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The founder of global baby brand aden + anais reveals how she built a $100 million business from her kitchen table. Raegan Moya-Jones never thought of herself as an entrepreneur. She was a wife, a mother, and a full-time corporate cog in her thirties. But she was sick and tired of her micromanaging boss, so she quietly started a company in the wee hours of the morning while her daughters were asleep. She finally quit her 9-5 when her side hust...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. The unbelievable true story of the man who built a billion-dollar online drug empire from his bedroom-and almost got away with it In 2011, a twenty-six-year-old libertarian programmer named Ross Ulbricht launched the ultimate free market: the Silk Road, a clandestine Web site hosted on the Dark Web where anyone could trade anything-drugs, hacking software, forged passports, counterfeit cash, poisons-free of the gover...

Can you imagine what life would be like if you could accept failure, cellulite, wrinkles, imperfection, screw-ups, and vulnerability? I'll tell you what would happen: you would finally take that weight off your shoulders and build unshakeable, sustainable confidence. The truth is that confidence isn't about living up to anyone's expectations-it's about affirming, every day, that you're an effing boss. It's not the result of being skinny, makin...

A collection of 35 articles on antique dolls, which originally appeared in Dolls magazine from 1982-1995 by the renowned author, artist, scholar and curator emeritus of the Toy Collection of the Museum of the City of New YorkThe selected articles cover a wide range of important antique dolls, from the very earliest, rare 17th and 18th century woodens to popular 19th century chinas, through beautiful French porcelain dolls and stunning felt Len...

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Creations by today's top teddy bear makers are featured in this heartwarming collection of more than 100 lavish color photographs. Accompanying text by the former editor of Teddy Bear Review magazine introduces readers to the international spectrum of talented designers and makers behind the world's most lovable teddy bears. Mr. Cronk, a well-respected authority on teddy bears, has also written a compelling and comprehensive introduction that ...

The exploding popularity of toy collecting today has enthusiasts hungry for information on playthings from the past. In response to this need, toy expert and auctioneuer Tim Luke has created the first comprehensive encyclopedia of important international toy makers that influenced generations of American children. From cuddly favorites like teddy bears and baby dolls to popular boys' toys like Lincoln Logs, Tinker Toys and American Flyer wagon...

This full-colour price guide includes the most recent secondary-market prices for 5000 dolls representing over 900 famous figures throughout time, from historical personages like Marie Antoinette and Thomas Jefferson to Hollywood legends such as Shirley Temple and Elvis to today's pop sensations, Britney Spears and NSYNC. Illustrated with over 700 photographs.

This elegant blank book is waiting for your secret thoughts, wish lists, identification notes or, perhaps your favourite artists' autographs. Graced by a stunning colour photo on the cover, the journal has lined pages and a silk ribbon marker so you'll never lose your place.

We call them Collectors' Journals, but you can fill them with whatever you please. Especially designed for doll lovers and teddy bear lovers, these elegant blank books are waiting for your secret thoughts, wish lists, identification notes or, perhaps, your favorite artists' autographs? Graced by a stunning color photograph on the cover (choose the antique doll or the antique teddy bear, or both), each journal has 160 creamy lined pages, and a ...

Who on earth wants to jump into ice baths and run through fire and wallow in mud on a Sunday afternoon, just for the hell of it?" my professors asked. My gut feeling was-plenty of people. Will Dean, founder of extreme obstacle course Tough Mudder, shares the thrilling inside story of how a scrappy startup grew into a movement whose millions of members feel like co-owners. He shows how other companies can embrace the Tough Mudder playbook by nu...

Women around the world have responded to Cara Alwill Leyba's Girl Code with a resounding YES. Companies like Kate Spade and Macy's have brought her in to teach "the Code." Inc. magazine named Girl Code one of the "Top 9 Inspiring Books Every Female Entrepreneur Should Read" alongside Lean In, #Girlboss, and Thrive. A few years ago, I made a crazy claim in the first edition of Girl Code: that in today's competitive marketplace, the fiercest thi...

What's next? is a question we all have to ask and answer more frequently in an economy where the average job tenure is only four years, roles change constantly even within that time, and smart, motivated people find themselves hitting professional plateaus. But how do you evaluate options and move forward without getting stuck? Jenny Blake--a former training and career development specialist at Google who now runs her own company as a career a...

The next financial collapse will resemble nothing in history. . . . Deciding upon the best course to follow will require comprehending a minefield of risks, while poised at a crossroads, pondering the death of the dollar.The U.S. dollar has been the global reserve currency since the end of World War II. If the dollar fails, the entire international monetary system will fail with it. But optimists have always said, in essence, that confidence i...

When Coca-Cola offered the first retail coupon in the 1880s, customers were thrilled. But today, one in four American shoppers will buy something only if it's on sale, and almost half of all merchandise carries a promotional price. This book investigates what happens to markets when everything's negotiable.

** Previously published in hardcover as Love in the Time of Algorithms **Once considered the realm of the lonely and desperate, sites like eHarmony, Match, OkCupid, and Plenty of Fish have been embraced by pretty much every demographic. Dating has been transformed from a daunting transaction based on scarcity to one in which the possibilities are almost endless. Now anyone can search for exactly what they want, connect with more people, and ge...

How much control do we have over love? Much less than we like to think. All that mystery, all that poetry, all those complex behaviors sur­rounding human bonding leading to the most life-changing decisions we'll ever make, are unconsciously driven by a few molecules in our brains.How does love begin? How can two strangers come to the conclusion that it would not only be pleasant to share their lives, but that they must share them? How can a ma...

Many of the areas that salespeople struggle with these days have long been the domain of marketers, according to bestselling author John Jantsch. The traditional business model dictates that marketers own the message while sellers own the relationships. But now, Jantsch flips the usual sales approach on its head. It's no longer enough to view a salesperson's job as closing. Today's superstars must attract, teach, convert, serve, and measure wh...

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Bruce Greenwald, one of the nation?s leading business professors, presents a new and simplified approach to strategy that cuts through much of the fog that has surrounded the subject. Based on his hugely popular course at Columbia Business School, Greenwald and his coauthor, Judd Kahn, offer an easy-to-follow method for understanding the competitive structure of your industry and developing an appropriate strategy for your specific position. O...