epub |eng | | Author:Jeff Hunt

7. Other Countries As you evaluate websites, it won’t be long until you encounter attractive sites based in countries outside your home country. They may have a country-specific extension, like ...

epub |eng | 2012-07-07 | Author:Wasserman, Noam

C-level versus VP-level Equity Stakes During the early days of a startup, equity stakes tend to be individually tailored to each new hire. But as a startup matures, this ad-hoc ...

epub |eng | 2016-06-28 | Author:Henry Hutcheson

Overall, the keys to successful incentive plan implementation include: selecting the corporate goals to measure and reward, selecting who can participate, selecting a plan and measuring its impact, and communicating ...

epub |eng | 2016-04-25 | Author:Roland Li

Chapter 6 UNBALANCED WOMEN, RACE, AND GAMING When Anna Prosser Robinson moved in to manage Evil Genius’ team house in Arizona, she had to deal with the perception that she ...

epub |eng | 2016-05-31 | Author:Barbara Findlay Schenck & Peter Jaret & Barbara Findlay Schenck

Decoding Financial Terminology People hyperventilate when they hear the term financial statements, as if someone just told them that the rest of the conversation would take place in an arcane ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2015-05-04 | Author:Margaret Heffernan [Heffernan, Margaret]

4 Smashing Barriers Tod Bedilion is a curious man. A senior director at Roche Diagnostics in California, he has spent his working life in biotech, first at start-ups and today ...

epub |eng | 2013-04-22 | Author:Brian Cohen

IT’S NOT EASY TO TURN DOWN MONEY I know it’s tough for startups. It looks like a buyer’s market, and you often feel desperate to say yes to anyone who ...

epub |eng | 2016-02-15 | Author:Antoine van Agtmael

Optomed’s Smartscope retinal imaging device. Credit Optomed In addition to personal qualities—an ability to think differently, optimism, and persistence—the entrepreneur needs government assistance, marketing partners, and, very important, money. Kopsala ...

epub |eng | 2016-04-01 | Author:Sangeet Paul Choudary

PRINCIPLES OF SMART SELF-GOVERNANCE FOR PLATFORMS Kings and conquerors like to make the rules; they don’t always like to abide by them. Yet results improve when smart rules of governance ...

epub |eng | | Author:Aidan Manktelow

TABLE 2.1 China: economic indicators a Real GDP (gross domestic product) is adjusted for price changes. Nominal GDP includes price effects. b GDP per head (US$ at PPP; purchasing power ...

epub |eng | 2015-09-28 | Author:Henry Kressel & Norman Winarsky [Kressel, Henry]

Once you have your value proposition and business plan, you’re ready to approach investors. The next chapter will show you how to choose them and how to go about gaining ...

epub, pdf |eng | 2012-02-23 | Author:Ash Maurya [Ash Maurya]

Avoid Premature Optimization: Posterous (Blogging Platform) In terms of keeping critical steps separate, an extreme example that comes to mind is the landing page on the Posterous website when it ...

epub |eng | 2008-09-30 | Author:Shane, Scott A. [Shane, Scott A.]

I could go on, but you are probably getting tired of my repeating the contradictions offered by the multitude of experts on what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur. ...

epub |eng | 2015-05-30 | Author:Puffin, James G.

2. Niche Websites People who concern themselves with generating passive income love to talk about niche websites. The term is so overused that it hardly has any meaning left. The ...

epub |eng | 2011-08-05 | Author:Martin Kenney [Kenney, Martin]

ANNALEE SAXENIAN This essay analyzes the origins and dynamics of production networks in Silicon Valley from the perspective of the region's computer systems firms. Students of Silicon Valley have focused ...