Download or read book A Misfit Entrepreneur s Guide to Building a Business Your Way written by Ariana Friedlander and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tired of getting in your own way? Don't like being told what to do? Want to be successful while being true to you? This is the book you've been waiting for. A Misfit Entrepreneur's Guide to Building a Business Your Way will make you laugh, think, and reevaluate everything about your entrepreneurial journey, while showing you that you're not alone. Most importantly, it will guide you in charting your own path from where you are to where you want to be. "Original, witty, and inspiring. No one has been ambitious or daring enough to write a book like A Misfit Entrepreneur's Guide until now. This is a must-read for Misfit Entrepreneurs everywhere." -Jonah Berger, Wharton professor and bestselling author of Contagious: Why Things Catch On "Anyone who meets Ariana is instantly struck by her thoughtfulness, knowledge, and humility, and these values are clearly captured and communicated in this book. Through her well-crafted collection of journal entries, stories, and experiences, she paves a path showing what's involved in being an entrepreneur. These lessons, successes, and challenges provide inspiration, motivation, and real insight into how to manage yourself and your business while exploring the uncertainty associated with new ventures. She constantly reminds us that being a 'misfit'-and learning to become comfortable with it and yourself-is really what the entrepreneurial journey is all about." -Barry O'Reilly, founder and CEO of ExecCamp, co-author of Lean Enterprise: How High Performance Organizations Innovate at Scale "Remarkable. Practical. Inspirational. Ariana gives us a 'behind the scenes' look at the trials and tribulations of the Misfit Entrepreneur's journey to mastery. Want to chart your own path? Read A Misfit Entrepreneur's Guide. Get ready for wisdom and insight that will catalyze your growth and transform you into a successful and satisfied entrepreneur." -Jason W. Womack, MEd, MA, cofounder of Get Momentum About Ariana Friedlander Ariana Friedlander, MPA, is a community organizer, social entrepreneur, lifelong learner, the founder and principal of Rosabella Consulting, and the creator of EntrepreNerds . She works with leaders doing business as unusual, and she specializes in fostering positive change within organizations of all shapes and sizes. She is an award-winning thought leader in experiential education, leadership development, productivity, and conversational intelligence. She earned her master's degree in organizational leadership from the University of Delaware."
Download or read book Discovering Leadership written by Anthony Middlebrooks and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2023-02-28 with total page 605 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discovering Leadership: Designing Your Success, Second Edition provides a comprehensive practice-based introduction to leadership. The text guides students to design their leadership purposefully and mindfully as they develop their leadership knowledge, skills, and dispositions.
Download or read book The Misfit Economy written by Alexa Clay and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-06-23 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book that argues that lessons in creativity, innovation, salesmanship, and entrepreneurship can come from surprising places: pirates, bootleggers, counterfeiters, hustlers, and others living and working on the margins of business and society. Who are the greatest innovators in the world? You're probably thinking Steve Jobs, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford. The usual suspects. This book isn't about them. It's about people you've never heard of. It's about people who are just as innovative, entrepreneurial, and visionary as the Jobses, Edisons, and Fords of the world. They’re in the crowded streets of Shenzhen, the prisons of Somalia, the flooded coastal towns of Thailand. They are pirates, computer hackers, pranksters, and former gang leaders. Across the globe, diverse innovators operating in the black, grey, and informal economies are developing solutions to a myriad of challenges. Far from being "deviant entrepreneurs" that pose threats to our social and economic stability, these innovators display remarkable ingenuity, pioneering original methods and practices that we can learn from and apply to move formal markets. This book investigates the stories of underground innovation that make up the Misfit Economy. It examines the teeming genius of the underground. It asks: Who are these unknown visionaries? How do they work? How do they organize themselves? How do they catalyze innovation? And ultimately, how can you take these lessons into your own world?
Download or read book The Freaks Shall Inherit the Earth written by Chris Brogan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-04-21 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you ever wonder where you fit in? Do you sometimes get that feeling that you have something much bigger to offer the universe, but then it fills you with fear and anxiety, so you think maybe I’ll just pay it safe? But what is safe? The factory job? The cubicle job? Factories all over have been converted to open spaces for startups. Skyscrapers have entire floors open for lease because the “same as everyone else” class of jobs have dried up. Many of us were raised to seek out a job that required us to fit in, to conform, to adapt until we fit the mold. The Freaks Shall Inherit The Earth is a guide for the kind of person who wouldn’t normally pick up a business book. The personal business revolution is upon us. Here’s your recipe book for starting your revolutionary business, including some of what you will learn: How to be as weird as you want while providing a viable business structure to support it What most people are missing from the basic frameworks of doing business How to turn passions into businesses How to build out the Digital Channel What Kickstarter and Square mean for the future of business) Take the plunge. Learn to fail and then win. Dare to do something that “everyone else” doesn’t. The Freaks Shall Inherit the Earth will help. Bestselling author and successful entrepreneur Chris Brogan explains step-by-step how to build your business from the ground up, all without compromising the unique mindset and personal values that make you a freak in the first place.
Download or read book Simply Success written by Jack Miller and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-05-16 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Simply Success, the former chairman and founder of Quill Corporation presents key lessons of entrepreneurship, including how to get started, set a vision, finance the business, and build a successful corporate culture. Based on his own experience, Miller shares his most hard-earned lessons, so you can avoid learning the same lessons the painful way. For entrepreneurs young and old, or even if only dream of starting a business one day, this book is a guiding light to a successful enterprise.
Download or read book Confessions of a Misfit Entrepreneur written by Kate Toon and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Build the Damn Thing written by Kathryn Finney and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wall Street Journal Bestseller featured in Bloomberg, Fast Company, Masters of Scale, the Motley Fool, Marketplace and more. An indispensable guide to building a startup and breaking down the barriers for diverse entrepreneurs from the visionary venture capitalist and pioneering entrepreneur Kathryn Finney. Build the Damn Thing is a hard-won, battle-tested guide for every entrepreneur who the establishment has left out. Finney, an investor and startup champion, explains how to build a business from the ground up, from developing a business plan to finding investors, growing a team, and refining a product. Finney empowers entrepreneurs to take advantage of their unique networks and resources; arms readers with responses to investors who say, “great pitch but I just don’t do Black women”; and inspires them to overcome naysayers while remaining “100% That B*tch.” Don’t wait for the system to let you in—break down the door and build your damn thing. For all the Builders striving to build their businesses in a world that has overlooked and underestimated them: this is the essential guide to knowing, breaking, remaking and building your own rules of entrepreneurship in a startup and investing world designed for and by the “Entitleds.”
Download or read book Do Business Better written by Damian Mason and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Build your best life by forging your own path to business success After speaking to companies such as Merck, Land O'Lakes, and Cargill, and to over 2000 audiences across the world, Damian Mason, successful businessman, agriculturalist, podcaster, and writer, wants to help you achieve your entrepreneurial goals and live a better life. While other business books claim to tell you how to reach success, they fall short because they don’t address the fact that success is different for each of us. Do Business Better helps you define success on your terms, then shows you how to achieve it. You’ll learn the Four Unwavering Traits of Entrepreneurial Success and how to discover the differences between routines and habits, then implement your changes through meaningful actions that create permanent improvement. Along the way, you’ll learn from real-world examples and relatable stories, and discover a wealth of applicable advice on starting, managing, and growing your own enterprise. Discover your best life, then build a path to achieve it Learn how other entrepreneurs have adapted their lives to achieve their goals Find out what’s really standing between you and your dreams Rid yourself of ineffective thinking patterns and develop habits that actually help you Do Business Better is the go-to guide for business people, entrepreneurs, and the self-employed looking to jumpstart their journey and build their dreams into reality. If your goal is prosperity, longevity, and a life and business on your terms, this book is for you.
Download or read book Business is Personal written by Bethenny Frankel and published by Hachette Go. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times bestselling author and successful businesswoman shares the advice she used to build a business and maintain balance as a media personality, mogul, and mother. Consider this book your strategic toolbox, full of Bethenny’s smartest and most practical no-nonsense business principles and tactics, illustrated through her own compelling stories and lessons from the entrepreneurial front and experience building the successful Skinnygirl and Bethenny brands, becoming a successful television and podcast producer, and managing her philanthropic foundation. She also shares wisdom from her conversations with highly accomplished people from Mark Cuban to Hillary Clinton, Candace Bushnell to Matthew McConaughey and many more, on what it takes to be successful at every level in an authentic way. So many women, including stay-at-home moms yearning for more, entrepreneurs, and 9-to-5ers see this time of disruption as an open road. As Bethenny says, the snow globe has been shaken. This is THE handbook to navigate what will come next. Whether you are new to business, a seasoned rainmaker, pivoting from a loss or layoff– or just finding your way– you will find value within these pages. This book will inspire you to act without fear, turn mistakes into masterstrokes, and keep you laughing along the way.
Download or read book HAPPY RICH AND FREE HOW TO START A SMALL BUSINESS written by Martin Wilder and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-13 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Would you like an independent job which gives you complete freedom and the opportunity to earn money through your passions? Did you know that in recent months, while most traditional companies have been suffering an unprecedented crisis, online business has grown by more than 50%? Now is the time to take charge of your life, and decide your future. Yes, do not postpone it any longer! Starting from scratch and with just a few dollars, a PC, a great passion and some serious commitment, today anyone can create their own business. In a short time, anyone can reach unexpected income levels and enjoy the freedom of being able to work from anywhere. No more putting up with bosses, commutes and mad schedules. Just like you, I worked for years as an employee. I quit many jobs hoping to find more satisfaction in the next one, but every single time I ended up working a lot, not earning enough money, and being miserable. Even worse, I was frustrated that I wasn't making my dreams come true. Then eight years ago, starting from scratch, I began studying and testing the many possibilities of online business. And soon my life changed. I was finally following my passions and fulfilling my dreams, without a boss to decide things for me. A short time later I was already making more money online than at my regular job. So I resigned and devoted myself completely to my online business, earning 6-figure amounts. Today I am a happy, gratified person. I can manage my work and my time in complete freedom. And my next goal is to make more and more people fulfill their dreams by becoming entrepreneurs, too. I promise that this guide is not the usual way to sell you courses or advice on a specific business like many "gurus" do nowadays. And that is simply because there's no such thing as ONE business fit to match everyone's needs, interests, and personality. You need to find the RIGHT business model for YOU. This book combines the most valuable information from my earlier two best-selling guides on the subject (Online Business from Home Beginners Guide - Passive Income Strategies). I explain in simple words all the necessary steps - tested and tried by me first - that you need to take in order to pick among the most profitable businesses currently available the one that best suits you. And I guide you all the way through the process, on your way to success. Based on my experience, I will teach you: ★ First and most importantly, the right mindset to become an entrepreneur. ★ How to find your market niche, based on your passions. ★ How to avoid the most common mistakes that would inevitably waste your time and money. ★ The nine best-earning online businesses in 2020, tested by me in person and explained in plain English, complete with all their pros and cons: Dropshipping with Shopify Blogging Amazon Fba Affiliate Marketing Social Media Marketing Influencer Online Course Creator Membership Sites Forex Trading The advice in my book is meant for: - young people who want to build their future as entrepreneurs and earn through their passions, starting from scratch; - those who are tired of working as employees, and want a happy life and a fulfilling career; - those who need a secondary income; - people who have lost their jobs and don't want to fall back into the same old trap anymore; - those who want to work from home and / or need flexible working hours; - those who don't believe in magic formulas promising they can become millionaires in a week.
Download or read book The Reluctant Entrepreneur written by Michael Masterson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-06-08 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intelligent strategies for starting and growing a small business with minimal personal financial risk A comprehensive guide for entrepreneurs from one of the most successful business creators in recent years, The Reluctant Entrepreneur: Turning Dreams into Profits addresses the fears and misconceptions that many people have about starting their own businesses, walking prospective owners through the necessary decisions they need to make before even putting a business plan in place. Presenting solid, reliable strategies based on author Michael Masterson's own successful practices, and debunking some common illusions entrepreneurs have about their businesses, the book is a vital resource for anyone looking to avoid the pitfalls that threaten fledgling companies. Packed with insights from an entrepreneur who has launched and sold dozens of business, presented in a lively and conversational style Some 600,000 new businesses are launched each year and with an uncertain economy, more and more people are looking for a stream of income separate from their 9 to 5 job Filled with highly applicable advice that budding and professional entrepreneurs can start using immediately Essential reading for small business owners and both first time and established entrepreneurs, The Reluctant Entrepreneur presents the smart strategies on starting and growing a small business that can make launching your own company a cinch.
Download or read book What If and Why Not written by Jen Groover and published by BenBella Books. This book was released on 2010-03-02 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting your own business is hard. But the biggest obstacles often have less to do with time and money, and more to do with fear and doubt. In What If? and Why Not? serial entrepreneur and small business advocate Jen Groover—creator of the Butler Bag and creator and host of Launcher's Café, an online community for entrepreneurs—shows you how to transform your fears into action by rethinking the negative questions that can lead to failure before you even get started. Being an entrepreneur, Groover says, isn't just about selling a product. It's about personal growth—about taking your vision and bringing it to fruition, and about always pushing yourself to take that vision further. What gets in your way isn't the money you don't have, or what you don't know about the industry you want to get into—it's believing you can't do it, that you don't have the power or the resources you need to make your dream into a reality. Groover walks you step by step through ten negative “What If?" questions—What if I don't know what I'm doing? What if I don't have the money? What if I fail?—and how to turn them around by asking yourself: What if I can learn? What if I don't need much money? What if I succeed? She also asks “What Not?": Why not find a mentor or take a class? Why not ask for investors? Why not try? With dozens of personal stories from successful entrepreneurs in areas as diverse as dog walking and handbag-invention, plus practical advice for every step of your journey, What If? and Why Not? is the most complete guide available to help you you start the business of your dreams.
Download or read book Buyable written by Steve I Preda and published by Amershire Publishing. This book was released on 2021-06 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buyable guides you to building a self-managing, fast-growing and high-profit business, that others want to buy and invest in. By turning it buyable, your business becomes a vehicle that helps you reach your Ideal Life.
Download or read book Starting A Business written by Walter Grant and published by Walter Grant. This book was released on 2020-03-25 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ditch your 9-5 and join the ever-growing army of prosperous business owners... Do you hate your day job and find yourself staring relentlessly at the clock every day, counting down the minutes to when you can finally go home? Do you have a genius business idea that you are passionate about turning into a reality, yet don't know a single thing about owning a business, let alone starting one? Are you in search of a new adventure? Are you in search of a new adventure, a new phase of your life where you become the boss, and make decisions according to your own visions? With how repetitive work life can get, it's difficult not to fantasize about how life would be like if you didn't have to wake up at 6 am every morning, drive to work, and be someone's puppet for an entire day. What if you were told that that dream didn't have to be a figment of your imagination, but a reality? Your reality. No matter how many businesses pop up around the world, there will always be room for new ones to emerge. In this forever-evolving modern world, new ideas are always welcome. So, the question is: What life-changing ideas will you bring to the market? In This Book, you will discover: Step-by-step instructions on how to launch your own business in just 30 days without prior experience A checklist for each step of the way, guiding you along your journey and making sure you have all your ducks in a row before proceeding onwards to your next move The 8 key skills you must adapt in order to become a successful entrepreneur and achieve the unthinkable How to gain loyal customers all while staying true to your morals which will have them supporting you until the end of time The one step you cannot skip, or else it may prove to be the demise of your business Why your employees' mindsets could make or break your business, as well as how to mold them into one like-minded team The secret to mastering salesmanship without years of training--say goodbye to using sleazy sales techniques no one enjoys falling victim to And much more. If you're an absolute business novice and don't know the first thing about what it takes to launch your own startup, then don't worry, even you can follow along. With straightforward guidance, clear instructions, and a checklist to assist you every step of the way, becoming a business owner is not far from your reach. You need not have saved up loads of cash over the past few years either, as funding a business is not as black-and-white as you may think. There are plenty of ways to find the money you need in order to finance your situation according to your level of comfort and the amount required, all of which will be covered. If you have a business idea you know there will be customers for, don't keep waiting around! You need to get on track to construct the business of your dreams before someone else beats you to it. And if millionaire Fraser Doherty, the founder of Super Jam, was able to start his own business at the young age of 14, then so can you. The possibilities are endless! It's just up to you to take the initiative... If you want to discover how you can become your own boss and lead the business of your dreams, then take the opportunity now!
Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to Starting Your Own Business written by Edward Paulson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PAULSON/CIG STARTING YOUR OWN 5TH
Download or read book Starting Your Own Business written by David Lester and published by Crimson Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the definitive guide to starting a business for all entrepreneurs. This book reveals what it is really like to start up your own business and explains how you can make it happen. It is jam-packed with practical advice and has extensive real life examples. Author, David Lester, is perfectly placed to write this book: himself a serial entrepreneur, he started his first business aged 22 and sold it for millions before he was 30. This guide that will prove invaluable to anyone who is thinking of starting their own business.
Download or read book Self Made written by Olivia Carr and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2023-10-23 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rewrite your narrative and create a legacy by building a business, your way From Olivia Carr, founder of Shhh Silk, Self-Made: Build a Big Life from a Small Business is an inspirational and practical guide that will empower you to grow a profitable, successful business, no matter your stage of life. A mother at a young age, and without formal qualifications, in her twenties Olivia found herself struggling with climbing debt. Self-Made is the story of how she turned her life around in her thirties and founded Shhh Silk: a multi-million-dollar brand loved by women globally. But more than that, Self-Made is a blueprint that will show you how you can do it too. In Self-Made, Olivia candidly shares her years of hard-won business know-how. You’ll benefit from strategies she developed to stay positive and achieve success, even when the odds are stacked against you. Whatever your industry — ecommerce, bricks and mortar, or side hustle — this is a handbook for taking control of your business and your life. Through practical exercises and step-by-step action plans, you’ll learn how to: Embrace the 6 key traits of a successful entrepreneur Develop a money-making mindset and get to grips with the realities of cash flow and profitability Grow your business, grow your team, and scale up sustainably — even in uncertain times Create an engaging brand story, with PR strategies for building your clients, using influencer marketing, and going viral Balance the challenges of leadership with your own personal growth and wellbeing Self-Made reveals what it takes to build a sustainable, profit-generating business — and the steps you can take to face uncertainty, thrive despite adversity, and realise your dreams. This book will inspire and empower you to overcome setbacks, build your resilience, and use what you have to create the life you really want.
