Metropolitan Library System

Who drives transformation in society? How do they do it? In this compelling book, strategy guru Roger L. Martin and Skoll Foundation President and CEO Sally R. Osberg describe how social entrepreneurs target systems that exist in a stable but unjust equilibrium and transform them into entirely new, superior, and sustainable equilibria. All of these leaders -- call them disrupters, visionaries, or changemakers -- develop, build, and scale their solutions...

HAS AN INVISIBLE SCRIPT HIJACKED YOUR LIFE? UNLOCK YOUR TRUTH. UNLEASH YOUR DREAM. Tired of sleepwalking through a mediocre life bribed by mindless video-gaming, redemptive weekends, and a scant paycheck from a soul-suffocating job? Welcome to the SCRIPTED club- where membership is neither perceived or consented. The fact is, ever since you've been old enough to sit obediently in a classroom, you have been culturally engineered for servitude, unwittingly...

Side Hustle to Main Hustle helps women successfully transition to full-time entrepreneurship today. Throughout Side Hustle to Main Hustle, author and award-winning host of The Woman Behind the Business Talk Show, Angel N. Livas shows women how a "B.E.A.S.T. Mentality" can aid them on their journey to full-time entrepreneurship. Within Side Hustle to Main Hustle, women learn how to: • Transition their side hustle into a full-time business •...

"Others have searched, it is your job to 'research', that is why you are a 'Researcher'... " These are the words of my Business Ethics and Law MBA Lecturer. He will further say "Research is like building a brick wall but you cannot build it all alone. Your job as a researcher is to put a piece of brick (your work) on the wall (knowledge), while others will continue to place theirs. With this in perspective, I cannot cover everything in this book,...

In the process of planned and balanced rural and regional development in the developing countries, the set of critical questions faced by them is how to generate full employment for the labor force, how to increase income levels of the people and how to reduce the glaring disparities in the standards of living. One realistic and practical mechanism in meeting the challenge of development appears to be in the realm of Rural Empowerment. It is therefore...

Peter Drucker's classic book on innovation and entrepreneurship This is the first book to present innovation and entrepreneurship as a purposeful and systematic discipline that explains and analyzes the challenges and opportunities of America's new entrepreneurial economy. Superbly practical, Innovation and Entrepreneurship explains what established businesses, public service institutions, and new ventures need to know and do to succeed in today's...

"For the past decade, Disciplined Entrepreneurship has changed the way people think about starting a company. Many believed that entrepreneurship could not be taught, but great entrepreneurs are not born with something special they simply make great products. Disciplined Entrepreneurship showed people how to create a successful startup through developing an innovative product by breaking down the necessary processes into an integrated, comprehensive,...

Do you want to be successfully self-employed? Then, you are a solopreneur. You might want to be an internet marketer or a network marketer, a coach, or an artist. You are either working from home, a rented office space, an executive suite, or a studio. Regardless, it's your business and you are doing it by yourself. This book is a step-by-step guide that will lead you through the process of determining the qualities and skills you will need in order...

William J. Baumol is professor of economics and academic director of the Berkley Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at New York University. His many books include The Free-Market Innovation Machine: Analyzing the Growth Miracle of Capitalism and The Invention of Enterprise: Entrepreneurship from Ancient Mesopotamia to Modern Times (both Princeton). An authoritative look at the microeconomics of entrepreneurship Entrepreneurs are widely recognized...

Holk Master-class features animated academic models and interviews with acclaimed entrepreneurs, professors and business executives. Bring your class book to life. Watch the short film episodes before class as flip-the-class-room, in class as basis for discussion, or simply as inspiration. Episodes in this section include: * Personal Branding * From Idea to Action 1 * From Idea to Action 2 * From Idea to Action 3 * The Basis for Entrepreneurship *...