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Brought to you by Penguin. 'It's a foreboding,' she said. 'A knowing that something is looming around the corner. Like how when the seasons change you can smell fall in the air right before the leaves change and the wind turns cold.' In January 2020, as people started dying from a new virus in...

Vendor credit is the foundation of every strong business credit profile — but most entrepreneurs have no idea how to build it correctly. Before business credit cards… Before lines of credit… Before loans… You must master vendor credit. The Vendor Credit Blueprint reveals the proven step-by-step system for building a fundable business using supplier accounts, Net 30 vendors, and vendor-reported tradelines — all without relying on personal credit. Whether you’re launching a new business or scaling an established one, this guide shows you how to use vendor credit as a strategic ...

The real breakthrough in business credit doesn’t happen at Net 30. It happens when you climb into revolving credit—where limits grow, approvals multiply, and funding becomes predictable. Most entrepreneurs get stuck in beginner vendor accounts, unable to move past low-limit approvals. The missing link is a structured method for progressing from starter tradelines to high-limit revolving credit. The Revolving Credit Ladder lays out the smart, strategic path businesses use to move from basic Net 30 terms to credit cards, charge cards, store cards, fleet cards, and major bank revolving ...

A Founder’s Conversation with a Fractional CFO distills William McNarland’s 25 years in private equity and valuation into a founder-friendly series presented as direct Q&A. Each concise chapter opens with a single question he has fielded thousands of times from real founders, whether it is how to interpret unit economics, when to refresh a valuation, or what investors expect in a data room, and then delivers a practical answer you can apply in minutes. The format let's busy leaders jump straight to the topic that keeps them up at night without wading through theory, while the cumulative...

Crowdfunding Made Simple is the ultimate guide for ambitious small business owners who dream big but remain grounded in reality. This book is designed for leaders like you—entrepreneurs managing revenue-generating businesses poised to thrive but who need the capital to unlock their full potential. Whether you're seeking $500,000 or more through regulated investment crowdfunding or planning to scale your enterprise to new heights, this guide provides the roadmap. Packed with actionable strategies and the latest AI tools, you'll gain the confidence and skills to craft campaigns that ...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Aftermath written and read by James Rickards. A Wall Street Journal bestseller Financial expert, investment advisor and New York Times bestselling author James Rickards shows why and how global financial markets are being artificially inflated and what...

Dedicated to her late grandmother, author Helen Yu inhales multiple generations of wisdom and exhales a revolutionary framework for tech founders and CEOs that enables their businesses to scale faster and fearlessly. From Yu’s 15 years of firsthand experience in tech start-ups, listeners will learn the five fundamental growth disconnects that trap start-ups in the cliffside, keep them from reaching the summit and touching the sky.

One Venture, Ten MBAs reveals the unfiltered truth of building a startup through the eyes of Ksenia Yudina, CFA—a founder who navigated venture funding, market pivots, and boardroom battles to launch and grow a fintech company against all odds. This essential guide for first-time entrepreneurs in fintech and ecommerce delivers high-impact insights and startup strategies drawn from her real-life experience—not theory.

Embark on a journey towards fiscal mastery with the audiobook, "Business Financial Intelligence: Navigating Fiscal Waters for Strategic Success." This comprehensive guide is not just about numbers—it's a strategic roadmap for entrepreneurs and business leaders navigating the complex waters of financial intelligence.

Everything you need to price, package, advertise, and sell a small business. Why this book? There are numerous books and articles on selling a small business. None of them provide a blueprint. None of them provide a road map and connect all the dots in a logical sequence. This is not just a book, it’s a blueprint for selling a business. Who is this book for? This book is for business owners and their advisers. Whether selling the business by owner or through a broker, this content can be used to coordinate the sale and transition of the company among all the stakeholders involved in the ...

Strategic Briefs: Mergers, Acquisitions, and Joint Ventures How Smart Deals Drive Growth, Innovation, and Competitive Advantage In today’s fast-moving business landscape, strategic transactions are no longer optional—they’re essential. Yet despite their promise, most mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures fail to deliver lasting value. This book offers a clear-eyed, evidence-based guide to navigating the high-stakes world of corporate deal-making, tailored for managers who aspire to MBA-level insight without the jargon or academic detours.Drawing on over 100 years of M&A history, ...

Conquer the FMVA Exam: Your Guide to a Career as a Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst is a comprehensive study guide designed to help aspiring financial professionals excel in the Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst (FMVA) exam. This guide covers essential topics in financial modeling and valuation, offering detailed explanations, practical examples, and expert insights to ensure a thorough understanding of key concepts. The book is structured to progressively build your knowledge, starting with foundational principles of financial analysis, and advancing to complex valuation ...

Learning how to create a plan can be tough if you’ve never done it before, but it doesn’t have to be. Creating a fair and equitable family business legacy plan is possible if you start with the right mindset and your desired goals and objectives. Author and financial advisor Maria L. Ellis, MBA, has spent decades helping people achieve their financial goals so they are best prepared for their futures. In Family Business Legacy Plan, Maria will teach you why you do not need to have all your legacy issues figured out to create a plan, and more.

Over 100,000 businesses have slow or non-paying customers. Yet very few actually have a workable plan for claiming the missing revenue that results. This book gives you a complete solution and tool set to ensure your business maximizes its collections while maintaining an effective, profitable credit plan. Get Paid enables you to decide what matters most to your business when it comes to billing, payment terms, pricing, cash flow, and more.

As far back as we can trace human history, there have been entrepreneurs. Almost five millennia ago, copper tool manufacturers set up a factory in what today is southwest Spain, profiting for hundreds of years from trade around the Mediterranean. Papyri document the diverse investments of an ancient Egyptian businessperson, from grain-yielding land to flax for linen cloth. What do these figures have in common with renowned modern entrepreneurs, and how do their similarities help us achieve a deeper understanding of entrepreneurship?

 If You Really Want to Change the World leads entrepreneurs through the critical stages of venture development, from concept to acquisition or public offering to maintaining a rich culture of innovation in the company. It is a guide by innovators for innovators, with approaches that are practical and timeless. 

More than 80% of Christian businesses fail due to lack of knowledge. You're like the millions of Christians who want to know how you can start and run a successful Christian business. In Christian and Entrepreneur: The Goal-Mind to Success, the answers that you have are finally answered. Your mind is the doorway to your success, but in order for you to access this doorway, you have to let the truth in. Most Christian businesses fail because the founders are applying the wrong mindset to a GOD-given establishment! You can walk through the door of success, and you can stay there. Learn how to...

Doing business in the post-global financial crisis (GFC) is extremely challenging for most. Traditional capital has all but dried up. This has created challenges and opportunities for business decision makers to embrace public-private partnerships in order to determine the best business climate, provide public-backed incentives to close expansion & relocation projects and reduce operating and start-up costs.

Investing in Hedge Funds and Private Equity has become increasingly popular in recent years as more and more individuals seek out alternative investment opportunities. However, for those who are new to the world of alternative investments, it can be difficult to know where to start. This audiobook is designed to provide a comprehensive introduction to Hedge Funds and Private Equity investing, and offer practical investment advice for individuals looking to enter this exciting and potentially lucrative space.

A Founder’s Conversation with a Fractional CFO distills William McNarland’s 25 years in private equity and valuation into a founder-friendly series presented as direct Q&A. Each concise chapter opens with a single question he has fielded thousands of times from real founders, whether it is how to interpret unit economics, when to refresh a valuation, or what investors expect in a data room, and then delivers a practical answer you can apply in minutes. The format let's busy leaders jump straight to the topic that keeps them up at night without wading through theory, while the cumulative...