World shapers of tomorrow: Startups building our future shows the impact of the TOP 100 Swiss Startups over the last 10 years. On 100 pages, the publication features the facts and figures about the startup ecosystem in Switzerland, shows the sectors and geographic distribution, and lists the investors behind Swiss deeptech startups. The book also highlights disruptive companies that changed their industry: Beekeeper, Bestmile, Climeworks, Covagen, DeinDeal, Doodle, GetYourGuide, MindMaze, ...

When author and operational excellence consultant Menno R. van Dijk joined ING Domestic Bank in the Netherlands, the company had already been using the Lean system a few years. But van Dijk felt something was missingthe fun factor: experiments, improvements, a supportive management style, and teamwork. He wasnt seeing the sense of invigoration and renewal that comes when employees on the shop floor experience the improvement brought on by a Lean implementation.He went to work and c...

Network marketing is not the same old routine it was in the Baby Boomers’ generation.Today, network marketing has gone online in a very large way.This game is just as competitive as it ever was. And that’s the reason you need to employ improved strategies if you have to run ahead in the race. People have become wise to all the new tricks and it is time we brought something new into our methods.Prospects have become warier than they ever...

A Product Manager's Cookbook, is the excellent guide for strategic and technical product managers who aspire to be highly effective. The key themes address pragmatic solutions to challenges and issues in becoming an effective product manager. The book shows methods to defining the right product requirements, implementing process efficiency in order to save cost, and optimize resources, and achieving high level of collaboration within the team as well as with internal and external partners....

Design your own success with a gratifying career!Get started in a position that has a future and is financially rewarding. Opportunities in Interior Design and Decorating Careers provides you with a complete overview of the job possibilities, salary figures, and experience required to enter the field of interior design.This career-boosting book will help you:Determine the specialty that's right for you, from stage design to historic p...

Law firms of all sizes should calculate and track indicators of their performance and health. The most successful firms use these indicators to assist in making important business-like decisions, in motivating and aligning behavior, and in adjusting to the new realities. Indicators should meet the following three criteria to qualify as a KPI for your firm: 1. It must reflect the firm's strategy and goals; 2. It must be key to the firm's success; and 3. It must be quantifiable Your firm's s...

Studies show that about 90% of all small businesses fold in five years. All too often, business owners focus too heavily on products, facilities, and everything but the sales and marketing process. Yet, your ability to advertise, generate leads and close a high ratio of those leads is the engine that drives growth.Ten thousand companies rely on Tom Hopkins to teach them how to avoid sales and marketing mistakes and how to explode profits and create exponential growth. Now you can g...

This 27-page ebook provides 38 tips to help you focus on the finer points of sales presentations and management presentations. You'll learnHow to get the get the right people in the roomWhen to stand or sit to best accomplish your purposeWhen to tell a success story or a failure story to influence a buyerWhen to use data—and when notHow to ask for commitments along the wayWhen to use precise numbers and when to round them offHow to identify...

Branding is much more than just the colour and logo of an organisation. As important as air is to man is the branding of an organisation to the organisation itself. Fully examined in this book are what branding is, examples of brands and majorly, the 12 different elements of branding with a fully analysis on how to apply them to your business. The book is further spiced up with a workbook on how to apply the elements of branding to move your business to the level you dreamed of.

Bank Your HobbyMost of us have some type of hobby. Hobbies are as varied as those who participate in them.There is no one size fits all. Hobbies run the gambit from flying kites to collecting stamps and creating handcrafted works of art.Generally when someone engages in a hobby they learn a great deal about it.Have you ever thought about turning your hobby into your career?If you just gave it a fleeting thought, you might want to thi...

Employees perform assigned tasks, and the organization pays them for their work productivity. Compensation involves an exchange of labor for pay and benefits, and both the employer and the employee gain value from this transaction. Compensation is comprised of many different types of rewards and recognitions. Reward systems include base pay, incentive, merit, vacation, sick pay, health insurance, and such things as cell phone, housing, or car allowance. Recognizing employee work contributi...

This book is designed to help you navigate through a customer service phone call, increasing your chances of a satisfactory resolution and saving time in doing so. This book covers various types of companies and customer service as a whole.