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In this Book you will find a forward by author J.J. Calvert, summary of the published work, enhanced division of the published work into themes, and an appendix with over 85 aphorisms for your reading pleasure!The Way to Wealth was an essay written by Benjamin Franklin in 1758. He was on a journey to England and resented the time wasted waiting for the ship to sail (it was anchored in New York for 2 weeks) that he began collecting adages and advice from 25 years worth of publication of Poor Richard's Alamanac (Spelled Alamanack at the time). Because the poor man couldn't afford books, he would spend his earnings on yearly almanacs filled with astrology, jokes, stories, and other works of amusement. In Poor Richard's Alamanac, Franklin copied some of the more popular pieces of advice, slightly modified, and also included original works of his own. The most memorable of these found their way in his Way to Wealth essay presented by a fictional Father Abraham. The lessons of hard work and frugality have shaped the core values of Americans for the next two centuries. 'There are no gains, without pains' is the predecessor of the modern motto of 'no pain, no gain'. The work is a treasured piece of history that every one should read-young and old. The resonating notion is this idea that wealth is not strictly speaking material wealth as we know it today, but wealth means breaking from the cycle of dependability. It means having material (financial) security, and independence from the proverbial rat race. The WAY to Wealth has shaped the American can-do attitude and made the 'American dream' known throughout the world. We don't hear a similar dream in other countries and this is partly due to this one Man who believed that changing one's behavior will change one's life forever even if they were broke and uneducated as he was when he was a young man.

The Concise Reads Management Series gives us some of the important tools in the management tool belt including problem solving, communicating, and building a team. The guides are concise on purpose and should take you no more than an hour or so to read but the principles within them take weeks and months to master. These are essential principles to find success as a manager or leader and therefore it is important that you absorb them and turn them into habits. Agile Software Development: It wasn't until 2001 when seventeen software developers met at the Snowbird resort in Utah and put together a document known as 'The Manifesto for Agile Software Development' that incorporated all the lightweight software development methods of the 1990s, such as Scrum (1995), into a working draft of best practices. This document was modified over many years until the creation of the 'Agile Glossary' in 2011-an open source repository of knowledge by the world's agile practitioners. In this Concise Reads guide, we'll walk you through the basics of Agile and Agile methods such as Scrum and Kanban, so you could use this framework in the management of your next software development project. At its simplest form, think of the framework as a way to reduce inefficiency through rapid prototyping, cross-functional team set up, and clearly defined non-overlapping roles. The proven assumption is that by iterating through the entire development cycle multiple times, a learning curve begins to take effect that produces efficiency gains. In this guide we'll learn about: Principles of Agile and why every manager should know themScrum and Scrum CeremoniesThe popular Kanban method and what software to useThis Series covers the following topics commonly taught in Management programs: PROBLEM SOLVINGTHE ART OF COMMUNICATIONTEAM BUILDINGAGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENTLEAN & LEAN SIX SIGMA

A business plan is a document that outlines in detail what the business is and how it will generate revenue. It is a projected roadmap to success that typically takes into account the next 1-5 years of the business lifecycle. A business plan is often referred to as a 'living document', meaning that it is not set in stone but rather evolves with new information or new circumstances as the business grows. Venture capitalists and general investors in a business like to see a business plan so they can gauge its potential for success. This book covers every single section of a business plan. It covers how to do a market analysis. It has terms such as SWOT and PESTEL analysis. It is also filled with examples of how other companies or startups set up their business plan or business model. Only enough examples to make the points clear. This is meant to make your life easier, and we know it will. Read the book, learn the concepts, follow the steps, and you'll have your first business plan!As a bonus for our readers we have included a section on building your pitch deck. The last section of this book explains the elements of a slide deck, which is the digital presentation (PowerPoint or PDF format) used to pitch your company to investors for funding. It is essentially the executive summary in slide format. The 'ask' or funding request section is easily omitted when repurposing the slide deck for a presentation to a general audience, and again when repurposed as a pricing slide for sales meetings. The pitch deck is your visual business plan, thus it seemed only natural to include it in this title and save our readers from having to buy another book on the matter. In this guide we'll learn about: THE PROFESSIONAL FORMAT OF A BUSINESS PLAN MARKET ANALYSIS-ACCURATELY DESCRIBE YOUR ADDRESSABLE MARKETMARKETING & SALES ROADMAP TO SUCCESSGO-TO-MARKET STRATEGY MILESTONESFINANCIAL PROJECTIONSAnd much more! This Series covers the following topics commonly taught in MBA programs: ACCOUNTING 101HOW TO WRITE A BUSINESS PLANOPERATIONS MANAGEMENTLEADERSHIP PRINCIPLESTHE ART OF NEGOTIATIONHOW TO INCORPORATE YOUR BUSINESSCONSULTING FRAMEWORKS

Thinking of incorporating your business? Have questions about which business entity is right for you - limited liability company (LLC), S Corporation, partnership, or sole proprietor? Since incorporating is one of the biggest steps a business owner will take, it should be something that every business owner becomes familiar with and understands. This book aims to demystify the incorporation process by offering the major advantages and disadvantages to each entity formation. It is meant to be a guide to understanding the how and the why of business incorporation. In this guide we'll learn about: Meaning of IncorporationHow to start a Business but importantly how to start your business Sole Proprietorship Limited Liability Company S-CorporationC-CorporationPartnershipTax advantages and disadvantagesBest state to incorporate inUsing online incorporation servicesThis Series covers the following topics commonly taught in MBA programs: ACCOUNTING 101HOW TO WRITE A BUSINESS PLANOPERATIONS MANAGEMENTLEADERSHIP PRINCIPLESTHE ART OF NEGOTIATIONHOW TO INCORPORATE YOUR BUSINESSCONSULTING FRAMEWORKS

The Concise Reads Management Series gives us some of the important tools in the management tool belt including problem solving, communicating, and building a team. The guides are concise on purpose and should take you no more than an hour or so to read but the principles within them take weeks and months to master. These are essential principles to find success as a manager or leader and therefore it is important that you absorb them and turn them into habits. Lean & Lean Six Sigma Introduction: "To produce only what is needed, when it is needed and in the amount needed" -- Taiichi Ohno In the previous Concise Reads, we discovered the framework for Agile software development. Agile was the necessary framework to build a product, but in order to build a company that scales we need to learn about the concepts of streamlining a business process taught in the frameworks of Lean and Six Sigma. To simplify our understanding of how these frameworks work together we have created the following simple schema of the product value chain: AGILE → LEAN → LEAN SIX SIGMA Pick up your copy and a nice cup of coffee and get the introduction to Lean and Six Sigma everyone should know. When you're ready, ask your boss to sponsor you for your yellow belt certification course. In this guide we'll learn about: Basic of Lean thinkingThe Toyota modelThe core principles of LeanThe Lean ToolkitExpanding on Lean with Lean Six SigmaDifferent Sigma Performance LevelsAdditional example models and a short discourse on thinking about getting a certificationThis Series covers the following topics commonly taught in Management programs: PROBLEM SOLVINGTHE ART OF COMMUNICATIONTEAM BUILDINGAGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENTLEAN & LEAN SIX SIGMA

We want a lot of things in life whether it is convincing our child to go to bed, our spouse to join us in an activity we want to do, our boss to give us a better salary, our co-workers to buy into our project, or a competitor, supplier, or government official to help us increase revenue or decrease costs. We have to negotiate in all these events and we can lose that which we desire because we are unskilled at negotiation. This book will walk us through initial simple two party negotiations to multi-party negotiations, disputes, and mediation. These are basic principles taught in business school, in management seminars, and in leadership programs. Many of the principles are derived from countless books on the subject matter that were prolific in the 1980s and 1990s and some as far back as the turn of the 20th century. You should be able to read through this in one day, but make sure to underline or highlight the sections that you want to come back to, and come back to them often. These principles need to be practiced in order to become part of your routine. So practice, practice, practice...starting with your closest friends and family and then extending your practice into the business world. This Series covers the following topics commonly taught in MBA programs: ACCOUNTING 101HOW TO WRITE A BUSINESS PLANOPERATIONS MANAGEMENTLEADERSHIP PRINCIPLESTHE ART OF NEGOTIATIONHOW TO INCORPORATE YOUR BUSINESSCONSULTING FRAMEWORKS

Accounting is a foundational subject matter of business. You cannot be a student of business, run your own startup, or even have a somewhat coherent conversation with someone on the topic of business if you don't understand the basics of accounting. This is a must-read for everyone frankly. The good news is that Concise Reads has done it once again and is now offering Accounting in an easy to read, easy to understand concise read that can be read and understood within the span of a single day! Concise Reads is better than other accounting books because it's short, it's to the point, it's affordable, and it's written by the same person who brought you the popular titles on how to write a business plan, how to incorporate, operations management, and leadership principles. There is also no age limit for this reading. It would actually be a wonderful thing to gift this to anyone and everyone you care about to get them understanding the fundamentals of profits and losses, assets and liabilities, and the relationship to cash flows. Most Americans don't even get to learn accounting by the time they finish college--just to put the potential impact in perspective. In this guide you will learn about: GAAP ACCOUNTINGMASTERING JOURNAL ENTRIESINCOME STATEMENTBALANCE SHEETCASH FLOW STATEMENTSTATEMENT OF RETAINED EARNINGSMUST KNOW COMMON ACCOUNTING TERMSThis Series covers the following topics commonly taught in MBA programs: ACCOUNTING 101HOW TO WRITE A BUSINESS PLANOPERATIONS MANAGEMENTLEADERSHIP PRINCIPLESTHE ART OF NEGOTIATIONHOW TO INCORPORATE YOUR BUSINESSCONSULTING FRAMEWORKS

Operations Management is a skillset of management focused on business process flows. It is a set of tools with which you can understand and quantify the process from raw material to finished good or service. The main goals of operations management are making sure business operations are efficient and effective. These are terms you'll read about later in this book and are central to making sure costs are as low as they can be, profits are as high as they can go, and the business still maintains or improves the quality of its product and the loyalty of its customers. In this guide you will learn about: OPERATIONS STRATEGYMEASURING PROCESS FLOWFLOW-TIME ANALYSISFLOW-RATE AND CAPACITYINVENTORY ANALYSISSAFETY INVENTORY AND CAPACITYLEAN OPERATIONSAnd much more!This Series covers the following topics commonly taught in MBA programs: ACCOUNTING 101HOW TO WRITE A BUSINESS PLANOPERATIONS MANAGEMENTLEADERSHIP PRINCIPLESTHE ART OF NEGOTIATIONHOW TO INCORPORATE YOUR BUSINESSCONSULTING FRAMEWORKS

The Concise Reads Management Series gives us some of the important tools in the management tool belt including problem solving, communicating, and building a team. The guides are concise on purpose and should take you no more than an hour or so to read but the principles within them take weeks and months to master. These are essential principles to find success as a manager or leader and therefore it is important that you absorb them and turn them into habits. The Art of Communication: "To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others" -- Tony Robbins Tony Robbins, famous author and life coach, makes the point that communicating has to take into account the audience. This seems simple enough, but take a minute and think about how often you considered the other person or people whom you are addressing. The truth is we try but we don't really try. We communicate in a way that we think is obvious and straightforward for us. In this Concise Reads, you'll get exposure to how to structure and deliver your message. You'll read about Steve Jobs and Simon Sinek as well as other anecdotes that include Martin Luther King Jr. and John F. Kennedy. By the time you are done, you will have a much better appreciation of what it takes to deliver an idea or a message using effective communication. In this guide we'll learn about: Why communication can make or break your careerHow to structure the content of your messageEffective ways to deliver your messageThe importance of changing your structure and delivery based on your audienceUse communication to become an inspiring and engaging leader and team memberBonus sections on how people 'connect' from biology to psychologyBonus section on the secret of successful TED talksThis Series covers the following topics commonly taught in Management programs: PROBLEM SOLVINGTHE ART OF COMMUNICATIONTEAM BUILDINGAGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENTLEAN & LEAN SIX SIGMA

The Concise Reads Management Series gives us some of the important tools in the management tool belt including problem solving, communicating, and building a team. The guides are concise on purpose and should take you no more than an hour or so to read but the principles within them take weeks and months to master. These are essential principles to find success as a manager or leader and therefore it is important that you absorb them and turn them into habits. Problem Solving Introduction: If you are or aspire to become a business executive then you cannot escape being confronted with problem solving situations from internal operations to external customer facing decisions. Problem solving is a learned skill. As such, you have to learn the right way to do it, then you have to practice in every problem you face. If you don't learn the skill, you might find yourself hitting a self-imposed corporate ceiling. Problem solving is not only a skill important for the corporate world. It is vital for companies in the startup phase of their lifecycle. If you're in that group, then you have undoubtedly seen many titles on 'product innovation' or 'business model innovation' among others that will supposedly fuel your idea generation. They may, but I've never bought those books. I like to focus on the principles. The principle foundation of innovation is a strong skill in problem solving. The principle foundation of creative thinking is a strong skill in problem solving. In this guide we'll learn about: How to Define a problemHow to Structure a problemHow to Manage the process of problem solvingHow to Synthesize a solution correctly before sharing it with the worldThis Series covers the following topics commonly taught in Management programs: PROBLEM SOLVINGTHE ART OF COMMUNICATIONTEAM BUILDINGAGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENTLEAN & LEAN SIX SIGMA

The Concise Reads Management Series gives us some of the important tools in the management tool belt including problem solving, communicating, and building a team. The guides are concise on purpose and should take you no more than an hour or so to read but the principles within them take weeks and months to master. These are essential principles to find success as a manager or leader and therefore it is important that you absorb them and turn them into habits. Team Building: "Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success." --Henry Ford The Team Building Concise Reads is designed to help you build an effective team. You will learn proven techniques to manage your team and to deliver feedback the right way. You will also learn how valuable performance coaching is, and will get insight into how to identify issues that could impact team dynamics. Every manager should learn these tools. The top consulting firms train their managers in these same tools and that is their competitive advantage relative to the client managers they serve. In this guide we'll learn about: How to build an effective team, not just a productive team, but an effective team!Mastering the Feedback cycle for your benefit and for the benefit of the teamLearning to use Performance coaching as part of your management toolkitThe importance of team dynamics and how to set the team up for successThis Series covers the following topics commonly taught in Management programs: PROBLEM SOLVINGTHE ART OF COMMUNICATIONTEAM BUILDINGAGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENTLEAN & LEAN SIX SIGMA

Leadership is not a buzzword. Leaders are not born. Ask Jack Welsh. They are made. Leaders are not all tall or beautiful. Tall and beautiful helps with persuasion, and that is only one principle in leadership. There are many more, and they can all be taught. How do you teach leadership? You could take a class, buy several opinionated books by authors who've 'been there', or participate in leadership seminars, workshops, or programs sponsored by your company--if they are available. These cost too much and in the end the principles of leadership are the same ones taught decades ago. This book is all you need to learn the key principles of leadership and for pennies on the dollar compared to what's out there. In this guide we'll learn about: MOTIVATION THEORY DECISION MAKING PRINCIPLESHOW TO POSITIVELY INFLUENCE OTHERSWHY BUILDING A LEADERSHIP NETWORK IS IMPORTANTThis Series covers the following topics commonly taught in MBA programs: ACCOUNTING 101HOW TO WRITE A BUSINESS PLANOPERATIONS MANAGEMENTLEADERSHIP PRINCIPLESTHE ART OF NEGOTIATIONHOW TO INCORPORATE YOUR BUSINESSCONSULTING FRAMEWORKS

*Blockchain for the non-developerBook 1: Blockchain 101: Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)Book 2: Blockchain 101: Forking, Smart Contracts, Scaling, & Permissioned States This Concise Reads series is set up in short 1-hour explanations of blockchain technology to educate the general public and students planning to make a career in this exciting new field. As it was in the early 2000s when students were foregoing careers in banking for careers in internet startups, today students are doubling down on blockchain classes and internships to build an exciting career for themselves. This first guide in the series explains the core technology behind blockchains-namely: what is blockchain, what came before bitcoin, who is Satoshi?what exactly is a block and how is it created from code?what is distributed ledger technology or DLT and why do we call it that?how do we reach 'consensus' and what does that mean?What is proof of work or proof of stake and what are other algorithms that blockchain security is founded on?What are the basics of its technical architecture (things like hashes, transactions, ledgers, and linking of chains) In the second guide, we'll explore: ForkingScalingSmart contracts Permissioned and permissionless technology and how they are usedThe second guide was a lot of fun to write, but to understand and appreciate it, you'll need to go through the basics in the first guide. Introduction excerpt: The rapid adoption of blockchain mimics the rapid adoption of internet technology in the 1990s. Today we are in an exciting part of the cycle where hundreds of technology startups are raising funds through Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) to bring this technology mainstream. This is reminiscent of the hundreds of Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) of 1999. As we recall, there was much enthusiasm for the technology which fueled the bubble that ultimately burst in 2000. Speculators were so excited about the new technology that they did not complete their due diligence on the business plan and whether these companies would ultimately become profitable. In 1999, there were 457 IPOs, many of which doubled in price within the first day of trading. By the time the dot-com bubble burst and investors realized many of the companies could not become profitable, the interest in and number of new IPOs dropped to only 76 by 2001. However, the companies with the best business plans survived and turned the skeptics into consumers over the next decade. Some of these companies are Amazon, eBay, and Priceline. We are in the same 1999 bubble, and only a few of the blockchain startups will survive and will make consumers of the skeptics over the next decade.

Consulting frameworks are what consultants use to frame a problem as well as its solution. Consulting is a specialty of problem solving, and these frameworks act as shortcuts to problem solving. It doesn't mean that they are exclusive to consulting! anyone can learn them to help improve their problem solving skills! For the ones interested in joining consulting, practicing 1000 cases doesn't help if you don't use a framework consistently. Therefore a better approach for preparation is to understand and memorize the frameworks followed by a few cases only to store the framework in your long-term memory. Many applicants practice cases for months and then are surprised that the cases during the interview are not similar. I don't need to belabor this point too much--you get it. Learn how to think with frameworks rather than brute force your way through an unhealthy amount of cases. If you want practice cases, most if not all consulting firms offer their own cases online and for free. Those are more than enough to practice. In this guide you will learn about: THE 5 STEPS OF CASE INTERVIEWINGTHE 3 C'SSWOT ANALYSISPESTELPORTER'S FIVE FORCES4 PS OF MARKETINGTHE MCKINSEY M&A FRAMEWORKBCG GROWTH MATRIXPORTER'S VALUE CHAINFINANCIAL TOOLS & NEED TO KNOW SIMPLE MATHAnd much more! This Series covers the following topics commonly taught in MBA programs: ACCOUNTING 101HOW TO WRITE A BUSINESS PLANOPERATIONS MANAGEMENTLEADERSHIP PRINCIPLESTHE ART OF NEGOTIATIONHOW TO INCORPORATE YOUR BUSINESSCONSULTING FRAMEWORKS

Ever wondered if you're making the right moves to secure your retirement? The Concise Reads guide on Investing For Retirement is the first guide in the investment series based on the personal experiences of Best Selling author Peter Oliver. This is not investing 101 or investing for beginners. It's more than that. This is a tell all concise 100-page guide on optimizing your retirement planning. Peter had done a remarkable job of using the first guide in the series to get the reader to think differently about investing for retirement. The reader not only gains a whole new appreciation for all the options available to maximize one's hard earned dollar but is empowered to take a more active role in their retirement fund. The guide takes young and old through the important concepts that are necessary to build this change in perspective which include: Investing your savingsSteering clear of get rich scamsHow much do you need to retire?Social Security, IRAs, Roth IRA, and 401kAsset Allocation in RetirementStocksIndex FundsETFs and how to properly use them to work for youMutual FundsBondsAlternative InvestmentsOnline tools for screening fundsBrief sneak peak into technical tradingInvestment options during a BEAR market...and of course also included are charts, anecdotes, and personal strategies that Peter himself accomplished to invest in his retirementThe second guide in the series is for the more advanced autodidact scholar and teaches the fundamentals of technical analysis and momentum trading.INVESTMENT SERIESINVESTING FOR RETIREMENTTECHNICAL ANALYSIS IN STOCK TRENDS