TRADE AND INDUSTRY INFORMATION CENTER Issue 15
August 15, 2013
Title
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Start Something that Matters
Author
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Mycoskie, Blake
Publisher
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Spiegel & Grau Trade Paperback
Call Number :
06.08/MYC/2012
Contains the story of TOMS, one of the fastest-growing shoe companies in the world, and combines it with lessons learned from such other innovative organizations’ method. The author presents simple keys for creating or transforming life and business, from discovering core story to being resourceful without resources, and overcoming fear and doubt to incorporating into every aspect of life. It also gives ideas and practical tips that will inspire, entertain, and challenge everyone to get started with something that matters. 211p.
Title
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It’s Your Business: 183 Essential Tips That Will Transform Your Small Business
Author
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Ramberg, J J
Publisher
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Business Plus
Call Number :
06.08/RAM/2012
Contains collection of some of the smartest, most practical advice, and easy-to-understand business ideas, tips, and hard-earned insights for small business owners culled from years of interviews and research done by the author. It is filled with all the tricks of the trade that people who are in the trenches every day – people who are doing the things all small business owners do, such as hiring people, developing pricing schedules, and negotiating deals – have created to help them with these tasks. 185p.
Copies are available for loan to DTI employees and for research purposes only to external clients, on a first-come, first-served basis at the DTI Library, GF Trade and Industry Building, 361 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue, 1200 Makati City. For inquiries/reservation, please call 751.0384 local 2130.
Title
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Young Entrepreneur World: How 25 Teen-Trepreneurs Succeeded and Left World Leaders Scratching Their Heads
Author
:
Islam, Sabirul
Publisher
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Marshall Cavendish Business
Call Number :
06.07.10/ISL/2012
Comprises interviews with 25 individuals, all of whom started out as entrepreneurs in their teenage years, and today are successful and inspiring role models and true leaders in their fields and who have achieved extraordinary success in a short period of time. The interviews are rich in experience and provide pointers on what needs to be done for young people to be better equipped to face the challenges that lie ahead. 255p.
Title
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The Sleeping Giant: The Awakening of the Self-Employed Entrepreneur
Author
:
McElroy, Ken
Publisher
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Kylekade Press
Call Number :
06.08/MCE/2011
Compiles 20 entrepreneurs’ powerful and inspiring stories of how they found success through self-employment, and their stories show how to live a life of freedom and passion. It aims to help inspire people to believe that they can be part of solving the world’s economic problems by creating businesses, which in turn, create financial freedom, job growth, and reduce the reliance on other sources. 191p.
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