiliate marketing, to managing your own website. It's all here!

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• Published on: 2012-03-21
• Released on: 2012-03-21
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