Building Business

The definitive guide to building, managing, and scaling a venture capital firm Now in its fourth edition, The Business of Venture Capital: Building a Venture Firm, Investing in Startups, and Driving Returns delivers human insight and wisdom that generative AI cannot replicate. Authors Mahendra...

More than 100,000 entrepreneurs rely on this book for detailed, step-by-step instructions on building successful, scalable, profitable startups. The National Science Foundation pays hundreds of startup teams each year to follow the process outlined in the book, and it's taught at Stanford, Berkeley, Columbia and more than 100 other leading universities worldwide. Why? The Startup Owner's Manual guides you, step-by-step, as you put the Customer Development process to work. 

Ben Horowitz, cofounder of Andreessen Horowitz and one of Silicon Valley's most respected and experienced entrepreneurs, offers essential advice on building and running a startup—practical wisdom for managing the toughest problems business school doesn’t cover, based on his popular ben’s...

Brian Carruthers has built one of the largest, most profitable downline teams in all of network marketing in the last decade. His success system helped his team grow to more than 400,000 distributors, including countless stories of lives being changed for the better by the incomes generated. Beyond the surface success of gaining wealth and living the dream lifestyle as an eight-figure income earner, Brian's alignment of personal goals with a greater purpose of helping to change lives has fueled his passion for this profession.

In a world obsessed with viral trends, paid ads, and vanity metrics, what if the real power lies in something far simpler and far more powerful Authenticity. Trust. Consistency. Building an Authentic Brand is your practical roadmap to growing a powerful personal brand organically without chasing algorithms or burning out.

Learn everything you need to start the business you’ve always dreamed of! This comprehensive, step-by-step guide walks the listener through everything an aspiring small business owner needs to know before getting started. It’s not as easy as just hanging up an “Open” sign and letting the money roll in! Planning every step of your business and being aware of all the questions, demands, and challenges you will face will make the difference between just opening up shop and actually running a successful business.

Muhammad Yunus, the practical visionary who pioneered microcredit and won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for his world-changing efforts, here develops his revolutionary new concept that promises to redeem the failed promise of free enterprise: social business.

Are you ready to launch or elevate your career in hotel management? "The Hotel Owner's Roadmap: Start, Manage & Grow" is the essential guide for aspiring and independent hoteliers seeking hands-on hospitality industry training and modern hotel management skills.

What separates good teams from great ones? Jess Pryce delivers a powerful guide packed with actionable insights to help leaders unlock their team’s full potential and create lasting success. This book is a comprehensive toolkit for leaders determined to move beyond mediocrity and build teams that thrive in today’s dynamic business environment.

In Starting a Business: Your Step-by-Step Guide to a Profitable Business, veteran entrepreneur Arthur Bell takes you through every essential step of launching and growing a successful business. With over 25 years of experience, he breaks it down into clear, actionable strategies anyone can follow—no business degree required.

The Investor’s Business Playbook is a clear, practical guide for readers who want more than stock tips, hype, or complicated financial theory. Written for those searching for business books for investors, this book shows how to think about investing through the lens of business ownership: what makes a company valuable, how strong businesses create wealth, and why discipline matters more than prediction. Grant Mercer breaks down the essential habits and frameworks investors need to make smarter decisions over time.

What if the struggle of launching an e-commerce business—finding products, creating professional content, managing operations—is completely unnecessary in the AI era? While you're agonizing over product photography, spending days writing descriptions, wondering how to handle customer service without hiring expensive staff, and watching competitors with bigger budgets dominate your market, early adopters have discovered how to use AI to build e-commerce businesses that generate six figures annually with minimal teams and sustainable profit margins.

The Wall Street Journal Bestseller Read by the author. For so many entrepreneurs, running a small business ended up looking different than they imagined. They’re stressed, discouraged, and not confident in their plan for growth. In How to Grow Your Small Business, Donald Miller gives...

From a £50-a-week apprenticeship to running multi-million pound businesses: no silver spoon, no shortcuts, just thirty years of cracking on with it. Wayne Quinn left school at sixteen and built businesses across construction, engineering, property and hospitality the hard way.

There comes a time in every competitive athlete's life when the cheering stops, and it's time to move on to other pursuits. Written by a former Division 1 football player and Academic All-American, The Way of the Athlete argues that sports prepares athletes for this transition by instilling qualities that contribute to academic, business, and personal success.

Abandon the networking-for-networking's-sake mentality in favor of a more powerful and effective approach to creating and enhancing connections. STOP NETWORKING. Seriously, stop doing it. Now. It is time to ditch the old networking-for networking's-sake mentality in favor of a more powerful and...

Are you fed up running your construction company? Sick of not being paid what you are worth? Stressed out with poor cashflow and low profits? Would you like to have a proven strategy to give you more time, freedom and money? Building Your Future is a practical business guide designed specifically for business owners in the construction and service industry who want to grow a highly successful and profitable business while reclaiming more time and freedom.

Building an Organic Gardening Business by VentureNest Books is a practical guide designed for those looking to turn their passion for organic gardening into a profitable venture. The book addresses common challenges faced by aspiring entrepreneurs, such as developing a solid business plan, identifying profitable farming ideas, and navigating the legal and financial aspects of starting an organic farm.

Is this blue book more valuable than a business degree? Most people enter their professional careers not understanding how to grow a business. At times, this makes them feel lost, or worse, like a fraud pretending to know what they’re doing. It’s hard to be successful without a clear...

"Straight Talk for Startups memorializes age-old best practices and empowers both experienced and new investment professionals to beat the odds."—David Krane, CEO, Google Ventures "Straight Talk for Startups is filled with real, raw, and fact-based ‘rules of the road’ that you need to know...