Entrepreneur's Notebook: Practical Advice for Starting a New Business Venture
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Nice Guide for Beginners
  • A Must-Have for Entrepreneurs
  • Exellent Book
  • Brief and to the point
  • Invaluable advice for the budding entrepreneur
Entrepreneur's Notebook: Practical Advice for Starting a New Business Venture
Steven K. Gold
Manufacturer: Learning Ventures Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0976279045

Book Description

Entrepreneur's Notebook propels you on a whirlwind tour of the start-up process. It is an invaluable reference for new and experienced entrepreneurs that includes chapters on a wide range of topics, from entrepreneurial team building to business plans to financing. This excellent book provides an incredible amount of practical information that will help you make smarter decisions and avoid costly mistakes. The author, Steven K. Gold, is an accomplished entrepreneur who has co-founded and led five early-stage ventures. As an investor and mentor, he also advises many entrepreneurs and young companies. He earned his B.S.E. in Entrepreneurial Management from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and his M.D. from Brown University Medical School.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Nice Guide for Beginners.......2007-06-16

The author writes a nice overview of the entrepreneurial process. It's basically for novices but it does a good job for this audience. The only problem I have with this book is that it is too basic and is therefore non-unique because it is so low-level. Regardless, I must say that for the right audience, it does a fine job over giving the big picture.

If you are advanced or aspire to become advanced, I would recommend "The Startup Company Bible for Entrepreneurs" but only for high-tech entrepreneurs. Even this author has recommended it.

5 out of 5 stars A Must-Have for Entrepreneurs.......2007-05-14

Steven gives great illustrations to drive home his insightful advice for entrepreneurs. As he's "been there, done that," we can take his advice to heart in the hopes of becoming a success like him!

5 out of 5 stars Exellent Book.......2007-05-11

Great book for getting ready to open a new business. Would refer to anyone thinking about opening a business.

5 out of 5 stars Brief and to the point.......2007-04-27

This is a delightful little book that contains a wealth of useful and helpful information and ideas on starting a small business and ensuring that it is viable and succesful. The book is well written and easy to follow and interesting to read.

This is a must read for entrepreneurs, particularly budding ones as the information the book provides is very practical and can help you avoid making costly errors. The book covers a wide range of topics including the start-up process, marketing the business on a small budget, cash-flow forecasting, among other things.

The book is an excellent companion for the entrepreneur that is well worth having.

5 out of 5 stars Invaluable advice for the budding entrepreneur.......2007-03-04

This book does a terrific job of presenting some of the most important issues entrepreneurs face when embarking on new ventures, touching on topics such as the business plan, funding, team building, and cash flows. Using simple, yet stunningly accurate models of the entrepreneurial process, Steven Gold distills complex subjects into simple, practical, take-away messages. The classification of entrepreneurial personalities (professionals, pragmatists, and inventors) is something I think we can all relate to. I find the metaphor which compares building a new company to making "stone soup" equally compelling. There are countless books out there for budding entrepreneurs, but this one is no fluff. It gets right down to the nuts and bolts so you can concentrate on your business.
Time Management Made Easy
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Great inspiration!
Time Management Made Easy
Peter Turla , and Kathleen L. Hawkins
Manufacturer: Plume
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0452272025

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5 out of 5 stars Great inspiration!.......2001-10-15

Though somewhat militant in its teachings the book is extraordinary in its approach to time management. The systems explained by Peter Turla are truly inspiring!
Clutter Busting Made Easy : A Simple Plan to Organize and Get Control of Your Stuff
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    Clutter Busting Made Easy : A Simple Plan to Organize and Get Control of Your Stuff
    Marla Regan , and OrganizedTime.com
    Manufacturer: Special Interests Publishing
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    You've got clutter! And you don't need a big book about organizing adding to it. The simple tips and tools in this edoc will show you how to conquer clutter for good.

    Learn the What, How, Where, When and Why of Clutter Busting. You will learn how to quickly plan your attack, get a grip on paper, organize holiday decorations, get and keep clutter under control and keep the momentum going. Don't be overwhelmed. In just ten quick pages you get tips, forms and action steps that will take you from chaos to order. Take control of your "stuff" and your life today!
    Outlook 98 Made Easy - The Basics & Beyond
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      Outlook 98 Made Easy - The Basics & Beyond
      Carole B. Matthews , and Martin S. Matthews
      Manufacturer: Osborne Publishing
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      Outlook is the messaging client for Exchange Server, which has sold more than 7.2 million sets since it shipped in 1996--also bundled with Microsoft Office, which has installed base of 23 million. A valuable reference for Outlook, a program that allows a project team to organize, integrate and manage email, calendars, tasks, contacts, documents, and schedules, all from within the same interface. Outlines the latest updates, including more intuitive usability features, improved performance, and support for the Internet standards SMTP/POP3, IMAP4, and LDAP.
      TIME MANAGEMENT MADE EASY
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        Timeslips III Made Easy
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          Bryan Pfaffenberger
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          Time Management Made Easy (Made Easy Series)
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            Patty Marler , Jan Bailey Mattia , and Jan Bailey
            Manufacturer: NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company
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            Interest-Rate Option Models: Understanding, Analysing, and Using Models for Exotic Interest-Rate Options (Wiley Series in Financial Engineering)
            Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
            • Good but a little bit superficial
            • Good starting point
            • Great for intuitive understanding
            • Most comprehensive book wirtten on this topic
            • Good on Several Levels
            Interest-Rate Option Models: Understanding, Analysing, and Using Models for Exotic Interest-Rate Options (Wiley Series in Financial Engineering)
            Riccardo Rebonato , and Ricardo Rebonato
            Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons
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            ASIN: 0471965693

            Book Description

            The modelling of exotic interest-rate options is such an important and fast-moving area, that the updating of the extremely successful first edition has been eagerly awaited. This edition re-focuses the assessment of various models presented in the first edition, in light of the new developments of modelling imperfect correlation between financial quantities. It also presents a substantial new chapter devoted to this revolutionary modelling method. In this second edition, readers will also find important new data dealing with the securities market and the probabilistic/stochastic calculus tools. Other changes include: a new chapter on the issues arising in the pricing of several classes of exotic interest-rate instruments; and insights from the BDT and the Brennan and Schwartz approaches which can be combined into a new class of "generalised models". Further details can be found on the links between mean-reversion and calibration for the important classes of models.

            Dr Riccardo Rebonato is Director and Head of Research at Barclays Capital. He is responsible for the modelling, trading and risk management of the European exotic interest-rate products. He holds Doctorates in Nuclear Engineering and Science of Materials/Solid State Physics. Before moving into investment banking he was Research Fellow in Physics at Corpus Christi College (Oxford). He has published papers in several academic journals in finance, and is a regular speaker at conferences worldwide.

            Customer Reviews:

            4 out of 5 stars Good but a little bit superficial.......2007-09-18

            This is an excellent reference guide to interest rate option models, I used it extensively with Implementing Derivative Models (Wiley Series in Financial Engineering)while I was writing my masters thesis. Although it is a good reference, it lacks deep demonstration of how the equations are derived, throwing a lot of them assuming that the reader is an expert on the field. So in some models the book tends to be too superficial, but as I said it is an excellent reference of IR Option Models.

            4 out of 5 stars Good starting point.......2005-09-24

            It's a recommended reading for our finance/numerical mth course. I have not got a chance to read through the whole book, but looks to be a good starting point for the subject matter.

            4 out of 5 stars Great for intuitive understanding.......2003-04-20

            The book places more emphasis on an intuitive grasp of the complex mathematics involved, though this must mean giving up rigour to an extent.

            5 out of 5 stars Most comprehensive book wirtten on this topic.......2001-11-06

            It is really a pleasure to read this book. While covering the most important topics it remains focused on the essentials. Whenever you have to deal with a concept in the literature about fixed income instruments you are not aware off Rebonato is always a good reference to start with, similar to Hull's or Wilmott's book.

            Rebonato addresses consequently practical implementation issues (although not coevering the technical details of the implementation algorithms - read the original papers for that!) that are frequently missing in so many academic publications. This makes it to one of my favorit books on my book shelf. I am looking forward to his next book on intrest rate derivatives.

            5 out of 5 stars Good on Several Levels.......2001-07-11

            Rebonato covers the material on different levels, providing not only full mathematical formulations, but also the English version of the math along with explanations of significance of the topics covered. This book is excellent for those with the mathematical background to understand the math, and is easy to follow for those with less than rigorous mathematical background. I would recommend a good foundation in general option pricing (at least an introduction to Black-Scholes and lattice modeling) prior to reading this book. Futures, Options, and Swaps by Kolb and Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives by Hull would be good preliminary readings. Rebonato does a good job in discussing the various modeling techniques, along with the strengths and weaknesses of each.

            Eyes on the Prize:Law and Economic Development in Singapore (Londen-Leiden Series on Law Administration and Development)
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              Connie Carter
              Manufacturer: Springer
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              ASIN: 9041117288

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              Most law and development books focus on "what went wrong". Eyes on the Prize is an exception: it focuses on "what went right" in Singapore's transformation from squalid colony to successful growth-oriented, capitalist state. It questions the efficacy and nature of the role of law in the forty-year transformation, in the light of traditional and neo-traditional theories of law and development. It has not been the "rule of law" as such that has contributed to Singapore's development. Rather it has been law as the embodiment of "mature policy" of a goal-oriented, politically stable, educated, largely non-corrupt, communitarian and authoritarian state bureaucracy, which was grafted onto the remnants of the previous colonial administrative structures. Dr Carter examines Singapore's economic development in relation to labour law, land law, and intellectual property law, testing these against key aspects of law and development theories. While analyses of the former challenge the law and development convergence theory, that of intellectual property law uncovers the transforming impact of global influences such as the WTO. As such, the book provides a novel and balanced account for the student of law and economic development.

              Australian Termites & Other Common Timber Pests
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                Phillip Hadlington
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                Australian termites and other common timber pests
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                  Phillip W Hadlington
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                  Crassulacean Acid Metabolism: Analysis of an Ecological Adaptation
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                    Crassulacean Acid Metabolism: Analysis of an Ecological Adaptation (Sources in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences;)
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                      Journey to the Center of the City: Making a Difference in an Urban Neighborhood
                      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
                      • Facinating story by a witty and caring author.
                      • An extraordinary example of how a family loves its neighbors
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                      When you get involved with city ministry, you're in for some adventures--and you see God at work! Randy and Tina White, with their two young sons, left suburbia to join believers living in a disadvantaged area of Fresno, California. Through their family's story you will learn more about God's heart for the city, meet some of the people who live there, and discover ways you might make a difference too.Discussion questions, twelve Bible studies on God and the city, and a list of "21 Things You Can Do to Love the City" will help you dig even further into the topic. And they make Journey to the Center of the City an ideal book for small group discussion and action!

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                      5 out of 5 stars Facinating story by a witty and caring author........1997-01-04

                      The book is too short! You want to read more about this family's discovery of how to make a difference in the inner city. Makes you wonder if you could do what they are doing .

                      5 out of 5 stars An extraordinary example of how a family loves its neighbors.......1997-01-02

                      This young man and his family live the life of love the rest of us only read about. The book sings with humor and creative narrative. It wrenches our hearts, then sends our hopes for these neighbors soaring. Perhaps because of this book there will be other Randys and Tinas and Josephs and Jamesons who are willing to journey to the center of the city and love their neighbors.
                      Restoring Americas Neighborhoods: How Local People Make a Difference
                      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
                      • Onward!
                      Restoring Americas Neighborhoods: How Local People Make a Difference
                      Michael R. Greenberg
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                      5 out of 5 stars Onward!.......2000-01-09

                      If you've ever known the excitement, the fears, the satisfaction and the exhaustion inherent in working toward strong and healthy neighborhoods in America, this is the book!

                      It will provide companionship, pleasure, and people you'll want to meet someday.

                      It may even encourage you to take that next step or that new responsibility you've been thinking about.

                      If each of us will 'bloom where we are planted' and offer thoughtful action and generous concern to our neighborhood, or to a neighborhood nearby that really needs us, America is sure to be stronger and richer for a long time to come. I think that's the message of this book, along with some politically important points. [Like that it is neither fair nor wise to add unpleasant or dangerous land uses to neighborhoods that are already struggling to stay healthy.] I think you'll find it worth your time. I read it from cover to cover, though I thought I'd only browse.
                      Ethnic Differences: Schooling and Social Structure among the Irish, Italians, Jews, and Blacks in an American City, 18801935 (Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Modern History)
                      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
                      • An effective rejoinder to Steinberg's Ethnic Myth
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                      Joel Perlmann
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                      Ethnic Differences explores how and why the Irish, Italians, Jews, and blacks of Providence, Rhode Island differed in their schooling and economic success. Drawing on new evidence from thousands of students recors of public, Catholic, and private schools, as well as on census manuscripts, city directories, and other sources, the book offers an integrated study of American ethnicity, education, and social structure. Joel Perlmann examines the extent to which differing career patterns, and reconsiders the relation between ethnicity and social class.

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                      5 out of 5 stars An effective rejoinder to Steinberg's Ethnic Myth.......2000-04-06

                      A valuable, well-argued corrective to the argument advanced in Steven Steinberg's Ethnic Myth, which downplayed the influence of cultural values on the achievements of different ethnic groups.
                      Planning for Diversity: Policy and Planning in a World of Difference (Rtpi Library)
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                        Dory Reeves
                        Manufacturer: Routledge
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                        The practical importance of diversity and equality for spatial planning and sustainable development is still not widely understood. Using international examples, this book shows planners and educationalists the benefits of building in a consideration of diversity and equality at each stage and level of planning.

                        Despite being one of the most diverse and gender balanced of the built environment professions, complacency has been widespread in planning. This book shows why a diverse profession is important and drawing on a wide range of good practice, shows how those involved in planning can develop their sensitivity to and expertise in diversity and equality.

                        Texas Politics: Individuals Making a Difference
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                          Texas Politics: Individuals Making a Difference
                          W. B. Stouffer , David M. Billeaux , Jose Angel Gutierrez , Eric Miller , Barry Price , and Carol Waters
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                          This Texas politics text encourages students to participate in government by emphasizing—through anecdotes and examples—how they can make a difference in their state and community.

                          Local government is covered early in the text, and important policy issues such as criminal justice, health and human services, education, and the budget are discussed in separate chapters.


                          To Make a Difference Teaching in the Inner City
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                            Larry Cuban
                            Manufacturer: Free Pr
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                            The Fulbright Difference: 1948-1992 (Studies on Cultural Diplomacy and the Fulbright Experience)
                            Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
                            • International Education and Cross Cultural exchange
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                            4 out of 5 stars International Education and Cross Cultural exchange.......2000-03-24

                            This book will be of interest to former Fulbright exchange scholars in particular and to those interested in international education and cross cultural exchange more generally.
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                              Leaving their rural Nebraska home far behind, the Delacourt sisters - Sharon, Danielle, Sabrina, and Denise - have chosen to pursue their dreams in a big city. Set on making an impact on the world, will they meet disappointment or delight? Working within Washington, D.C., political circles, Sharon wants to make A World of Difference. But will rumors of scandal ruin her vision of peace and love? Danielle's crusade on behalf of the residents of an Atlanta nursing home pits her against the wealthy owner. Can she remind him that the true riches Beneath Heaven's Curtain have nothing to do with money? Sabrina has taken a short-term mission assignment in Hong Kong. Could the discovery of new love In the Heart of the Storm carry her beyond the call of duty? The Arrow of God's will is leading Denise toward a teaching position in Houston's inner city. Can she bring her heart to love these students - and their unconventional mentor? Life in the city offers new challenges, new lessons, and new loves. Will these four young women see their new world through God's eyes and rise to their opportunities like the surrounding sky-scrapers?
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                                  This manual/CD package shows physics instructors--both web novices and Java savvy programmers alike--how to author their own interactive curricular material using Physlets--Java applets written for physics pedagogy that can be embedded directly into html documents and that can interact with the user. It demonstrates the use of Physlets in conjunction with JavaScript to deliver a wide variety of web-based interactive physics activities, and provides examples of Physlets created for classroom demonstrations, traditional and Just-in-Time Teaching homework problems, pre- and post-laboratory exercises, and Interactive Engagement activities. More than just a technical how-to book, the manual gives instructors some ideas about the new possibilities that Physlets offer, and is designed to make the transition to using Physlets quick and easy. Covers Pedagogy and Technology (JITT and Physlets; PER and Physlets; technology overview; and scripting tutorial); Curricular Material (in-class activities; mechanics, wavs, and thermodynamics problems; electromagnewtism and optics problems; and modern physics problems); and References (on resources; inherited methods; naming conventions; Animator; EFIELD; DATAGRAPH; DATATABLE; Version Four Physlets).

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