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| smart business book: Smart Business Ming Zeng, 2018 Introduction: Open sesame -- Alibaba: the emergence of a smart business -- Smart business: the future of strategy -- Network coordination: how interconnected players change the game -- Data intelligence: how machine learning makes businesses smart -- How smart businesses compete: strategic principles -- Automating decisions: establishing the strategic foundation -- Customer-to-business: upending the business model -- Strategic positioning: rethinking value creation -- How smart businesses run: organizational implications -- Self-tuning: making strategic processes smarter -- From managing to enabling: the role of management -- The future of smart business: what it means for you |
| smart business book: Smart Business Networks Peter H.M. Vervest, Eric van Heck, Ken Preiss, Louis-Francois Pau, 2005-12-14 Scientists from management and strategy, information systems, engineering and telecommunications have discussed a novel concept: Smart Business Networks. They see the future as a developing web of people and organizations, bound together in a dynamic and unpredictable way, creating smart outcomes from quickly (re-)configuring links between actors. The question is: What should be done to make the outcomes of such a network 'smart', that is, just a little better than that of your competitor? More agile, with less pain, with more return to all the members of the network, now and over time? The technical answer is to create a 'business operating system' that should run business processes on different organisational platforms. Business processes would become portable: The end-to-end management of processes running across many different organizations in many different forms would become possible. This book presents you the outcomes of an energizing and new direction in management science. |
| smart business book: The Smart Thinking Book Kevin Duncan, 2015-10-31 Plenty of people are intelligent and have the right qualifications. But in business, to be successful, you also have to be smart and creative. This book contains 60 pieces of distilled wisdom to help you think smartly and creatively, and to enable you to stand out from the others. By the author of the bestselling 'The Diagrams Book' (12 languages licensed), each piece of advice can be read in one minute or the entire book in one hour. Divided into six main sections (Growth, Communication, Innovation, Creativity, Relationships and Thinking, this powerful little book draws from a range of disciplines and perspectives to enable readers to transform the way they approach work and life. LID Publishing's popular Concise Advice Lab notebooks are designed to be quick and comprehensive brainstorming tools and skill-building resources for busy professionals. The small trim size makes it easy to take along in a briefcase or purse. Interior pages are matte finish, so ink won't smear, and there's plenty of space to jot notes. A ribbon makes it easy to mark your place, and the elastic outer band keeps the notebook closed. |
| smart business book: Smart Business for Contractors James M. Kramon, 2001 Addresses the full range of financial & legal concerns of the more than 800,000 small-shop contractors & tradespeople in the U. S., from submitting accurate bids, including overhead & fixed costs in their bids, & charging a fair price for their work. |
| smart business book: Smart Business James W. Botkin, 1999 The first knowledge-age book to give practical advice on how to organize and make use of knowledge--how to turn knowledge into wisdom.--Jacket. |
| smart business book: Smart Giving Is Good Business Curt Weeden, 2011-03-15 Answers to the 12 most common and critical questions about corporate giving In this groundbreaking resource, Weeden shows how to strategically plan, manage and evaluate corporate contributions. Questions include: Why Should We Give?; How Much?; Who Decides?; Does a Company Need a Foundation?; How to Give Products or Services?; How Do We Know What Works? The book covers a wide range of topics including: The case for conditional corporate philanthropy; increasing stewardship to give more; assigning responsibility for signature programs; how CEOs leverage contributions programs for maximum benefit; effectively staffing corporate contributions programs; the pros and cons of corporate foundations; and more. Offers benchmarks for determining if a business has a meaningful philanthropic program that fosters constructive corporate citizenship Reveals how an effective philanthropic program and commitment can be incorporated in any organization Contains a comprehensive review of the information corporations need to make informed decisions about giving The author offers a prescription for linking businesses with causes and the nonprofits addressing critical issues in a way that will preserve or restore services and activities essential to our quality of life. |
| smart business book: Smart Business, Stupid Business Diane Kennedy, Megan Hughes, 2010-04-01 Smart Business, Stupid Business” provides a practical approach for the small business owner. This is a book written specifically for the small business owner with specific action steps. It's filled with meaningful information that cuts to the chase. It's the comprehensive content that turns any business owner into a Smarter Business Owner. |
| smart business book: Math Smart for Business Paul Westbrook, 1997 Essentials of Managerial Finance Explains the basics of business math for everyday use Includes helpful information on using computer spreadsheets Simplifies the intricacies of statistical analysis and other complex calculations |
| smart business book: The Street-smart Entrepreneur Jay Goltz, 1998 If you're in business now... or have ever even thought about being in business, read this book! Starting with two thousand dollars and a gritty determination to succeed, Jay Goltz built his business the hard way...from the ground up. Early on, he realized that no amount of education could prepare him for the day-to-day rigors of building a business. So, he learned through experience. Today, thirty-five years later, Goltz operates the world's largest custom picture-framing facility... it is thirty times the size of the average framing shop. No waxing philosophical here. In The Street-Smart Entrepreneur, Goltz tells it like it is, offering real-life lessons that can help you suceed in the in-your-face world of business. Among the important topics Goltz covers: Savvy Marketing Analysis: Starting up without throwing upUnderstanding Cash Flow: How you can be swamped with business and still go brokeGrounding Your Business: Controlled growth or growth out of control?Hiring Smart: You're only as good as your worst employeeKnowing the Numbers: Good accounting won't make your business, but poor accounting can ruin it.Leveraging Assets: All your assets? No just the financial ones.Serving Customers: Is the customer always right? |
| smart business book: Actionable Web Analytics Jason Burby, Shane Atchison, 2007-05-29 Provides information on developing a Web analytics strategy to help make strategic business decisions, plan a website, develop effective marketing, and create a culture of analysis within an organization. |
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| smart business book: The Smart Business Guide to China E-Commerce Frank Lavin, 2021-08-27 How to win in the world's largest retail market. China is the largest e-commerce market in the world and the most digital of the major economies. At the same time, many international brands are intimidated by the China market given their lack of familiarity and the significant cultural and language differences. The Smart Business Guide helps bridge this gap by providing a how-to approach to the China e-commerce ecosystem. E-commerce provides a powerful tool for brands to reach consumers and offers the predictability and statistical feedback that dramatically reduces the costs of a brand to enter the China market. A quick, punchy read, The Smart Business Guide is a useful book for consumer brands, retailers, and entrepreneurs. It covers critical areas such as: -- How any brand can be a pure-play e-commerce brand in China -- How Chinese consumers are different from U.S. consumers -- The main platforms and social media channels -- Case studies of success and failure in China -- How to deal with market entry challenges, trademark registration, and product approval -- How to compete and win in the most challenging--and most promising--retail market in the world |
| smart business book: Intentional Integrity Robert Chesnut, 2020-07-28 Silicon Valley expert Robert Chesnut shows that companies that do not think seriously about a crucial element of corporate culture—integrity—are destined to fail. “Show of hands—who in this group has integrity?” It’s with this direct and often uncomfortable question that Robert Chesnut, General Counsel of Airbnb, begins every presentation to new employees. Defining integrity is difficult. Once understood as “telling the truth and keeping your word,” it was about following not just the letter but the spirit of the law. But in a moment when workplaces are becoming more diverse, global, and connected, silence about integrity creates ambiguities about right and wrong that make everyone uncertain, opening the door for the minority of people to rationalize selfish behavior. Trust in most traditional institutions is down—government, religious organizations, and higher education—and there’s a dark cloud hovering over technology. But this is precisely where companies come in; as peoples’ faith in establishments deteriorates, they’re turning to their employer for stability. In Intentional Integrity, Chesnut offers a six-step process for leaders to foster and manage a culture of integrity at work. He explains the rationale and legal context for the ethics and practices, and presents scenarios to illuminate the nuances of thinking deeply and objectively about workplace culture. We will always need governments to manage defense, infrastructure, and basic societal functions. But, Chesnut argues, the private sector has the responsibility to use sensitivity and flexibility to make broader progress—if they act with integrity. Rob is an insider who's combined doing good with doing business well in two iconic Silicon Valley companies. His book contains smart, practical advice for anyone looking to do good and do well.” —Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn and author of Blitzscaling |
| smart business book: The Effective Client David Skuodas, 2020 Have you ever wondered what designers and builders really think about their clients, or why it matters? David Skuodas spent the past several years asking vendors in the construction industry the following question: Why does it matter to be a good client? Skuodas interviewed over 50 consultants, contractors, and client project managers about this topic. He asked them what differentiates a good client from a bad client, and how the client affects the cost, schedule, and quality of a project. He also asked vendors what conditions allow them to do their best work, and conversely, what might an owner do that makes it difficult for vendors to do their jobs effectively? This book allows you to peek behind the curtain and find out how designers and builders really differentiate between good and bad clients. You will learn how client behavior affects the price and quality of work - and even how designers and builders choose their clients. That's right, just because you have a project to bid doesn't anybody has to bid it. This book offers practical advice on how you can improve your standing with designers and builders so you can become a client of choice. Make no mistake: owners are in competition with each other for a very limited pool of capable designers and builders. Being a desirable customer is smart business, this book will show you how. |
| smart business book: Band - Smart Martin Atkins, 2014-06 In this prequel to the bestselling Tour:Smart, label owner, speaker, entrepreneur, drummer, and producer Martin Atkins has collected advice and contributions from more than 200 industry professionals covering everything a person needs to know about being in a band and succeeding on their own terms. Topics range from starting and naming a new band, recording, packaging, social media, local scenes, event management, and more. The book’s illustrations and highly readable, down-to-earth style make it essential for any artist in any genre. |
| smart business book: The Network Experience Peter H.M. Vervest, Diederik W. van Liere, Li Zheng, 2008-10-14 Digital networking technologies are empowering organizations to form dynamic networks, generating exceptional or ‘smart’ results. These Smart Business Networks (SBNs) enable individual organizations to compete more effectively and to respond better to a changing world. This idea attracted a diverse group of academic scholars and business professionals to Beijing from May 19-23, 2008, hosted by Tsinghua University. They discovered new ways to manage network resources, operate business processes across a network, create a business operations platform, understand the importance of network position and the smart mastering of technology. Effective managers, they concluded, must have a firm understanding of these fundamental network concepts in order to orchestrate the networks of the future. This book presents the results of an intense and energizing event which resulted in new theoretical foundations and practical insights. |
| smart business book: Smart Flexibility Mr Andy Lake, 2013-02-28 Smart Flexibility: Moving Smart and Flexible Working from Theory to Practice is an engaging and practical management book to help organisations implement Smart Working, and take a business-focused approach to ‘Flexible Working’. Written for managers at the leading edge of change, Andy Lake takes a strategic, comprehensive and integrated approach to Smart and Flexible Working. Taking an evidence-based approach, he sets out how to achieve measurable benefits across the Triple Bottom Line. Starting from the underlying principles and the compelling context for change, he takes a pragmatic approach to delivering change in each of the key areas of People (HR), Property and Technology. The book is designed to help professionals understand the vital connecting points across disciplines as well as innovations in their own fields. And there are separate chapters that look at the real impacts for sustainability, the impacts for ‘Smart Government’, how to manage the ‘Anywhere Anytime Team’ and how to take people on the journey towards a Smart Flexibility organisational culture. The book includes many insights based on the author’s experience and the latest research, many practical techniques for implementing change plus ten new case studies. Smart Flexibility is essential reading for anyone involved in workplace change and increasing the efficiency of organisations. It is aimed at managers who need to deliver change, and will be of great interest to consultants in the fields of workplace design, new technologies and HR/OD/Training. |
| smart business book: 301 Smart Answers to Tough Business Etiquette Questions Vicky Oliver, 2010-10-06 As times change, so do norms of behavior in the office. 301 Smart Answers to Tough Business Etiquette Questions has the answers you need to survive daily life in the professional environment. Following the same popular Q&A format of her bestselling 301 Smart Answers to Tough Interview Questions, Oliver will tell you how to get the job and how to keep it by navigating all the intricacies of the modern workplace. Where other etiquette guides evoke images of a stilted and stuffy Victorian tea party, Oliver’s witty answers to common questions are both engaging and accessible. She believes that etiquette is not a throwback to some bygone age, but has a direct and tangible impact on your career right here and now. Off come the white gloves as she tears away the corporate veil to reveal things they still don’t teach at Harvard Business School, such as: Making a good first impression (and how to fix a bad one!) How to behave in elevators, airplanes, and supply closets Surviving cabs, commutes, and coffee shops Why time is not necessarily money everywhere on the planet Pre-approved conversational topics from A to Z Dining rules and regulations for the twenty-first century What to do when you are suddenly unemployed Electronic communication And much more! 301 Smart Answers to Tough Business Etiquette Questions will ensure that you know how to conduct yourself in every conceivable professional interaction. |
| smart business book: The Unexpected Howard Brodsky, Dustin S. Klein, 2015-03-25 The Unexpected posits a new theory about the relationship between service and customer loyalty, as well as how to execute it. Four elements comprise The Unexpected: It is memorable, distinguishable, viral, and profitable. Delivering The Unexpected starts at the top of an organization and requires senior executive buy-in. It is executed at ground level and requires empowerment of employees at all levels of an organization. The Unexpected does not have to be costly, and relies more upon creativity, innovation and training team members to see - and act upon - opportunities when they present themselves. Finally, it can be delivered by any organization in any industry and of any size. The Unexpected is designed for entrepreneurs and business owners; senior executives; educational professionals; and front-line service employees. The book is written by Howard Brodsky, co-founder and co-CEO of CCA Global Partners, a $10 billion privately held organization; and Dustin S. Klein, publisher of Smart Business magazine and co-author of the Amazon #1 bestseller, The Benevolent Dictator. |
| smart business book: Teaching Smart People How to Learn Chris Argyris, 2008-05-19 Why are your smartest and most successful employees often the worst learners? Likely, they haven't had the opportunities for introspection that failure affords. So when they do fail, instead of critically examining their own behavior, they cast blame outward—on anyone or anything they can. In Teaching Smart People How to Learn, Chris Argyris sheds light on the forces that prevent highly skilled employees for learning from mistakes and offers suggestions for helping talented employees develop more productive responses. Since 1922, Harvard Business Review has been a leading source of breakthrough ideas in management practice-many of which still speak to and influence us today. The HBR Classics series now offers you the opportunity to make these seminal pieces a part of your permanent management library. Each volume contains a groundbreaking idea that has shaped best practices and inspired countless managers around the world-and will change how you think about the business world today. |
| smart business book: Sooner Safer Happier Jonathan Smart, 2020-11-10 This is one of the most important Agile books since The Phoenix Project. —Charles Betz, Principle Analyst, Forrester Research It's no secret that we are living in the Digital Age. Technology companies make up seven of the world's ten largest firms by market capitalization. And the key to their success is the key to all modern organizations. Jonathan Smart, business agility practitioner, thought leader, and coach, reveals the patterns and antipatterns that will help organizations from every industry deliver better value sooner, safer, and happier through high levels of engagement, inclusion, and empowerment. Through his decades of experience in the technology world, Smart provides business leaders with a blueprint for creating a world-class organization of the future. Through Agile and Lean ways of working, business leaders can empower teams to improve production, grow together, and create better services for their customers. These better ways of working have overflowed from the IT department to every corner of successful organizations, taking root in every industry from aerospace to accounting, insurance to shipping. This book is not about software development. It is not a book about the computer industry. This book is about applying agility across the entire organization. It's a book that will put you at the front of change and ahead of the competition. A true business-wide perspective on Digital Transformation and the need for whole business agility. —Adam Banks, Non Executive Director and Former CTIO of AP Moller Maersk **Note from the Authors: Purchases will result in the planting of trees and empowerment of women, in countries with the lowest scores on the IUCN's gender and environment index. It's not just carbon neutral, purchases in any format will result in, on average, 10x greater carbon offset. |
| smart business book: Smart Collaboration Heidi K. Gardner, 2016-12-13 A Washington Post Bestseller Not all collaboration is smart. Make sure you do it right. Professional service firms face a serious challenge. Their clients increasingly need them to solve complex problems—everything from regulatory compliance to cybersecurity, the kinds of problems that only teams of multidisciplinary experts can tackle. Yet most firms have carved up their highly specialized, professional experts into narrowly defined practice areas, and collaborating across these silos is often messy, risky, and expensive. Unless you know why you’re collaborating and how to do it effectively, it may not be smart at all. That’s especially true for partners who have built their reputations and client rosters independently, not by working with peers. In Smart Collaboration, Heidi K. Gardner shows that firms earn higher margins, inspire greater client loyalty, attract and retain the best talent, and gain a competitive edge when specialists collaborate across functional boundaries. Gardner, a former McKinsey consultant and Harvard Business School professor now lecturing at Harvard Law School, has spent over a decade conducting in-depth studies of numerous global professional service firms. Her research with clients and the empirical results of her studies demonstrate clearly and convincingly that collaboration pays, for both professionals and their firms. But Gardner also offers powerful prescriptions for how leaders can foster collaboration, move to higher-margin work, increase client satisfaction, improve lateral hiring, decrease enterprise risk, engage workers to contribute their utmost, break down silos, and boost their bottom line. With case studies and real-world insights, Smart Collaboration delivers an authoritative case for the value of collaboration to today’s professionals, their firms, and their clients and shows you exactly how to achieve it. |
| smart business book: A Roadmap to Industry 4.0: Smart Production, Sharp Business and Sustainable Development Anand Nayyar, Akshi Kumar, 2019-11-27 Business innovation and industrial intelligence are paving the way for a future in which smart factories, intelligent machines, networked processes and Big Data are combined to foster industrial growth. The maturity and growth of instrumentation, monitoring and automation as key technology drivers support Industry 4.0 as a viable, competent and actionable business model. This book offers a primer, helping readers understand this paradigm shift from industry 1.0 to industry 4.0. The focus is on grasping the necessary pre-conditions, development & technological aspects that conceptually describe this transformation, along with the practices, models and real-time experience needed to achieve sustainable smart manufacturing technologies. The primary goal is to address significant questions of what, how and why in this context, such as:What is Industry 4.0?What is the current status of its implementation?What are the pillars of Industry 4.0?How can Industry 4.0 be effectively implemented?How are firms exploiting the Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data and other emerging technologies to improve their production and services?How can the implementation of Industry 4.0 be accelerated?How is Industry 4.0 changing the workplace landscape?Why is this melding of the virtual and physical world needed for smart production engineering environments?Why is smart production a game-changing new form of product design and manufacturing? |
| smart business book: Street Smart Disciplines of Successful People Mark K. Mullins, John A. Kuhn, 2012-06 Street Smart Disciplines by John A. Kuhn and Mark K. MullinsThese are the Disciplines that can change everything!Street Smart Disciplines gives you access to decades of successful real world, street smart business experience and best practices mined from successful people and businesses encapsulated into 7 easy to understand and executable action plans for Breakout Success.The authors identified the 7 essential and vital disciplines that people must incorporate into their playbook to reach the pinnacle of business success. Kuhn and Mullins speak from experience. One of their first businesses was started for less than $1,000; built it into a multimillion-dollar success and sold debt-free to a Fortune 500 company using these very same disciplines. They continue to use these disciplines to achieve ongoing success and personal fulfillment.The eye-opening insights and practical wisdom will inspire and guide go-getters who want to climb the corporate ladder, aspiring entrepreneurs looking to launch new businesses and established business owners who want to take their organizations to the next level. These indispensable disciplines are drawn from real people, real experiences, real successes, real problems, and real solutions. They are tried and true, time tested, and proven on the street by the authors, successful companies, and successful people—from Wall Street to Main Street—and include a compilation of advice, tips, tactics, techniques, and strategies that work.This is the first book that explains the how and why of Disciplines. Street Smart Disciplines captures the essence of good business practices and distills them into simple, straight- talking, and no-nonsense language. Kuhn and Mullins demystify the process of achieving Breakout Success. You can immediately start applying this vast storehouse of knowledge that combines the winning perspectives of successful entrepreneurial, corporate and academic experts.Learn how to: • Develop a Dynamic Plan for Break-Out Success • Maximize Yourself and Your Ideas• Duplicate Winning Strategies of Successful People • Manage Change and Complexity • Master the Mental Game of Doing Business • Establish Bulletproof Financial Systems and Controls • Create Powerful and Compelling Presentations • Seek out Role Models, Mentors and Smart People • Optimize your Resources …and much more. Integrate the disciplines one by one into your life and business and achieve more success and personal fulfillment in your life than you ever thought possible! “Straight talk! The only book that shows what it should really take takes to succeed in business. One of most honest books I've read.” Michael Kenny, Founder, Agoda.com (subsidiary of Priceline.com) |
| smart business book: The Smart Strategy Book Kevin Duncan, 2025-02-25 Strategy is a plan of action designed to achieve a long-term or overall aim, and there are many areas in business where a decent strategy will be of value. Strategy is not complex, but it can be hard, because of the pain of having to make choices. In this practical guide, bestselling author Kevin Duncan offers intelligent and quick solutions to tricky business issues through smart strategic thinking and action. He provides 50 smart ideas to help you arrive at your solution (and present it in a way that everyone can understand!). |
| smart business book: Smart Technology Applications in Business Environments Tomayess Issa, Piet A. M. Kommers, Theodora Issa, Pedro Isaías, Touma B. Issa, 2017 Technology continues to make great strides in society by providing opportunities for advancement, inclusion, and global competency. As new systems and tools arise, novel applications are created as well. Smart Technology Applications in Business Environments is an essential reference source for the latest scholarly research on the risks and opportunities of utilizing the latest technologies in different aspects of society such as education, healthcare systems, and corporations. Featuring extensive coverage on a broad range of topics and perspectives including virtual reality, robotics, and social media, this publication is ideally designed for academicians, researchers, students, and practitioners seeking current research on the improvement and increased productivity from the implementation of smart technologies. |
| smart business book: Smart Social Media Lasse Rouhiainen, 2012-09-01 Smart Social Media is the definitive hands-on guide on how to claim your share of the current social media marketing boom and how to build a lucrative business part-time by providing social media marketing services to businesses and entrepreneurs both locally and worldwide. This guide collects valuable lessons from current Social Media Managers and highlights key marketing strategies related toFacebook, video marketing, and YouTube. In Smart Social Media, you will discover: Why there is such a high demand for Social Media Managers and so many opportunities for the services they offer How you can start TODAY, even if you have no prior experience Expert advice on how to close a sale with your clients, charge top dollar, and increase your fees Expert advice on how to avoid common pitfalls when starting out as a Social Media Manager Why being a Social Media Manager can provide for a great lifestyle How to deliver effective and powerful Facebook, video marketing, and YouTube campaigns to grow your clients' businesses How to grow your own business through outsourcing and delegation Other online marketing services you can offer to your clients And much, much more... This is a step-by-step guide that shares strategies and techniques you can implement immediately to build a successful social media marketing business for small businesses while living anywhere you want and servicing clients all around the world. |
| smart business book: How to Lead Smart People Arun Singh, Mike Mister, 2019 In many jobs people work their way up through a hierarchy, an experience that prepares them for managing a team. In some professions, such as law, finance, accountancy, academia, engineering, education and healthcare, individuals may find themselves managing a team of equals. This book uses 50 simple lessons to show the reader in concise, pithy prose how to manage a team of equals with intelligence and diplomacy.Each lesson features a short introduction and example from the authors' experience, showing you how skills can be acquired. These are then followed by 6-10 action points to implement immediately. Core leadership skills are reevaluated for the leader of a smart team. The book teaches you core skills such as decision making and delegating, but also soft skills such as delivering good and bad news to team members and how to realise more general aims such as building trust and growing your team. The authors also offer advice on how to look after yourself as a team leader, how to build resilience in tough situations, but also how to develop creativity and extend your skill base so that you are constantly learning. |
| smart business book: Smart World Richard Ogle, 2007 Our ideas about creativity, and particularly the most important kind--what Richard Ogle calls breakthrough creativity--are governed by a long-standing and deep-seated myth: the mind inside the head. From ancient times, philosphers of mind have held that important ideas and insights come from the individual brains of geniuses with awesome rational powers, whose minds seem to function on a higher plane than those of normal folk.In recent years, however, as advances in cognitive science and network science have highlighted the importance of the external world, the social, cultural, and economic context in which ideas are generated, a classic paradigm shift has occurred. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi has posited the idea of the extended mind, radically suggesting that the source of creativity lies not inside of our heads and brains, but outside them, in the connections between people and ideas. There has also been a concurrent, growing recognition of the role that imagination and intuition play in scientific breakthroughs, where in earlier times it was thought that superior rational thinking and logic were responsible for such advances. In The Mind Out There, Richard Ogle describes this paradigm shift and crystallizes its nature and implications for the first time. He argues that developments in the study of cognitive science, network science, and complexity, now allow us to see and understand how breakthrough ideas happen in a much clearer way, offering the beginnings of a new science of ideas.The key to this science resides in what the author calls idea-spaces, a set of nodes in a network of people (and their ideas) that cohere and take on a distinctive set of characteristics anddynamics leading to the generation of breakthrough ideas. These spaces are |
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| smart business book: Smart Business James Leibert, 2005-01-14 Smart Business is the definitive primer for understanding why companies behave as they do, what the basics of sound business practice are and where the stakeholders fit in. There are a handful of fairly simple but key drivers behind the way businesses operate and James Leibert explains them. Smart Business will enable readers to fast track their business skills. Smart books are essential primers to the key issues facing business people. They are practical and action-oriented, providing instant knowledge for ambitious and hungry professionals who want to make a lasting impression throughout their career. Smart books are designed to give killer approaches to key business subjects, and deliver sound principles in a style that is both informative and has attitude. They are the prefect resource for time-starved, information-hungry business people everywhere! |
| smart business book: Making Your Website Work Gill Andrews, 2019-11-08 Take a shortcut to making your website work Want to learn how to drive more business through your website without taking an expensive course or reading a pile of books? Making Your Website Work helps you understand what makes a great website through practical tips you can apply to your website and get new clients and sales today. It doesn't teach you all the copywriting formulas, make you learn design rules by heart or generally talk a lot about things in theory. Instead, it describes real website problems that freelancers, digital agencies, ecommerce shops and SaaS companies face - the same problems you have with your website - and shows you how to fix them through practical tips. Among other things, you'll learn: How to spot (and fix) vague and self-centered copy How to sound trustworthy even without testimonials How to structure your homepage to make your message clear Why you should delete your Testimonials and FAQ pages Where to place call-to-action buttons to get more people to click What design mistakes get in the way of your message Who is this book for? This book is for you if you're: A business owner who takes care of their website themselves. You'll learn how to write better copy and how to make sure that your design doesn't kill your message. A copywriter who wants to sharpen their skill and also learn how to prevent designers from murdering their copy later on. You'll learn to spot bad design decisions and discover powerful arguments to use in conversations with your clients and their designers. A web designer who wants to design not only pretty websites but also websites that convert. A business owner who is planning to hire someone to create their website for them. You'll learn how to spot ineffective copy and sloppy design to make sure that the pretty website you're paying for will also convert. |
| smart business book: Smart Business Success Joshua Lomelino, 2023-11-07 Dreaming of taking your idea or side hustle to the next level? Learn how to get predictable money coming into your bank account every month. This book and video training is your supportive mentor on that exciting journey. If you have a passion project or a side gig that keeps you up at night, ripe with possibilities, I’ll guide you through the process of making it a reality. It’s time to transform your passion into profit. Validation: Learn how to validate your idea within the market to ensure it’s not just a hobby but a genuine opportunity. Scaling Up: Once your idea is validated, it’s time to scale your side hustle into a sustainable business. Efficient Sales: Discover how to systemize your sales process for efficiency and effectiveness. Growth and Success: Turn your passion into a well-organized machine that fuels growth and leads to success. Beginner-Friendly: Don’t worry if you’re new to this—my approachable and friendly writing style, tools, and online resources make the process easy to grasp. For All: Whether you’re a first-timer or someone with a side hustle looking to make it big, this book is designed to be your guide. Get Ready: Prepare to turn your passion into profit and take the leap into the world of online commerce! I'm on a mission to help you conquer the overwhelming tasks of launching and scaling your idea into a revenue-generating machine. Together, we’ll transform your life dreams into a tangible reality. The path is open to you, and the clock is ticking—it’s your time! |
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| smart business book: Create Bradley Charbonneau, 2020-11-16 Still searching for that elusive purpose in your life? There’s good news and there’s bad news. First, the bad news. It can be hard to find. The good news? It’s not far away. In best-selling author Bradley Charbonneau’s latest book Create, you’ll discover tools to uncover the life purpose you know is there. You’ll get over analysis paralysis and make steady and strong progress towards your dreams. This book contains way more than words on pages. The bonus materials give you immediate access to videos, blog posts, and podcasts that enhance, explain and entice you to become the architect of your destiny. In this book, you’ll discover: - How to and stop defending the past and go on offense towards your future - Who decides your destiny (and how to get in a good word) - How to redefine your success - Simple, powerful tactics to crush your fear of failure - How to use audio and video to have more impact on your audience Get CREATE today to begin taking tiny steps towards big changes in your future! This is book five in the “Repossible” Series. Repossible: An introductory guide to the question, “Who will you be next?” Every Single Day: a clear roadmap towards lasting transformation in you Ask: if life is a multiple choice quiz, this is the answer Dare: challenge yourself to truly answer the questions and rocket forward Create: you’re ready to get real about achieving your dream, here’s what to do Decide: there’s a fork in the road, you’ll now know what do to Meditate: this is the source of our creativity, power, and direction Spark: there’s only one thing better than creating: helping someone else create Surrender: you’ve done your part, it’s time to be invited to the big stage Play: we’re through the woods, it’s time to exhale, smile, and play the game Celebrate: compare your own today to your own yesterday and revel in the progress Evaluate: measure how far you've come, forecast how far you'll go Elevate: now that we're at the top of the mountain, it's time to scale up |
| smart business book: Fund Your Book Jacqui Pretty, 2017-11-07 How authors and entrepreneurs can raise the money they need to support their self-publishing project. Fund Your Book serves as the ultimate guide to raising $10,000+ to self-publish a business book. More and more self-publishers are realizing that to publish a professional book, they need to hire a professional publishing team—editors, designers, printers, distributors, and more. The problem: Where are they supposed to find $3,000 to $15,000+ to publish their book? In Fund Your Book, authors learn: * how to build long-term, reciprocal relationships with influencers in their industry * the top two strategies for funding books through partnerships * a simple five-step process to fund their self-published book, and more! |
| smart business book: Repossible Box Set Complete Bradley Charbonneau, 2021-04-17 Book 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 8, 9, 10, and 11 from the Repossible Series: Ask, Dare, Create, Decide, Meditate, Spark, Surrender, Play, Celebrate Dreams been dashed by life’s bumps and bruises? Discover uplifting insights that could turn things around today. Do you wake up in despair? Does each day lack joy? Stuck in a rut or a job you have grown to loathe? Author and personal development leader Bradley Charbonneau came to hate his comfortable life until one precise moment rebooted his entire approach to living. Now he’s here to share how you can reclaim that spark no matter where you are in your journey and live the brilliantly shining vision you deserve. Repossible: Who will you be next? is a short, sharp wake-up call to the idea of instant change. Through personal anecdotes, interviews with other success-seekers, and vivid examples, Charbonneau’s conversational tone with honest and humor-infused encouragement will put you firmly back behind inspiration’s wheel. Aimed at anyone of any age plagued with thoughts that life is passing them by, you’ll soon feel pumped and invigorated enough to take your next exciting steps! In Repossible, you’ll discover: The keys to moving from disenchantment and hopelessness to energy-filled momentum Ways to tap into your best self and unlock your true potential How to high-five yourself with positive direction and life-affirming daily action What to do to guarantee intentional growth and achieve your goals A blueprinted roadmap to forge your path back to personal fulfillment, links to further resources, and much, much more! Repossible: Who will you be next? is the helping hand you need right now. If you like deep topics deftly handled, motivational kicks, and fist-pumping enthusiasm, then you’ll love Bradley Charbonneau’s straight-to-the-point pep talk. Buy Repossible to reimagine your life today! |
| smart business book: Repossible Box Set 1 Bradley Charbonneau, 2020-12-04 Book 3, 4, and 5 from the Repossible Series: Ask, Dare, and Create. Dreams been dashed by life’s bumps and bruises? Discover uplifting insights that could turn things around today. Do you wake up in despair? Does each day lack joy? Stuck in a rut or a job you have grown to loathe? Author and personal development leader Bradley Charbonneau came to hate his comfortable life until one precise moment rebooted his entire approach to living. Now he’s here to share how you can reclaim that spark no matter where you are in your journey and live the brilliantly shining vision you deserve. Repossible: Who will you be next? is a short, sharp wake-up call to the idea of instant change. Through personal anecdotes, interviews with other success-seekers, and vivid examples, Charbonneau’s conversational tone with honest and humor-infused encouragement will put you firmly back behind inspiration’s wheel. Aimed at anyone of any age plagued with thoughts that life is passing them by, you’ll soon feel pumped and invigorated enough to take your next exciting steps! In Repossible, you’ll discover: The keys to moving from disenchantment and hopelessness to energy-filled momentum Ways to tap into your best self and unlock your true potential How to high-five yourself with positive direction and life-affirming daily action What to do to guarantee intentional growth and achieve your goals A blueprinted roadmap to forge your path back to personal fulfillment, links to further resources, and much, much more! Repossible: Who will you be next? is the helping hand you need right now. If you like deep topics deftly handled, motivational kicks, and fist-pumping enthusiasm, then you’ll love Bradley Charbonneau’s straight-to-the-point pep talk. Buy Repossible to reimagine your life today! |
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