new business enterprises

"Explains the risks and rewards involved for entrepreneurs as they work to bring innovative ideas to life and make their mark on the business world. This title outlines key steps involved in starting, managing, and growing a small business, including research and idea development, writing a business plan, managing financial input and output, and planning for growth"--Provided by publisher.

YouTube Channel guides students as they conceive and maintain their own YouTube channel for their friends and community.

Each year, young people from around the globe go to Silicon Valley to hatch an idea, start a company, strike it rich, and become powerful and famous if they can. This is the story of three people who have "stopped out" of college and real life, to work in Silicon Valley. They embody an American cultural transformation: a move away from the East Coast hierarchy of Ivy Leage schools and country clubs toward a start-up life and a new social order, shaking up a lot of traditional rituals along the way.

"Use this guide to understand the ins and outs of being a business-minded kid wanting to succeed, to explore your ideas, to gain start-up tips, and to learn the secrets of entrepreneurship."--OCLC.

Provides guidance for transforming passions into businesses covering branding, marketing, finance, social media, mentors, and related topics; with profiles of young women entrepreneurs.

"The "sharing economy," or the "collaborative consumption economy,"...[involves] an economic system that revolves around sharing human and physical resources. This new aspect to the economy, Steven Hill argues, is a dead end for U.S. workers, as well as for the national economy"--Provided by publisher.

"Ten years ago, the idea of getting into a stranger's car, or walking into a stranger's home, would have seemed bizarre and dangerous, but today it's as common as ordering a book online. Uber and Airbnb are household names: redefining neighbourhoods, challenging the way governments regulate business and changing the way we travel. In the spirit of iconic Silicon Valley renegades like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, a new generation of entrepreneurs is sparking yet another cultural upheaval through technology. They are among the Upstarts, idiosyncratic founders with limitless drive and an abundance of self-confidence. Young, hungry and brilliant, they are rewriting the traditional rules of business, changing our day-to-day lives and often sidestepping serious ethical and legal obstacles in the process... is the definitive account of a dawning age of tenacity, creativity, conflict and wealth... we find out how it all started."--Google Books.

Memoir of Sophia Amoruso, CEO of Nasty Gal, a company that sells vintage clothing. Track's Sophia's life from her days hitchhiking and committing petty theft to her breakthrough idea about a "#girlboss" lifestyle.

An introduction to personal finance that focuses on starting a business, discussing writing a plan, finding investors, marketing, and management.

"Digital entrepreneurs use digital technology to sell products and ideas or improve older technology to make it easier to use ... [This book describes] how successful entrepreneurs navigate the fast-changing world of technological innovation ... [and provides] steps that will make your digital dream a reality"--Back cover.