With today's marketplace changing at lightning speed, how can entrepreneurs spend the traditional several months perfecting their business plans and finding investors before finally launching their business? They can't! Because the truth is, the longer they take to launch their company, the more changes there will be in the marketplace--causing their business to be outdated before it even begins! Today's entrepreneurs must avoid the temptation to...

The Smart StartUp helps readers start strong and stay strong in the early phases of growing their businesses, providing fundamental strategies for beating the odds. Tom Hopkins and Omar Periu want readers to be part of the statistics for businesses that not only succeeded in their first two years, but exceeded their own expectations for success. With this information, readers will be able to establish a solid foundation on which to build their businesses...

" "A #GIRLBOSS is in charge of her own life. She gets what she wants because she works for it." The first thing Sophia Amoruso sold online wasn't fashion-it was a stolen book. She spent her teens hitchhiking, committing petty theft, and dumpster diving. By twenty-two, she had resigned herself to employment, but was still broke, directionless, and working a mediocre day job she'd taken for the health insurance. It was there that Sophia decided to...

Learn the skills to make your bookkeeping business thrive! Run your own profitable business from home Start your business with just a small investment Learn how to successfully market your services Many bookkeeping services fail because the entrepreneurs who start them focus on bookkeeping and don't take the time to learn how to plan their businesses and make them profitable. Written in the step-by-step style that has made the Start...

"Create a successful side hustle that pays off in a life changing way with this definitive guide from two expert side hustlers. Have you ever dreamed of a way to earn extra money, cover unexpected expenses, or step away from a corporate job and create a life that's more in line with what you truly value? If so, the idea of the "side hustle" could be more relevant to you than ever. In this hard-hitting guide, a husband-and-wife team who have built...

On average, North Americans spend more money on their pets annually than they do on toys, candy, movies, video games, and recorded music! With increased interest for careers involving pets, Start & Run a Pet Business provides the knowledge needed to create a successful, ethical business working with animals. With topics ranging from various business opportunities in the pet sector today, managing your start-up costs, key demographics of the pet industry,...

With little more than some working space and a few basket-making items, an ambitious and creative person can cash in on the gift basket boom. The potential for unearthing new markets and finding motivated clients is unlimited in this easy-to-run small business.

"Based on the highly acclaimed NPR podcast, How I Built This with Guy Raz, this book offers priceless insights and inspiration from the world's top entrepreneurs on how to start, launch, and build a successful venture"--

Jamey Stegmaier raised $1 million in funding, engaged thousands of enthusiastic supporters, founded a successful board game company, and has established him as a leading expert on crowdfunding. Stegmaier argues that crowdfunding is more than simply a new way to raise money it's a new way to do business. Crowdfunding enables you to create a loyal community before you even have a product, a community that will continue to support your efforts in a variety...

He started his career with almost nothing but his own imagination - and ever since he's been challenging conventional wisdom. In this extraordinary audio program, Paul Hawken demonstrates that the answers to small business problems today cannot be solved by college degrees, training or money - but only by you. Listen in as Paul Hawken explores: THE IDEA: If people snicker at your idea, you're probably on the right track. RISKS: The purpose of business...