Architecture can be a high risk and low-income profession. Planning to manage risks is essential. Workloads tend to be cyclical and managing lean periods and booms whilst being prepared for the next downturn is a key requirement. This book is a how-to guide to build business resilience into your architectural practice, offering methods for managing business-critical events and crises. It shows you how to analyse trouble, pre-emptively tackle pitfalls and gives you confidence in decision-ma...

Rock & roll has transformed American culture more profoundly than any other art form. During the 1960s, it defined a generation of young people as political and social idealists, helped end the Vietnam War, and ushered in the sexual revolution. In Dixie Lullaby, veteran music journalist Mark Kemp shows that rock also renewed the identity of a generation of white southerners who came of age in the decade after segregation -- the heyday of disco, Jimmy Carter, and Saturday Night...

An ordinary man and a cheeky raven explore an everyday world of tacos, hot sauce, glowing orbs, and interdimensional cats. Serious shit simmers beneath the surface, but the team retains a sense of humor in the face of unreasonable demands. No ordinary novel, this is a logbook whose pages spilled loose from their binder and were tossed in an old box, confounding all who came to view it. This is the record of two extraordinary and honorable entities, written by those who lived it. This is th...

Gnomes and death and complaints from a chair,chickens and boots and secrets laid bare, weapons of ink and weapons of bone, aliens left drinking at parties alone, these are the stories, fantastic and new, collected here now for the curious few.An eclectic medley of stories sure to please the seekers of fiction that strays from the norm into the realms of "What the hell am I reading?"Mark Kemp is an experienced writer of many decades, drawing on his y...

By identifying and describing the most powerful financial and non-financial KPIs, this book will make life easier for you by defining them, explaining how and when they should be used and providing a rich library of KPIs that have been proven to significantly improve performance.The book presents case examples to illustrate the selection and use of the KPIs and provides tools such as KPI selection templates and Key Performance Questions to help you apply the most appropriate KPIs e...

Anyone involved in business will, at some point, need to prepare a business plan--whether it is to raise financing, sell a business, or develop a specific project. Brian Finch covers all the issues in producing a plan--from profiling competitors and forecasting market development, to providing clear and concise financial information. He also includes a full glossary, case histories and a detailed section on the key issue of using internal business plans.

The ideal companion for anyone starting out on a new venture. Successful entrepreneurs are smart. They take small steps, use their judgement astutely and reassess their assumptions at every opportunity. In today's fast-moving and technology-driven business environment, they collect the tools and the knowledge they need to manage uncertainty and stay ahead of the competition. Above all they strive to understand their market and business environment - as a result, they may even end up sellin...

Ever since her father walked into the ocean eleven years ago, a young woman waits for him to return. Life in her coastal town is decidedly bleak. Her mother spends her time quietly monitoring the ocean for her missing husband. Her grandfather passes the days typesetting dictionaries that will never be printed. Rather than suffer the contortions of becoming a woman and accepting her father's apparent suicide, the narrator convinces herself she is a mermaid and escapes her dreary, northern town...

But there's no such thing as a time machine...Inventor Dr. Angus McAran, born brilliant but deformed, had as little use for other people as they had for him. Until the day he met the Neanderthal - and Angus discovered that he had a destiny, one that he wasn't sure he wanted... or could avoid. This novella is the origin story of Doc Angus and his time traveling organization, GRIPE, from Christopher Stasheff's Warlock of Gramarye series.Alth...

From the author of beloved novels Ms. Bixby’s Last Day and Posted comes a hilarious, heartfelt, and unforgettable novel about a fairy-in-training.Everyone who wishes upon a star, or a candle, or a penny thrown into a fountain knows that you’re not allowed to tell anyone what you’ve wished for. But even so, there is someone out there who hears it.In a magical land called the Haven lives a young fairy named Ophelia Delphinium Fidgets. Ophela is no ordinary fairy—she is a Gran...

Written by a team of business and fi nance experts, Starting & Running a Business All-In-One For Dummies is a complete guide to every aspect of setting up and growing a successful business. Featuring straight-talking advice on everything from business planning and marketing, managing staff and dealing with legal issues, to bookkeeping and taking care of tax obligations, this book is your one-stop guide to turning your business plans into profit.

A best-selling guide from British business start-up expert Colin Barrow covering everything budding entrepreneurs need to know to get their business up and running.Whether you are just starting out, planning a new venture, setting up at home or extending a current business online, this book is all you need to succeed.In addition to straightforward advice on all the business basics, this new and improved third edition will include fresh content covering the fundamental chang...