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The Resource Ahead of her time : how a one-woman startup became a global publishing brand, Judy Piatkus ; foreword by Anna Sofat

Ahead of her time : how a one-woman startup became a global publishing brand, Judy Piatkus ; foreword by Anna Sofat

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Inspiring memoir by entrepreneur Judy Piatkus, who launched her startup at a time when mothers were not expected to be businesswomen and grew it into a highly successful international brand. The story of a pioneer of female entrepreneurship, values-led management and the rise of personal development publishing. Inspiring memoir by entrepreneur Judy Piatkus, who launched her startup at a time when mothers were not expected to be businesswomen and grew it into a highly successful international brand. The story of a pioneer of female entrepreneurship, values-led management and the rise of personal development publishing. Judy Piatkus did not come from a monied background and began her career as a secretary after failing to achieve a university place. By the time she founded Piatkus Books from her spare bedroom, she was married with a disabled small daughter and pregnant with her second child. Gradually she learned how to be both a publisher and a managing director and to combine that with her family life as she had become a single mother of three. A lot of mistakes were made but she also got a lot of things right. The company prospered, thanks to the risks Judy took in tackling new subjects in the marketplace and also her approach to running the company, which focused on transparency, honesty and trust and was rewarded by the loyalty of the staff, many of whom worked alongside Judy for upwards of twenty years. Throughout the book Judy describes her learning experience as an entrepreneur, what it really means to run a company, the many triumphs and the pitfalls, what worked and what didn?t, how the company learned to reinvent itself through lean times and how it felt to finally strike gold
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eng
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Publication
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224 pages
Isbn
9781786785312
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Ahead of her time : how a one-woman startup became a global publishing brand
Title
Ahead of her time
Title remainder
how a one-woman startup became a global publishing brand
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Judy Piatkus ; foreword by Anna Sofat
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Author
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Language
eng
Summary
Inspiring memoir by entrepreneur Judy Piatkus, who launched her startup at a time when mothers were not expected to be businesswomen and grew it into a highly successful international brand. The story of a pioneer of female entrepreneurship, values-led management and the rise of personal development publishing. Inspiring memoir by entrepreneur Judy Piatkus, who launched her startup at a time when mothers were not expected to be businesswomen and grew it into a highly successful international brand. The story of a pioneer of female entrepreneurship, values-led management and the rise of personal development publishing. Judy Piatkus did not come from a monied background and began her career as a secretary after failing to achieve a university place. By the time she founded Piatkus Books from her spare bedroom, she was married with a disabled small daughter and pregnant with her second child. Gradually she learned how to be both a publisher and a managing director and to combine that with her family life as she had become a single mother of three. A lot of mistakes were made but she also got a lot of things right. The company prospered, thanks to the risks Judy took in tackling new subjects in the marketplace and also her approach to running the company, which focused on transparency, honesty and trust and was rewarded by the loyalty of the staff, many of whom worked alongside Judy for upwards of twenty years. Throughout the book Judy describes her learning experience as an entrepreneur, what it really means to run a company, the many triumphs and the pitfalls, what worked and what didn?t, how the company learned to reinvent itself through lean times and how it felt to finally strike gold
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contains biographical information
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Piatkus, Judy
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non fiction
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  • Piatkus, Judy
  • Piatkus (Firm)
  • Publishers and publishing
  • Women-owned business enterprises
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Ahead of her time : how a one-woman startup became a global publishing brand, Judy Piatkus ; foreword by Anna Sofat
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000069375324
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22 cm.
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224 pages
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9781786785312
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(OCoLC)1242733809
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Ahead of her time : how a one-woman startup became a global publishing brand, Judy Piatkus ; foreword by Anna Sofat
Publication
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volume
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  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
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  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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000069375324
Dimensions
22 cm.
Extent
224 pages
Isbn
9781786785312
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1242733809

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