How Not To Kill Your Business In 10 Steps

Author : Gaston Gilbert
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How Not To Kill Your Business in 10 Steps written by Gaston Gilbert and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-19 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do You Want to Succeed as a Startup? Avoid these Deadly Mistakes According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, nearly 20% of startups do not live past their second year, and many more fail before their fifth year. For anyone who is looking to venture into the world of entrepreneurship, these statistics paint a grim picture of the startup world today. But have you ever wondered why many new businesses fail so quickly after their inception? Over my decade-long journey into the world of business, I have had the opportunity to not only experience what it is like to run a business but also learned a lot from observing other small companies and the people who manage them. I've come to realize that the fundamental reason why many startups fail is that business owners and managers make fatal mistakes due to ignorance or simply lack of experience. In this book, I've attempted to identify the top cardinal sins in the world of business, drawing from my own personal experiences and what those have taught me. If you employ the advice in these pages, you'll get to learn how to navigate the world of business and avoid the dangers that would otherwise sink your enterprise.

Author : Gaston Gilbert
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781087961095
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How Not to Kill Your Business in 10 Steps written by Gaston Gilbert and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-20 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 20% of startups do not live past their second year, and many more fail before their fifth year (according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics) ! But have you ever wondered why many new businesses fail so quickly after their inception? Well, there are 10 main reasons responsible for this. We all know that starting and growing a company is full of challenges. However, avoiding the beginner's mistakes and other early business killers optimizes dramatically the survival rate of any startup. My name is Gaston Gilbert and over my decade-long entrepreneurship journey, I have had the opportunity to not only experience what it is like to run small businesses but also to learn a lot from observing other small companies and the people who manage them. I've come to realize that the fundamental reason why many startups fail is that business owners make common fatal mistakes when beginning their enterprise. In this book, I've attempted to identify the top cardinal sins done by new entrepreneurs, drawing from my own personal experiences and what those have taught me. If you employ the advice in these pages, you'll get to learn: - The 10 main dangers and pitfalls when starting a new business - How they can impact your business (and personal life) - How they can be avoided or minimized - The basics to ensure that your business is profitable - The essentials to set your new venture up for success It took me a few years and failures to realize this and adjust my way of working. That's why I'm sharing my lessons learned with you today in one, ultra convenient place. With this quick start guide in your hands, you can save yourself time, energy and money, and learn the basics for your first steps in the entrepreneurship world!

Author : Ken Kirsh
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1475905262
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Kill Your Company written by Ken Kirsh and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “How to Kill Your Company is a short and wonderful romp of a book. Ken Kirsh provides us with fastest way I’ve ever seen to help every leader become more self-aware, and in turn, build companies that thrive rather than fail.” —Robert Sutton, Stanford Professor and author of the New York Times bestsellers Good Boss, Bad Boss and The No Asshole Rule “Ken Kirsh’s book, How to Kill Your Company, is an intellectual shot in the brain. If you buy it, read it, study it, and put it into action, it will prevent you from shooting yourself in the foot and in the wallet.” —Jeffrey Gitomer, author of Little Red Book of Selling “Never have I seen so many good, actionable thoughts in so few pages.” —Peter Ricchiuti, Professor, A.B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University “For small businesses or big, Kirsh delivers 50 punchy and powerful don’t do’s that apply to CEOs, clerks and every employee in between.” —Chris Altizer, Senior Vice President Human Resources, Pfizer Unapologetic and in your face, How to Kill Your Company exposes 50 of the most common and detrimental behaviors that people, including you, unwittingly exhibit on a daily basis—and they’re killing your company.

Author : Lisa Bodell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351861530
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kill the Company written by Lisa Bodell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-10-21 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the ever-changing world of business, we've arrived at a point where process has trumped culture, where the race toward efficiency has left us unable to reach our potential. Stuck in the land of status quo, we've forgotten how to think. The very structures put in place to help businesses grow are now holding us back;; it's time to Kill the Company. This book is a call to arms: to start a revolution in how we think and work. But instead of more one-size-fits-all change initiatives forced upon employees, we need to embrace small changes that create ripple effects throughout the organization. Lisa Bodell urges companies to move from "Zombies, Inc." to "Think, Inc." Thinking can no longer be exclusive to the creative team or lead strategists. A culture of curiosity must be fostered among the ranks to shake up our standard practices, from unproductive meetings to go-nowhere strategic planning. This revolution can and will awaken our ability to think, and ultimately, to innovate and grow.

Author : Tom Eisenmann
Publisher : Currency
ISBN 13 : 0593137027
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why Startups Fail written by Tom Eisenmann and published by Currency. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you want your startup to succeed, you need to understand why startups fail. “Whether you’re a first-time founder or looking to bring innovation into a corporate environment, Why Startups Fail is essential reading.”—Eric Ries, founder and CEO, LTSE, and New York Times bestselling author of The Lean Startup and The Startup Way Why do startups fail? That question caught Harvard Business School professor Tom Eisenmann by surprise when he realized he couldn’t answer it. So he launched a multiyear research project to find out. In Why Startups Fail, Eisenmann reveals his findings: six distinct patterns that account for the vast majority of startup failures. • Bad Bedfellows. Startup success is thought to rest largely on the founder’s talents and instincts. But the wrong team, investors, or partners can sink a venture just as quickly. • False Starts. In following the oft-cited advice to “fail fast” and to “launch before you’re ready,” founders risk wasting time and capital on the wrong solutions. • False Promises. Success with early adopters can be misleading and give founders unwarranted confidence to expand. • Speed Traps. Despite the pressure to “get big fast,” hypergrowth can spell disaster for even the most promising ventures. • Help Wanted. Rapidly scaling startups need lots of capital and talent, but they can make mistakes that leave them suddenly in short supply of both. • Cascading Miracles. Silicon Valley exhorts entrepreneurs to dream big. But the bigger the vision, the more things that can go wrong. Drawing on fascinating stories of ventures that failed to fulfill their early promise—from a home-furnishings retailer to a concierge dog-walking service, from a dating app to the inventor of a sophisticated social robot, from a fashion brand to a startup deploying a vast network of charging stations for electric vehicles—Eisenmann offers frameworks for detecting when a venture is vulnerable to these patterns, along with a wealth of strategies and tactics for avoiding them. A must-read for founders at any stage of their entrepreneurial journey, Why Startups Fail is not merely a guide to preventing failure but also a roadmap charting the path to startup success.

Author : Carl Powell III
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781072501022
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 20 Ways to Kill Your Business written by Carl Powell III and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-06-07 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don't make these mistakes that can kill a business! Are you having issues with your business? Or, do you want to avoid pitfalls that can ruin your business? Learn from someone who has made the mistakes you want to avoid. See the inside reasons why these 20 things can ruin a business and keep it from being more successful. As an entrepreneur that has worked at businesses for 40 years, I have had my share of failures. Each time I failed, I looked to see what it was that caused me to fail. Each time, I found some little "nugget" that I could take with me to the next effort to help me avoid failure in the next. This book is made up of a number of the lessons I learned during all this time in business. My hope is that you'll avoid these pitfalls and be more successful as a result. Just because I know how to fail at business, it does not necessarily mean that I am a failure at business myself. I'm an entrepreneur. I think I have always been an entrepreneur. The idea of making or obtaining something and selling it to someone else in a way that makes them happy and makes me money is something I've been utilizing since elementary school. I have tried in probably a hundred ways to make money and help people. Some worked quite well, some not so well. Some lasted a while, others only a few days. Some never got off the ground. Each and every time I tried something, I have been able to look back and analyze that situation and learn from it. I don't know why, but I have been blessed with a fantastic memory of the past. Not an identic or photographic memory, just a good memory of things said, actions taken, interactions with people, and a lot of visual memories. It is a blessing to be able to look back at these times and think about every move, every nuance, every person involved, and I try to see why things worked out or didn't work out. These are the lessons I've learned from all these efforts. By reading this book, it is my belief, that if you avoid all the pitfalls that are listed here, you will be able to be successful in the business you choose. Of course there no guarantees and your success will still depend on what you choose and how hard you work. But these guidelines of what NOT to do will keep you from making a lot of mistakes. Table of Contents Chapter/Title 1.Limit Yourself to Just One Customer 2.Make Sure to Have Limited Materials Available 3.Take Your Cut Off of the Top 4.Don't Try It If No One Else Is Doing It Already 5.Do Not Advertise Your Products 6.Always Trust Everyone, Especially Yourself 7.Work Doing Something You Hate to Do 8.If You Can, Just Work for Your Parents 9.Believe Everything You Are Told 10.Give Up Before You Have A Chance To Make It Work 11.Listen to That ONE Naysayer 12.Don't Do the Math 13.Over Diversify Your Business 14.Grow Too Fast 15.Believe "If They Can Do It, You Can Do It!" 16.Don't Try New Things 17.When Things Get Tough, Jump Ship 18.Stay out of reach of your customers 19.Don't stand behind your products 20.Treat your customers like enemies

Author : Wallace D. Wattles
Publisher : Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1980 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Science of Success: 10 Steps to Prosperity and Power. Personal Development Classics. Personal Growth (Illustrated) written by Wallace D. Wattles and published by Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing. This book was released on 2020-01-14 with total page 1980 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Science of Success: 10 Steps to Prosperity and Power is the collection of titles encapsulates the greatest writings of all time on how to succeed and to grow in power, wealth and prosperity. Featuring: W. D. Wattles. THE SCIENCE OF GETTING RICH Napoleon Hill. THINK AND GROW RICH Russell H. Conwell. ACRES OF DIAMONDS Russell H. Conwell. THE KEY TO SUCCESS P.T. Barnum. THE ART OF MONEY GETTING OR GOLDEN RULES FOR MAKING MONEY Page Fox. ONE THOUSAND WAYS TO MAKE MONEY Benjamin Franklin. THE WAY TO WEALTH; OR, "POOR RICHARD IMPROVED" Orison Swett Marden. PUSHING TO THE FRONT Orison Swett Marden. AN IRON WILL H. A. Lewis. HIDDEN TREASURES; OR, WHY SOME SUCCEED WHILE OTHERS FAIL

Author : Jim Moore
Publisher : Xulon Press
ISBN 13 : 1602660891
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What Is Christian Truth for You? written by Jim Moore and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2007-05 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moore draws from personal life experiences to show how Jesus Christ draws allpeople into seeking Him. (Christian)

Author : Doug Griffiths
Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 146029758X
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 13 Ways to Kill Your Community 2nd Edition written by Doug Griffiths and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2016-10-24 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 13 Ways to Kill Your Community is lively, full of personality, conversational, breezy, succinct, and fun. One can imagine readers seeking out information on boosting their local community sighing dutifully as they seek out material and then being relieved and delighted when what they find turns out to be as entertaining as it is informative. The information provided is sometimes startling and often positively revelatory. The anecdotes and examples are delivered with wit and a little bit of a dishy factor. But underneath all the fun is a clear breadth of experience, and a no-nonsense, practical approach to community building, which can be easily grasped. 13 Ways to Kill Your Community offers practical, implementable steps that can be taken to bring a moribund community back to life. This book delivers what it promises, and it does so with wit and warmth....

Author : Alan Gelb
Publisher : Ten Speed Press
ISBN 13 : 0399578706
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Conquering the College Admissions Essay in 10 Steps, Third Edition written by Alan Gelb and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2017-06-20 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive guide to writing an amazing essay and mastering the college applications process. Writing a memorable personal statement can seem like an overwhelming project for a young college applicant, but college essay coach Alan Gelb's organized and encouraging step-by-step instructions take the intimidation out of the process, enabling applicants to craft a meaningful and polished college admissions essay. Gelb teaches students to identify an engaging topic and use creative writing techniques to compose a vivid statement that will reflect their individuality. A consistent top-seller in the college prep category, Conquering the College Admissions Essay in 10 Easy Steps has been revised to include extra information on supplemental and waitlist essays. This much-needed handbook will help applicants win over the admissions dean, while preparing them to write better papers once they've been accepted. For more, visit the author’s website at www.conquerthecollegeessay.com.