Most startups fail. But many of those failures are preventable. The Lean Startup is a new approach being adopted across the globe, changing the way companies are built and new products are launched.Eric Ries defines a startup as an organization dedicated to creating something new under conditions of extreme uncertainty. This is just as true for one person in a garage or a group of seasoned professionals in a Fortune 500 boardroom. What they have in common ...

Do you have a nagging fear that your work isn’t truly important? Or that your potential greatness will wither, unrealized?Most people never feel purpose in their work. They never bring their full energy to a meaningful mission.Purpose and intensity are Elon Musk’s superpowers. He chooses colossal missions. Then he is maniacal, creative, and relentless in pursuit of success. It’s not charm, luck, or genius that made him the wealthiest person on Earth. It’s his mindset.

OVER FIVE MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE‘The canonical text on games in social contexts’ Emmett Shear, Former CEO of Twitch, and OpenAIIf you’re only going to read one psychology book in your life, read this oneWidely recognised as the most original and influential psychology book of our time, Games People Play has helped millions of people better understand basic social interactions and relationships.We play games al...

Over twenty years ago at a company convention, Eric Worre had an aha moment that changed his life forever. At that event he made the decision to Go Pro and become a Network Marketing expert. Since that time, he has focused on developing the skills to do just that. In doing so, Eric has touched and been touched by hundreds of thousands of people around the world. Now he shares his wisdom in a guide that will ignite your passion for this profession and help you make the decision to Go Pro a...

Python Crash Course is the world’s bestselling programming book, with over 1,500,000 copies sold to date!Python Crash Course is the world’s best-selling guide to the Python programming language. This fast-paced, thorough introduction will have you writing programs, solving problems, and developing functioning applications in no time.You’ll start by learning basic programming concepts, such as variables, lists, classes, and loops, and pract...

Now in an extensively revised eleventh edition, Introducing Public Administration provides students with the conceptual foundation they need while introducing them to important trends in the discipline. This timeless textbook—blending historical accounts with contemporary events—examines the most important issues in the field of public administration through political, economic, social, and managerial perspectives. Its approach of using wide-ranging case discussion studies at the ...

Character assassination—the deliberate destruction of an individual’s reputation—has been a persistent feature of public life across time and cultures. This revised and expanded edition offers a comprehensive investigation into how reputations are attacked, damaged, and destroyed, with case studies ranging from ancient Rome to the present-day United States. Political and religious leaders, officials, celebrities, scientists, athletes, and other public figures emerge as frequent targets, wi...

**THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING SENSATION'The Lean Startup changes everything.' - Harvard Business Review----------**Most new businesses fail. But most of those failures are preventable.The Lean Startup is a new approach to business that's being adopted around the world. It is changing the way companies are built and new products are launched.Essential reading for any ambitious entrepreneur, The Lean St...

The New York Times bestseller—part of the expanded universe based on the award-winning video game series Halo!The twenty-sixth century. Once considered clandestine, the Spartan-II program has now gone public. Tales of armored super-soldiers fending off thousands of Covenant attacks have become the stuff of legend. While the Master Chief defends a besieged Earth, and the myriad factions of the Covenant continue their crusade to eliminate humanity, an ultra-secret ce...

Domain-Driven Design fills that need. This is not a book about specific technologies. It offers readers a systematic approach to domain-driven design, presenting an extensive set of design best practices, experience-based techniques, and fundamental principles that facilitate the development of software projects facing complex domains. Intertwining design and development practice, this book incorporates numerous examples based on actual projects to illustrate the ...

Chief financial officers (and CFOs-to-be), Stewardship Leadership for Stinkin' Accountants: Serving as the CFO is about you as you serve in a role that is very much not about you. Your role is primarily for the benefit of others-though that stewardship reality and its significance are seldom explored.Eric R. Alexander has been in the finance world for forty years, with twenty of those in the CFO role, and he has learned lots of lessons-usually the hard way. Together, you'l...

AI can scale intelligence, but it cannot replace judgment, make decisions, or be held accountable. Only people can do that.During a forty-year career, Howard H. Stevenson taught at Harvard Business School, chaired NPR, and co-founded a hedge fund, The Baupost Group. His definition of entrepreneurship inspired leaders and institutions around the world.In this revised edition of Howard’s Gift, Pravi CEO Eric Sinoway, Howard, and contributors share practical wisdom for life an...