Entrepreneurs often struggle with many aspects of business: planning and financing company growth, creating a company vision, recruiting, leading, and managing people, as well as personal costs. In Lessons from the Edge, more than 50 business owners and entrepreneurs offer a wealth of real-life stories--in their own words--that provide rare insights about keeping a company healthy and growing. Here is a unique collection of first-person accounts by entrepreneurs who describe their mistakes in business and the lessons they have learned as a result. The stories cover a wide range of experiences from the trials and tribulations of partnerships, to the loss of key customers, theft, finding and retaining employees, and the personal cost of living on the edge. The authors have drawn on interviews with more than 50 entrepreneurs, all of whom are under 45 years of age and are founders or presidents of companies with revenues over $1 million and growing rapidly. They volunteered to share their stories, describing why they lost or almost lost their companies, what they did wrong, and the lessons they have learned. Their narratives are full of mistakes, failure, courage, moments of realization, and timely moves that saved the day. Every company owner will find these accounts insightful, compelling, and occasionally gut wrenching, especially because most face similar challenges and live with the reality that they too could fall off the edge. This instructive and inspiring book brims with lessons for all business owners about courage, persistence, and survival. Lessons from the Edge is an essential read for both established and prospective entrepreneurs.

Lessons from the Edge: Survival Skills for Starting and Growing a Company

Business & Money

Dennis, Jeff

Matthews, Jana

Management & Leadership

Oxford University Press

When the Sandman Meets the Reaper: 12 Tales of Magic and Terror

WordCraft Resources Books

Cretaceous Stones (The Cretaceous Chronicles)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

Nightbird Publishing

Love in the midst of chaos. As dead bodies show up around Jonathan, a title insurance rep, he meets and falls in love with Mary, a beautiful real estate agent. A serial killer stalks and threatens the two lovers as Jonathan seeks the murderer's identity.

To the Letter

Literature & Fiction

Erotica

BookSurge Publishing

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Dennis, Jeff. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Dennis, Jeff