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41. |  By: Scott L. Girard Jr.; Michael F. O'Keefe; Marc A. Price Publisher: Nova Vista Publishing Publication Date: 11-JAN-2013 Insert Date: 18-JAN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Sales and Marketing Tells prospective/new entrepreneurs what they must know, in simple terms, to start a business. Planning, finance, legal issues, brand, logos, marketing, the web, pitfalls to avoid....
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42. |  By: Clare Rayner Publisher: Kogan Page Publication Date: 03-FEB-2013 Insert Date: 17-JAN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: How to Sell to Retail Are you ready to take your business to the next level? If you've got a product to sell there's only so much growth you can sustain by selling directly to end users. The ultimate key to really developing your business into a bigger enterprise is to get it sold by retailers. But how do you convince a cautious retailer and give a great outward impression of your business, big or small? Working through a series of 5 logical sections broken down into 12 steps, How to Sell to Retail will teach you how to look big, plan big, pitch big, get big and stay big though successfully selling to retailers....
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43. |  Start-ups - A toolkit for entrepreneurs By: BCS The Chartered Institute for IT Publisher: BCS Learning & Development Limited Publication Date: 19-DEC-2012 Insert Date: 10-JAN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Start-ups - A toolkit for entrepreneurs Starting up your own business can be an exciting yet daunting venture. The case studies, interviews, and articles in this ebook will provide valuable insight for the aspiring entrepreneur. They cover areas such as marketing and finance, address legal issues and tackle aspects of the day-to-day running of a business, from time management to the effective use of social media. This ebook also includes excerpts from best-selling BCS books such as ‘Working the Crowd’ and ‘Master the Moment’....
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44. |  Femme et entrepreneur, c'est possible ! By: Séverine Le Loarne-Lemaire; Virginie Cupillard; Bouchra Rahmouni Benhida; Anna Nikina; Lois Marie Shelton Publisher: Pearson France Publication Date: 14-DEC-2012 Insert Date: 31-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Femme et entrepreneur, c'est possible !
Vous êtes une femme d'affaires dans l'âme ? Jeune maman, femme en reconversion professionnelle, cadre désireuse de ralentir le rythme de travail ou au contraire de relever de nouveaux défis professionnels… Quelles que soient les raisons qui vous poussent vers l’entrepreneuriat, il est toujours temps de repenser votre carrière en devenant votre propre chef !
Créer une entreprise peut sembler insurmontable et, quand on ne sait par quel bout prendre son projet, il arrive souvent qu’on baisse les bras. Être à la fois femme et entrepreneur, c’est pourtant possible !
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45. |  How Foundations Work: What Grantseekers Need to Know About the Many Faces of Foundations Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publication Date: 08-APR-1998 Insert Date: 28-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: How Foundations Work: What Grantseekers Need to Know About the Many Faces of Foundations
In this groundbreaking book, Dennis McIlnay offers a unique and remarkable look inside foundations--exploring the complex workings of the mysterious and often misunderstood organizations that so often determine the success or failure of a nonprofit's fund raising ventures.
Drawing on his extensive research and on insights from foundations, McIlnay gives the grantseeker an edge in the highly competitive world of foundation grants by both debunking many of the myths and misconseptions surrounding foundations and including more productive strategies for dealing with them.
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46. |  By: Brad Rosser Publisher: Infinite Ideas Publication Date: 31-AUG-2009 Insert Date: 25-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Better, Stronger, Faster
Did you know that only twenty per cent of new businesses survive to see their fifth birthday? This is just not right. If they had focused on the key issues and received the right guidance, many of these failed businesses would still be here today. Better, stronger, faster is a benchmark book that acts as a mentor for the business builder addressing all of the hard issues and guiding the reader through the many pitfalls start-ups face. This book will ensure that the odds of your business surviving, and ultimately prospering, are stacked in your favour.
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47. |  By: Infinite Ideas Publisher: Infinite Ideas Publication Date: 14-FEB-2012 Insert Date: 25-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Planning your business
Do you dream of running your own business? Do you keep having great ideas that never get put into practice? Do you own a business already, but lack the time to grow and develop it? If you answer 'yes' to any of these questions then Planning your business will prove invaluable. Packed full of practical advice and handy tips, Planning your business will deliver business success to you quickly and effectively. Discover how to: decide if you've got what it takes; get the best professional advice; write a brilliant marketing plan; beat the money worries; raise finance; prepare and present your...
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48. |  By: Infinite Ideas Publisher: Infinite Ideas Publication Date: 04-MAY-2012 Insert Date: 25-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Run your own business
Many of us have at some time toyed with the idea of starting our own businesses or becoming self-employed. There are many positive aspects to being your own boss: you choose the hours you want to work, but it can be daunting, and many of us ditch the dream in favor of the easy yet dreary life, which is why this book is here to help. We've thumbed through classic ideas on work and entrepreneurship and placed them in the context of twenty-first century business. The perils of running a company are not new and as far back as the eighteenth century writers such as Benjamin Franklin were...
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49. |  By: Infinite Ideas Publisher: Infinite Ideas Publication Date: 29-MAR-2012 Insert Date: 25-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Smart Business Start-ups
Jon Smith was part of the start-up team for one of the UK's most successful on-line businesses and in Smarter business start-ups he reveals the tricks and techniques that helped turn a great idea into a brilliant business. Smarter business start-ups shows how to create a failsafe business plan and expertly guides readers through the intricacies of raising the right finance. Equally importantly, it helps fledgling tycoons through the inevitable setbacks, and shows them how to sustain their passion in the business once the initial excitement is over. Packed full of proven ideas and practical...
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50. |  Entrepreneurship: Creating and Leading an Entrepreneurial Organization By: Arya Kumar Publisher: Pearson Education India Publication Date: 16-APR-2012 Insert Date: 21-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Entrepreneurship: Creating and Leading an Entrepreneurial Organization
A new venture or business always stands on the precarious ground of unpredictable challenges wherein it is constantly subjected to pressures from competition and the ever changing dynamics of the market. In this scenario, a venture can only be successful, if it is guided by an entrepreneur who measures situations insightfully and calculates the risks before taking a plunge. This book is about creating, managing, and leading an entrepreneurial organization. The contents would help in inculcating an entrepreneurial mindset, developing entrepreneurial skills, and equipping the reader with the...
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51. |  By: Scott L. Girard Jr.; Michael F. O'Keefe; Marc A. Price Publisher: Nova Vista Publishing Publication Date: 21-DEC-2012 Insert Date: 21-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Starting a Business Tells prospective/new entrepreneurs what they must know, in simple terms, to start a business. Planning, finance, legal issues, brand, logos, marketing, the web, pitfalls to avoid....
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52. |  How to Get Government Contracts: Have a Slice of the $1 Trillion Pie By: Olessia Smotrova-Taylor Publisher: Apress Publication Date: 28-NOV-2012 Insert Date: 08-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: How to Get Government Contracts: Have a Slice of the $1 Trillion Pie
How to Get Government Contracts demystifies the process of how a company can enter the government market, win its first and subsequent contracts, and then grow itself into a multi-million-dollar government contractor within a couple of years. It offers an insider's view into the latest best practices that government contractors use to succeed in an increasingly competitive market, and it shows exactly how your company can apply these techniques to build a strong business.
Many companies venture into the government market with a certain naiveté and pay a hefty price to find out that there...
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53. |  Outsource Smart: Be Your Own Boss . . . Without Letting Your Business Be the Boss of You By: Daven Michaels Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publication Date: 14-DEC-2012 Insert Date: 01-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Outsource Smart: Be Your Own Boss . . . Without Letting Your Business Be the Boss of You
Be your own boss, do what you love, and live the entrepreneurial dream by putting your business on autopilot! Filled with expert advice and practical tools, Outsource Smart reveals a proven system for developing and sharpening the productivity and problem-solving skills most essential to success. Learn how to hire, train, and manage a virtual assistant and successfully outsource all the critical tasks of running your own business.
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54. |  By: Rachel Bridge Publisher: Kogan Page Publication Date: 03-APR-2010 Insert Date: 30-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: You Can Do It Too
Starting up your own business is one of the most exciting and fulfilling things you can do - and it can make you extremely rich. But how do you get it right?
You Can Do It Too which brings together the collective wisdom of successful entrepreneurs in the form of 20 essential things you must do when starting up a business such as: choose the right name, get a mentor, protect your idea and build a great team. Each lesson in this valuable blueprint is illustrated by a real entrepreneurial story which looks at why it is important and how you can incorporate it into your own business...
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55. |  The Photographer’s MBA: Everything You Need to Know for Your Photography Business By: Sal Cincotta Publisher: Peachpit Press Publication Date: 26-NOV-2012 Insert Date: 28-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Photographer’s MBA: Everything You Need to Know for Your Photography Business The Photographer's MBA takes into consideration the
overall photography industry and discusses in depth how to set up,
maintain, and grow a new photography business. Photographer Sal
Cincotta - who runs a highly successful portrait, senior, and
wedding photography business in St. Louis - first dives in to
discuss the various corporate models (S-corp, C-corp, LLC, etc.),
then, chapter by chapter, takes on the all-important business plan,
basic accounting tips and tricks, business insurance, creating
contracts, and model releases. He dives deep into understanding
concepts surrounding costs and...
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56. |  By: A & C Black Publishers Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publication Date: 01-JAN-2009 Insert Date: 22-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Lead others effectively
Developing leadership skills is essential if you want to clamber up the career ladder. Whether you're trying to motivate and inspire your immediate team or manage your boss(es), this is the book for you.
Packed with advice on how to build your influence positively, Lead others effectively will help you to realise your ambitions.
Chapters include: Leading people in difficult times; Managing change; Taking responsibility; Giving feedback well; Setting clear objectives; Developing influencing skills.
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57. |  By: Rachel Bridge Publisher: Kogan Page Publication Date: 03-APR-2010 Insert Date: 22-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: My Big Idea
So what constitutes a good business idea? How do you look for one? And when you find one, how do you know if it's good enough to turn into a successful business?
My Big Idea tells the stories of 30 successful entrepreneurs and how they got the winning ideas for their successful businesses. Intriguing and encouraging, this insightful collection shows you that inspiration for that winning business idea is all around you. You just have to look carefully and spot it before someone else does. So what are you waiting for? Read My Big Idea and get ready for inspiration to strike.
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58. |  By: Rachel Bridge Publisher: Kogan Page Publication Date: 03-APR-2010 Insert Date: 22-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: How I Made It, 2nd Edition
Every year thousands of hopeful entrepreneurs decide to take the plunge. Many fail, but many go on to achieve great success and huge profits.
In How I Made It 40 successful entrepreneurs explain how they managed to defy the odds and turn their dreams into reality. Find out how they decided what to do, how they got started and how they found the money they needed. But they also reveal how they had doubts, made stupid mistakes, and encountered overwhelming frustrations along the way. This second edition updates their stories to reveal what happened next and how, in most cases, they...
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59. |  By: Mehta Monica Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies,Inc. Publication Date: 21-AUG-2012 Insert Date: 21-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 |
Unlock your innate entrepreneurial talentWe’ve all heard stories of the dropout that makes billions—a triumph relying more on luck than skill and never to be repeated. In real life, successful entrepreneurs take classes, write business plans, and map out every contingency. But if the stories are such a fluke, why do we hear them over and over again?In The Entrepreneurial Instinct, sought after small business expert Monica Mehta looks past the rags to riches stories to explore the role of mind, behavior, and brain chemistry in our ability to be successful entrepreneurs. Interviews with...
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60. |  By: Stephen Key Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publication Date: 22-OCT-2012 Insert Date: 20-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 |
From award-winning entrepreneur, inventor, and business owner Stephen Key comes the highly anticipated follow-up to his bestseller One Simple IdeaHow many times have you seen a product and thought, I know how to make that better? Or not seen a product and thought, How is it that no one has invented this yet? And when haven’t you thought, I need to be my own boss? You’re thinking the right things. Now, the next step is to take action—and that’s exactly what One Simple Idea for Startups and Entrepreneurs is all about.Stephen Key, one of the world’s leading experts on getting business ideas...
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