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  Finding the Money

  Michel L Daley

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  If you are a new or existing small business trying to raise capital, this guide unlocks the "secrets" for you. My name is Michel Daley.  I am a seasoned entrepreneur who has purchased, owned and operated several multi-million-dollar businesses.  As a result, I gained a broad-based expertise in multiple facets of business operations, including management, strategic planning, finance, business brokerage, lease and contract negotiations, and marketing and promotion.  I have served on corporate boards and as a Media Relations Specialist and Corporate Spokesperson for Verizon, one of the largest telecommunications companies in America.  During my career I received multiple awards for my business acumen, and have served at a guest lecturer at several conferences and universities.  As a business owner, I have had multiple situations in which I needed to raise capital from outside sources.  Some were successful, some were not.  Some of my businesses were in industries, such as restaurants and nightclubs, where securing traditional sources of capital was tremendously difficult due to the high failure rate for those types of businesses.  In addition, as I became more successful and more well-known in my community, I started being approached by entrepreneurs who wanted me to invest in their ventures.  Those experiences taught me a wealth of knowledge about how to secure investment capital from outside sources.  My purpose for developing this guide is to help other entrepreneurs access capital for their businesses.

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  Death to All Sacred Cows - How...

  Bill Schwab, David Bernstein,...

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  Three award-winning advertising executives prove that in business, Sacred Cows deserve to die. 
   
  Don't get us wrong. While the authors have nothing against cows in general—they love steak—they do have a problem with Sacred Cows. Blindly doing things because...well...that's the way they've always been done. Formulas may be comforting, but they rarely work in the real world. For example: 
   
  —Always Trust Your Research. BANG. Research should be used to demystify decisions, not make them for you. 
   
  —The Customer Is Always Right. BANG.  Except in those instances when they are woefully wrong. 
   
  —Always Focus on Solving the Problem. BANG. Focusing instead on the opportunity not only solves the problem but leads to more imaginative and lasting solutions. 
   
  —Follow the Leader. BANG. Doing so only plays to his strengths, not yours. After all, he drives the category. 
   
  —Focus on the Numbers. BANG. Great numbers are a by-product of great strategies. 
   
  —Teams Create the Best Solutions. BANG. Team dynamics usually kill great ideas. 
   
  —Internal Competition Leads to Better Results. BANG. It only leads to resentment. 
   
  In this hysterically irreverent and wise book, Beau Fraser, David Bernstein, and Bill Schwab share their successful approach to euthanizing Sacred Cows through humorous and vivid real-world, global examples.

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  Strategic Thinking and Thinking Big

  Jeremi Suri

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  One Day University presents a series of audio lectures recorded in real-time from some of the top minds in the United States. Given by award-winning professors and experts in their field, these recorded lectures dive deep into the worlds of religion, government, literature, and social justice. Leaders frequently suffer from tactical overload. They confront a barrage of daily crises, meetings, and other demands on their time. They rarely have time to think beyond their inbox. They rarely have the freedom for creativity. This lecture will provide an explanation for why leaders must break out of this tactical straight-jacket, and it will offer a system for doing just that. Drawing on insights from historical thinking, this lecture will provide a series of concepts and tools for leaders to implement as they strive to think strategically, rather than tactically. The lecture will offer concrete methods and examples of how successful leaders have looked beyond the crises of the moment to push their organizations toward bigger and more important goals. Historical perspective offers the dynamic impetus for long-term success and creativity that all leaders require. This audio lecture includes a supplemental PDF.

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  Work Backwards

  Tim Duggan

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  Something's about to break, and if we don't change direction soon, it's going to be us. 
   
  It doesn't matter in which industry or where: too many of us are overworked, disengaged and apprehensive about the future of work. In his life-affirming new book, bestselling author and founder Tim Duggan argues that we approach work and life the wrong way around. 
   
  Fuelled by a powerful realignment that's questioning the way we traditionally think about and interact with our workplaces, in Work Backwards you'll discover: 
   
  Why reversing your thinking can have such an oversized impact 
  The four things you need to live a full life right now 
  How to easily reset your lifeâ"work balance 
  How to use tools like remote, hybrid and flexible work properly 
  Why this is the right moment to experiment with work 
  Expert guidance from the world's leading work and happiness researchers 
  A new army of people who are rethinking their relationship with work 
   
  Learn valuable, practical tools to work better and live a fulfilled and meaningful life that takes advantage of this once-in-a-generations opportunity to reverse your thinking and reclaim your life from work.

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  Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer...

  Satoshi Nakamoto

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  "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System" is the seminal white paper published by the enigmatic Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008, marking a pivotal moment in the evolution of digital currency. This document introduces Bitcoin, a revolutionary decentralized digital currency that facilitates secure, direct transactions between individuals without the need for a central authority such as banks or financial institutions. The white paper meticulously outlines the architecture and functioning of the Bitcoin network, which relies on a peer-to-peer topology to operate seamlessly.At the core of Bitcoin's design is the blockchain, a public ledger that records all transactions across the network. This ledger is maintained by a network of nodes that validate and timestamp transactions through a consensus mechanism known as Proof of Work (PoW). Miners, participants who contribute computational power to solve cryptographic puzzles, play a crucial role in this process by ensuring the integrity and chronological order of the blockchain while being rewarded with newly minted bitcoins.The white paper addresses critical challenges that plagued earlier attempts at digital cash systems, particularly the problem of double-spending—where a single digital token could be spent more than once. By employing cryptographic proof and a distributed network, Bitcoin ensures that once a transaction is confirmed, it is immutable and publicly verifiable, thereby preventing any alteration or fraud.Furthermore, the paper discusses the implications of a fixed supply of bitcoins, capped at 21 million, which introduces scarcity and positions Bitcoin as a deflationary asset. This finite supply is managed through a halving process, where the reward for mining new blocks is halved approximately every four years, slowing the rate of new bitcoin creation over time.In essence, "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System" not only proposes a novel technological framework but also encapsulates a vision for a financial system that is transparent, secure, and independent of traditional centralized control. This vision has since sparked the creation of numerous cryptocurrencies and blockchain-based applications, fundamentally transforming the landscape of digital finance and the broader economic system.

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  Business Credit Leveraging

  Victor Allen

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  This book will help a person with a plan, yet funding caused everything to come to a complete stop. It will also help someone bridge the distance between ambition and destiny. I sometimes look at it as my bridge to fulfill my purpose in life. I feel that knowledge is power. So many people don't understand financial institutions. I feel I need to share the information with people to help someone. 
  I found myself in this position after I graduated from college. I had a degree but no job. I had goals and ambitions to get to that point in life. I just didn't understand how to get my plan funded past this point. I had 65,000 dollars in debt from loans in college, so my social security number was just a little over-leveraged. I had no idea what an EIN number was at the time.

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