Carlye Adler

Maynard Webb

The Los Angeles Times and USA Today bestseller! Wise, practical, and profitable letters to entrepreneurs, leaders, managers, and business owners in every field—from a leading executive, investor, and business founder More than 600,000 new businesses are launched each year. How can a start-up find the funding it needs to survive? When, if at all, should a company go public? How does an entrepreneur build and manage a workplace—and create a lasting legacy? Maynard Webb has helped found, fund, and grow dozens of successful companies, and has driven strategic change at Salesforce, eBay, Everwise, and Visa, among other worldwide corporations. Known for offering savvy insight, encouragement, and a dose of reality in the form of engaging personal letters to a select group of business leaders, Webb now shares his lessons with the rest of America’s aspiring entrepreneurs—at any age and stage in their careers—in Dear Founder. Featuring more than eighty inspiring, informative, and instructive letters, Dear Founder is rich with sound advice on an array of business topics, from turning your idea into a reality to building a culture, to reaching key financial goals. This book is an indispensable guide to navigating the realities, risks, and rewards of being your own boss—and founding the company of your dreams.

Letters of Advice for Anyone Who Leads, Manages, or Wants to Start a Business

Dear Founder

"Featuring nearly eighty inspiring, informative, and instructive letters, Dear Founder is rich with sound advice on an array of business topics, from turning your idea into a reality to building a culture, to reaching key financial goals. This book is an indispensable guide to navigating the realities, risks, and rewards of being your own boss and founding the company of your dreams."--jacket

"Wise, practical, and profitable letters to entrepreneurs, leaders, managers, and business owners in every field--from a leading executive, investor, and business founder" --

letters of advice for anyone who leads, manages, or wants to start a business

Dear founder

From Silicon Valley leader Maynard Webb, how we can leveragetechnology to change how we work Maynard Webb has always been the go-to guy when Silicon Valleycompanies have thorny problems. Whether revamping eBay's crashingservers (transforming their technology weaknesses into acompetitive strength) or investing in emerging technologystart-ups, Webb brings strategic and operational savvy to everyissue and venture. In his first book, Webb brings this same focusto tackle outdated models of work, created a century ago, which nolonger sync up with either individual or employers' needs. Through a unique framework, Webb identifies 4 different mindsetsaround work (the company man, CEO of your own destiny, disenchantedemployee, and the aspiring entrepreneur). It organizes those whoare self-motivated versus those who are waiting to be discoveredand aims to give readers the tools to become more self-actualized,happier, and ultimately more fulfilled in their careers. Inidentifying a paradigm shift that is already under way, Webbdemonstrates clearly how to harness technology to embrace our ownpersonal happiness, allowing people to become more productive atwork and also spend more time with their families. Contains a framework that demonstrates how we can leveragetechnology to create better job opportunities and foster morebalanced lives Written by Maynard Webb, chairman of LiveOps, former COO ofe-Bay, founder of Webb Investment Network (WIN), and board memberof Yahoo! and salesforce.com Includes personalized worksheets and empowering action-orientedadvice Rebooting Work reveals how anyone can take control of hisor her own future, finding greater fulfillment, productivity, andhappiness.

Transform How You Work in the Age of Entrepreneurship

Rebooting Work

O talentoso executivo Maynard Webb acumulou uma grande variedade de conhecimentos sobre o universo empresarial durante os anos de árduo trabalho em corporações de renome como eBay, LiveOps, Yahoo! e VISA. Neste best-seller de sua autoria, Rebooting work, Webb conta com o apoio da premiada jornalista Carlye Adler para apresentar reflexões sobre crescimento das empresas, sucesso profissional e tendências do mercado de trabalho. Ao compartilhar sua trajetória, Webb conta experiências e dá dicas para melhorar a maneira de trabalhar: enxergar boas oportunidades e superar problemas a fim de abraçar o crescimento pessoal e o da empresa são apenas algumas delas. O autor visa, através de seus relatos, contribuir para o aperfeiçoamento da força de trabalho global, estimulando a cooperação mútua entre funcionários e setores, bem como o espírito empreendedor dos integrantes da corporação.

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