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The Business Book

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Author
DK
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Publish Date
28 November 2019
Run Time
16 hours 23 minutes
Format
Audiobook

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What to expect

You can achieve your business dream. Beat the odds as you learn from the best - including Henry Ford, Steve Jobs, and Bill Gates - and turn your idea into an amazing and profitable enterprise.

The Business Book helps you overcome the hurdles facing every new business, such as finding a gap in the market, securing finance, employing people, and creating an eye-catching brand. It is a plain-speaking guide to 80 of the most important commerce theories including chaos theory, critical path analysis, market mapping, and the MABA matrix.

It demystifies complicated concepts and explains the ideas of seminal business thinkers, such as Malcolm Gladwell's "tipping point" or Michael Porter's "five forces". It shows that you can succeed with stories of rags-to-riches entrepreneurs, including the founders of Hewlett-Packard, who began their global enterprise from their garage.

Whether you are a student, a CEO, or a would-be entrepreneur, The Business Book will inspire you and put you on the inside track to making your goal a reality.

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Author
DK
Narrator
James Cameron Stuart
Duration
16 hours 23 minutes
Release Date
28 November 2019
ISBN
9780241448311
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Genre
Management decision making, Business studies: general, Biography: business and industry

Synopsis

You can achieve your business dream. Beat the odds as you learn from the best - including Henry Ford, Steve Jobs, and Bill Gates - and turn your idea into an amazing and profitable enterprise.The Business Book helps you overcome the hurdles facing every new business, such as finding a gap in the market, securing finance, employing people, and creating an eye-catching brand. It is a plain-speaking guide to 80 of the most important commerce theories including chaos theory, critical path analysis, market mapping, and the MABA matrix.It demystifies complicated concepts and explains the ideas of seminal business thinkers, such as Malcolm Gladwell's "tipping point" or Michael Porter's "five forces". It shows that you can succeed with stories of rags-to-riches entrepreneurs, including the founders of Hewlett-Packard, who began their global enterprise from their garage.Whether you are a student, a CEO, or a would-be entrepreneur, The Business Book will inspire you and put you on the inside track to making your goal a reality.

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