"For all who dare to go off the beaten track, this is the inspirational, power-packed playbook for transforming your life and your world--from a young, Black social entrepreneur whose dorm-room tech startup has helped millions pay for college and access unprecedented opportunity." The founder of Scholly, an app that helps match college applicants with millions of dollars in unclaimed scholarships, presents a playbook for other young underprivileged...

This book is about ordinary people with good ideas, who faced daunting challenges, but took a leap of faith and started their own business. It tells of the personal and professional journeys of sixteen men and women who started with very little, opted to strike out on their own, and struggled with disappointment and failure, yet overcame adversity and through persistence and resiliency determined their own destiny. Authors Don and Renee Martin, successful...

Recent college grad Fox is determined to make it to the top of his corporate ladder despite working in the mailroom, and having the boss's wife after his body.

A guide for ambitious women who want to succeed without losing themselves deconstructs the double standards that label and hold back women, sharing anecdotes and strategies for sidestepping regressive stereotypes, cultivating confidence, and balancing personal and professional values.

Former U.S. Navy SEAL sniper Brandon Webb applies the "total focus" skill he mastered as a SEAL sniper to the business world and teaches how to make better decisions under extreme pressure.

"In this full-color, nonfiction resource, profiles of twenty-five diverse individuals share how each person got interested in their field, how they studied or trained for it, how others typically study or train for it, and their experience in their career. Informative sidebars share spin-off jobs, fun facts, pro tips about how readers can try out the field, and spotlight features about children who are doing just that. The book includes a table of...

"In his sixth business book, bestselling author, entrepreneur, and investor Gary Vaynerchuk explores the twelve essential emotional skills that are integral to his life-and business-success and provides today's (and tomorrow's) leaders with critical tools to acquire and develop these traits"-- For decades leaders have relied on "hard" skills to make smart decisions, while dismissing soft skills like self-awareness and curiosity. Vaynerchuk argues...

A parody of the graduation classic offers tongue-in-cheek inspiration to millennials facing the daunting task of entering and navigating entry-level workforce arenas, celebrating everything from endless meetings and tough bosses to opening a 401(k) and paying off student loans.

"The unforgettable true story of how a janitor struggling to put food on the table invented Flamin' Hot Cheetos in a secret test kitchen, breaking barriers and becoming the first Latino executive at Frito-Lay. Richard Montañez wasn't supposed to have big dreams. Born to migrant farm workers and mired in grinding generational poverty, he left school in the sixth grade, eventually taking a job mopping floors at Frito Lay's California factory to support...

"What does it mean to be self-made? It means that you own a part of you that no one else can take away. It results in freedom--financial, mental, emotional. It means that if you stumble, you could make success and happiness for yourself all over again. Informed by her experience as a Cuban immigrant who learned that financial independence equals freedom, Nely Galán has been spreading that message to audiences across the country. She tells women to...