| The Innovative CIO Posted: 06 Feb 2013 02:38 AM PST 
Book Description "Does your organization fumble when it comes to innovation? 'TheInnovative CIO' presents a pragmatic guide to overcoming the 10 'innovationkillers' within your company." –Dennis McCafferty "CIO Insight", 1.23.2013 (http://www.cioinsight.com/it-management/innovation/slideshows/ten-ways-to-kill-innovation/) "Are you unwittingly stifling your employees' entrepreneurial spirit? 'TheInnovative CIO' discusses 'innovation killers' that could be holding back yoursmall business or startup." –Paul Shread "TIME/Business & Money", 1.29.2013 (http://business.time.com/2013/01/29/removing-barriers-to-innovation/#ixzz2JSrUlD3A) The Chief Information Officer's influence in the business organization has been waning for years. The rest of the C-suite has come to regard Information Technology as slow, costly, error-prone, boring, and unresponsive to business needs. This perception blinds company leaders to the critical value IT can deliver and threatens the competitive health and long-term survival of their enterprise. The modern CIO must reassert the operational and strategic importance of technology to the enterprise and reintegrate it with every department and level of the business from boardroom to mailroom. IT leaders must design, sell, and implement a vigorous culture of IT competence and innovation that pervades the enterprise. The culture must be rooted in bidirectional exchange across organizations and C-level policies that drive technology innovation as the engine of business innovation. The authors, international IT strategists and innovators, quantify the benefits and risks of IT innovation, survey and rank the myriad innovation opportunities from mature, new, and emerging technologies,and identify the organizational structures and processes that have been proven to deliver ongoing innovation. Buttressing their brief with dozens of case studies and specific examples, The Innovative CIO shows you how to: - Take advantage of the IT and business innovation opportunities created by new and emerging technologies
- Shift IT innovation from afterthought to prime mover in strategic business planning
- Inject IT into the dynamic core of your organization's culture, training, structure, practice, and policy
What you'll learn
* Grasp the business basics of new information technologies: * Judge the business opportunities presented by new and emerging technologies.
* Deploy new technologies to create and release new products.
* Use new technologies to penetrate and capture new markets.
* Harness new technologies to accelerate M&A time-to-value and add shareholder value.
* Apply new technologies to improve staff retention and productivity. Who this book is for
The Innovative CIO targets all IT leaders—not only CIOs, but also VPs and directors of IT and IT operations, datacenter managers, and all other IT leaders who aspire to advance their careers as IT-providers to business leaders. This book serves secondarily as a guide to non-IT business leaders who are alert to the ways that IT can boost their abilities to innovate, to turbocharge their products, services, and processes, and to compete nimbly in fast-changing markets. Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Innovation Matters
Chapter 2. Stories from the Trenches
Chapter 3. Innovation Is Not the only "I"
Chapter 4. Business Innovation vs. IT Innovation
Chapter 5. Pull and Push
Chapter 6. Opportunities to Innovate Today
Chapter 7. Innovating with Consumer-driven IT
Chapter 8. Opportunities to Innovate Tomorrow
Chapter 9. Making Innovation Intentional
Chapter 10. Connecting IT Innovation with Business Value
Chapter 11. The Dirty Little Secrets of Innovation
Chapter 12. What’s Next for Me? Book Details - Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Apress (December 2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1430244100
- ISBN-13: 978-1430244103
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| The Street Smart MBA Posted: 06 Feb 2013 02:34 AM PST 
Book Description Business schools have long enticed students into their MBA programs with the promise that, after a short stint spent studying the ins and outs of the business world, they will be able to step right into the upper echelons of management or launch a business that soon has them flitting about the world in a private jet. “Sounds great,” you say. “Sign me up!” Not so fast. Sure, business school might prove a necessary prerequisite for those aiming to gain employment at a large financial institution, land a job with a consultancy, or accelerate their journey to managerial superstardom at a Fortune 500 company. But for aspiring entrepreneurs and established business owners alike, the truth of the matter is this: The ability to get a business off the ground and running successfully is not the byproduct of toiling away in a classroom, learning esoteric subjects like the economics of competition. Rather, all it takes to start and run a truly successful business are a few sensible, time-proven techniques that have been needlessly forgotten in business innovators’ haste to reinvent the wheel. That’s why, in The Street Smart MBA, Steve Babitsky and James J. Mangraviti, Jr., encourage you to ditch class—or, better yet, ditch b-school altogether—and go back to the business basics with a series of ten simple steps that will do more for your company than the letters M, B, and A ever will. There are no forays into game theory in The Street Smart MBA, no parables, and no intellectualizing. Instead what you will find is a practical, easy-to-understand, step-by-step business strategy guide that encourages you to revive a handful of basic yet essential practices that many business owners have lost sight of, such as: - Building a brand that is so synonymous with quality that you’ll be able to maximize your company’s profits in no time;
- Turning your company’s products and services into profits by finding your company a niche, working with deadlines, and honoring your company’s image above all else;
- Dealing with customer complaints head-on so that you can turn gripes into opportunities;
- Doing favors, mentoring, and sending gifts, in order to grow your business network;
- And much more.
With its emphasis on ten simple yet time-honored principles that lead to business success, The Street Smart MBA is all the business education that entrepreneurs with great ideas and business owners with the drive to succeed will ever need. What you'll learn - Practical, proven advice on building a brand that maximizes your company’s profits
- How to get people to help your company out and give you invaluable information (for free)
- Simple steps and checklists for developing products and services your company can profit from
- Marketing techniques that will turn your company’s services and products into profits
- Money-saving tactics that will save your company’s bottom line
- Practical pointers for minimizing your pain and maximizing your gain when managing people
Who this book is for
The Street Smart MBA is geared toward the tens of millions of businesspeople who own or run small, medium, and large businesses or are planning to do so in the future. Additionally, the book will appeal to college students and young professionals who are contemplating whether or not to attend business school; novice and seasoned entrepreneurs alike who want to position their new venture for business success; and even current undergraduate and MBA students who are thinking about starting up a company and have begun searching for an alternative business education that will help them do so. Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Step 1: Build a Superb Brand
Chapter 2. Step 2: Grow and Tap Your Network
Chapter 3. Step 3: Develop Products Customers Love
Chapter 4. Step 4: Sell Your Products and Services Cost Effectively
Chapter 5. Step 5: Control Your Costs and Increase Your Productivity
Chapter 6. Step 6: Take Charge
Chapter 7. Recruit, Motivate, and Retain a Superior Workforce
Chapter 8. Deal with Customer Complaints Head-On
Chapter 9. Manage Yourself
Chapter 10. Become a Better Negotiator Book Details - Paperback: 248 pages
- Publisher: Apress (December 2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1430247673
- ISBN-13: 978-1430247678
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| Tax Insight: For Tax Year 2012 Posted: 06 Feb 2013 02:31 AM PST 
Book Description Tax Insight: For Tax Year 2012 will teach you to take control of life's biggest expense—taxes. In your lifetime, you will spend more money on taxes than on anything else. Despite that fact, you likely know the current prices of movies and milk but don't know what your marginal tax rate is. You know where to get the cheapest gallon of gas to save a buck or two, but you don't give a thought to the tax strategies you should be using right now that would save you thousands. Why? Is it too complicated and confusing? Too unpleasant? In Tax Insight, tax expert Casey Murdock opens up the world of taxes with amazing clarity and simplicity. As you will discover, you have within reach numerous ways to reduce your taxes. With everyday language and real-life examples, Tax Insight will give you the keys to minimizing your tax burden. This book contains information you need even if you have a tax advisor or use a program like TurboTax. Tax professionals are busy and sometimes too cautious, and programs often miss opportunities for you to save money. It’s also for those of all ages and income levels, including business owners. Tax Insight: - Breaks down the key components of taxes with ease and simplicity.
- Provides a roadmap to paying as little tax as possible.
- Helps you know if you should do it yourself or hire a professional.
While there are many encyclopedic books on taxes—like J.K. Lasser's Your Taxes—there aren't nearly enough that describe the tax code in plain language. Far more than a rehash of impenetrable IRS "help" documents, Tax Insights is organized the way most people think and presents ideas in clear, simple language. If you buy this book and take advantage of its advice, you will save money. What you'll learn
This book will help you: - Avoid paying even a penny more in taxes than you should.
- Avoid common tax strategies that could actually cost you more than they save.
- Capture all of the deductions and credits that you are due.
- Know whether to file your own return or hire a tax professional.
- Utilize the entire year to implement tax-reducing strategies.
- Understand the key components of the tax return and how they work together.
- Prepare for or survive an audit
- Use real estate or a small business to reduce your tax bill
Who this book is for
Tax Insight: For Tax Year 2012 is for the frustrated taxpayer—the taxpayer who is frustrated by paying too much, frustrated by the complexity of the tax code, or frustrated because their CPA isn't proactively helping them pay fewer taxes. Tax Insight is the perfect book for the person who is looking for a straightforward, simple explanation of the tax-saving strategies that are within reach. In an easy-to-read, easy-to-understand narrative, Tax Insight gives readers a thorough understanding of the tax strategies that apply to them and the information they need to put those strategies to work. Table of Contents
Part I: The Foundation
Chapter 1. The Tax Code Demystified
Chapter 2. Key Components Defined
Chapter 3. Income
Chapter 4. Dependents and Filing Status
Chapter 5. The Tax Code Is Rigged Part II: Ordinary Income
Chapter 6. Employment Income
Chapter 7. Retirement Income
Chapter 8. Other Sources of Ordinary Income
Chapter 9. Tax-Free "Unordinary" Income from Non-Investment Sources Part III: Investment Income and Deductions
Chapter 10. Tax-Free Investment Income
Chapter 11. Taxable Investment Income
Chapter 12. Deductions from Investment Income
Chapter 13. Education Investment Strategies
Chapter 14. Retirement Investment Strategies—The Basics
Chapter 15. Retirement Investment Strategies—Alternatives Part IV: Business Income and Deductions
Chapter 16. Business Taxation
Chapter 17. Business Use of the Home
Chapter 18. Travel Expenses
Chapter 19. Meals, Entertainment, and Gifts
Chapter 20. Employee Benefits
Chapter 21. Employing Family Members
Chapter 22. Depreciation Part V: Real Estate Income and Deductions
Chapter 23. Real Estate Losses
Chapter 24. Real Estate Income and Deductions
Chapter 25. Second Homes and Vacation Rentals Part VI: Personal Expenses, Deductions, and Credits
Chapter 26. Medical and Dental Expenses
Chapter 27. Your Residence
Chapter 28. Your Children
Chapter 29. Charitable Contributions
Chapter 30. Education Expenses Part VII: Other Important Things to Know
Chapter 31. The Alternative Minimum Tax
Chapter 32. Penalties and Interest
Chapter 33. Do It Yourself, or Hire a Professional?
Chapter 34. Tax Implications of Health Care Reform Book Details - Paperback: 376 pages
- Publisher: Apress (December 2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1430247371
- ISBN-13: 978-1430247371
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| Plan Your Own Estate Posted: 06 Feb 2013 02:26 AM PST 
Book Description Plan Your Own Estate: Passing on Your Assets and Your Values Legally and Efficiently takes a straightforward and engaging "you"-oriented approach to dealing with one of life's certainties–death. While you “can't take it with you,” this book empowers you to decide how your assets can best help your family when you are gone. Experienced attorney Deirdre R. Wheatley-Liss concentrates into this book the experience she’s had helping hundreds of families work through their estate plans. Whether you have modest or extensive assets, Plan Your Own Estate provides the knowledge you need to design your plan and the tools you need to move forward. The starting place is your goals. Part 1 of the book asks, “What do you want to accomplish for yourself and your family?” The next step depends on you. Are you looking to educate yourself about how a will or trust is structured, or how tax law works? Part 2, Resource Guides, breaks down tough topics like these and delivers actionable information. Have questions about what your estate plan should say? Part 3, Planning Guides, goes through an attorney's analysis in considering the most frequently asked estate planning questions. Thinking about creating your own estate plan, or hiring an attorney? Part 4, Action Guides, helps you start your estate plan and make sure it's complete, or review any plan you may already have in place. Nobody likes talking about death, taxes, or disability–but not thinking about them will not make them go away. Plan Your Own Estate will help you make a plan, put it in place, and take control of how your money and your values are being passed to your family. This book includes: - Comprehensive "plain English" coverage of every aspect of planning your estate
- Methods to protect your loved ones’ inheritance from taxes, immaturity, lack of financial knowledge, incapacity, creditors, and predators
- Planning guides for families with children, singles, second marriages, business owners, unmarried or same-sex couples, and more
- Up-to-date information regarding changing laws and best practices
What you'll learn
Through this book, you will be able to: - Create an estate plan that meets your goals, clearly communicates your intentions, and reduces the chance of family fighting when you are gone.
- Gain the insight of an attorney's thought processes, both legal and practical, and how to apply them to your personal situation.
- Understand the structure of the documents at the heart of estate planning: wills, trusts, power of attorney, health care power, and other transfer devices designed to pass assets to your beneficiaries more easily.
- Decipher tax laws to incorporate provisions in your estate plan to reduce or eliminate taxes, and deal with a changing tax code.
- Master complicated legal terms and concepts.
- Understand the probate process and its alternatives.
Who this book is for
Plan your Own Estate is for anyone who wants to preserve the value of assets and leave them to beneficiaries in the most efficient manner. The book is for married couples with children and grandchildren, singles, unmarried couples, non-citizens, and same-sex couples. It teaches readers how to reduce or eliminate the government as a beneficiary by taking advantage of tax-reduction strategies. No matter your marital status or wealth, Plan your Own Estate empowers you to achieve financial security for loved ones and other beneficiaries. Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. What Are Your Goals?
Chapter 3. What Are Your Assets?
Chapter 4. What Goes into a Will?
Chapter 5. Will Alternatives and Avoiding Probate
Chapter 6. Trust in Trusts
Chapter 7. Rounding Out the Plan
Chapter 8. Taxes
Chapter 9. Gifting
Chapter 10. Insurance Trusts
Chapter 11. Advanced Tax Strategies
Chapter 12. Fiduciaries
Chapter 13. Planning Guide for Kids
Chapter 14. Planning Guide for Marrieds
Chapter 15. Planning Guide for Singles
Chapter 16. Planning Guide for Unmarried and Same-Sex Couples
Chapter 17. Planning Guide for Second Marriages
Chapter 18. Planning Guide for the Family Business
Chapter 19. Planning Guide for Noncitizens
Chapter 20. Planning Guide for Your Parents
Chapter 21. Planning Guide for Special-Needs Children
Chapter 22. Action Guide: Getting Started
Chapter 23. Action Guide: Completing Your Plan
Chapter 24. Action Guide: Reviewing What You Have Appendix A. Estate Analysis Checklist: Married
Appendix B. Estate Analysis Checklist: Single
Appendix C. Financial Worksheet: Married
Appendix D. Financial Worksheet: Single Book Details - Paperback: 348 pages
- Publisher: Apress (December 2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1430244941
- ISBN-13: 978-1430244943
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| Fixing and Flipping Real Estate Posted: 06 Feb 2013 02:23 AM PST 
Book Description Let's face it—fixing and flipping houses is sexy. Who doesn't love the idea of buying a rundown, mold-infested shack and transforming it into someone's dream home for massive profits? Reality TV shows make it look so easy. A little paint here, some new kitchen cabinets there, and presto! The house is sold for big bucks and everyone lives happily ever after. If only it were that simple. Fixing and flipping houses is a business. In order for a business to survive, prosper, and grow, systems must be put in place. Fixing and Flipping Real Estate: Strategies for the Post-Boom Era is a book that breaks down the four essential components of a fix-and-flip business, giving you the building blocks to efficiently buy and sell 1 to 20 properties a month in today's post-boom era housing market. You'll learn about each of the boxes: - Acquisition—How to find and buy a profitable real estate deal.
- Rehabbing—How to systematically remodel a house and how not to underimprove, or overimprove, your property.
- Sales—How to sell your flip for the highest possible price in the shortest possible time.
- Raising Capital—How to get the capital you need to grow your business, including using other people's money, for your real estate deals without getting sued or going to jail.
In the post-real estate boom era, fixing and flipping is again a solid business–especially in the "sand" states—Arizona, California, Nevada, Texas, and Florida, among others. It's also a good bet in states as diverse as North Carolina and Washington State. And with the real estate market projected to bottom out nationally in 2012 (this time for real), there are plenty of houses to be renovated and plenty of money to be made by the enterprising in all fifty states. This book shows real estate investors everything they need to know to get started fixing and reselling houses either as a substantial sideline or a full-on business. What you'll learn
Readers will learn how to: - Buy bank-owned houses, short sales from underwater homeowners, and foreclosures at auction.
- Determine your target neighborhood, price point, and property.
- Calculate accurately repair expenses, holding, and closing costs.
- Negotiate with contractors, tradespeople, and suppliers for the best pricing.
- Get distressed home sellers and Realtors calling you first about great deals.
- Use other people's money to help you reach your financial goals.
- Manage risk and invest conservatively and responsibly in real estate to protect your capital.
- Improve greatly your chances of success by fixing and flipping houses as a business rather than as a hobby or a lark.
Who this book is for
If you've ever thought about supplementing your current income by fixing and flipping a house, or quitting your job to make flipping houses your full-time business, then Fixing and Flipping Real Estate: Strategies for the Post-Boom Era is the book you need. It is for motivated, entrepreneurial self-starters who want to earn an extra $10,000 to $200,000 a year while reducing the risk any real estate investment entails. Table of Contents
Part I: Getting Started
Chapter 1. Begin with the End in Mind Part II: Box One: Acquisition
Chapter 2. Identifying Your Niche
Chapter 3. Analyzing Deals
Chapter 4. Acquisition Strategies
Chapter 5. Common Mistakes Part III: Box Two: Rehab
Chapter 6. First Steps
Chapter 7. Team Building
Chapter 8. What to Fix
Chapter 9. Cost Control
Chapter 10. Common Mistakes Part IV: Box Three: Sales
Chapter 11. Selling Your House
Chapter 12. Contract Analysis
Chapter 13. Talking with Lenders
Chapter 14. Influencing Appraisals
Chapter 15. Low Appraisals
Chapter 16. Settlement Statements
Chapter 17. Common Mistakes in Selling Part V: Box Four: Raising Capital
Chapter 18. Creating a Track Record
Chapter 19. Where Is the Money?
Chapter 20. Types of Investors
Chapter 21. Partnerships: Equity Partners
Chapter 22. Private Money: Debt Partners
Chapter 23. Conclusion Part VI Appendices
Appendix A. Scope of Work
Appendix B. Independent Contractor Agreement
Appendix C. Deed of Trust and Assignment of Rents
Appendix D. Promissory Note
Appendix E. Sample HUD Settlement Statement
Appendix F. IRS Form W-9 Book Details - Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: Apress (December 2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1430246448
- ISBN-13: 978-1430246442
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