The Playful Entrepreneur
The Playful Entrepreneur

Author: Mark Dodgson

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2018-10-02

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 0300240686

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A compelling account of how incorporating play into work can help us overcome the uncertainty and turbulence that surrounds work How can we learn to deal with uncertainty at work? The answer, as Dodgson and Gann eloquently portray in this pathfinding book, is to learn from the adaptive behaviors of entrepreneurs. Play, the authors show, is a crucial component of this. It encourages exploration, experimentation, and curiosity while it also challenges established practices and orthodoxies. It facilitates change in people and organizations. Drawing on in-depth interviews with entrepreneurs and innovators, this book explains why we should incorporate play into work, what play looks like, and how to encourage playfulness in individuals and organizations. Dodgson and Gann identify four key behaviors that endorse, encourage, and guide play: grace, craft, fortitude, and ambition, and provide a blueprint for an alternative way of working that fosters resilience and encourages innovation and growth in difficult times.

Rise of the Entrepreneur
Rise of the Entrepreneur

Author: Maury Rogow

Publisher: Rmg Publishing

Published: 2014-03-10

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 9780615995977

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It's simple. This book holds great, entertaining information and sets you on the right path to launching your brand. In one hour, you will hold the keys to success in your business. "Great digestible primer on marketing and sales. Playful, fun and wonderful comment" E. Bork, Emmy Winning Writer Some other notable quotes: "It was between me and the book, the book won." My ex girlfriend "Best thing I have ever read." My mom "Totally Epic." The Beebs

Building Your Business the Right-Brain Way
Building Your Business the Right-Brain Way

Author: Jennifer Lee

Publisher: New World Library

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 1608682560

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"Advice, exercises, and real-world examples for small-business owners and self-employed artists for establishing solid business practices, growing and expanding, and troubleshooting problems. Addresses finding, marketing to, and keeping customers; working with staff and vendors; strategic planning, goal setting, and brand building; and taking time to celebrate"--Provided by publisher.

Is Entrepreneurship Dead?
Is Entrepreneurship Dead?

Author: Scott A. Shane

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2018-05-08

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 0300235097

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It’s become an article of faith that American entrepreneurship is in trouble. The problems are many: lack of capital, too few entrepreneurial immigrants, excessive regulation, an aging population, slowing population growth, and rising student debt. But while experts across the country debate the causes and propose solutions, Scott Shane explains that the data just do not fit. Dismantling each of the most widely accepted theories in turn, he persuasively demonstrates that—while an evolving market is changing the nature of most startups—entrepreneurship is actually alive and well. Shane reveals how the number of incorporated startups is rising, fewer startups are failing, and the number of businesses backed by investors is increasing. The overall picture is positive. Exhaustively researched and compellingly told, this book will be read and discussed for years to come.

How to Make an Entrepreneurial State
How to Make an Entrepreneurial State

Author: Rainer Kattel

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2022-09-13

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0300235372

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A ground-breaking account which shows how the public sector must adapt, but also persevere, in order to advance technology and innovation From self-driving cars to smart grids, governments are experimenting with new technologies to significantly change the way we live. Innovation has become vitally important to states across the world. Rainer Kattel, Wolfgang Drechsler and Erkki Karo explore how public bodies pursue innovation, looking at how new policies are designed and implemented. Spanning Europe, the USA and Asia, the authors show how different institutions finance new technologies and share cutting-edge information. They argue for the importance of ‘agile stability’, demonstrating that in order to successfully innovate, state organizations have to move nimbly like start-ups and yet ensure stability at the same time. And that, particularly in the light of the Covid-19 pandemic, governments need both long-term policy and dynamic capabilities to handle crises. This vital account explores the complex and often contradictory positions of innovating public bodies—and shows how they can overcome financial and political resistance to change for the good of us all.

Against Flow
Against Flow

Author: Braxton Soderman

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 2021-04-27

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 0262362481

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A critical discussion of the experience and theory of flow (as conceptualized by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi) in video games. Flow--as conceptualized by the psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi--describes an experience of "being in the zone," of intense absorption in an activity. It is a central concept in the study of video games, although often applied somewhat uncritically. In Against Flow, Braxton Soderman takes a step back and offers a critical assessment of flow's historical, theoretical, political, and ideological contexts in relation to video games. With close readings of games that implement and represent flow, Soderman not only evaluates the concept of flow in terms of video games but also presents a general critique of flow and its sibling, play.

Without Their Permission
Without Their Permission

Author: Alexis Ohanian

Publisher: Business Plus

Published: 2013-10-01

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1455520039

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A WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER As Alexis Ohanian learned when he helped to co-found the immensely popular reddit.com, the internet is the most powerful and democratic tool for disseminating information in human history. And when that power is harnessed to create new communities, technologies, businesses or charities, the results can be absolutely stunning. In this book, Alexis will share his ideas, tips and even his own doodles about harnessing the power of the web for good, and along the way, he will share his philosophy with young entrepreneurs all over the globe. At 29, Ohanian has come to personify the dorm-room tech entrepreneur, changing the world without asking permission. Within a couple of years of graduating from the University of Virginia, Ohanian did just that, selling reddit for millions of dollars. He's gone on to start many other companies, like hipmunk and breadpig, all while representing Y Combinator and investing in over sixty other tech startups. WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION is his personal guidebook as to how other aspiring entrepreneurs can follow in his footsteps.

In the Business of Change
In the Business of Change

Author: Elisa Birnbaum

Publisher: New Society Publishers

Published: 2018-05-29

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 1550926640

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Meet the social entrepreneurs who are using business to disrupt the status quo and rebuild their communities Our communities are facing the fallout from the demise of vital industry, bankrupt economies, bad policy or policing, and political mismanagement. People are looking for answers, and the "same old" simply won't do. In the Business of Change is a practical and inspirational guide that showcases how social entrepreneurs from places such as New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Vancouver, who are weary of waste, injustice, and government inaction, are using business savvy to tackle challenges in their communities. Part storytelling, part lessons learned, coverage includes: Profiles of remarkable individuals and companies in such diverse sectors as employment, food, art, education, and social justice An overview of lessons learned and real impacts on the ground Tips for getting started, connecting to the local community, and scaling up. In the Business of Change is for everyone who wants to rebuild their communities and believes that business can be a powerful, positive force for change.

Pedagogy
Pedagogy

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Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2022-10-12

Total Pages: 574

ISBN-13: 1803550872

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Developments in the field of technology along with the Covid-19 pandemic have caused many significant changes and transformations in this century. As such, countries need individuals equipped with 21st-century skills. This requires schools to consider the challenges faced by both students and teachers and develop educational programs to train qualified individuals who can respond to the developments in this century and the future. This book discusses the challenges, advances, and applications in the professional development of teachers and other educators at all academic levels.

Talent Wants to Be Free
Talent Wants to Be Free

Author: Orly Lobel

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2013-09-30

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 0300166273

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Presents a set of positive changes in corporate strategies, industry norms, regional policies, and national laws that will incentivize talent flow, creativity, and growth.