Compiled by Springwise, the global innovation discovery engine, Disrupt! explains and highlights the best, most disruptive and most useful innovation ideas of the 21st century. The book shares which themes underpin their success and which ideas can best be used to drive creativity in the workplace, office or industry. Springwise has a huge online readership and a reputation as … [More]
Women Rocking Business
Women are rocking the world of business and changing the face of commerce. Over the last 15 years, women have stepped into entrepreneurship in significantly greater numbers than men, but we’re also failing at those businesses even faster than men. This book is going to change that. Women Rocking Business provides a revolutionary approach to building a business that honors … [More]
Growing Business – Scaling to Greatness
A local startup that grew to international prominence and impacts industries across the business spectrum, GoDaddy is one of many Valley companies that have scaled up successfully. It was founded in 1997, and only five years ago began looking at international expansion as a core growth driver, according to Andrew Low Ah Kee, executive vice president international. “Today, 40 … [More]
High-Growth Levers
“Mark’s strategies show how even business[es] in the most dire of times still have a set of responsibilities, a path and processes that they can follow that will optimize their chance of turnaround and long-term success.” —Stephen R. Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and The Leader in Me. Leading corporate strategist Mark Faust proves that one’s business … [More]
Stadium Status
Business as usual is ancient history. Large corporations, small businesses, entrepreneurs, even CEOs and politicians must make the move from simply selling a product or service to delivering a mind-blowing customer experience. They have to learn to play at the level athletes and entertainers call “stadium status.” Stadium status is that elusive place every coach, athlete, … [More]
Time, Talent, Energy
Business leaders know that the key to competitive success is smart management of scarce resources. That’s why companies allocate their financial capital so carefully. But capital today is cheap and abundant, no longer a source of advantage. The truly scarce resources now are the time, the talent and the energy of the people in one’s organization — resources that are too often … [More]
The Entrepreneur’s Playbook
Big new ideas rarely make great businesses … Laboring on a business plan can be a waste of time … You are going to need dramatically more start-up money than you think you do. Counterintuitive concepts like these have helped the world’s best entrepreneurs succeed. Yet most of us only learn them the hard way. Len Green, an experienced investor, entrepreneur and business … [More]
New Year’s Business Resolutions
It’s that time of year again for business owners to think about change, improvement and new achievements for their company in 2017. We know from research that 92 percent of New Year’s resolutions fail, but rather than say, “Why bother?” try going about those resolutions in a more effective way. The following “secrets to success” are culled from more than three decades … [More]
The Power of Positive Destruction
It’s no longer good enough to build a company to last; today, it’s about building a company to ignite change. The Power of Positive Destruction reveals how to start a new business, disrupt an industry, and adapt to changing environments by leveraging technology and a new mindset. Serial entrepreneur Seth Merrin has built businesses by seeing issues with the status quo and … [More]
Becoming Hewlett Packard
Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard invented the model of the Silicon Valley startup and set in motion a process of corporate becoming that made it possible for HP to transform itself six times over the 77 years since its founding in the face of sweeping technological changes that felled most of its competitors over the years. Today, HP is in the throes of a seventh transformation to … [More]
Brand Desire
If companies can create true desirability for their brands, customers will not only express preference and loyalty, they also show a willingness to act as brand champions, participate in online communities, co-create innovative ideas, and show the sort of commitment that is normally associated with fervent employees. Brands need to nurture it by offering both security and … [More]
Tools of Titans
Nearly two hundred world-class performers have been interviewed for the podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, over the past two years. Guests range from super celebs (Jamie Foxx, Arnold Schwarzenegger, etc.) and athletes (icons of powerlifting, gymnastics, surfing, etc.) to legendary Special Operations commanders and black-market biochemists. For most of the guests, it’s the first … [More]
Spark
Most startups fail for these key reasons: The entrepreneur started business without a clear sense of purpose or poor management or a lack of understanding the customer. David Hilton will enable readers to see their business from a higher perspective — a perspective that shows them where they are in the journey of building their company, and that the challenges are not … [More]
The Dream Chaser
The Dream Chaser shows readers how to step out of the day-to-day grind and start creating the life they want. It’s possible to have both, and this book shows how to get there. The key is in following one’s passion and purpose. Everyone has a natural-born talent — whether they know it or not — that can make the world a better place. Each has a unique story and vision that can … [More]
High-Growth Levers
Mark Faust’s strategies show how even businesses in the most dire of times still have a set of responsibilities, a path and processes they can follow that will optimize their chance of turnaround and long-term success. Leading corporate strategist Faust proves that a business can see positive growth with the application of action plans like assessing pressures and trends and … [More]
Scrappy
Paying one’s dues and plugging away may gain a person enough experience through “the school of hard knocks” to be successful. But for those who want to reach their goals faster, earn more, beat the odds — and do it with class and style — it’s time to get scrappy. Scrappy people see big problems and come up with big solutions. Or they see ordinary challenges and find a new path … [More]
Navigating the Talent Shift
By 2020, 40 percent of the workforce won’t want to be someone’s employee. That means managers and executives have to forget the old recruit-and-search-for-months methods to acquire talent and revise their perception that “talent” is only full-time employees. The good news is that this talent allows businesses to achieve the biggest impact on projects in the fastest time … [More]
Success by Example: Q&A’s from Local Greats
Small business is thriving in our state, and in Metro Phoenix specifically. Arizona State University and Grand Canyon University have programs focused on fostering entrepreneurialism; many of the Maricopa County community colleges are also active in this space with specialized programs, notably GateWay Community College‘s incubator, Center for Entrepreneurial Innovation; and … [More]
