Bøger af Ken Kaufman

SECTION 1: ALLEGORY---Steve Loveland, the owner of a software firm, has hit bottom. He's about to lose his company and family, and he's desperate to turn things around. Jennifer Silverstone, a finance-savvy consultant, helps him implement the six essential dashboards every business needs. This transition to running a business with numbers, which every entrepreneur must eventually make, gives him the clarity required to save his business. With plenty of real-life problems, like a layoff, company-wide salary reduction, bank loan negotiation, family issues, and more, following Steve through this journey teaches fundamental finance and accounting principles in an interesting and engaging format. No matter where a business is in its life cycle, the contents of this book will empower entrepreneurs everywhere to Impact Your Business. SECTION 2: CONCEPTS---IMPACT is actually an acronym, and it represents the six criteria to which all reports and information an entrepreneur receives about the business' performance should adhere: Insightful, Meaningful, Precise, Accessible (both physically and intellectually), Comparative, and Timely. Along with a thorough explanation of how to meet these six criteria, this section shares a detailed explanation of the need every business has for the right data, and its relationship to clarity, strategic insight, competitive advantages, and cash. SECTION 3: HOW TO---In order to implement the principles taught in the allegory and then reinforced in Section 2, every business needs six essential dashboards if the entrepreneur or leadership team wants the clarity that can lead to a far more effective and successful enterprise. Before this can be done, a business needs to properly assemble its three-piece puzzle of staff, software, and processes. Every stage of a company's life-cycle is addressed, with lots of examples from various industries and real-life scenarios. In addition, each of the six dashboards is analyzed using the IMPACT standards to ensure any reader can gain advantages by implementing these critical reports. SECTION 4: TOOLS & RESOURCES---With chapters dedicated to a thorough analysis of the allegorical symbols from Section 1 as well as a glossary to make sure the reader understands everything in Sections 2 and 3, any 'do-it-yourselfer' will be empowered with the knowledge to allow this book to make a difference in their business.

Exiled from his province Cobb Ash for a crime he did not commit, Raspail becomes the most wretched of wolves, a ramblefoot. Now he must survive on his own navigating the treacherous outer fringes of the wolf provinces, dangerously close to where the new predator wages war on the wolf. It is here, in an anarchic enclave where meatdrunk ramblefoots plunder the bountiful treasures of man, that Raspail comes to prominence as a legend among wolves. But Raspail has no interest in power, only Kileo, the love he was torn from. With old foes waiting to assassinate him and Cob Ash recently allied with hostile neighbor Draguignon, Raspail will need to unite the lawless ramblefooots and conquer Cob Ash if he is to ever see Kileo again.With a keen eye for the extraordinary in nature, and a portrayal of wolf culture that is both meticulously researched and then fantastically extrapolated on, Ramblefoot is a thrilling adventure that will immerse you in its sprawling mythology from the first sentence.