Download or read book Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months written by Melinda Emerson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-12-05 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Become Your Own Boss is a must-read if you're thinking of launching a business of your own." --Jean Chatzky, bestselling author of Money 911 and Financial Editor, NBC Today Create a successful business this year! Written by America's #1 Small Business Expert, this essential handbook shows you how to launch your own business in just twelve months. Using her years of experience in business development, Melinda Emerson guides you through the process with step-by-step instructions for developing an effective marketing plan, setting a budget, and maintaining your business once it's up and running. She also offers brand-new strategies for obtaining financing through means like crowdsourcing as well as social media techniques that help build your business--all of which has been updated for today's market. With Emerson's expert business advice, you will finally follow your dreams and become your own boss!

Download or read book It s Your Biz written by Susan Wilson Solovic and published by AMACOM/American Management Association. This book was released on 2012 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making sound investments is tough enough without having to worry about unscrupulous financial advisers and outright frauds. But recently strengthened laws aren't enough to stop the "professionals" intent on profiting from--or just plain stealing--your money. As an Enforcement Branch Chief at the Securities and Exchange Commission, Pat Huddleston witnessed countless people lose their life savings to reckless stockbrokers and fraudulent schemes. Now an SEC-recommended Receiver andCEO of a securities and investment fraud investigation agency, Huddleston has intimate knowledge of how scam artists and bad brokers operate. In The Vigilant Investor, he explains WHY we fall for investment scams, HOW con artists play on our emotions, and WHAT we can do to protect ourselves from predators. With its unique look into the science of financial decision making, the book blows up the popular myths and simplistic "do's and don'ts" of investing while sharing techniques anyone can use to perform due diligence even better than the "experts." With gripping stories of actual cases, Huddleston sheds light on the dark corners of the investment industry and teaches investors and professionals alike how to spot fraud and guard themselves against financial catastrophe.

Download or read book Why Aren t You Your Own Boss written by Paul Edwards and published by Three Rivers Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now You Can Take Control of Your Own Life and Future! Are you dreaming of the day when you can have your own business and not answer to a boss? Stop dreaming and take action! Unlike all the other business books you have read, this book provides you with a clear and complete formula for success--one that will push you over the hump of starting your own business and offer you the essential tools required to clear the inevitable hurdles that are keeping you from financial independence. Bestselling authors Paul and Sarah Edwards and Peter Economy identify the typical barriers where people get stuck and offer specific strategies, case histories, and research to help you reach your goals. You'll learn: -What's holding you back -How to get past your lack of money and health insurance -How to overcome your selling fears and build confidence -How to get people to pay you for what you want to do -And much more! Filled with assessment quizzes, success stories from real people, and advice from those who've been there, this practical and inspiring book will give you the knowledge you need to make the move from employee to boss!

Download or read book Be Your Own Boss Volume 1 written by Tiri Kuimbakul and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Be Your Own Boss, which is the first in a series of books on business which will be written, is aimed at inspiring and motivating people who are unemployed and those who are struggling in the financial rat race to get into business. It is written specifically for the Papua New Guinea audience but the message it contains can be applicable in other developing countries were unemployment and social problems are rife. The book might also be a source of inspiration to people already in business but are considering giving up and looking for jobs. Volume 1 discusses 18 reasons for starting a business and becoming your own boss. Volume 2 discusses 12 more reasons. It will be followed by 3 more books to be titled “Becoming Your Own Boss,” “Succeeding As Your Own Boss,” and “Own Boss Success Stories.”

Download or read book The Barefoot Executive written by Carrie Wilkerson and published by Thomas Nelson Inc. This book was released on 2011-08-23 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the person who longs to run their business from home, author Carrie Wilkerson says it is possible. She says to the reader: reclaim your time, determine your income, and change your lifestyle—all while keeping personal priorities intact. Successful at running her own seven-figure business from home—and an active speaker on the subject—the author demonstrates business models with tables and charts in an easy-to-understand format. Chapters include such subjects as finding a target market, marketing strategies, and brand development. Especially important are the common pitfalls listed to avoid in starting a business from home. To succeed as the barefoot executive, “Do what you are qualified to do most immediately for maximum profit,” the author says. “Then, you are free to pursue what you are passionate about.”

Download or read book Be Your Own Boss written by Harry S. Dent Jr. and published by Gildan Media LLC aka G&D Media. This book was released on 2019-10-22 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entrepreneurs and the most innovative businesses create "the next great thing" only when the economy faces the greatest challenges. 2020+ will be such a period! Harry Dent, bestselling author, entrepreneur, and trend forecaster, sees the coming decade as the most opportunistic of a lifetime, but only if you see it coming. Harry encourages you to start your own business in the best way suited for you and become more serious in your pursuit of entrepreneurship, as the next decade could be very threatening if you don't. The good news is that new Internet and social media technologies make it easier to become an entrepreneur today. The coming years might be the worst for the global economybut there are unprecedented opportunities for entrepreneurs and for people who can generate cash and cash flow to prosper and survive and to buy financial assets during "the sale of a lifetime". You will: GAIN a better understanding of the fundamental trends that drive our economy UNDERSTAND the principles that will allow you to better guide your kids LEARN how to invest for retirement and manage your life and business at any level The strategies outlined in this book will give you the greatest chance for success during these most difficult and opportune times, when the cream rises to the top and entrepreneurs reign.

Download or read book Being Boss written by Emily Thompson and published by Running Press Adult. This book was released on 2018-04-10 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the creators of the hit podcast comes an interactive self-help guide for creative entrepreneurs, where they share their best tools and tactics on "being boss" in both business and life. Kathleen Shannon and Emily Thompson are self-proclaimed "business besties" and hosts of the top-ranked podcast Being Boss, where they talk shop and share their combined expertise with other creative entrepreneurs. Now they take the best of their from-the- trenches advice, giving you targeted guidance on: The Boss Mindset: how to weed out distractions, cultivate confidence, and tackle "fraudy feelings" Boss Habits: including a tested method for visually mapping out goals with magical results Boss Money: how to stop freaking out about finances and sell yourself (without shame) With worksheets, checklists, and other real tools for achieving success, here's a guide that will truly help you "be boss" not only at growing your business, but creating a life you love.

Download or read book Are You Ready to Become Your Own Boss written by Melinda F. Emerson and published by . This book was released on 2011-01 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed to help would-be entrepreneurs make the go/no go decision about whether or not they should pursue small business ownership, this text presents a planning system to determine if starting a business is the best move.

Download or read book Outsource Smart Be Your Own Boss Without Letting Your Business Become the Boss of You written by Daven Michaels and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The premier guide to outsourcing and task delegation for entrepreneurs and small businesses

Download or read book Secrets of Self Employment written by Paul Edwards and published by TarcherPerigee. This book was released on 1996-09-09 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling “Self-Employment Experts” present a book that will help you survive in today’s career marketplace. Whether you’re just starting out or already working for yourself, Secrets of Self-Employment will help you master what everyone who leaves the security of a paycheck behind already struggles with: the emotional side of being your own boss. Here are tips on everything you need to take the stress out of your path to success, including: • How successful self-employed individuals make it through the good times and the bad • How to turn fears, doubts, disappointments, and frustrations into determination and confidence • How to organize your business so that it practically runs itself “The book we’ve all been writing for: Sarah and Paul Edwards’s advice is like a staunch friend, always ready with real, usable, practical answers.”—Dottie Walters, author of Speak and Grow Rich

Download or read book Boss Life written by Paul Downs and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **A Forbes Best Business Book of the Year, 2015** **Winner of the 2015 800-CEO-READ Business Book Award in Entrepreneurship** 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 twenty-four years strong. or mostly strong. Now, in his first book, Downs paints an honest portrait of a real business, with a real boss, a real set of employees, and the real challenges they face. Fresh out of college in 1986, Downs opened his first business, a small company that builds custom furniture. In 1987, he hired his first employee. That’s when things got complicated. As his enterprise began to grow, he had to learn about management, cash flow, taxes, and so much more. But despite any obstacles, Downs always remained keenly aware that every small business, no matter the product it makes or the service it provides, starts with people. He writes with tremendous insight about hiring employees, providing motivation to get the best out of them, and the difficult decisions he’s made to let some of them go. Downs also looks outward, to his dealings with vendors and to providing each client with exemplary customer service from first sales pitch to final delivery. With honesty and conviction, he tells the true story behind building and sustaining a successful company in an ever-evolving economy, often airing his own failures and shortcomings to reveal the difficulties that arise from being a boss and a businessperson. Countless employees have told the story of their experience with managers—Boss Life tells the other side of that story.

Download or read book Boss Bitch written by Nicole Lapin and published by Currency. This book was released on 2017-03-21 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author Nicole Lapin is back with a sassy and actionable guide empowering women to be the boss of their own lives and careers. You don’t need dozens or hundreds of employees to be a boss, says financial expert and serial entrepreneur Nicole Lapin. Hell, you don’t even need one. You just need to be confident, savvy, and ready to get out there and make your success happen. You need to find your inner Boss Bitch — your most confident, savvy, ambitious self—and own it. A Boss Bitch is the she-ro of her own story. She is someone who takes charge of herself and her future and embraces being a “boss” in all senses of the word: whether as the boss of her own life, a boss at work, or the literal boss of her own company (or all three). Whichever she chooses, being a Boss Bitch isn’t something to apologize for—it’s something to be proud of! We all have what it takes to be a boss bitch, says Lapin. The problem is: we don’t learn how to do it in school. Even if we study business, we’re not getting enough real-deal business education. Until now. Here, Lapin draws on raw and often hilariously real stories from her own career and experiences starting businesses—the good, the bad, and the ugly—to show what it means to be a "boss" in twelve easy steps. In her refreshingly honest and relatable style, she first shows how to embrace the boss-of-you mentality by seizing the power that comes from believing in yourself and expanding your personal skillset. Then she offers candid no-nonsense advice on how to kill it as the boss at work whether you have a high-up role or not. And finally, for those who want to take the plunge as an entrepreneur, she lays out the nuts and bolts of how to be the boss of your own business—from raising money and getting it off the ground to hiring a kickass staff and dealing office drama to turning a profit. Being a rock star in your career is something that should be worn as a badge of honor. Here Lapin shows how to crush it in our careers like like a Boss Bitch!

Download or read book A Practical Guide to Entrepreneurship written by Alison Price and published by Practical Guide Series. This book was released on 2018-08-02 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Practical Guide to starting up your own business.

Download or read book Be Your Best Boss written by William R. Seagraves and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-02-09 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 after a lifetime of having other bosses, risks and rewards of making the entrepreneurial leap, and the drawbacks to starting a business under the constraints of traditional start-up costs. Aspiring entrepreneurs will learn to: - Recognize why the right business fit is so important. - Understand the impact that proper funding can have on the future success of a business. - Assess the financial risks and potential rewards of funding their business using a self-directed 401(k). - Avoid common mistakes by learning through the experiences of others. - Gain the needed confidence to act on making their dreams a reality. William Seagraves, a seasoned and serial entrepreneur himself, carefully deconstructs each part of the process so that the reader is able to honestly evaluate first themselves and second the unique mid-career business opportunity at hand. The book includes wide-ranging advice from a financial professional who has helped hundreds of clients navigate the tricky waters of this mid-career change. This book will be the go-to resource for the rapidly growing number of mid-career entrepreneurs.

Download or read book Fix Your Business A 90 Day Plan to Get Your Life Back and Reduce Chaos in Your Business written by Melinda F. Emerson and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-21 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building on the success of her bestselling book, Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months, Melinda Emerson is back with her new book, Fix Your Business, her 90-day plan to get control of your business and get back your life. Readers will get concrete advice on the problem areas of running a small business with a step-by-step turn around system to build a flourishing enterprise. Based on her 12 Ps of Running a Successful Business and interviews with top business experts, it offers action steps at the end of every chapter. Emerson has built a system that will help a business owner see results in 90-days. This book is specifically about how to go from struggling to thriving so that you can scale or sell your businesses some day. Fix Your Business, is the ultimate guide to running a business that works for you, while drastically improving your quality of life and bottom-line. Using her 12 Ps of Running a Successful Business readers will learn: How to build your leadership mindset How to remove the daily stress of managing your small business finances How to build processes and systems that will allows the owner to have time freedom Rock-solid techniques to improve people management Step-by-step advice to create a sales system Melinda F. Emerson (Philadelphia, PA) is America's #1 Small Business Expert. Known as "SmallBizLady," Melinda's small business advice is widely read reaching more than three million entrepreneurs each week online. She is an internationally renowned keynote speaker on small business, business development, and social media marketing. She publishes a resource blog Succeedasyourownboss.com and is the founder of Quintessence Group, a marketing consulting firm that works with Fortune 500 brands on reaching the small business market. Forbes magazine named her the #1 woman for entrepreneurs to follow on Twitter. She has written for The New York Times, Entrepreneur, Inc., and other national publications. Melinda is also the bestselling author of Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months, 2nd Edition. For more information, log on to FixYourBusiness.com. "Melinda Emerson has developed a detailed process that when followed will positively impact your business. She will help you find time to read this book and implement its teachings using her "12 Ps of running a successful business." -W. Kenneth Yancey, Jr., CEO, SCORE Fix Your Business gives you a step-by-step way to get yourself back in charge. It's an organized, practical makeover for your business. Written by a world-class expert, known and respected by millions of business owners." - Tim Berry, Author, Lean Business Planning "If you want a roadmap for business success you must read Fix Your Business by Melinda Emerson. Her 12 Ps of Running a Successful Business lay the groundwork to build a scalable business that will allow you to live your dream life." - Jon Gordon, Bestselling Author, The Power of Positive Leadership

Download or read book How to Lead When Your Boss Can t or Won t written by John C. Maxwell and published by HarperCollins Leadership. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don’t let a bad boss or manager hold you back from being successful! Every day millions of people with high potential are frustrated and held back by incompetent leaders. New York Times bestselling author and leadership expert John C. Maxwell knows this because the number one question he gets asked is about how to lead when the boss isn’t a good leader. You don’t have to be trapped in your work situation. In this book, adapted from the million-selling The 360-Degree Leader, and now distilled down for busy professionals, Maxwell unveils the keys to successfully navigating the challenges of working for a bad boss. In How to Lead When Your Boss Can’t (or Won’t), Maxwell teaches you how to: position yourself for current and future success, take the high road with a poor leader, avoid common pitfalls, work well with teammates, and develop influence wherever you find yourself. Practicing the principles taught in this book will result in endless opportunities—for your organization, your career, and your life. You can learn how to lead when your boss can’t (or won’t).

Download or read book BYOB Revolt written by Jennifer L Fitta and published by . This book was released on 2019-05 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being your own boss is about finding who you are, your skill set and how to grow without comparison. This is a revolt against everything you've been told professionally. It's throwing caution to the wind, breaking molds and giving the middle finger to anyone who tries to put you in a box. I am not perfect. My white hat has more dirt than most, but, if your white hat's not dirty, you're just not doing it right. It took me four companies, three cities, a handful of epic failures and countless bottles of wine, but I'm here and I'mready to share!It's taken a while, but the more I've come to terms with my professional passions, the prouder I've become. Because contrary to popular belief: you can be confident and compassionate. You can be bold and beloved. You can be a competitor and captain. And you can bet your ass that you can be successful without being selfish. The time is now. I can promise you, it's powerful moment when you readjust your focus from the finish line to the present. If you're ready, let's f*cking do this!