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Carrie Wilkerson explains how people can jump-start their own business and learn to be their own boss, with insights from other entrepreneurs, exercises, and advice to help with every stage of the process and other resources to help people build their businesses and achieve financial success.
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When columnist Paul Downs was approached by the New York Times to write for their "You're the Boss" blog, he had been running his custom furniture business for 24 years strong-or, mostly strong. Now, he embarks on a book length essay that intends to show a portrait of a real business, with a real boss, a real set of employees, and the real challenges they face, in hopes of promoting a better understanding of the behaviors of small business owners....
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Shark Tank volume 2
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Outlines strategic steps for applying successful philosophies to a working company, sharing tips and anecdotes for approaching the challenges of daily business practices.
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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 Ladies Who Launch program has enabled thousands of women across the country to break out of 9-5 and thrive in entrepreneurial enterprises that reflect their true passions, skills, and desires. Located in more...
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Imagine watching and playing with someone's pets for the day-while getting paid for it too. Sounds pretty great, right? So why not start your own pet-sitting service? Learn everything you need to know to get started. Read about tips on how to grow your business, build your reputation, and manage your time and money.
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"Meet Asha Ray. Brilliant coder and possessor of a Pi tattoo, Asha is poised to revolutionize artificial intelligence when she is reunited with her high school crush, Cyrus Jones. Cyrus inspires Asha to write a new algorithm. Before she knows it, she's abandoned her PhD program, they've exchanged vows, and gone to work at an exclusive tech incubator called Utopia. The platform creates a sensation, with millions of users seeking personalized rituals...
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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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The CEO of Founders Space, one of the world's leading startup incubators and accelerators, prepares entrepreneurs to avoid disastrous mistakes, surmount sizable obstacles, and master the skills necessary to make the right choices along their path to success.
The fact is, over 90 percent of all new startups fail. Every entrepreneur must face this harsh reality and learn to master it if they hope to survive and wind up on top.
In Surviving a Startup,...
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Have you ever dreamed about starting your own private investigation business? Not sure how to proceed? Think it is too overwhelming to do?
How to Start a Private Investigation Business: A Proven Blueprint for Success shows you a way into the world of private investigation, the types of investigations to target, employee and independent contractor management, finding and dealing with clients, some common misconceptions in the field, and all the nuts-and-bolts...
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New from Samantha Hurst, 'Speedy Start-Up' is the super-fast guide to setting up a business in record time. No more pondering and procrastinating, it's time to put a few hours aside to launch a business. Stuck for ideas? No problem. Lacking know-how? Don't let that put you off.
In less than three hours of your precious time, you can say goodbye to 5-days a week of the daily grind and become the boss. In less time than it takes to fly interstate, you...
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Most new enterprise software products fail to generate a profit. They fail not because of technical challenges, lack of funding, or market conditions. Instead, new products fail because most companies build products that don't solve a market need, and therefore, customers don't buy them.
The B2B Innovator's Map is your practical guide to taming uncertainty and discovering opportunities to develop products your customers will be eager to buy.
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13) Just get it done
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The world is full of stories of entrepreneurs who have started from scratch. Tiago Mattos, a Brazilian futurist, graduated from singularity university, the university established in silicon valley by google and Nasa, will show you that you can start a successful company from scratch with the right mindset and an understanding of how the world has been changing. In fact, it has never been so easy to get something done. It has never been so easy to...
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Avez-vous déjà pensé à débuter votre propre entreprise de nettoyage résidentiel ? Avez-vous souhaité un calendrier flexible, de devenir votre propre patron et gagner un bon revenu en même temps ? Dans Débuter une entreprise de nettoyage résidentiel, l'auteur Amber Richards a été propriétaire et a géré une entreprise de nettoyage résidentiel pendant trois ans. Elle révèle des astuces et conseils qu'elle aurait aimé savoir avant de...
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From a master salesperson and a revolutionary marketing strategist: A take-no-prisoners guide to making your small business dreams come true. Do you long to break out of the corporate rate race and run your own business? Jay Conrad Levinson, author of the bestselling Guerrilla Marketing series, and Steve Savage, management consultant and salesman extraordinaire, team up to show you how in this truly captivating guide. By learning from Steve's desolate...
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¿Estás pensando en emprender? ¡Enhorabuena! Pero antes, ¿crees que tienes madera de emprendedor? No quiero ser pesimista, pero los datos son desalentadores: el 90 % de las iniciativas fracasan antes de los cuatro años.
En cualquier librería encontrarás autores que prometen enseñarte las claves y estrategias utilizadas por las empresas más exitosas: que si Richard Branson, que si el fundador de Ikea, que si los de YouTube... Encontrarás...
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A must for business owners or entrepreneurs. This book outlines a process where any business can find a minimum of $10k to $50k of additional income. The author goes through eight simple strategies that are proven revenue generators. If you're struggling right now to generate more leads and clients for your business, and you need to find immediate ways to dramatically increase your business's bottom line revenue, then read this book which will show...
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"Why Your New Business Needs A Brand and How You Can Build One" is a game-changing book that shows you in easy-to understand, easy-to-do, step-by-step instructions on exactly how to build your own powerful, attention-getting, and effective brand. Get ready to build a brand that will give you the extra presence and the extra advantage you need to prosper in our overcrowded world.
First, you've got to get their attention. Before anything can happen...
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The Canadian Business Contracts Handbook helps small-business owners to understand hundreds of standard contract clauses, such as those found in partnership agreements, lease agreements, and contracts for purchase or sale of goods or a business.
Using everyday language, author Nishan Swais takes readers step-by-step through standard clauses and explains their meanings. He pinpoints potential problems in contracts, and clarifies legal jargon in simple...