Innovation Capital

Great leaders of innovation know that creativity is not enough. They succeed not only on the basis of their ideas, but because they have the vision, reputation, and networks to win the backing needed to commercialize them. It turns out that this quality - called "innovation capital" - is measurably more important for innovation than just being creative. The authors have spent decades studying how people get great ideas (the subject of The Innovator's DNA) and how people test and develop those ideas (explored in The Innovator's Method). 

In an era defined by relentless disruption, Unleashing the Innovation Quotient (Next IQ): A CFO's Guide to Mastering Risk, Compliance, and Capital in the Cyber Age redefines financial leadership for today’s Chief Financial Officers. The Innovation Quotient (Next IQ)—a powerful blend of strategic creativity, technological fluency, and adaptive foresight—equips CFOs to transform complex challenges into opportunities for sustainable success. With 83% of CFOs grappling with increased regulatory complexity and 76% facing heightened stakeholder demands for transparency (Deloitte CFO Survey,...

Need to re-invent your career? Interested in becoming a better Project Manager or Leader? Consider learning how to apply Design Thinking techniques to your projects and other initiatives. Discover how to Think differently to Lead more effectively. And become a better problem-solver! Complex problem-solving today requires arming both the problem solvers AND those who Lead and Manage the problem solvers -- from executives to PMPs, PgMPs, managing architects, and other leaders -- with a tool bag of proven transformation-enabling and innovative Design Thinking techniques. Anderson explores more...

From the invention of interest in Mesopotamia and the origin of paper money in China, to the creation of mutual funds, inflation-indexed bonds, and global financial securities, here is a sweeping survey of financial innovations that have changed the world. Written by a distinguished group of experts - including Robert Shiller, Niall Ferguson, Valerie Hansen, and many others - The Origins of Value traces the evolution of finance through 4,000 years of history.

In today's volatile financial landscape, where regulatory pressures like SOX, IFRS, and ESG mandates loom large, and talent shortages threaten to sideline 75% of CPAs by 2030, CFOs and in-house accountants face an unrelenting battle: balancing razor-sharp compliance, volatile costing, and exhaustive reporting while driving strategic value. Enter Automation Revolution: A CFO's Insider Blueprint for Mastering Finance—a game-changing guide forged from over two decades in the trenches of audit, accounting, and financial analysis across diverse industries. Authored by a seasoned accounting & ...

What are venture capitalists saying about your startup behind closed doors? And what can you do to influence that conversation? If Silicon Valley is the greatest wealth-generating machine in the world, Sand Hill Road is its humming engine. That's where you'll find the biggest names in venture...

Longlisted for the Porchlight Business Book Award for Current Events & Public Affairs Longlisted for the Non-Obvious Book Award 2025 A Next Big Idea Book Club March 2025 Must-Read An urgent and illuminating perspective that offers a window into how the most pernicious aspects of the venture...

Chaos looms over the beloved realm of Zemia. As Darkness and Light confront their greatest challenge, the Chosen – Aiden, Anthony, and Julia – wield newfound powers to combat the encroaching forces. With a blend of magic, cultivation, and strategic brilliance, the trio must revolutionize armor designs and unlock ancient enchantments.

When Brigadier General John "Dragon" Teichert took command of legendary Edwards Air Force Base, it was characterized by a choking complacency. It was operating on autopilot when it needed to be in afterburner.

“AOL had found itself at the edge of disaster so frequently that one of its first executives, a brassy Vietnam veteran and restaurateur named Jim Kimsey, had taken the punch line of an old joke popularized by Ronald Reagan and made it into an unlikely mantra for the company. It concerned a...

Based on six years of research, Harvard Business School professor Thales Teixeira shows how and why industries are disrupted, and what established companies can do to respond--as well as what potential startups must master if they hope to gain a competitive edge. As it turns out, there is a...

A deeply researched warning about how the digital economy threatens artists' lives and work—the music, writing, and visual art that sustain our souls and societies—from an award-winning essayist and critic There are two stories you hear about earning a living as an artist in the digital age...

The classic guide to working from home and why we should embrace a virtual office, from the bestselling authors of Rework “A paradigm-smashing, compulsively readable case for a radically remote workplace.”—Susan Cain, New York Times bestselling author of Quiet Does working...

Innovation brings Peter Ackroyd’s History of England to a triumphant close. Ackroyd takes listeners from the end of the Boer War and the accession of Edward VII to the end of the 20th century, when his great-granddaughter Elizabeth II had been on the throne for almost five decades.

Venture capital (VC) is the business of financing the new – and making outsized profits. It grew up in Silicon Valley, backing the most influential companies known today, including Apple and Airbnb. It's not the iPhone, but VC, that is Silicon Valley's greatest export – it's the key...

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 ...

The Power of KM provides a clear and concise introduction to Knowledge Management (KM). Brent Hunter explains the basics of Knowledge Management and provides a step-by-step, comprehensive, integrated, holistic and universal KM strategy that can be utilized in any organization. Hunter continues by explaining how Knowledge Management can be used to enrich and optimize our personal lives and at all levels of society. By the time you finish this book, you will learn that knowledge is power and that KM is extraordinarily valuable--and even has ability to change the world.

Here in this book are the strategies and principles for business start to grow and be managed effectively for impacts and profiting. One thing is sure, you cannot read and apply this book and remain, idle or fail in business. Outlined below are the strategies to generating start-up ideas, resources mobilization, funds raising and management principles for succcess and breakthrough that you could hardly find anywhere else. I simply call this book A-Z expo on business breakthrough, break even and breaking forth. Congratulations and welcome to the school of business start-up 101.

In Secrets of Silicon Valley, entrepreneur and media commentator Deborah Perry Piscione takes us inside this vibrant ecosystem where meritocracy rules the day. She explores Silicon Valley's exceptionally risk-tolerant culture, and why it thrives despite the many laws that make California one of the worst states in the union for business.

In recent years, dreams about our technological future have soured as digital platforms have undermined privacy, eroded labor rights, and weakened democratic discourse. In light of the negative consequences of innovation, some blame harmful algorithms or greedy CEOs. Behind the Startup focuses instead on the role of capital and the influence of financiers. Drawing on nineteen months of participant-observation research inside a successful Silicon Valley startup, this book examines how the company was organized to meet the needs of the venture capital investors who funded it.