Entrepreneur's Notebook: Practical Advice for Starting a New Business Venture
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Entrepreneur's Notebook: Practical Advice for Starting a New Business Venture
Steven K. Gold
Manufacturer: Learning Ventures Press
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ASIN: 0976279045

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Entrepreneur's Notebook propels you on a whirlwind tour of the start-up process. It is an invaluable reference for new and experienced entrepreneurs that includes chapters on a wide range of topics, from entrepreneurial team building to business plans to financing. This excellent book provides an incredible amount of practical information that will help you make smarter decisions and avoid costly mistakes. The author, Steven K. Gold, is an accomplished entrepreneur who has co-founded and led five early-stage ventures. As an investor and mentor, he also advises many entrepreneurs and young companies. He earned his B.S.E. in Entrepreneurial Management from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and his M.D. from Brown University Medical School.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Nice Guide for Beginners.......2007-06-16

The author writes a nice overview of the entrepreneurial process. It's basically for novices but it does a good job for this audience. The only problem I have with this book is that it is too basic and is therefore non-unique because it is so low-level. Regardless, I must say that for the right audience, it does a fine job over giving the big picture.

If you are advanced or aspire to become advanced, I would recommend "The Startup Company Bible for Entrepreneurs" but only for high-tech entrepreneurs. Even this author has recommended it.

5 out of 5 stars A Must-Have for Entrepreneurs.......2007-05-14

Steven gives great illustrations to drive home his insightful advice for entrepreneurs. As he's "been there, done that," we can take his advice to heart in the hopes of becoming a success like him!

5 out of 5 stars Exellent Book.......2007-05-11

Great book for getting ready to open a new business. Would refer to anyone thinking about opening a business.

5 out of 5 stars Brief and to the point.......2007-04-27

This is a delightful little book that contains a wealth of useful and helpful information and ideas on starting a small business and ensuring that it is viable and succesful. The book is well written and easy to follow and interesting to read.

This is a must read for entrepreneurs, particularly budding ones as the information the book provides is very practical and can help you avoid making costly errors. The book covers a wide range of topics including the start-up process, marketing the business on a small budget, cash-flow forecasting, among other things.

The book is an excellent companion for the entrepreneur that is well worth having.

5 out of 5 stars Invaluable advice for the budding entrepreneur.......2007-03-04

This book does a terrific job of presenting some of the most important issues entrepreneurs face when embarking on new ventures, touching on topics such as the business plan, funding, team building, and cash flows. Using simple, yet stunningly accurate models of the entrepreneurial process, Steven Gold distills complex subjects into simple, practical, take-away messages. The classification of entrepreneurial personalities (professionals, pragmatists, and inventors) is something I think we can all relate to. I find the metaphor which compares building a new company to making "stone soup" equally compelling. There are countless books out there for budding entrepreneurs, but this one is no fluff. It gets right down to the nuts and bolts so you can concentrate on your business.
Cash Flow Forecasting (Essential Capital Markets)
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    Release Date: 2005-06-20

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    Budgets are like road maps -- they provide a direction for a corporates financial management. Balance sheets and statements of revenues also provide insights into how well a company is following that direction. But cash flow and cash flow forecasts are what guide the day-to-day itinerary for an organization.

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    Essentials of Cash Flow
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      Essentials of Cash Flow
      H. A., Jr. Schaeffer
      Manufacturer: Wiley
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      Full of valuable tips, techniques, illustrative real-world examples, exhibits, and best practices, this handy and concise paperback will help you stay up to date on the newest thinking, strategies, developments, and technologies in cash flow.

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        Manage cash like the pros: essential cash flow tactics.(Small-Business Banking and Finance): An article from: Fairfield County Business Journal
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            This digital document is an article from Westchester County Business Journal, published by Westfair Communications, Inc. on May 24, 2004. The length of the article is 714 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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            Title: Manage cash like the pros: essential cash flow tactics.(Small-Business Banking And Finance)
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                        Leptin and Reproduction
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                        • John R.G. Challis, DSc, FRSC
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                        This volume embraces all areas of work on leptin and reproduction in both the female and the male, with respect to both basic and clinical research, human and animal models, and in vitro and in vivo paradigms. This is the very first work to review the roles and regulation of leptin, as these relate to reproduction and reproductive biology. In Leptin and Reproduction, a number of leading contributors review the current state of knowledge in this young, but extensively investigated, field of research. This book will make a valuable reference for scientists and researchers in the fields of reproductive biology, endocrinology, cell biology, embryology, ovarian physiology, animal science, andrology and specialists in infertility and assisted reproduction.

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                        5 out of 5 stars John R.G. Challis, DSc, FRSC.......2003-07-25

                        "This is a wonderful, timely, and comprehensive volume. It provokes source material and references for the new investigator to this area, provides challenges, and provokes new thoughts and ideas to the established investigator, and it clearly takes forward the role of leptin as being much more than just an appetite hormone, but a critical regulator of physiologic functions. I congratulate all the authors and editors of this superb volume."
                        - John R.G. Challis, D.Sc., F.R.S.C.
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                        5 out of 5 stars Virendra B. Mahesh.......2003-07-25

                        "This comprehensive treatise on leptin and its role in reproduction is an important and timely contribution to scientific literature. Leptin and Reproduction is divided into five major topics, namely: General Reproductive Function, Puberty, Pregnancy, Genetics, and Clinical Challenges. Each major topic is subdivided into chapters written by preeminent research scientists in the field. These 20 chapters contain the currently known information regarding leptin and its biological actions, citing relevant references to enable the reader to get to the original research describing the findings. Thus, for scientists or clinicians involved with any aspect of animal or human biology influenced by leptin, this treatise serves as an essential reference which complies, in a single volume, the multiple effects of leptin."
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                        Reviews of Physiology, Biochemistry, and Pharmacology / Volume 142 (Reviews of Physiology, Biochemistry, and Pharmacology)
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                          Reviews of Physiology, Biochemistry, and Pharmacology / Volume 142 (Reviews of Physiology, Biochemistry, and Pharmacology)

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                          In this volume of Reviews of Physiology we present three articles on modulation of PKC in antitumor treatment, compartment-specific functions of the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway and transgenic models of alpha2-adrenergic receptor subtype function.
                          Transgenic Models in Pharmacology (Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology) (Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology)
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                            Up-to-date information on animal models generated by transgenic or gene targeting techniques. Naturally, the focus is on the mouse system. Each chapter has been written by leading experts in the field and gives an overview on existing animal models. This is facilitated by tables, which list the most important genetically engineered animal models and their phenotypes. This book aims at illustrating the impact of transgenic animal models in the field of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, which includes their role in the understanding of basic cellular mechanisms, the evaluation of potential drug targets or the testing for drug effects.

                            Late Quaternary Environmental Change: Physical and Human Perspectives (2nd Edition)
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                            Mike Walker , and Martin Bell
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                            Methods In Quaternary Ecology (Geoscience Canada Reprint)
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                              Quaternary Sediments: Petrographic Methods for the Study of Unlithified Rocks
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                                Stephen J. Gale , and Peter G. Hoare
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                                Deals with the analysis of sediments, soils and weathering products to reconstruct the environment of the Quaternary period. Not only does it cover all physical and chemical laboratory techniques but it also describes the use of required equipment, the evaluation of both strengths and weaknesses of each technique and how to get and interpret results. The application of each method in solving particular geological problems is stressed. Case studies, diagrams and full biographies provide the reader with further information.

                                Computational Materials Science: From Basic Principles to Material Properties (Lecture Notes in Physics)
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                                Computational Physics is now a discipline in its own right, comparable with theoretical and experimental physics. Computational Materials Science concentrates on the calculation of materials properties starting from microscopic theories. It has become a powerful tool in industrial research for designing new materials, modifying materials properties and optimizing chemical processes. This book focusses on the application of computational methods in new fields of research, such as nanotechnology, spintronics and photonics, which will provide the foundation for important technological advances in the future. Methods such as electronic structure calculations, molecular dynamics simulations and beyond are presented, the discussion extending from the basics to the latest applications.

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                                2 out of 5 stars Difficult and dense.......2005-01-19

                                This is the most difficult book I have ever read on computational materials science. I do not recommend this book for anyone that has not previously taken classes in solid state physics, quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics, partial diff equations, linear algebra, and computer programming.

                                The book's title states "... From Basic Principles to Material Properties". This is a major misnomer. When I read the term basic principles, I think of Hartree-Fock, classical MD with empirical potentials, EAM, and maybe tight binding. These basic topics are not covered in this text. Instead, the book begins with a short introduction to DFT, and quickly goes into Green's functions, ab initio molecular dynamics, calculation of optical and magnetic properties, and other quite advanced topics in the field.

                                The text is very advanced and includes a lot of complicated equations. Trying to follow some of the equations I quickly discovered that variables were often used that were not defined; a major no-no. The language itself seems written by professors to be read by other professors. Additionally, this is a very expensive book for only 300+ pages of material. I believe this high price is to cover the occasional color figures. I would not purchase this book, unless you have several years of experience doing ab initio modeling, and wish to learn about the more difficult techniques out there.

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                                "Platonov is an extraordinary writer, perhaps the most brilliant Russian writer of the twentieth century" Tatyana Tolstaya, New York Review of Books

                                A modern pilgrim's progress set in Soviet Russia

                                Moscow Chestnova is an Everywoman fascinated by the brave new world supposedly taking shape around her. Moscow (the city) in the 1930s: a fairy-tale capital where, in Stalin's words, "life has become better, life has become merrier". But in this ideal city there is no longer a place for those who do not fit the bright, shining image of the men and women of the future. In a variety of styles ranging from the grotesque to the sentimental to the absurd, Platonov exposes the gulf between this premature triumphalism and the harsh reality of low living standards and even lower expectations, borrowing slogans from Stalin's speeches for comic effect. In an age of spin-doctors and soundbites this anarchic satire has as much resonance as ever.

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                                4 out of 5 stars Wonderful, but Can be Difficult.......2002-02-17

                                Happy Moscow is a wonderful, though difficult, book. A cross between satire and the picaresque, it's loaded with symbolism. To get the most out of it, I think one must have at least a rudimentary knowledge of Stalinist Russia.

                                Happy Moscow, through its heroine, Moscow Chestnova, sets aside blithe idealism and explores the gulf that, in reality, existed between Stalin's "triumphant" socialism and the low living standards and bleak expectations of the people.

                                Moscow Chestnova, the heroine of Happy Moscow, was never meant to be seen as an individual. She's Every Citizen, the idea and the ideal of Stalinist Collectivity. More than anything, Moscow Chestnova cares; she embraces fully Dostoyevsky's mandate that "All are responsible for all." She cares about cleanliness, the proper heating of water, the driving of piles into the Moscow River. Following Stalinist ideology, she's the ideal every man desires and she gives of herself freely to anyone who asks. In Moscow Chestnova's world, as in Stalin's Moscow, there will always be room for "one more."

                                Just as Moscow Chestnova seeks to transcend the limits of individuality in favor of collectivity, so do the other characters in this book. One, in particular, buys a new passport and thus changes his identity. He goes on to acquire a new job, a new wife and a new family...all in the name of communist idealism.

                                Moscow Chestnova, of course, is eventually repelled by what she had, at first, embraced. She feels the isolation of the people, the lack of peace in their homes and in their lives and the oppressive sadness that covers the city like a blanket. Moscow finally comes to realize that even as individuals have been ignored, collectivity has gone to hell.

                                The language used in Happy Moscow ranges from the hilarious to the grotesque. Stylistically, the book is often absurd in its juxtapositions. Puns are rarely used for comic effect alone; they often contain important ideological or philosophical commentary. Platonov also has a unique ability of recontextualizing Stalin's rhetoric (drawn from his own speeches) in ludicrous parody and metaphor.

                                Happy Moscow is a gem of a book. It is a book, that, like the city of Moscow, herself, is, by turns, comic, creative, grotesque, and bizarre, yet ultimately crippled. It's a shame this book is not more widely read and better known.
                                Andrei Platonov's Happy Moscow: Stalinist kitsch and ethical decadence.(Critical essay): An article from: The Modern Language Review
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                                  Andrei Platonov's Happy Moscow: Stalinist kitsch and ethical decadence.(Critical essay): An article from: The Modern Language Review
                                  Philip Ross Bullock
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                                  Title: Andrei Platonov's Happy Moscow: Stalinist kitsch and ethical decadence.(Critical essay)
                                  Author: Philip Ross Bullock
                                  Publication: The Modern Language Review (Magazine/Journal)
                                  Date: January 1, 2006
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                                  Volume: 101 Issue: 1 Page: 201(11)

                                  Article Type: Critical essay

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