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Ladies Who Launch is the first company to define the feminine approach to launching a business, and to make the connection between starting a business and bringing creativity into your life with self-esteem and happiness. The nationally acclaimed program has enabled thousands of women across the country to break out of 9-to-5 and thrive in entrepreneurial enterprises that reflect their true passions, skills, and desires. Now available in book form,...
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"A guide to help make the most of your mid-career entrepreneurial pursuits...whether they were originally planned for or not. Employee to Entrepreneur is the book to help entrepreneurially minded professionals seize the opportunity offered by the current economic environment to begin a "second act" in their careers. This complete guide explores the full range of questions and concerns voiced by mid-career entrepreneurs, including: how to get started...
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"Ready to be your own boss? Whether you dream of launching your own graphic design startup or growing your Etsy store into a full-scale operation in your spare time, Business for Bohemians will equip you with the tools to turn your talents into a profitable and enjoyable business. But if cash flow forecasts, tax returns, and P&Ls sound horrifying, fear not: help is at hand. Tom Hodgkinson has spent his career advocating for laid-back living, and in...
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Many professionals aspire to work for a start-up. Executives from large companies view them as models to help them adapt to today's dynamic innovation economy. Yes, start-ups look magical, but they can also be chaotic and inaccessible. Many books are written for those who aspire to be founders, but a company only has one or two of those. What's needed are hundreds of employees to do the day-to-day work required to operate a fledgling company and grow...
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Ready to finance your venture the Kickstarter way? With equity crowdfunding rules finalized by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the landmark 2012 JOBS Act has finally gone live, freeing small businesses to raise up to $1 million without a lengthy, expensive IPO process. Legal and small business expert Cliff Ennico has followed the equity crowdfunding story since its inception. Here, he explains the federal legislation and translates the 685-page...
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"More women than ever are starting businesses -- side businesses, home-based businesses, hobby businesses and small businesses," says Wright. "With increasing social media platforms and online tools, it's never been easier. But there are also many challenges and questions that come along with starting a business. By giving these women a step-by-step plan, they're able to take the guesswork out of running a business and have the confidence to make...
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A nuclear chain reaction is one of the most powerful forces known to mankind. Its energy feeds other reactions, creating endless possibilities for self-sustaining growth. Imagine harnessing this kind of energy in business-what if you could create your own nuclear effect?
It's easy to feel trapped when you start an online business, stuck in a tug-of-war between success and the requirements for continued growth. The more you progress, the more money...
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While the global economy languishes, one place just keeps growing despite failing banks, uncertain markets, and high unemployment: Silicon Valley. In the last two years, more than 100 incubators have popped up there, and the number of angel investors has skyrocketed. Today, 40 percent of all venture capital investments in the United States come from Silicon Valley firms, compared to 10 percent from New York. In Secrets of Silicon Valley, entrepreneur...
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After years of living other people's dreams, Donnie Boivin decided to jump out on his own and start a business, thinking it would be easy. Instead, he had a rude awakening and quickly understood that he'd spent twenty years being an employee and had no idea how to be a business owner. Donnie's business was tanking and he was on the brink of losing everything when he decided to fight for business freedom. In How To Be A Success Champion, you'll hear...
12) The Next Steps
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Wayne continues the journey from the first book. For the new or more experienced business owners he explains step-by-step, in detail how to make or continue the leap from traditional employment and create a business with enough income to pursue your dreams. This book provides the tools that a new entrepreneur needs in straight talk. The focus is on the 99% of new businesses not unicorns. If your ONLY goal is to get money from investors this is NOT...
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"The newest installment in the beloved and best-selling series. In this delightful fifteenth installment, Mma Ramotswe has her hands full both at home and in the office. To add to her current challenges, her devoted partner, Grace Makutsi, has decided to branch out on her own and open The Handsome Man's De Luxe Cafe. But even "Miss 97 Per Cent" can't quite meet all the demands of running a business -- not to mention those that a lightning strike makes...
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Based on Bill Fisher's three-day seminars that regularly sell out all over the world, this book offers the kind of capital-raising street smarts no entrepreneur can do without. As a banker in Silicon Valley in the '80s and a businessman who founded a number of successful companies beginning in the '90s, Fisher has seen firsthand the kind of rookie mistakes aspiring entrepreneurs make that end up stopping them before they have a chance to get started.
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Is your start-up feeling stuck in the starting blocks? Or are you finding it a struggle to pick up speed?
Written by acclaimed entrepreneur, instructor, and author Dr. Allan Colman, “The Revenue Accelerator: The 21 Boosters to Launch Your Start-Up” is the true companion guide for new and intermediate entrepreneurs to prosper through their early stages of development.
Dr. Colman equips listeners to easily navigate around the most pervasive problems...
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If you want serious results and are sick and tired of trying and banging your head on an immovable wall, then this book is a must-listen.
Learn the pro tips, strategies, tactics, and resources of the incredibly successful entrepreneurs, founders, innovators, managers, and businesses on the planet for faster and more reliable revenue to help you realize undreamed, of success!
With resources like a 10,000 investors and funders detailed database, free...
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The New York Times bestselling authors of Reverse Innovation and How Stella Saved the Farm distill more than a decade of exclusive research into one short, powerful, action-oriented book.
Companies stumble when they imagine that innovation is mostly about ideas. The reality is that ideas are only beginnings. Indeed, even a company with the world's best idea still faces a devilish challenge: it must build the business of tomorrow without endangering...
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Are you ready to make a meaningful impact in your community but feel overwhelmed by where to start? Dive into R. V. Rodriguez's "The Nonprofit Workbook: Tips & Best Practices for Start-Ups Serving the Greater Common Good" - a compass in the intricate landscape of social entrepreneurship. Wondering how to define your mission and vision that echo with your community's needs?Anxious about the maze of legalities and tax exemptions?Perplexed over fundraising,...
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""You can't give birth to adults," writes Ugg founder Brian Smith. "The same thinking applies to creating a business."
Before UGG became one of America's most beloved brands, lifelong surfer Brian Smith was leading a life of quiet desperation as an accountant. Then one day, the overwhelming feeling that he'd missed the starting gun to life hit him over the head like a tidal wave, so he pulled himself up by his bootstraps and got to work. What came...
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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOWBEFORE YOU START YOUR BUSINESS SO YOU CAN STAY IN BUSINESS
Larry Winget is NOT against starting your own business or becoming an entrepreneur. He is against doing it the wrong way, with no plan, little preparation and only your passion to rely on.
Larry often says people have been sold an old bag of "hooey" about what it takes to be successful in business. Forget passion, motivation, "loving what you do", etc. Those things matter,...
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