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Eve Babitz captured the voluptuous quality of LA in the 1960s in a wildly original, totally unique voice. These stories are time capsule gems, as poignant and startling today as they were when published in the early 1970s. Eve Babitz is not well known today, but she should be. Her firsthand experiences in the LA cultural scene, translated into haunting fiction, are an unforgettable glimpse at a lost world and a magical time.

What entrepreneur or founder doesn't aspire to build the next Amazon, Facebook, or Airbnb? Yet those who actually manage to do so are exceedingly rare. So what separates the start-ups that get disrupted and disappear from the ones who grow to become global giants? The secret is blitzscaling: a set of techniques for scaling up at a dizzying pace that blows competitors out of the water.

If you're like most driven entrepreneurs and business leaders, you are either starting or running a company that is barely scratching the surface of its growth and profit potential. How do you find the hidden "cash in the walls" and make the leap from ordinary business outcomes to retire-tomorrow, profit-rich results?

David Gross is working as a corporate lawyer in New York when he gets a call from a friend inviting him to move to Bologna to help turn around a legendary Italian motorcycle company, known for its dominance on the track and its inability to turn a profit. Off he heads to the fabled home of marbled meats, radical leftist politics, and bespoke shoes, diving into his new life as the "corporate image consultant" to gearheads while learning to navigate the giddy mores of Bolognese society.

Silicon Valley is renowned for its striking number of businesses which have grown from garage start-ups into global giants - Apple, Cisco, Google, HP and Intel, to name a few. But what is the secret to their outstanding success? Hoffman and Yeh explain that it’s simple: they’ve learnt how to blitzscale. Featuring case studies from numerous prominent tech businesses such as AirBnB and WeChat, this book offers a specific set of practices for catalysing and managing dizzying growth in burgeoning start-ups.

The traditional hierarchical organization is dead, but what replaces it? Numerous new models - the agile organization, the networked organization, and holacracy, to name a few - have emerged, but leaders need to know what really works. How do you build an organization that is responsive to fast-changing markets? What kind of organization delivers both speed and scale, and how do you lead it? Arthur Yeung and Dave Ulrich provide leaders with a much-needed blueprint for reinventing the organization.

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When starting a business, getting the funding to kick-start your plans can sometimes be the most challenging. There are many different funding sources for your business, but you may be looking for a means that won't leave you having to pay back any debts. This is where business grants come in. If you're looking for how to apply for grants to launch your business, then you are in the right place. This guide will walk you through everything you need to know about finding grants, applying for grants, and securing grants for your business.

Imagine waking up, sipping your morning coffee, and knowing that each of your properties is not only a golden goose but also safeguarded against the wolves of legal liabilities and unforeseen risks. This peace of mind isn't a distant dream. It's a very achievable reality. This is your ultimate guide to setting up an LLC for your real estate business — and it's designed to get you legally covered in just 24 hours. That's less time than it takes for some people to decide what they're binge-watching next!

The path to true wealth is having your own business. But there are so many laws to navigate and options for the legal organization of your business that it can seem overwhelming. It doesn’t have to be complicated. This guide makes it fast and easy to form your LLC and get your business started on the right foot. The aim of this guide is action. It gives you, the business owner, the knowledge you need to get your LLC up and running without making costly mistakes in the process.

Releasing a Person was first a workshop and then a bestselling CD that popular love guru Kathryn Alice created to help those suffering with the deepest attachment we face: that to another person. It has produced MIRACLES for those have used it. For the first time, this material is being made available in audiobook format.

Which companies are on the cutting edge of artificial intelligence? What’s the next major breakthrough in healthcare? How do iconic brands reinvent themselves to appeal to the next generation? Most Innovative Companies is where tech, business, and innovation convene. Join host Yasmin Gagne as she brings you the latest innovations transforming business and society—and highlights the companies that are reshaping industries and culture.

Mental golf expert and bestselling author Darrin Gee reveals 50 simple and powerful ways to play the best golf of your life. This book is designed for golfers who know they can play better than their scores reflect. Play great golf by eliminating mistakes. Golf is 90% mental. That means that 90% of mistakes, miscues, mishits, bogeys, double bogeys or worse are caused by mental game errors. Eliminate those errors and you'll cut strokes.

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In a world that's changing faster and more furiously than ever, the ability to shift focus is critical. Why is it that some organizations can continually evolve to meet the times and the marketplace, and others can't? How do some businesses recognize the right moment to shift, and others, ruefully, only after it's too late? Packed with insightful interviews, Shift Ahead offers a smart, calculated approach to knowing when to change course and how to pull it off.

Are you surrounded by messes and clutter? Do you want the clarity of mind that comes from a clean and tidy home? Do you ever feel like you would be so much more productive if your life was a little less cluttered and a little more organized? You can do more than just "tidy up" your house. When everything in your home is in its right place and your home is spotlessly clean, you get a sense of accomplishment, and your home will be welcoming to you at the end of a long day at work or to your guests when you have a party at home.

Virtual Gastric Band Hypnosis is a step-by-step hypnotherapy audiobook that guides you to successful weight loss like never before. No starvation diet and no calorie counting. Just a natural way of eating that helps you lose all your unwanted fat, safely and steadily. Discover how easy it is to change your eating habits, successfully and permanently. Become the slim, fit, healthy person you long to be, without the expense, risks, or discomfort of surgery.

Welcome to Casual Conversations, where the camaraderie is as hearty as the appetizers at our favorite local haunt. Three friends, who never planned on being regulars, find themselves perched at the bar of a cozy casual dining spot, their casual meet-ups turning into impromptu roundtables. From the depths of existential dread to the highs of last night's game, and the guilty pleasures of fast food debates, nothing is off the table. With each episode of Casual Conversations, you're invited to join in as these pals dissect life's big questions and small pleasures, all with a touch of humor and ...

This is the true story of crime and "road rage" in the executive suite of one of America's leading trucking companies. The story begins when the highly regarded founder and owner of the Arrow Trucking Company is killed in a hunting accident. His widow then appoints their only son, Douglas, to be the new CEO. His only qualification is that he is known to be "the apple of his mother's eye". He had no experience in anything. He had only a high school education and had never worked a day in his life. He was best known as a young, wealthy, and very arrogant party boy.