“Baru kali ini menemukan penulis buku Indonesia sekelas Malcolm Gladwell. Berasa baca puluhan buku bisnis terbaik yang dirangkum dalam formula yang ringkas, namun detail dan solutif.” -- Jaya Setiabudi Founder Young Entrepreneur Academy. “Buku Rise Above the Crowd menyajikan tinjauan akademis yang pas, ide kreatif yang out of the box dan panduan praktis yang mudah dilakukan. Indra dengan cerdik menggabungkan semua elemen penting dalam bisnis dan menulisnya dengan baik hingga enak dibaca. Buku wajib bagi semua profesional dan pebisnis!” -- Hasnul Suhaimi Former CEO XL Axiata.

The war rages on. This book deals with all the little battles I have had to deal with as life moves forward. Written in many different styles, love, hate, humor and maybe even crazy. Whatever the style or theme, it helps me cope and continue to heal. This book is written from the heart, with no fancy words pulled from a thesaurus that nobody would understand. My hope is when you read this book, you become inspired. You are engaged in a life long struggle. Perhaps one of the pieces in this book is just the ammunition you need to fight another day. I truly believe that addicts or family and friends who have an addict in their lives, will relate to what I have written. My objective in writing this book was to inform. Not through clinical or text book jargon but with poetry. Talking and working with people with real life addiction was always the best therapy for me.

Standing above the Crowd will help you rise up above life's dramas, traumas, pettiness, negativity, and dozens more situational issues that tend to keep us down and hold us back from achieving our dreams and fulfilling our potential. Standing above the Crowd is jam-packed full of success strategies that I've used throughout my life in the areas of athletics, business and community. All are very straightforward and easy for anyone to implement. There's helpful advice from the team of wonderful people I've surrounded myself with throughout the years. I've always believed in a team concept approach, because we truly can't do it alone. The success I've had in sports, business, and community involvement has all been because of people and principles I've learned from during my journey.

The easy way to get started in crowdfund investing Crowdfund investing (CFI) is going to be the next big thing on Wall Street. U.S. investment banks, brokerage houses, and law firms are gearing up for the creation and regulation of new financial products that will be available to the general public starting in early 2013. The introduction of these products will revolutionize the financing of small businesses and startups for these key reasons: Entrepreneurs and small business owners, who have had difficulty obtaining capital through traditional means (such as bank loans and angel investors) in recent years, will have access to investors around the world through social media. For the first time, investors (so-called unqualified investors) will be able to purchase an equity stake in a business or new investment vehicle. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is overseeing the creation of online portals that will allow entrepreneurs and small investors to connect. When these portals go live in 2013, Crowdfund Investing For Dummies will be on the front line to educate business owners, other entrepreneurs, and investors alike. Crowdfund Investing For Dummies will walk entrepreneurs and investors, like yourself, through this new investing experience, beginning with explaining how and why CFI developed and what the 2012 JOBS says about CFI. Entrepreneurs will find out how much funding they can realistically raise through CFI; how to plan and launch a CFI campaign; how to manage the crowd after a campaign is successful; and how to work within the SEC’s regulations at every stage. Investors will discover: the benefits and risks of CFI ;how much they can invest; how a CFI investment may fit into a broader investment portfolio; how to provide value to the business or project being funded; and how to bow out of an investment when the time is right. Crowdfund Investing For Dummies is an indispensable resource for long time investors and novice investors alike.

"...fascinating. Like Malcolm Gladwell on speed." —THE GUARDIAN "HERD is a rare thing: a book that transforms the reader's perception of how the world works". —Matthew D'Ancona, THE SPECTATOR "This book is a must. Once you have read it you will understand why Mark Earls is regarded as a marketing guru." —Daniel Finkelstein, THE TIMES This paperback version of Mark Earls' groundbreaking and award winning book comes updated with new stats and figures and provides two completely revised chapters that deal with the rise of social networking. Since the Enlightenment there has been a very simple but widely held assumption that we are a species of thinking individuals and human behaviour is best understood by examining the psychology of individuals. It appears, however, that this insight is plain wrong. The evidence from a number of leading behavioural and neuroscientists suggests that our species is designed as a herd or group animal. Mark Earls applies this evidence to the traditional mechanisms of marketing and consumer behaviour, with a result that necessitates a complete rethink about these subjects. HERD provides a host of unusual examples and anecdotes to open the mind of the business reader, from Peter Kay to Desmond Tutu, Apple to UK Sexual Health programmes, George Bush to Castle Lager, from autism to depression to the real explanation for the placebo effect in pharmaceutical testing.

Despite the array of colors set ablaze in both field and forest by the sun's radiant autumn beams, the inhabitants of the Pasturelands are wrapped in the shadow and gloom of sorrow. Dhane, the loved and respected lord of Havenstone, who many years before had delivered his homeland from perils of corruption, legend, and lore, has died without proclaiming an heir to his throne. His undeclared son, Dhresden, a half-blood warrior whose past is shrouded in mystery, rumor, and scandal, has acted faithfully as Dhane's personal protector and chief trainer of the military for many years. Despite the political and social obstacles that would oppose him should Dhresden seek to take his rightful place as ruler, there are also treacherous schemes already in motion that could not only thwart his ascension, but also end his life. His quest to return to Havenstone is fraught with danger and hardship, and though individuals from neighboring lands band together to aid in his adventure, the success of his endeavor will remain in question until the end. Though Dhresden is often a target of disdain because of his questionable beginnings, he himself behaves honorably, inspiring others to his cause, not to success at any cost, but to a crusade of honor and justice, recognizing that the journey is just as important as the destination. The friendships, love, losses, and pain that he endures will further sculpt him into a fit ruler, should he manage to survive these and other perils, and be crowned the lord of Havenstone.

Are you in search of the next upgrade in life, that perfect 4.0 version of yourself? How fantastic would it be to have a life that is highly impactful, makes you feel superbly functional and hard-wires you to dream and do what seems to be impossible! If these attributes sound like the opening announcement for the next biggest game changer for your life-well good, because that's exactly what you will experience with author Elect Lady, Dr. Patricia A. Owens' latest book entitled, Control-Alt-Delete. Dr. Owens has a passion for souls and through her writing she bears her heart for supporting believers through their life long Christian journey. About the Author As a servant of God, wife, mother and author, Dr. Owens is the epitome of grace and virtue-a true 21st Century Woman. Married to the illustrious Prophet Phillip Owens and has labored along his side for 40 years as co-pastor of Immanuel's Temple System of Church (ITSC). A church and ministry that extends the Word of God locally and around the world-with roots in Lansing, Michigan, and Las Vegas, Nevada. She has mothered three accomplished children, Minister Emanuel, Minister Rachel, and Minister Josiah, who help complete their parents' bi-coastal ministry with their exemplary service. In addition to her duties as a co-pastor, Dr. Owens can be seen and heard greatly exhorting and speaking the Word of God on the international broadcast The Word Network, as well as other media platforms where she and Prophet Owens have faithfully edified the body of Christ. Stay tuned into the dynamic work of this anointed and appointed woman of God at www.immanuelstemple.com.