Bestsellers
-
Bad Company
- Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream
- Written by: Megan Greenwell
- Narrated by: Dan Bittner
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Acclaimed journalist Megan Greenwell’s Bad Company is a damning indictment of the private equity industry told through the stories of four American workers whose lives and communities were upended by the ruinous effects of private equity takeovers.
-
Build
- An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making
- Written by: Tony Fadell
- Narrated by: Tony Fadell, Roger Wayne
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Tony Fadell led the teams that created the iPod, iPhone and Nest Learning Thermostat and learned enough in 30+ years in Silicon Valley about leadership, design, startups, Apple, Google, decision-making, mentorship, devastating failure and unbelievable success to fill an encyclopedia.
-
-
Great Listen
- By Anonymous User on 2024-10-15
-
Financial Intelligence
- A Manager's Guide to Knowing What the Numbers Really Mean
- Written by: Karen Berman, Joe Knight
- Narrated by: Tom Zingarelli
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
This new, completely updated edition brings the numbers up to date and continues to teach the basics of finance to managers who need to use financial data to drive their business....
-
-
Review
- By Ali Tahmasebi on 2024-10-31
-
Plunder
- Private Equity's Plan to Pillage America
- Written by: Brendan Ballou
- Narrated by: Kevin Kenerly
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In Plunder, an authoritative exposé of private equity, Brendan Ballou explains what it is, how it kills businesses and jobs, how the government helps, and how we stop it....
-
Bad Blood
- Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
- Written by: John Carreyrou
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the next Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout whose startup “unicorn” promised to revolutionize the medical industry with its breakthrough device....
-
-
exciting nonfic book
- By Amazon Customer on 2020-06-27
-
The Black Swan, Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section: "On Robustness and Fragility"
- Incerto, Book 2
- Written by: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Narrated by: Joe Ochman
- Length: 15 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random, and more predictable, than it was....
-
-
Worthy of a reread
- By Anonymous User on 2019-03-16
-
Bad Company
- Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream
- Written by: Megan Greenwell
- Narrated by: Dan Bittner
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Acclaimed journalist Megan Greenwell’s Bad Company is a damning indictment of the private equity industry told through the stories of four American workers whose lives and communities were upended by the ruinous effects of private equity takeovers.
-
Build
- An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making
- Written by: Tony Fadell
- Narrated by: Tony Fadell, Roger Wayne
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Tony Fadell led the teams that created the iPod, iPhone and Nest Learning Thermostat and learned enough in 30+ years in Silicon Valley about leadership, design, startups, Apple, Google, decision-making, mentorship, devastating failure and unbelievable success to fill an encyclopedia.
-
-
Great Listen
- By Anonymous User on 2024-10-15
-
Financial Intelligence
- A Manager's Guide to Knowing What the Numbers Really Mean
- Written by: Karen Berman, Joe Knight
- Narrated by: Tom Zingarelli
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
This new, completely updated edition brings the numbers up to date and continues to teach the basics of finance to managers who need to use financial data to drive their business....
-
-
Review
- By Ali Tahmasebi on 2024-10-31
-
Plunder
- Private Equity's Plan to Pillage America
- Written by: Brendan Ballou
- Narrated by: Kevin Kenerly
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In Plunder, an authoritative exposé of private equity, Brendan Ballou explains what it is, how it kills businesses and jobs, how the government helps, and how we stop it....
-
Bad Blood
- Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
- Written by: John Carreyrou
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the next Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout whose startup “unicorn” promised to revolutionize the medical industry with its breakthrough device....
-
-
exciting nonfic book
- By Amazon Customer on 2020-06-27
-
The Black Swan, Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section: "On Robustness and Fragility"
- Incerto, Book 2
- Written by: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Narrated by: Joe Ochman
- Length: 15 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random, and more predictable, than it was....
-
-
Worthy of a reread
- By Anonymous User on 2019-03-16
-
Secrets of Sand Hill Road
- Venture Capital and How to Get It
- Written by: Scott Kupor, Eric Ries
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In Secrets of Sand Hill Road, Kupor explains exactly how VCs decide where and how much to invest, and how entrepreneurs can get the best possible deal and make the most of their relationships with VCs....
-
Double Your Profits
- In Six Months or Less
- Written by: Bob Fifer
- Narrated by: Bob Fifer
- Length: 2 hrs and 4 mins
- Abridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
One of the nations' foremost financial consultants shares 78 proven ways to cut costs dramatically, send productivity through the roof, and, in just six months, double profits....
-
The Corporation in the Twenty-First Century
- Why (almost) everything we are told about business is wrong
- Written by: John Kay
- Narrated by: Peter Wicks
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
John Kay's incisive overhaul of our ideas about business redefines our understanding of successful commercial activity and the corporation—and describes how we have come to 'love the product' as we 'hate the producer.'
-
Investment Banking (3rd Edition)
- Valuation, LBOs, M&A, and IPOs
- Written by: Joshua Rosenbaum, Joshua Pearl, Joseph R. Perella - foreword, and others
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 14 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In the constantly evolving world of finance, a solid technical foundation is an essential tool for success....
-
-
No attachments that come with the printed book
- By chadsich on 2021-02-02
-
The Credit Investor's Handbook
- Leveraged Loans, High Yield Bonds, and Distressed Debt
- Written by: Michael Gatto
- Narrated by: Danny Hughes
- Length: 21 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The leveraged credit market is currently valued at over $4 trillion and is one of the fastest-growing asset classes, fueling demand for well-trained credit analysts. This comprehensive manual teaches the skills to succeed in the dynamic and complex credit markets.
-
Burn the Boats
- Toss Plan B Overboard and Unleash Your Full Potential
- Written by: Matt Higgins
- Narrated by: Matt Higgins
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Listen to the book that has inspired thousands of people around the world to pursue their Plan A—making bold career moves, launching dream businesses, fleeing toxic relationships, and silencing the naysayers. Feel like you’re always settling for Plan B?
-
-
Matt is an amazing storyteller
- By Melanie Galea on 2023-02-23
-
These Are the Plunderers
- How Private Equity Runs—and Wrecks—America
- Written by: Gretchen Morgenson, Joshua Rosner
- Narrated by: John Bedford Lloyd
- Length: 11 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
These Are the Plunderers traces the thirty-year history of corporate takeovers in America and private equity’s increasing dominance....
-
-
Extremely informative and well done
- By Blair Mills on 2023-08-13
-
Empire Builder
- The Road to a Billion
- Written by: Adam Coffey
- Narrated by: Ron Butler
- Length: 4 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
You’ve got big dreams for your business, but the odds are not in your favor. You’re struggling to scale. Sometimes, it’s hard to stay profitable. You know you need expert advice to grow....
-
The 80/20 CFO
- How to Make Strategic Transformations in Your Company
- Written by: Janice Berthold, Suzy Taherian
- Narrated by: Estella A.
- Length: 1 hr and 20 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
It is not a massive treatise on everything you should know as a CFO. But the book contains shortcuts a CFO can use to earn credibility and trust. This will help create change within the organization. We’ve cut to the chase and shared with the CFO what they need to do and how to do it....
-
Founder vs Investor
- The Honest Truth About Venture Capital from Startup to IPO
- Written by: Elizabeth Joy Zalman, Jerry Neumann
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Joy Zalman, Jerry Neumann, Andrew Magnusson
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Every iconic tech company was once a startup. And while these companies like to paint an origin story full of surefooted confidence, the truth is usually something different: the early life of most startups is pure chaos....
-
Lever des fonds
- Comprendre et maîtriser toutes les étapes
- Written by: Xavier Milin
- Narrated by: Ludmila Ruoso
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Vous avez besoin de financer la croissance de votre entreprise ? Ce guide pratique vous permettra de préparer votre levée de fonds et d'anticiper...
-
Startup Boards
- A Field Guide to Building and Leading an Effective Board of Directors
- Written by: Brad Feld, Matt Blumberg
- Narrated by: Scott R. Pollak
- Length: 6 hrs
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Startup Boards draws on the authors' experience and includes stories from board members, startup founders, executives, and investors....
-
Mastering Private Equity
- Transformation via Venture Capital, Minority Investments and Buyouts
- Written by: Claudia Zeisberger, Michael Prahl, Bowen White
- Narrated by: Nick Gallagher
- Length: 14 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Mastering Private Equity: Transformation via Venture Capital, Minority Investments and Buyouts is the definitive guide to private equity for investors and finance professionals.
-
Angel
- How to Invest in Technology Startups - Timeless Advice from an Angel Investor Who Turned $100,000 into $100,000,000
- Written by: Jason Calacanis
- Narrated by: Jason Calacanis
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
One of Silicon Valley's most successful angel investors shares his rules for investing in startups....
-
-
Great Piece
- By M. B. O. on 2022-07-17
-
Mergers & Acquisitions from A to Z, Fourth Edition
- Written by: Andrew J. Sherman
- Narrated by: Eric Martin
- Length: 14 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
More than 10,000 mergers and acquisitions occur annually in the US, many among small and mid-sized companies. These complex transactions can be an effective growth strategy, but they carry significant risk....
-
-
The Best M&A Book
- By Amazon Customer on 2020-12-16
-
The Power Law
- Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future
- Written by: Sebastian Mallaby
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 16 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
From the New York Times bestselling author of More Money Than God comes the astonishingly frank and intimate story of Silicon Valley’s dominant venture-capital firms—and how their strategies and fates have shaped the path of innovation and the global economy....
-
Safe Strategies for Financial Freedom
- Written by: Van K. Tharp, D.R. Barton, Steve Sjuggerud
- Narrated by: John Lescault
- Length: 4 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Commonsense rules for financial freedom - anyone can do it....
-
The Little Book of Valuation
- How to Value a Company, Pick a Stock and Profit
- Written by: Aswath Damodaran
- Narrated by: Matthew Boston
- Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Valuation is at the heart of any investment decision, whether that decision is to buy, sell, or hold. In The Little Book of Valuation, expert Aswath Damodaran explains the techniques in language that any investor can understand....
-
-
Precisely as advertised.
- By Amazon Customer on 2023-07-20
-
Inflated
- How Money and Debt Built the American Dream
- Written by: R. Christopher Whalen
- Narrated by: Jake Williams
- Length: 15 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Inflated examines this apparent conflict and makes the argument that such a world view is so ingrained in us that to expect the United States to live in a "deflated" world is simply unrealistic....
-
Balancing Acts
- Unleashing the Power of Creativity in Your Life and Work
- Written by: Daniel Lamarre
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Without creativity, there is no business. At the core of Cirque du Soleil’s lavish, multi-million-dollar productions is Vice Chairman Daniel Lamarre, who has mastered the ability to bring business and creativity together across multiple languages and cultures....
-
Another Way
- Building Companies That Last…and Last…and Last
- Written by: Dave Whorton, Bo Burlingham - contributor
- Narrated by: Mitch Crawford
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Whorton's story, combined with his Evergreen 7Ps framework, offers practical steps to create and lead enduring businesses.
-
The Private Equity Playbook, 2nd Edition
- Management’s Guide to Working with Private Equity
- Written by: Adam Coffey
- Narrated by: Ron Butler
- Length: 3 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
For years, the #1 bestselling book The Private Equity Playbook has helped countless entrepreneurs, leaders, and CEOs like you successfully navigate the PE playing field.
-
Investing for Passive Income
- Get Up to 10% Dividends Each Year and Make Money for Retirement with Dividend Growth Stocks, MLPs and REITs
- Written by: Freeman Publications
- Narrated by: Mark Greenberg
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
With interest rates rising, your cash could now finally earn you some interest income. Well…it could…but it may not be doing so. You see, many financial institutions are not passing along higher interest to their customers....
-
Super Founders
- What Data Reveals About Billion-Dollar Startups
- Written by: Ali Tamaseb
- Narrated by: Dean Temple, Catherine Ho, Jason Culp
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Super Founders uses a data-driven approach to understand what really differentiates billion-dollar start-ups from the rest - revealing that nearly everything we thought was true about them is false....
-
-
Great survey study
- By Anonymous User on 2021-09-27