Capital Management

Since its initial publication, The Business of Venture Capital has been hailed as the definitive, most comprehensive book on the subject. Now in its third edition, this market-leading guide explains the multiple facets of the business of venture capital, from raising venture funds, to structuring investments, to generating consistent returns, to evaluating exit strategies. 

John Meriwether, a famously successful Wall Street trader, spent the 1980s as a partner at Salomon Brothers, establishing the best--and the brainiest--bond arbitrage group in the world. A mysterious and shy midwesterner, he knitted together a group of Ph.D.-certified arbitrageurs who rewarded...

Are you ready to unlock the potential of options? This book is the ultimate guide for those who want to learn and master one of the most powerful strategies in the world of investing. Written by Vincenzo Petrarca, a seasoned trader and successful author, The Options Trading Bible will guide you step by step through every aspect of options trading, from the basics to advanced strategies. What you’ll find in this book: Comprehensive introduction to the world of options: the differences between Calls and Puts, key concepts like time and intrinsic value. Understanding the Greeks: a detailed ...

One of the best investments you will ever make DK's approach breaks new ground. How Money Works demystifies processes and answers the hundreds of financial questions we all have. Money facilitates the billions of transactions that take place every day across the globe. How Money Works shows you...

**LEADING with IMPACT: Project Management Strategies for Nonprofit Organizations** *Build smarter. Lead stronger. Deliver purpose.* In a world where deadlines, budgets, and community impact collide, successful nonprofit project leaders don't just manage—they lead with precision, purpose, and vision. Whether you're overseeing a new community center, a housing initiative, or a public infrastructure project, *LEADING with IMPACT* gives you the tools to bring structure to chaos and clarity to complexity. This strategic guide bridges the gap between construction-savvy project managers and ...

Stop Practicing "Startup Theater." Start Operating. Most entrepreneurs start with a plan, a product, and a pile of assumptions. They spend months—and thousands of dollars—polishing a strategy for a market that hasn’t yet spoken. In the high-stakes world of new ventures, this is the most common path to failure. In Customer Zero, Michael Wells introduces a simple but rigorous sequencing discipline that reorders the entire entrepreneurial process. The Business Plan is Not the Beginning This isn't a book about "hacking" sales or "faking it 'til you make it." It is a roadmap for the most ...

Whether you're imagining your new business to be the next big thing in Silicon Valley, a pivotal B2B provider, or an anchor in your local community, the Harvard Business Review Entrepreneur's Handbook is your essential resource for getting your company off the ground. Starting an independent new business is rife with both opportunity and risk. And as an entrepreneur, you're the one in charge: Your actions can make or break your business. You need to know the tried-and-true fundamentals - from writing a business plan to getting your first loan.

As work and organizations have become more fluid - and business strategy is no longer about planning years ahead but about sensing and seizing new opportunities and adapting to a constantly changing environment - companies must deploy talent in new ways to remain competitive. Turning conventional views on their heads, talent and leadership experts Ram Charan, Dominic Barton, and Dennis Carey provide leaders with a new and different playbook for acquiring, managing, and deploying talent.

The shocking true story of international intrigue —“a highly detailed, engrossing work” (Kirkus Reviews)—involving the 1993 murder of CIA officer Freddie Woodruff by KGB agents and the extensive cover-up that followed in Washington and in Moscow. “In a post-truth era, we need a lot...

Capital is currently cannibalizing every sphere of life-guzzling wealth from nature and racialized populations, sucking up our ability to care for each other, and gutting the practice of politics. In this tightly argued and urgent volume, leading Marxist feminist theorist Nancy Fraser charts the voracious appetite of capital, tracking it from crisis point to crisis point, from ecological devastation to the collapse of democracy, from racial violence to the devaluing of care work. 

“Best Corporate Finance Books of All Time” — BookAuthority “Best Valuation Books of All Time” — BookAuthority Have you ever wondered how the top executives at your company got where they are? Corporate Finance is the gateway to understanding how companies make decisions about what projects to pursue, and how to value those projects. It encompasses a comprehensive set of skills that have allowed countless executives to master the aspects of running incredibly successful businesses. Now it’s your turn. Join award-winning MBA Professor John J Cousins, a Wharton School graduate ...

Protect your portfolio, control risk, and optimize returns with proactive strategies designed for active investors. Markets can reward bold decisions—but they can also punish investors who ignore risk. Volatility, drawdowns, poor diversification, emotional decisions, excessive exposure, liquidity problems, and sudden macroeconomic shocks can quickly damage even a promising portfolio. Portfolio Risk Management for Active Investors: Optimize Returns by Mastering Risk with Proactive Strategies is a practical guide for traders and active investors who want to build a stronger, smarter, and ...

Risk. It can be kryptonite for investors, no matter your investment amount or level of experience. But, like many obstacles to success, risk is a challenge only overcome by facing it head-on. What if you could attack risk, rather than hide from it? What if there were even a way to leverage it for profit? The first step in investment success is adjusting how you think about risk. In The All Weather Trader, Trendstat Capital founder and “Mr. Serenity” Tom Basso reveals his philosophy for learning to embrace risk and use it to benefit your investments.

Ask anyone from the CEO to the shipping clerk about the organization’s most valuable asset, and you’ll get the same answer: “The people!” However, when it comes to the valuation of that organization, especially in terms of intangible assets, items like patents and trademarks wind up seeming to be more valuable. How can that be? Simple: They’re more quantifiable. In The NEW ROI: Return on Individuals, we delve into placing a more quantifiable value on the human capital asset – the most valuable asset in every organization. Additionally, we explore universal ways to promote even ...

What they teach at Wharton about money. In plain English. For the rest of us. You're smart. You work hard. And yet somehow, money never quite adds up the way it should. Nobody taught you how it actually works, and the people who know aren't exactly rushing to explain it. Ben Franklin figured it out in 1758 and wrote it down. It took a Wharton MBA thirty years of real world mistakes to truly understand it. This book is where those two paths meet. The Way to Wealth is a step-by-step guide to the only wealth strategy open to everyone: save intelligently, invest patiently, and let time do the ...

The Trader’s Guide to Risk Management: Learn the secret rules that keep traders in the game Most traders don’t fail because of bad ideas. They fail because they don’t manage risk. If you’ve ever blown up an account—or felt the fear of watching your capital vanish—you already know the truth: trading is not about finding the “perfect” strategy. It’s about surviving long enough for your edge to pay off. This is not a hype book. It won’t promise quick riches or magical indicators. Instead, it delivers the one skill that separates traders who last from those who disappear: ...

I wrote this book Woking capital management with the following objectives. • To demonstrate to readers that the subject of Woking capital management simple to understand, relevant in practice and interesting to learn. • To help managers appreciate the logic for making better financial decisions. • To explain the concepts and theories of Woking capital management in a simple way so readers could grasp them very easily and be able to put them in to practice. • To provide a book that has a comprehensive coverage for ratios and their analysis. • To create a book that differentiates ...

Protect your trading capital before the market teaches you the hard way. Futures trading can offer speed, leverage, liquidity, and access to some of the world’s most active markets. But without professional risk management, the same tools that create opportunity can quickly become the reason a trader loses control. Professional Futures Risk Management: Protect Your Trading Capital gives you a practical framework for managing risk like a serious trader. Instead of focusing on hype, prediction, or oversized positions, this book teaches you how to build rules, measure exposure, control ...

Most traders focus on finding better entries, faster strategies, or bigger profit opportunities. But long-term trading success is not built on prediction alone. It is built on risk control. Without a clear risk management plan, one oversized position, one ignored stop-loss, one emotional decision, or one overleveraged trade can damage months of progress. Risk Management for Traders: The Complete Capital Protection Guide is a practical, step-by-step guide for traders who want to safeguard their capital, manage uncertainty, and build a more resilient trading process. This book teaches you how...

Master risk, protect your capital, and build a complete trading blueprint for smarter, more disciplined market decisions. Most traders spend too much time searching for the perfect entry, the next indicator, or the strategy that will finally change everything. But experienced traders know the truth: long-term success is not built only on finding opportunities. It is built on managing risk. Without a clear risk management framework, one overleveraged trade, one emotional decision, one liquidity shock, or one poorly planned position can damage months of progress. The Complete Risk Management ...