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Start It Up
by Eriko Takada Kenrya RankinDo you have a passion you want to turn into pay? Or maybe you are looking for a way to make some extra cash in high school? Start It Up shows teens how to turn their hobbies and talents into full-fledged businesses. Inside you'll find comprehensive and fun information on how to * know what's the best business for you,* pull together a company, and* sell your product and let the world know about it! Whether your business is cake baking, dog walking, website design, or house painting, Start It Up offers the A-Z on getting it going and making it successful. Also featured are quotes from other successful teen entrepreneurs who turned their dreams into dollars.
Start It Up: The Complete Teen Business Guide to Turning Your Passions Into Pay
by Kenrya RankinDo you have a passion you want to turn into pay? Looking for a way to make some extra cash in high school? Start It Up shows teens how to turn their hobbies and talents into full-fledged businesses. Inside you'll find comprehensive and fun information on how to know what is the best business for you, start a company, sell your product, and let the world know about it! Whether your business is baking, dog walking, website design, or house painting, Start It Up offers the A-Z on getting it going and making it successful. Also featured are quotes from other successful teen entrepreneurs who turned their dreams into dollars.
Start It Up: Why Running Your Own Business is Easier Than You Think
by Luke JohnsonLuke Johnson is the man behind the growth of PizzaExpress and as a host of other leading brands; one of Britain's most successful entrepreneurs with an estimated personal fortune of £120 million. In Start It Up he compresses two decades of success to reveal the realities of running your own business and bust some key myths along the way. Learn how to find the right idea or buy someone else's; source capital from all sorts of places you never expected; get the best from everyone you meet on the way - chiefly yourself; and stay sane while you do it.Start It Up is that all-too-rare thing: a how-to book by someone who actually has.
Start Late, Finish Rich: A No-Fail Plan for Achieving Financial Freedom at Any Age
by David BachOver and over, people share their fears with David Bach, America's leading money coach and the number-one national best-selling author of "The Automatic Millionaire. "If only I had started saving when I was younger!" they say. "Is there any hope for me?" There IS hope, and help is here at last! In "Start Late, Finish Rich, David Bach takes the "Finish Rich" wisdom that has already helped millions of people and tailors it specifically to all of us who forgot to save, procrastinated, or got sidetracked by life's unexpected challenges. Whether you are in your thirties, forties, fifties, or even older, Bach shows that you really can start late and still live and finish rich - and you can get your plan in place fast. In a motivating, swift read you learn how to ramp up the road to financial security with the principles of spend less, save more, make more - and most important, LIVE MORE. And he gives you the time tested plan to do it. The "Start Late, Finish Rich promise is bold and clear: Even if you are buried in debt - there is still hope. You can get rich in real estate - by starting small. Find your "Latte Factor" - and turbo charge it to save money you didn't know you had. You can start a business on the side - while you keep your old job and continue earning a paycheck. You can spend less, save more and make more - and it doesn't have to hurt. David Bach gives you step-by-step instructions, worksheets, phone numbers and website addresses --everything you need to put your Start Late plan into place right away. And he shares the stories of ordinary Americans who have turned their lives around, at thirty, forty, fifty, even sixty years of age, and are now financially free. They did it, and now it's your turn. With David Bach at your side, it's never too late to change your financial destiny. It's never too late to live your dreams. It's never too late to be free.
Start Late, Finish Rich: A No-Fail Plan for Achieving Financial Freedom at Any Age
by David BachIn Start Late, Finish Rich, David Bach provides much-needed advice for all those who've asked themselves 'Why didn't I start saving when I was younger?' Whether you're in your thirties, forties, fifties or sixties you still have the opportunity to put your life on the right track and stop worrying about the future. Using the Finish Rich wisdom that has already inspired millions of people, David Bach shows how you really can transform your finances with the right attitude and clear, step-by-step guidance. This positive, practical book is packed with a wealth of information on how to get out of debt, save more, earn more, and most importantly LIVE more! You've spent long enough working for money; now it's time to make your money work for you.
Start More Than You Can Finish: A Creative Permission Slip to Unleash Your Best Ideas
by Becky BladesMaster the art of the start with this new way of thinking, with exercises to help you unleash your ideas and create more. In Start More Than You Can Finish, writer, artist, and entrepreneur Becky Blades offers a powerful new mindset for our modern world: acting on more ideas makes us happier – and reveals our highest creativity. She empowers readers to become "stARTists"– initiators with a bias for action and the courage to ignite ideas and introduces the concept of "stARTistry," spotlighting the 4-step starting process: 1. Imagine 2. Think 3. Decide 4. Act Using digestible data, humorous and honest personal experience, interviews with artists and entrepreneurs, and assignments to help you get started, Start More Than You Can Finish challenges the tropes our dads, moms, and third-grade teachers told us about finishing. In today's world, we must, in fact, start more than we can finish. FOR READERS OF: Start, Do Work That Matters, Show Your Work!, Do It For Yourself, and The Creative Curve A BOOK FOR RISING CREATORS: A plucky non-fiction creative muse, Start More Than You Can Finish is a guilt-busting pep talk. It’s Austin Kleon meets Elizabeth Gilbert and Julia Cameron meets Daniel Pink. AN INTRODUCTION TO stARTistry: Get familiar with power of creative initiative and the 4-step process that moves ideas from imagination to action. Reminiscent of NaNoWriMo (No Plot, No Problem) and Listography. ESTABLISHED AUTHOR: Becky Blades speaks and teaches on the topic of creativity and has written articles for Oprah.com, McSweeneys, Live Happy, and others. GIFT + SELF PURCHASE: An encouraging gift for a friend, family member or colleague struggling with their creative confidence, or an empowering gift for yourself – to give you the tools to act on your ideas. Perfect for: • Fans of Austin Kleon, Elizabeth Gilbert, and Julia Cameron, Daniel Pink • Creators struggling to begin a new project • Recent graduates embarking on a career of entrepreneurship or the arts • Artists and entrepreneurs looking to build creative courage • Adults searching for creative inspiration • People with passion projects in mind who might not know how to start
Start Now. Get Perfect Later
by Rob MooreWhat are you waiting for? Hardly anyone gets it right the first time, but many of us are crippled by indecision and fear of failure. The desire to get it right can inhibit us from getting started. In this book Rob Moore, the bestselling author of MONEY, shows that the quickest way to perfect is starting right now and improving as you go. This book will show you how to launch your business or idea, begin the next phase of your career, and overcome self-doubt - right away. Get perfect later, get started NOW.
Start Now. Get Perfect Later.
by Rob MooreHardly anyone gets it right the first time, but many of us are crippled by indecision and fear of failure. The desire to get it right can inhibit us from getting started. In this book Rob Moore, the bestselling author of MONEY, shows that the quickest way to perfect is starting right now and improving as you go. This book will show you how to launch your business or idea, begin the next phase of your career, and overcome self-doubt - right away. Get perfect later, get started NOW.
Start Now: Because That Meaningful Job Is Out There, Just Waiting For You
by Reynold LevyFrom the New York Times bestselling author, &“a compelling guide to determine what you wish to do in life, and the best ways to build a meaningful career&” (Ken Auletta, bestselling author). Newcomers to the workplace. The recently fired. Those desiring to advance with their current employer, and those eager to move on. And many who have found what they do for a living deadening, disappointing, and tedious. For these reasons and others one in five Americans change jobs every year. Drawing on his extensive career in the non-profit, commercial, and public service realms, Reynold Levy will help you think about your future creatively and prepare for it resourcefully. How to network naturally and adeptly. How to interview effectively. How to perform well in your current job. He will offer you a recipe for moving up in an appealing organization or moving out gracefully to a better position elsewhere. Start Now offers concrete, actionable, practical advice: Taking fullest advantage of school, friends, acquaintances, and colleagues. Learning how to succeed at work without being imprisoned there. Asking others for help compellingly. &“This book is about work—finding work you love, getting it, doing it well, leaving it—but it is also a book about how to live. Part memoir, part social analysis, part practical guide, it is a terrific read: wise and fun, deep and light, full of stories about people and problems, and the sheer good pleasure of a job that gives back to the world. Never moralizing, just right, Start Now is a book for us all.&” —Jennifer Homans, New York Times bestselling author
Start Over, Finish Rich: 10 Steps to Get You Back on Track in 2010
by David BachLet 2010 Set You on the Path to Wealth. Believe it or not, recessions make millionaires! Will you be one? InStart Over, Finish Rich,America's best-loved financial expert, David Bach, explains that 2010 will be thebest opportunity for building wealth we have seen in decades. And, as the economy recovers,you must be set up to recover with it. Bach's easy, take-action plan will show you how. Start Over, Finish Richsupplies theten crucial moves you must make in 2010to get back on track and recapture your dreams of a richer future. Learn how to: * Get out of debt * Fix your credit * Rebuild your 401k plan * Improve your 529 Plan * Takesmartrisks * Reorganize your financial life for the high tech age * Update your real estate plan * Change your thinking about money * Recommit to wealth As Bach says, "A recession is a terrible thing to waste-so don't waste this one! Use it instead to get rich. " ReadStart Over, Finish Richand let David Bach put you and your family back on the path to financial freedom. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Start Right in E-Business
by Bennet Lientz Kathryn ReaE-business occurs when a company has established critical business procedures and activities to support e-commerce transactions. Using this definition, e-commerce is part of e-business--a company needs e-commerce to implement e-business. Utilizing e-commerce, however, does not mean that a company has transformed into an e-business. E-business is implemented only when a company changes its internal procedures to take advantage of the e-commerce technologies.Interest in the evolution ("e-volution") of e-commerce into e-business is a growth field. With the early November announcement that GM and Ford were forming online marketplaces for their suppliers, they placed themselves at the center of new e-business ecosystems that will transform their entire way of doing business. Many firms are increasingly discovering opportunities to move away from simply selling products on the Internet to being able to reinvent their conventional supply chains (as in the auto makers' case) and to being able to offer custom-built products (as Dell Computers does now).
Start Something That Matters
by Blake MycoskieLove your work, work for what you love, and change the world--all at the same time. What matters most to you? Should you focus on earning a living, pursuing your passions, or devoting yourself to the causes that inspire you? The surprising truth is that you don't have to choose--and that you'll find more success if you don't. That's the breakthrough message of TOMS' One for One movement. You don't have to be rich to give back and you don't have to retire to spend every day doing what you love. You can find profit, passion, and meaning all at once--right now. In Start Something That Matters, Blake Mycoskie tells the story of TOMS, one of the fastest-growing shoe companies in the world, and combines it with lessons learned from such other innovative organizations as method, charity: water, FEED Projects, and TerraCycle. Blake presents the six simple keys for creating or transforming your own life and business, from discovering your core story to being resourceful without resources; from overcoming fear and doubt to incorporating giving into every aspect of your life. No matter what kind of change you're considering, Start Something That Matters gives you the stories, ideas, and practical tips that can help you get started. Why this book is for you: * You're ready to make a difference in the world--through your own start-up business, a nonprofit organization, or a new project that you create within your current job.* You want to love your work, work for what you love, and have a positive impact on the world--all at the same time.* You're inspired by charity: water, method, and FEED Projects and want to learn how these organizations got their start. * You're curious about how someone who never made a pair of shoes, attended fashion school, or worked in retail created one of the fastest-growing footwear companies in the world by giving shoes away.* You're looking for a new model of success to share with your children, students, co-workers, and members of your community. You're ready to start something that matters.
Start Thinking Rich: 21 Harsh Truths to Take You from Broke to Financial Freedom
by Brad Klontz Adrian BrambilaIncisive guide to transform your relationship towards money and finally start building real wealth Start Thinking Rich: 21 Harsh Truths to Take You from Broke to Financial Freedom delivers an inspirational, tough-love, and step-by-step guide for readers to finally start building their own legacy of wealth no matter where they're starting from. Filled with proven money-making, saving, and investment strategies, this book helps readers take an honest look at their spending habits, unconscious biases about money, and self-sabotaging money behaviors in order to start living their best lives. Heavyweight institutional finance executive Dr. Brad Klontz and self-made millionaire Adrian Brambila combine their expertise, grit, and firsthand knowledge to provide unparalleled and eye-opening perspective on topics including: Your ideal path to success as either an employee, entrepreneur, or “grinder” Trauma-based psychology that leads to a counterproductive “broke mindset” The value of education in sidestepping common financial pitfalls Steps to increase and diversify income, save what you make, and grow your money in your sleep Start Thinking Rich: 21 Harsh Truths to Take You from Broke to Financial Freedom earns a well-deserved spot on the bookshelves of all ambitious individuals who are sick of tepid, uncontroversial, and ultimately ineffective financial advice, and want to cut through the noise to discover highly effective wealth-building moves that are proven to work.
Start Up Wise
by Jonathan ReuvidDo you have a business idea? Do you want to be your own boss? Not sure what steps you need to take before taking the leap and starting on your own? Start-up wise is the solution. Outlining 7 key steps that will set you on the path to running your own business. Covering areas such as registering your company, when to start a business plan, how to secure financing, why market research is important and much more. It’s never too late to set up and start up.
Start Where You Are: Retirement Planning in a Changing World
by Ruth L. HaydenStart where You Are is a delight to read. It’s like sitting down with Ruth and carrying on a warm, lively conversation about ways to transform dreams into reality and bring balance into life, and to take control of our finances. Ruth offers plenty of sensible, no nonsense advice for managing money through the ages. But her passion is helping you create a vision and a realistic plan for achieving the kind of life you want, especially during your later years. Do you want to start mapping out your blueprint for a good retirement? Then I highly recommend Start Where You Are. Chris Farrell, host of Public Television’s Right on the Money and Public Radio’s Sound Money Far from another personal finance tome, Ruth Hayden's book is an inspiring and highly entertaining guide to planning for the rest of your life, however long that may be. While it offers clear guidance in terms of helping readers understand how much money they’ll need in retirement and how to make it last, it goes far beyond that—provoking us to think about what we really want for our lives. The real-life stories she relates make this a very readable hook. Gerri Detweiler, consumer advocate and author of The Ultimate Credit Handbook
Start With Values: How to Build a Life with Meaning and Purpose
by Bradley HookEmbark on a journey of self-discovery—and lead a life of purpose—with practical tools and thought-experiments that reveal how collective and personal values shape our lives.In this powerfully insightful book, author Brad Hook, founder of the Values Institute, brings his years of experience as an executive coach, mentor, and researcher to unpack the extraordinary impact of values in our lives and helps set you on a journey to live with authenticity, courage and passion.Three distinct sections guide you toward understanding your core values and their impact on your decision-making, purpose and daily habits:Discovering Your Values: Tools, lists and thought-experiments to help you find your core values and comprehend how they drive their actions and shape their purposeLiving Your Values: Delves into how well-being can cultivate resilience, supporting values-aligned action even under stressSharing Your Values: Emphasizes the communal aspect of values, fosters you to connect and use your values within a communityWith its blend of theory and practice, the book equips readers with the understanding and tools they need to live a more fulfilling, values-aligned life. It is not just a book but a companion for anyone seeking to enhance their well-being, resilience, and relationships by starting with values.
Start With a Win: Tools and Lessons to Create Personal and Business Success
by Adam ContosStrengthen your leadership skills and achieve success at work and at home with advice from a proven business leader In Start with a Win: Tools and Lessons to Create Personal and Business Success, CEO of RE/MAX Holdings Adam Contos delivers a powerful exploration of how leaders process information and lead boldly, especially (or even) during times of crisis. Packed with the practical lessons he learned as the leader of one of the most recognized real estate brands in the world, the book shows you how leaders recognize emotion, chaos, and fear and transform those negatives into opportunity. Whether you lead a team of one—yourself—ten, or 10,000 and up, you'll also find actionable advice on: How to develop effective leadership skills by seeking out situations that require you to practice leading Avoiding the experience of becoming overwhelmed by relying on time-tested frameworks to organize your thinking during stressful situations Overcoming fear and self-doubt by recognizing that your doubts are only as powerful as you think they are Perfect for executives, managers, and other business leaders, Start with a Win is an indispensable resource for entrepreneurs seeking to clarify and accomplish their goals.
Start Your Business in 7 Days: Turn Your Idea Into a Life-Changing Success
by James CaanWork for yourself in just one week with Britain's most dynamic entrepreneur'Everybody wants to be an entrepreneur. Every single day of my life I am bombarded by people with pitches. But 90% of new businesses fail, because their founders failed to ask themselves the simplest of questions. I can save you years of wasted time and thousands of pounds of wasted money by giving you the ammunition to ask the right questions, and helping you make the decision that is right for you.I will show you how to spend a maximum of seven days deciding if your idea is workable and bankable. How to say 'I'm in', but equally importantly, to have the courage to say 'I'm out'. How to become your own Dragon.Each piece of advice in this book is based on my thirty years of starting businesses. You will find all the fundamental ingredients for any new company, whatever sector you want to be in, whatever size of business you have in mind, along with the tools to make it work.Answer all the tough questions I am going to get you to ask yourself and you will have a business that genuinely has a chance of success. You can be one of the 10% of businesses that do make it.'- James Caan.James Caan is one of the UK's most successful and dynamic entrepreneurs, having built and sold businesses since 1985. After dropping out of school at sixteen and starting his first business in a Pall Mall broom cupboard - armed with little more than charm and his father's advice - Caan went on to make his fortune in the recruitment industry, founding the Alexander Mann Group, a company with a turnover of £130m. A 2003 graduate of Harvard Business School, Caan's most recent endeavour has been to set up private equity firm Hamilton Bradshaw. Caan hit our screens when he joined the panel of the BBC's Dragons' Den in 2007. He is a regular in the national and business press, advises on various Government programmes, and initiates numerous philanthropic projects via the James Caan Foundation.
Start Your Business on a Ramen Noodle Budget: 12 Lessons on Becoming a Young Entrepreneur When You are Broke!
by Felecia Hatcher-PearsonYou don't need millions of dollars to get your business idea off the ground, but you do need to START, with what you have and where you probably are financially-on a Ramen Noodle budget! Think about it: Ramen Noodles are one of the cheapest meals on the planet, but when you get creative and add ingredients you have at your fingertips, you can transform it from an inexpensive meal from your college "glory days" into a "grown-up" gourmet meal. So, if you can get creative with Ramen Noodles, you can get creative with limited resources and overcome any roadblocks to starting your own business. You know you have what it takes to launch a startup. It's time to harness that gritty scrappiness, tap into your network to gather the resources you need to launch your business, and stand out-even with limited funds.Start Your Business on a Ramen Noodle Budget will show you how to:Leverage your limited resources and create your own opportunitiesSet unrealistic goals, with 5 key strategies-including when and why your goals should self-destruct!"Steal from celebrities" and become a media darling-and get tons of free press and social media mentionsDig deep, create a unique niche, and become a major disruptorStart the business you've been dreaming about!Nothing in this book is dry and boring because the secret is in the sauce. The quick-reading, highly informative chapters include such fun titles as"Carpe Noodle" (focuses on doing daily tasks that scare the crap out of you)"Stretching the Noodle" (how to uncover and leverage the resources around you so that you can grow with limited funding)"Beware of the Drunken Noodle" (how to escape the research trap so you can get straight to experimenting and testing your idea)"No One Wants a Boring Noodle" (get comfortable with being uncomfortable, build a niche, create an experience, and get the media fawning over your business!)"Every Noodle Has a Story" (craft a compelling story that engages)AND MORE!Everything you need to get your business going on that Ramen Noodle Budget!
Start Your F.I.R.E.: Financial Independence Retire Early
by Dylin Redling Allison TomAchieve early retirement through financial independence with the F.I.R.E. planLiving your best life someday starts with saving smarter for retirement. Start Your F.I.R.E.: A Modern Guide to Early Retirement can help by giving you the most direct approach to success and security. It's a perfect addition to what you're probably already doing, including a 401(k), Roth IRA, or even a basic savings account.Featuring customizable principles and in-depth insights, this all-in-one retirement plan delivers a clear, concise path to financial freedom through smart spending, low-risk investing, creating multiple incomes, and maximizing savings. Ultimately, this guide can help you take control of your career, your finances, and your life, so you can reach your goals with confidence.Start Your F.I.R.E.: A Modern Guide to Early Retirement includes:Expert advice—Get firsthand insider experience from an author team who have made F.I.R.E. a reality.Essential tips—Get clear, concise answers to your most burning questions about early retirement planning.Helpful tools—Learn how to leverage expense spreadsheets, savings rate tables, and asset allocation charts.Online features—Bonus materials, such as an editable tracking sheet for monthly expenses and a shopping list with resource links.Financial independence and early retirement are within reach—with the F.I.R.E. approach.
Start Your Farm: The Authoritative Guide To Becoming A Sustainable 21st Century Farmer
by Forrest Pritchard Ellen PolishukA totally modern, all-purpose handbook for today’s agricultural dreamers—covering the challenges and triumphs of launching any successful farm—from two leading lights in sustainable farming Do you dream of starting your own farm but wonder where to begin? Or do you already have a farm but wish to become more sustainable to compete in today’s market? Start Your Farm, the first comprehensive business guide of its kind, covers these essential questions and more: Why be a farmer in the 21st century? Do you have what it takes? What does sustainable really mean, and how can a small (as little as one acre) to midsize farm survive alongside commodity-scale agriculture? How do you access education, land, and other needs with limited capital? How can you reap an actual profit, including a return on land investment? How do you build connections with employees, colleagues, and customers? At the end of the day, how do you measure success? (Hint: Cash your lifestyle paycheck.) More than a practical guide, Start Your Farm is a hopeful call to action for anyone who aspires to grow wholesome, environmentally sustainable food for a living. Take it from Forrest Pritchard and Ellen Polishuk: Making this dream a reality is not for the faint of heart, but it’s well within reach—and there’s no greater satisfaction under the sun!
Start Your New Job Succsessfully in a Week: Teach Yourself
by Christine HarveySunday: Starting afreshMonday: Your new bossTuesday: Your new colleaguesWednesday: Your new teamThursday: Your new customersFriday: Your first daySaturday: Your first month
Start Your Own Arts and Crafts Business
by Entrepreneur PressDo you dream of spending the day working on your favorite craft? Would you like to make money in the process? If you're ready to take your crafting to the next level, your favorite hobby can become a fun, lucrative, homebased business. Hundreds of thousands of working artisans earn their entire income from the crafts they produce-selling on eBay, at their own online stores, in retail stores, at carts and kiosks, or at craft shows and street fairs. With this expert advice, you can become one of them. This comprehensive guide is packed with useful information from crafts professionals and dozens of resources, such as helpful organizations, publications, software and websites. It covers all aspects of a crafts business: Exploring the market and choosing a profitable niche Setting up a workshop that's conducive to business success Making your products available in retail stores, carts and kiosks, craft shows and other local markets Selling your products on eBay, Half.com, Overstock.com, Amazon.com and other global online marketplaces Advertising and promotion to get the word out about your crafts Record keeping, taxes, accounting and other business essentials
Start Your Own Automobile Detailing Business
by Entrepreneur PressFueled by people's passion for cars, the automobile detailing industry has been on the fast track for more than a decade. With only a moderate investment, a flexible work schedule and the possibility for huge profit, now is a great time to jump in the driver's seat and set out on the road to success. Packed with essential tools and tips, industry experts introduce you to the most popular detailing operations, then take you step by step from gathering your pit crew to learning the latest tools of the trade. In addition to getting a behind-the-wheel look at day-to-day operations, get immediate access to a wealth of information, including: Easy-to-understand descriptions of the three types of detailing operations: mobile, express and site-based A comprehensive resource listing of organizations, suppliers, government agencies and industry professionals Practical work sheets to help calculate costs, keep track of expenditures and stay organized Detailed instructions on marketing and generating new business including building your own website A detailed look at the newest tools of the trade, latest software and office equipment
Start Your Own Bar and Club
by Entrepreneur Magazine Liane CassavoyAn updated edition of the fifth best-selling book of the successful Startup Series, Start Your Own Bar and Club is a comprehensive guide that shows aspiring entrepreneurs how to create the perfect blend of passion and profits within the bar industry. Updated with the latest industry trends, news, and resources, readers learn about the hottest bar and club opportunities including sports bars, night clubs, neighborhood bars, wine bars, and more. The experts at Entrepreneur take aspiring business owners step-by-step through start-up basics including scouting locations, researching their market, and licensing requirements. Eager entrepreneurs learn first-hand from industry experts how to research their market, design an attractive atmosphere, create policies and procedures, woo their patrons and keep them coming back. Also covered is the latest equipment such as new cash register systems and HDTVs, and expanded information on the Special Occupancy Tax, liquor liability insurance, and third-party liability insurance.