Portfolio imprint: 521 books
Permission to Screw Up
How I Learned to Lead by Doing (Almost) Everything Wrong
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
The inspiring, unlikely, laugh-out-loud story of how one woman learned to lead–and how she ultimately succeeded, not despite her many mistakes, but because of them.
This is the story of how Kristen Hadeed built Student Maid, a cleaning company where people are happy, loyal, productive, and...
World Changers
25 Entrepreneurs Who Changed Business as We Knew It
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2011
What if you could sit down with some of the world's most influential entrepreneurs and gain their knowledge and insights on how to create a game changing business?
Imagine having the chance to listen to a John Mackey (Whole Foods) or a Fred Smith (FedEx) on the most important things they've...
By Invitation Only
How We Built Gilt and Changed the Way Millions Shop
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2012
On a warm September night in 2002, former acquaintances Alexis Maybank and Alexandra Wilkis reconnected at a mixer for new students at Harvard Business School. Alexis had just ended a four-year run at eBay during the dotcom boom and bust. Alexandra had just spent three years as an investment banker...
Leaders
Myth and Reality
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2018
**An instant national bestseller!
Stanley McChrystal, the retired US Army general and bestselling author of Team of Teams, profiles thirteen of history’s great leaders, including Walt Disney, Coco Chanel, and Robert E. Lee, to show that leadership is not what you think it is—and never...
Finding My Virginity
The New Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
Twenty years after his iconic memoir Losing My Virginity, the world’s ultimate entrepreneur is back with the rest of the story.
Richard Branson’s Losing My Virginity shared the outrageous tale of how he built Virgin from a student magazine into one of the greatest brands in history. No...
Screw Business As Usual
Turning Capitalism into a Force for Good
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2011
RICHARD BRANSON, one of the world's most famous and admired business leaders, argues that it's time to turn capitalism upside down-to shift our values from an exclusive focus on profit to also caring for people, communities and the planet.
As he writes:
"It's a vibrant and definite sea...
Tough Choices
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2007
The New York Times bestseller by the most talked about woman in American business.
For five and a half years, Carly Fiorina led Hewlett-Packard through major internal changes, the worst technology slump in decades, and the most controversial merger in high-tech history. Yet just as things were...
For What It's Worth
Business Wisdom from a Pawnbroker
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2013
Businesses these days talk a lot about figuring out what the customer wants. Well, here’s your first lesson: the customer doesn’t know what he wants. This book is going to show you how to convince him he wants the thing you’re selling.
Les Gold has been in business since age twelve, when...
Empire State of Mind
How Jay Z Went from Street Corner to Corner Office, Revised Edition
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2015
"I'm not a businessman-I'm a business, man."
--Jay-Z
Some people think Jay-Z is just another rapper. Others see him as just another celebrity/mega-star. The reality is, no matter what you think Jay-Z is, he first and foremost a business. And as much as Martha Stewart or Oprah, he...
Wise Guy
Lessons from a Life
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2019
Silicon Valley icon and bestselling author Guy Kawasaki shares the unlikely stories of his life and the lessons we can draw from them.
Guy Kawasaki has been a fixture in the tech world since he was part of Apple's original Macintosh team in the 1980s. He's widely respected as a source of wisdom...
Give Work
Reversing Poverty One Job at a Time
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
Want to end poverty for good? Entrepreneur and Samasource founder Leila Janah has the solution—give work, not aid.
“An audacious, inspiring, and practical book. Leila shows how it’s possible to build a successful business that lifts people out of poverty—not by giving them money but...
by Leander Kahney
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2009
One of USA Today's Best Business Books of 2008-now updated with a new chapter
It's hard to believe that one man revolutionized computers in the 1970s and '80s (with the Apple II and the Mac), animated movies in the 1990s (with Pixar), and digital music in the 2000s (with the iPod and iTunes)....
Maestro
A Surprising Story About Leading by Listening
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2009
A conductor reveals powerful leadership lessons by explaining the inner workings of a symphony orchestra
Roger Nierenberg, a veteran conductor, is the creator of The Music Paradigm, a unique program that invites people to sit INSIDE a professional symphony orchestra as the musicians and conductor...
Monster Loyalty
How Lady Gaga Turns Followers into Fanatics
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
Famous for her avant-garde outfits, over-the-top performances, and addictive dance beats, Lady Gaga is one of the most successful pop musicians of all time. But behind her showmanship lies another achievement: her wildly successful strategy for attracting and keeping insanely loyal fans. She's one...