Budget Leadership

Art Thinking combines the mind-sets of art and the tools of business to protect space for open-ended exploration and manage risks on your way to success. Art Thinking takes you from "Wouldn't it be cool if...?" to realizing your highest aims, helping you build creative skills you can apply across all facets of business and life. Warm, honest, and unexpected, Art Thinking will help you reimagine your work and life-and even change the world-while enjoying the journey from point A.

Do you feel like you have a hole in your pocket or in your purse? You work hard, but have nothing to show for it. You get bonuses and as soon as you do something unexpected comes and takes them away. You can’t seem to get ahead. You always feel like you are struggling just to keep your head above water. You make more money than you ever have, but you are barely making it. Does it feel like you are living under a curse? You might be. Imagine for a moment that you weren’t a slave. Imagine knowing that you are taken care of financially. Take a breath and drink it in. How nice would it be ...

Driving around the city in any metropolitan areas we all see trendy coffee shops everywhere and not all of them are Starbucks. Do you ever wonder why there are so many new boutique coffee shops popping up everywhere? Well, according to National Coffee Association, it is not a hoax, but the new trend. The coffee industry and the coffee shop business have boomed in recent years, especially with regards to specialty coffees. If you are thinking about opening a coffee house, here are the 13 steps that you will need to take....

Learn how Jack Gray, a successful and ambitious entrepreneur with an MBA, hit rock bottom financially but turned it all around and gained more wealth than he ever dreamed,within just a few months! He now spends his time sharing the tools and strategies he created to live his financial dreams.

How to negotiate and manage your software portfolio without getting taken advantage of by your suppliers. The fuse on your software budget is BURNING fast! Software companies have crafted a one-sided business model, and they are the only winners. BOOM! You need to understand NOW how one-sided your software relationships and contracts are. Leveling this playing field will provide you with an advantage over your competitors who do not understand the complexities of one of the most critical contracts in your business.

Going Global on a Shoestring is a handbook for the executives and business developers in small and medium-sized software companies that lay out the strategies for global expansion as well as perform the actual fieldwork with winning the first customers abroad. It is a book about how to get the first customers outside your domestic market. We could call it establishing the bridgehead for further growth.

This book details a path to launching a successful nonprofit organization. Many tips are included such as how to choose a structure, incorporated or unincorporated, whether to seek 501(c)(3) status or not and why, how to secure a documentary or reality television show, grant opportunities and grant-writing tips, and how to get media exposure as well as fundraising tips.

Learn the 25 keys to the art of the budget in terms of forecasting costs, revenues and profits for short-term and long-term projections. Forecasting Budgets is part of the New York Times Pocket MBA Series, a 12-volume reference tool for all businesspersons.

You have started thinking about starting a business, or you're already doing so. This is the perfect audiobook for you. These ideas will allow you to test the waters before spending thousands of dollars on television or radio ads.

Learn the 25 keys to business organization - sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, family ownership - including profit sharing, potential liability, tax consequences, and government regulations. Organizing a Company is part of the New York Times Pocket MBA Series, a 12-volume reference tool for all businesspersons.