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1) Keep Swinging: An Entrepreneur's Story of Overcoming Adversity & Achieving Small Business Success
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Starting a business is easy. Growing a successful business: not so much. The statistics are grim: less than 20% of the businesses started each year survive their 5th anniversary. Jay Myers, founder of Interactive Solutions, Inc. in Memphis, Tennessee is one such survivor. Jay has built a company that, by tapping into the demand for high-tech video conferencing and communication equipment, continues to grow even beyond the 10 year anniversary. Finding...
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Awake at the Wheel is a book about ideas: what they are, where they come from, and what it takes to manifest them in a world not always ready for the new and the different. Simply put, it's a book about possibility, about the wellspring of creation, about the strange and fascinating process we all go through whenever we have an idea and try to do something about it. And while it's often said that ideas are a dime a dozen, the fact is that your idea-the...
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Jaime Luchuck was a cubicle slave for years before finally drumming up the courage to get out and live her dream. And her dream wasn't working like a dog to make money for somebody else. It wasn't being someplace she had to beg for days off. It wasn't working in an environment that made her dread Mondays. Yes, she was a finalist on The Next Internet Millionaire reality show, but that didn't make her an instant millionaire. Being on the show gave her...
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According to Steve Jobs, "Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower." The rise of digital technology in business has made this statement truer now more than ever. Today, businesses can be created, marketed, and ready to interact with customers in the blink of an eye, with nothing more than an internet connection! This accelerated pace of business is wreaking havoc on companies that are "too big to fail," sometimes in a matter of months....
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The Big Picture of Business, Book 2 offers a creative approach to strategy development and planning for companies in today's turbulent business environment that prepares them for an unknowable tomorrow.
Each year, one-third of the US Gross National Product goes toward cleaning up problems, damages, and other high costs caused by companies that failed to take proper actions. Look no further than the cost of the current financial crisis for an example....
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Not too long ago, somewhere along my way, I heard the phrase "sell belief," and it struck true for me. I have always had the easiest of times sharing ideas and ideals in my life that I have had the strongest belief in. It's where the rubber meets the road, where everything just clicks into place and your business starts to hum. That is when you fully gain the trust and the right to start to call someone a customer or a client. By fully utilizing the...
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The Fast Track to Getting published!
"Are you ready to get out of the slush piles? With the expert tutelage of Frishman and Spizman, an author can increase his/her chances of publication many times over." – John Kremer, author, "1001 Ways to Market Your Books"
"I've got a great idea for a book!"
But a great idea is not enough---what you need is a killer book proposal. With publishing gurus Rick Frishman and Robyn Spizman as your guides,...
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It's time to rip up the rulebook on leadership. The future belongs to a mindset that is wired differently. In "The Leader's Mindset: How To Win In The Age of Disruption," Terence Mauri takes you on a deep dive into the hearts and minds of visionaries, risk takers, and pioneers who pursue moonshots, the revolutionary ideas that rewrite how business is done.
The advantages are huge for anyone who can tap the genius of the leader's mindset: purpose,...
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Paul Silberberg worked exclusively in the ultra-high net worth market. Inc. Magazine once called it 'The Ultimate Investment Club for Entrepreneurs.' For almost five decades, this 'club' included hundreds of successful entrepreneurs, including some of the most prominent in the United States.
Most of these entrepreneurs attribute a large part of their success to good luck, fortuity, and being at the right place at the right time. They recognize...
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Well-known celebrity party planner, Marley Majcher, in her signature witty, no-nonsense style shows you how to make a real profit without spinning your wheels. But Are You Making Any Money? answers the questions that you're afraid to ask in a straightforward, easy to understand way. In But Are You Making Any Money? you will learn how to fatten up your bottom line in a unique, super simple, step-by-step process that shows you where all of your money...
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Have you "built a better mousetrap" but are finding the world just isn't beating a path to your door? Do you have a product or service that people genuinely would want to buy from you... if only they knew it existed? With advertisements bombarding your prospective customers from every direction, at all hours of the day, it's no longer enough to shout your message from the rooftops and expect that the right people will take notice. Instead, you need...
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Nigel Botterill had a successful corporate career. Big six figure salary, bonuses, the works. Then, one day in November 2002, a meeting didn't quite go to plan. He found himself out of a job and, on the way home to tell his wife the news, he took the decision to never be employed ever again. 'Botty Rules' is the story of what happened next. How, after several false starts, Nigel has built a multi-million pound business empire from scratch, with five...
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Dolly Parton once said, "Find out who you are and do it on purpose." Many people today are coasting on autopilot, with no passionate connection to the routine work they do day in and day out. The good news is that it doesn't have to be this way. In The Passion Belief Method, entrepreneur success strategist and in-demand life and business coach and speaker Megan Tull offers practical exercises and methods to help you find your gifts and turn them into...
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The premise of 'Above the Fray' is that the Information Age is creating a turbulence most business owners fail to acknowledge or take steps to profitably manage. 'Above the Fray' offers a method of creating a vision that produces clarity. It teaches how to create plans with a bias toward action and speed of implementation. It suggests a systems approach to hiring the right team members who can handle today's fast-paced environment. Readers will discover...
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Learn to design, build, and maintain an effective and fulfilling life with this unique guide from the innovative entrepreneur, speaker, and author. To create an effective space, landscapers must design, build, and maintain that space. To create an effective life, we must do the same with ourselves. In this unique and insightful guide to crafting a better life, author Scott M. Fay uses a landscaping metaphor and an approachable, conversational style...
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Some attribute it to Aristotle, but whether the great Greek philosopher said it or not doesn't affect its timeless truth. "If you want to avoid criticism, all you have to do is say nothing, do nothing and be nothing." If on the other hand, you decide your life is purposed for something worthy and being on the playing field is preferred to sitting in the stands, there is something you are sure to encounter; what Jeff Piersall and Eric Wright call "barking...
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In the beginning, an entrepreneur's focus is on starting and growing their business. For many, the thrills of overcoming the challenges and hitting those curve balls out of the park become just as important as actually achieving the original goals. And then one day, everything is different and entrepreneurs find themselves ready to leave the business. In Changing Lanes Gina Catalano shows entrepreneurs how to ready their business (and themselves)...
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The Game Changer is a business parable about innovation and business transformation, wrapping time honored principles in an engaging, fictional tale. It reveals the narrative behind a technology company founded by a game changing CEO/inventor that has reluctantly taken in funding, and nearly misses the gift of being able to grow at a much faster pace. He and his team initially feel the pressure of investor's quarter-to- quarter profit metrics, but...
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How do Success Heroes succeed in all of life all at once? They live from Vision. Vision inspires you right through your fears and opens the door to pain-free success. But you need the right contemplative and action skills to make your vision real. Want visionary success for yourself, your company, career or cause? THE VISIONBUILDERS' MANUAL is your skill-building guidebook. You'll gain these skills: How to discover the right vision for right now,...
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Who says marketing has to takes weeks or months--or even hours--to plan and execute? All you need is sixty minutes, an open mind, and "One Hour Marketing". If you've been running your business on empty because marketing seemed too confusing, too difficult and too time consuming, relax. "One Hour Marketing" provides what you need to know to make your marketing work. FAST! In a book you can read in one hour, Herman Pool show you why marketing works,...
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