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The Startup Lifecycle

The Definitive Guide to Building a Startup from Idea to Exit

by Gregory Shepard ...

Narrated by William Elsman ...

Unabridged

8 hours 7 min

A comprehensive blueprint for building and selling a successful startup from idea to exit, bypassing failure, and making the planet a better, more equitable place.Due to a range of frequent and unavoidable mistakes, only ten percent of startups make it beyond five years. In this game-changing guide, startup veteran and serial entrepreneur Gregory Shepard combines twelve startup exits, four private ... Read more

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A comprehensive blueprint for building and selling a successful startup from idea to exit, bypassing failure, and making the planet a better, more equitable place.Due to a range of frequent and unavoidable mistakes, only ten percent of startups make it beyond five years. In this game-changing guide, startup veteran and serial entrepreneur Gregory Shepard combines twelve startup exits, four private
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Dark One

Forgotten

by Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells ...

Narrated by Rachel Jacobs, Sophie Oda, Keith Szarabajka, Kaleo Griffith, Avery Waddell, Kelli Tager, John H. Mayer, Mia Barron, Jose Luis Bermudez, William Elsman, Nan McNamara, Jim Meskimen, Roxanne Hernandez ...

Series series Dark One
Unabridged

6 hours 33 min

From #1 New York Times bestselling, Hugo Award–winning author Brandon Sanderson, and co-author Dan Wells, comes DARK ONE: FORGOTTEN, a true-crime fantasy audio series and the first entry in Brandon Sanderson’s new DARK ONE fantasy saga.Every year in the United States there are fifteen thousand murders, give or take a few hundred. Of those, nearly forty percent go unsolved.In this six-part audio ... Read more

$20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

From #1 New York Times bestselling, Hugo Award–winning author Brandon Sanderson, and co-author Dan Wells, comes DARK ONE: FORGOTTEN, a true-crime fantasy audio series and the first entry in Brandon Sanderson’s new DARK ONE fantasy saga.Every year in the United States there are fifteen thousand murders, give or take a few hundred. Of those, nearly forty percent go unsolved.In this six-part audio
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Junkyard Planet

Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade

by Adam Minter ...

Narrated by William Elsman ...

Unabridged

12 hours 9 min

Bloomsbury presents Junkyard Planet by Adam Minter, read by William Elsman.When you drop your Diet Coke can or yesterday’s newspaper in the recycling bin, where does it go? Probably halfway around the world, to people and places that clean up what you don’t want and turn it into something you can’t wait to buy. In Junkyard Planet, Adam Minter—veteran journalist and son of an American junkyard ... Read more

$27.00 USD

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Bloomsbury presents Junkyard Planet by Adam Minter, read by William Elsman.When you drop your Diet Coke can or yesterday’s newspaper in the recycling bin, where does it go? Probably halfway around the world, to people and places that clean up what you don’t want and turn it into something you can’t wait to buy. In Junkyard Planet, Adam Minter—veteran journalist and son of an American junkyard
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The No B.S. Small Business Book

How to Win When Most Fail

by Casey Graham ...

Narrated by William Elsman ...

Unabridged

4 hours 49 min

Most business books are filled with B.S.“Hack this!” “10X that!” “Guaranteed!”But the business success you want isn’t hidden inside thousands of buzzwords.Massive success only comes when you get massively clear about the one outcome you can control in your business: YOU.In The No B.S. Small Business Book, you will learn how to get ruthlessly honest about yourself, your business, and what you ... Read more

$14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Most business books are filled with B.S.“Hack this!” “10X that!” “Guaranteed!”But the business success you want isn’t hidden inside thousands of buzzwords.Massive success only comes when you get massively clear about the one outcome you can control in your business: YOU.In The No B.S. Small Business Book, you will learn how to get ruthlessly honest about yourself, your business, and what you
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Exit Right

How to Sell Your Startup, Maximize Your Return and Build Your Legacy

by Mert Iseri, Mark Achler ...

Narrated by William Elsman ...

Unabridged

6 hours 24 min

Before you sell your company, even the odds.While a successful entrepreneur may exit a handful of companies in their lifetime, large buyers close deals all the time. Without decades of experience in mergers and acquisitions, founders don’t have the tools they need to get the best results for themselves, their teams, or the new parent company.Through dozens of interviews with M&A leaders at the ... Read more

$14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Before you sell your company, even the odds.While a successful entrepreneur may exit a handful of companies in their lifetime, large buyers close deals all the time. Without decades of experience in mergers and acquisitions, founders don’t have the tools they need to get the best results for themselves, their teams, or the new parent company.Through dozens of interviews with M&A leaders at the
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A New History of Life

The Radical New Discoveries about the Origins and Evolution of Life on Earth

by Peter Ward, Joe Kirschvink ...

Narrated by William Elsman ...

Unabridged

14 hours 48 min

Bloomsbury presents A New History of Life by Peter Ward & Joe Kirschvink, read by William Elsman.The history of life on Earth is, in some form or another, known to us all—or so we think. A New History of Life offers a provocative new account, based on the latest scientific research, of how life on our planet evolved—the first major new synthesis for general readers in two decades.Charles Darwin’s ... Read more

$27.00 USD

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Bloomsbury presents A New History of Life by Peter Ward & Joe Kirschvink, read by William Elsman.The history of life on Earth is, in some form or another, known to us all—or so we think. A New History of Life offers a provocative new account, based on the latest scientific research, of how life on our planet evolved—the first major new synthesis for general readers in two decades.Charles Darwin’s
... Read more

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Telepsychiatry and Health Technologies

A Guide for Mental Health Professionals

by Peter Yellowlees , MBBS, M.D., Jay H. Shore, M.D., M.P.H. ...

Narrated by William Elsman ...

Unabridged

12 hours 20 min

Telepsychiatry and Health Technologies: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals is a practical guide for psychiatrists and other mental health professionals seeking to exploit the enormous potential of today’s innovative digital technologies to improve the quality, accessibility, and cost-effectiveness of care for patients with psychiatric disorders.Taking the doctor–patient relationship as its ... Read more

$69.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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Telepsychiatry and Health Technologies: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals is a practical guide for psychiatrists and other mental health professionals seeking to exploit the enormous potential of today’s innovative digital technologies to improve the quality, accessibility, and cost-effectiveness of care for patients with psychiatric disorders.Taking the doctor–patient relationship as its
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Lamarck's Revenge

How Epigenetics Is Revolutionizing Our Understanding of Evolution's Past and Present

by Peter Ward ...

A riveting explanation of epigenetics, offering startling insights into our inheritable traits.In the 1700s, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck first described epigenetics to explain the inheritance of acquired characteristics; however, his theory was supplanted in the 1800s by Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection through heritable genetic mutations. But natural selection could not adequately ... Read more

$14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A riveting explanation of epigenetics, offering startling insights into our inheritable traits.In the 1700s, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck first described epigenetics to explain the inheritance of acquired characteristics; however, his theory was supplanted in the 1800s by Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection through heritable genetic mutations. But natural selection could not adequately
... Read more
Junkyard Planet

Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade

by Adam Minter ...

How can garbage turn into gold? What does recycling have to do with globalization? Where does all that stuff we throw away go, anyway?When you drop your Diet Coke can or yesterday's newspaper in the recycling bin, where does it go? Probably halfway around the world, to people and places that clean up what you don't want and turn it into something you can't wait to buy. In Junkyard Planet, Adam ... Read more

$12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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How can garbage turn into gold? What does recycling have to do with globalization? Where does all that stuff we throw away go, anyway?When you drop your Diet Coke can or yesterday's newspaper in the recycling bin, where does it go? Probably halfway around the world, to people and places that clean up what you don't want and turn it into something you can't wait to buy. In Junkyard Planet, Adam
... Read more

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A New History of Life

The Radical New Discoveries about the Origins and Evolution of Life on Earth

by Peter Ward, Joe Kirschvink ...

"An exciting and comprehensive read, enthralling to science nerds and lay readers who are curious about the rich natural history of planet Earth." — Nature World NewsThe history of life on Earth is, in some form or another, known to us all—or so we think. A New History of Life offers a provocative new account, based on the latest scientific research, of how life on our planet evolved—the first ... Read more

$12.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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"An exciting and comprehensive read, enthralling to science nerds and lay readers who are curious about the rich natural history of planet Earth." — Nature World NewsThe history of life on Earth is, in some form or another, known to us all—or so we think. A New History of Life offers a provocative new account, based on the latest scientific research, of how life on our planet evolved—the first
... Read more

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The Clean Body

A Modern History

by Peter Ward ...

How often did our ancestors bathe? How often did they wash their clothes and change them? What did they understand cleanliness to be? Why have our hygienic habits changed so dramatically over time? In short, how have we come to be so clean?The Clean Body explores one of the most fundamental and pervasive cultural changes in Western history since the seventeenth century: the personal hygiene ... Read more

$31.69 USD

How often did our ancestors bathe? How often did they wash their clothes and change them? What did they understand cleanliness to be? Why have our hygienic habits changed so dramatically over time? In short, how have we come to be so clean?The Clean Body explores one of the most fundamental and pervasive cultural changes in Western history since the seventeenth century: the personal hygiene
... Read more
The Startup Lifecycle

The Definitive Guide to Building a Startup from Idea to Exit

by Gregory Shepard ...

A comprehensive blueprint for building and selling a successful startup from idea to exit, bypassing failure, and making the planet a better, more equitable place.Due to a range of frequent and unavoidable mistakes, only 10% of startups make it beyond 5 years. In this game-changing guide, startup veteran and serial entrepreneur Gregory Shepard combines 12 startup exits, 4 private equity awards, ... Read more

$14.99 USD

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A comprehensive blueprint for building and selling a successful startup from idea to exit, bypassing failure, and making the planet a better, more equitable place.Due to a range of frequent and unavoidable mistakes, only 10% of startups make it beyond 5 years. In this game-changing guide, startup veteran and serial entrepreneur Gregory Shepard combines 12 startup exits, 4 private equity awards,
... Read more

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