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Estimates for small businesses with employees indicate there were 649,700 new firms and 564,900 closures in 2006 and that only 44 percent of new businesses survive at least four years. Source: U.S. Small Business Administration	How can you ensure your business not only survives but becomes a small business success story? Learn from the experts using Soundview's Small Business Success Collection ...

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Never Bet the Farm Anthony L. Iaquinto and Stephen Spinelli Jr. Entrepreneur: Be prepared. Never Bet the Farm celebrates entrepreneurship in its entirety, presenting a framework that can help entrepreneurs reduce risks and simplify decision-making. It is at once both encouraging and cautionary, but neither a textbook how-to nor an inspirational tome lacking substance. “We’re living in a world with unimaginable adversity and invisible threats,” writes Iaquinto. “Why should entrepreneurs be any different from a Boy Scout following his motto, ‘Be prepared?’”	The Art of the Start Guy Kawasaki Kawasaki writes that his goal is to help you use your knowledge, love and determination to create something great without getting bogged down in theory and unnecessary details. At Apple in the 1980s, Kawasaki turned ordinary consumers into evangelists. As founder and CEO of Garage Technology Ventures, he has field-tested his ideas with dozens of newly hatched companies. He takes you through every phase of creating a business, from the very basics of raising money and designing a business model through eventually giving back to society.
Small Giants Bo Burlingham Most books about successful businesses focus on public companies. But Inc. magazine Editor Bo Burlingham focuses on privately held companies marching to the beat of a different drum. In Small Giants, he profiles 14 of the best, including Anchor Brewing, CitiStorage, Clif Bar Inc., Righteous Babe Records, Reel Precision Manufacturing and Zingerman’s Community of Businesses. Burlingham takes readers inside these companies to determine the elusive “mojo” that makes them great.	Hoover's Vision Gary Hoover Gary Hoover, the founder of BOOKSTOP, Inc. and Hoover’s Inc., lays out a plan that can turn an enterprise into a success by showing entrepreneurs how to address inputs with an open mind, and see more than what others envision. Demonstrating how leaders can recognize the importance of history and trends, Hoover drives business owners to create and feed a clear and consistent vision, and helps them find the essential qualities of entrepreneurial leadership.
Small Business Turnaround Marc Kramer What do you do when sales start lagging, key employees start leaving, and customers start bolting to the competition? Consultant Kramer offers a step-by-step manual for turning around your small business — from writing updated business, marketing and operating plans to cutting costs, boosting sales and getting vendors and creditors on your side.	The Nokia Revolution Dan Steinbock How did a small pulp mill in Finland become the leading worldwide force in cellular and mobile telephone technology? The Nokia Corp. gained and maintains its position at the head of this rapidly changing technology field using strategic intent, global focus, strategic market-making, global research and development, and a focus on people.
How Customers Think Gerald Zaltman Why do 80 percent of new products fail despite the best efforts of market researchers -- through techniques such as focus groups and market surveys -- to predict what customers want. Customer behavior toward products and brands is often driven by the unconscious, rather than the conscious. Zaltman explains how the brains, minds, and memories of consumers work, and how marketers can effectively leverage that information in their strategies.	Never Eat Alone Keith Ferrazzi Lays out the specific steps — and inner mind-set — he uses to reach out to connect with the thousands of colleagues, friends and associates on his Rolodex, and shows readers how to connect with the people they want to know. His advice covers topics such as handling rejection, getting past gatekeepers, becoming a “conference commando,” as well as the timeless strategies that separate desperate glad-handers from genuine relationship builders.
The Speed of Trust Stephen M. R. Covey According to Covey, trust is one of the essential elements of business, and the ability to create, preserve and restore trust has become one of the most important skills today, inside and outside the office. In The Speed of Trust, Covey gives his readers all the key tools to cultivating trust in their relationships, while offering up the wisdom of other great leaders on the topic.	Mastering Business Negotiation Roy J. Lewicki & Alexander Hiam A valuable resource for any leader or manager who needs practical strategies when conducting business negotiations. Lewicki and Hiam assert that the basic skills and techniques of what they call “the master negotiator” are essential for resolving conflicts, handling difficult conversations and managing good business deals.

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