Uber, Lyft, Amazon, Postmates, Doordash, Caviar--the list goes on for sidehustle gigs you can add in to your income stream, but they all require you to share some of your profit as a subcontractor. Short on cash, but want to learn how...
Business and economics
- Author:Corson-Knowles, Tom, Moore, Mick, Basu, TylerSummary:
- Author:Sigfusson, SveinSummary:
This account of the Sigfusson Transportation Company details how it was unfairly treated by the Government, in attempting to create a network of winter roads in northern Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
- Author:Chinoda, Anne K.Summary:
So much of what we observe in the scandals and failures of leaders today comes down to their choices in favor of success over significance. We have reached a tipping point regarding the foundational beliefs and the degree of acceptable...
- Author:Deveau, SarahSummary:
Undergraduate fees for universities and colleges across Canada have more than doubled in every province over the past decade. Today, the average student debt load after graduation is almost twenty-thousand dollars. Individuals...
- Author:Gygi, Craig, Williams, BruceSummary:
The world's largest and most profitable companies—including the likes of GE, Bank of America, Honeywell, DuPont, Samsung, Starwood Hotels, Bechtel, and Motorola—have used Six Sigma to achieve breathtaking improvements in business...
- Author:Morieux, YvesSummary:
New tools for managing complexity Does your organization manage complexity by making things more complicated' If so, you are not alone. According to The Boston Consulting Group's fascinating Complexity Index, business complexity has...
- Author:Taleb, Nassim NicholasSummary:
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Black Swan, a bold new work that challenges many of our long-held beliefs about risk and reward, politics and religion, finance and personal responsibilityIn his most provocative and...
- Author:Nikiforuk, AndrewSummary:
The fossil fuel industry and many environmental groups tout hydraulic fracturing — “fracking” — as a panacea, with slick promises of energy independence, greenhouse gas reductions, and benefits to local economies. Yet the controversial...
- Author:Tyson, Eric, Schell, JimSummary:
Want to start the small business of your dreams? Want to breathe new life into the one you already have? Small Business For Dummies provides authoritative guidance on every aspect of starting and growing your business, from financing...
- Author:Schenk, Barbara FindlaySummary:
Having your own business isn't the same as having customers, and one is useless without the other. Whether your business is a resale store or a high-tech consulting firm, a law office or a home cleaning service, in today's competitive...
- Author:Pease, TomSummary:
Small Business Survival 101 contains eight broad principles to implement into any small business that help it last. A sampling includes “It Must Be Easy,” “The Leader Gets It Right” “Entrepreneurship by Santa Claus” and “Someone Can...
- Author:Estill, LyleSummary:
"In Small is Possible, Estill chronicles the failures and victories of an ongoing movement for sustainability and local resiliency in Chatham County, located in the piedmont region of North Carolina. Estill is a legitimate source...
- Author:Fanconi, Peter A.Summary:
Make your money make a difference-and enjoy attractive returns Small Money, Big Impact explores and explains the globally growing importance of impact investing. Today, the investor's perspective has become as important as the...
- Author:Allen, Mike, Schwartz, Roy, VandeHei, JimSummary:
Brevity is confidence. Length is fear. This is the guiding principle of Smart Brevity, a communication formula built by Axios journalists to prioritize essential news and information, explain its impact and deliver it in a concise and...
- Author:Markman, Arthur B.Summary:
Smart Change explores the psychological mechanisms that form and maintain habits in individuals and groups and offers real, accessible and actionable advice for changing habits. In an engaging narrative, Markman covers a wide range of...
- Author:Romans, ChristineSummary:
"Against a drumbeat of hopelessness about too much student debt and too few jobs requiring a college degree, Smart is the New Rich: Money Guide for Millennials is a realistic and optimistic road map for millennials to save more,...
- Author:Jacks, AnthonySummary:
This book will provide you with all you need to know in terms of negotiation, including the set-up, preparation, and follow-up after the negotiation is complete.
- Author:Trahair, DavidSummary:
If you read the papers and listen to the “experts,” you’ve heard the usual pitches about retirement: you’ll need a million dollars so you better start an RRSP early and maximize your contributions, trust the stock market and mutual...
- Author:Konrath, JillSummary:
Konrath shows how to overcome the current selling obstacles to get more appointments, speed up decisions, and win sales with these short-fused, frazzled customers.
- Author:Meinzer, KristenSummary:
A comprehensive step-by-step guide to creating a hit show, So You Want to Start a Podcast covers everything from hosting and guest booking to editing and marketing - while offering plenty of encouragement and insider stories along the...