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"When Michael Lewis first met him, Sam Bankman-Fried was the world's youngest billionaire and crypto's Gatsby. CEOs, celebrities, and leaders of small countries all vied for his time and cash after he catapulted, practically overnight, onto the Forbes billionaire list. Who was this rumpled guy in cargo shorts and limp white socks, whose eyes twitched across Zoom meetings as he played video games on the side? In Going Infinite, Lewis sets out to answer...
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English
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Tony Hsieh--the widely-admired CEO of on-line shoe retailer, Zappos--explains how he created a unique culture and commitment to service that aims to improve the lives of its employees, customers, vendors and backers. Even better, he shows how creating happiness and record results go hand-in-hand.
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PublicAffairs
Language
English
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"A funny thing has happened on our way to the digital utopia: we find ourselves increasingly missing reality. In this spirited book, David Sax has found story after story of entrepreneurs, artisans, and creators who make real money by selling real things. And they're not just local craftspeople, either. As paper is supposedly vanishing, Moleskine notebooks--a company founded in 1997, the same year as the first dot-com boom--has grown into a large...
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Publisher
Princeton Architectural Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
176 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
This accessible primer provides detailed information on how to set up and provide content for your site as well as the right storefront and payment solutions. Moore addresses all aspects of running an online business, including marketing, order management, and boosting sales.
Author
Series
Circle volume 2
Publisher
Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Vintage Books edition.
Physical Desc
577 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
An unlikely new hire at the Every, Delaney Wells is a former forest ranger and unwavering tech skeptic. She charms her way into an entry-level job with one goal in mind: to take down the company from within. With her compatriot, the not-at-all-ambitious Wes Makazian, they look for the Every's weaknesses, hoping to free humanity from all-encompassing surveillance and the emoji-driven infantilization of the species. But does humanity truly want to be...
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Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st Free Press hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
xxi, 239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
Description
Describes how to make money using the Internet, offering case studies, outlining the successful strategies used by the author, and discussing such issues as collecting payments, using social networks, and saving money.
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Pub. Date
2005
Edition
3rd ed.
Physical Desc
xix, 376 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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English
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This third edition has been updated to reflect some of eBay's most recent upgrades including Selling Manager, Turbo Lister, and eBay's new listing design features. This Absolute Beginner's Guide explains eBay to new users in a way that will have them using eBay like experienced veterans.
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Creative Education
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
1 online resource (46 p.) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
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Explores the origins and growth of Amazon.com and outlines the factors that have helped turn it into the world's largest online retailer. Includes color photographs and a glossary.
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Publisher
Portfolio / Penguin
Pub. Date
[2017]
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xv, 329 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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From New York Times-bestselling author Nick Bilton comes a true-life thriller about the rise and fall of Ross Ulbricht, aka the Dread Pirate Roberts, the founder of the online black market Silk Road.
"In 2011, a twenty-six-year-old libertarian programmer named Ross Ulbricht launched the ultimate free market: the Silk Road, a clandestine Web site hosted on the Dark Web where anyone could trade anything--drugs, hacking software, forged passports, counterfeit...
12) Crushing it!: how great entrepreneurs build their business and influence -- and how you can, too
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Publisher
HarperBusiness, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
272 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In his 2009 book Crush It, Gary Vaynerchuk insisted that a vibrant personal brand was crucial to entrepreneurial success. Now Gary explains why that's even more true today, offering his perspective on what has changed in the last nine years and what principles remain timeless. He also shares stories from other entrepreneurs who have grown wealthier -- and not just financially -- than they ever imagined possible by following Crush It principles. The...
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Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xxiii, 330 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Bitcoin is not another payment processor. Like the Internet, Bitcoin is a technology that runs through a distributed network. No one controls it, and no one can shut it down. Bitcoin has been called the currency of the Internet, but it is much more powerful than that more astute observers have called it the Internet of currency. The Bitcoin Guidebook is for anyone who doesn't want to be left behind in the next technological revolution. It is an easy-to-read,...
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xix, 391 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In 2017, Lina Khan published a paper that accused Amazon of being a monopoly, having grown so large, and embedded in so many industries, it was akin to a modern-day Standard Oil. Unlike Rockefeller's empire, however, Bezos's company had grown voraciously without much scrutiny. In fact, for over twenty years, Amazon had emerged as a Wall Street darling and its "customer obsession" approach made it indelibly attractive to consumers across the globe....
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Publisher
Grijalbo
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
Primera edicion.
Physical Desc
247 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Language
Español
Description
"Muchos se preguntan quiénes están detrás del éxito de los creadores de contenido más populares de los últimos tiempos, como Calle y Poché, Sebastián Villalobos, Juan Pablo Jaramillo, Mario Ruiz y Xime Ponch. Una de ellos es Lina Cáceres, cofundadora del departamento digital de la agencia de representación de talentos más importante de la región, LatinWE, quien ha convertido a sus creadores digitales en celebridades multiplataforma. ¿Cuál...
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Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
288 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
You are creative, you are an artist or a photographer, you have a hobby or craft, something you absolutely love to do, and you are good at it. But you may be asking yourself, How do I market my work? How do I turn this into a real money making business? The answer lies between the covers of this new book. You will learn the steps you need to take to successfully sell your artwork or crafts even if you have no experience with marketing and even if...
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Publisher
Black Cat
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First Grove Atlantic paperback edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 384 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
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"One morning in February 2001, internet entrepreneur Josh Harris woke to certain knowledge that he was about to lose everything. The man Time magazine called 'The Warhol of the Web' was now reduced to the role of helpless spectator as his personal fortune dwindled from 85 million dollars, to 50 million, to nothing, all in the space of a week. Harris had been New York's first net millionaire, a maverick genius so preternaturally adapted to the fluid...
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"Muchos se preguntan qui©♭nes est©Łn detr©Łs del ©♭xito de los creadores de contenido m©Łs populares de los ©ðltimos tiempos, como Calle y Poch©♭, Sebasti©Łn Villalobos, Juan Pablo Jaramillo, Mario Ruiz y Xime Ponch. Una de ellos es Lina C©Łceres, cofundadora del departamento digital de la agencia de representaci©đn de talentos m©Łs importante de la regi©đn, LatinWE, quien ha convertido a sus creadores digitales en celebridades...