An instant classic, this revised and updated edition of the phenomenal bestseller dispels the myths about starting your own business. Small business consultant and author Michael E. Gerber, with sharp insight gained from years of experience, points out how common assumptions, expectations, and even technical expertise can get in the way of running a successful business.Gerber walks you through the steps in the life of a business—from entrepreneurial infancy through adolescent growi...

Most people have fantasized about stepping into the future, if only for a moment. Will there be flying cars? Will buildings be sleek, "smart," and clean, or will they be just one more dysfunctional component of a decaying infrastructure? Will there be robots everywhere? Will we have clean energy and clear skies or polluted air and water?The evolution of buildings, transportation and power will determine how our future looks and feels, and in this book Roger Duncan and Michael Webbe...

A year's worth of management wisdom, all in one place.We've reviewed the ideas, insights, and best practices from the past year of Harvard Business Review to keep you up-to-date on the most cutting-edge, influential thinking driving business today. With authors from Michael E. Porter to Daniel Kahneman and company examples from P&G to Adobe, this volume brings the most current and important management conversations to your fingertips.

From the founding fathers to the rise of Christian nationalism, Devils of Democracy reveals how America's centuries-long obsession with evil has shaped--and endangered--our democracy.Americans love political demons. From the Revolutionary War to today, in fact, America has been steeped in the demonic and the devilish. Demons populate the spaces of American daily life in ways we might be inclined to dismiss, and they exert a power and a hold over our politi...

**Named one of The Next Big Idea Club’s "Best Non-Fiction Books of the Year (2025)" and "**The 14 Best Psychology Books of 2025"Dopamine, “the molecule of more,” makes it easy to get stuck in a cycle of never being truly satisfied. It promises happiness, but can never deliver. That part is up to us. A more fulfilling life begins with training your brain to overcome the dopamine chase—and it’s easier than you think.From Michael E. Long, coau...

2020 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Winner — Science Category2018 Forward Indies Finalist — Psychology CategoryWhy are we obsessed with the things we want only to be bored when we get them? Why is addiction perfectly logical to an addict? Why does love change so quickly from passion to indifference? Why are some people die-hard liberals and others hardcore conservatives?...

Become a digital-first organization—and avoid disruption.If you read nothing else on the principles and practices that lead to successful digital transformation, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you reinvent your digital strategy, overcome barriers to change, and win in the continuously connected world.This book will inspire you to:De...

These essays offer a whirlwind global tour of energy's relevance across modern society as we collectively grapple with an energy transition that is already underway

An introduction to the most enduring ideas on management from Harvard Business ReviewChange is the one constant in business, and we must adapt or face obsolescence. Yet certain challenges never go away. That's what makes this book "must read." These are the 10 seminal articles by management's most influential experts, on topics of perennial concern to ambitious managers and leaders hungry for inspiration--and ready to run with big ideas to accelerate their...

The Harvard Business Review Leadership Library offers the most important leadership ideas from authors such as Michael D. Watkins, Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Porter, and John P. Kotter, to name just a few. This must-have digital collection includes The First 90 Days (Updated and Expanded), Blue Ocean Strategy (Expanded Edition), The Innovator’s Dilemma, Leading Change (With a New Preface ...

The streets of the world have become mean and the darkness seems to prevail everywhere in the moment. The world is no longer a safe place for people to live in harmony and peace. It is no longer a place for the honest hard-working citizens and their children to grow up in a healthy and wholesome environment. There is no chance for them to become productive and happy. Gangsters have mobilized unilaterally. Out of each country springs up a crime organization that belongs to a vast network of...

Are analytics and technology a strategic part of your business?Artificial intelligence, platforms, algorithms, machine learning. Most business leaders know the value in advanced technologies. But how do you embed them into your business—and make them a key part of your strategy? HBR's 10 Must Reads Technology and Strategy Collection features innovative ideas to help you understand what new technologies offer, decide what business models ar...