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Written with the cooperation of Harvard Business School, an instructive and inspiring book for anyone who dreams of starting a highly profitable business.
In 1998, three Harvard Business School graduates, two men and one woman, turned down six-figure salaries at big corporations, bet on themselves, and launched their own new companies. By their ten-year reunion, their audacity had paid huge dividends. They'd made many millions of dollars, created...
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Crown Business
Pub. Date
[2017]
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xii, 258 pages ; 22 cm
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A guide to launching a profitable entrepreneurial venture in less than a month shares practical exercises and inspiring stories about how to plan, launch, and refine a side business with minimal revenue and without having to quit a full-time job.
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Connecting people to people, Connecting people and values.
We see the future through people. We interview entrepreneurs, scientists, government officials, politicians, and others to see a better vision.
We hope that you, the reader, will use us as a medium to create better opportunities.
We hope that the stories of the people introduced through Monthly People will inspire you to have a better future and vision.
We bring to life the stories of people...
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Crown Business
Pub. Date
2012
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xviii, 285 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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Here, Chris Guillebeau shows you how to lead a life of adventure, meaning and purpose--and earn a good living. Still in his early thirties, Chris has traveled around the world--and yet he's never held a "real job" or earned a regular paycheck. Rather, he has a genius for turning ideas into income, and he uses what he earns both to support his life of adventure and to give back. In preparing to write this book, Chris identified 1,500 individuals who...
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Spiegel & Grau
Pub. Date
2011
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189 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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Describes the TOMS Shoes founder's transformation from a businessperson to an advocate, in an account that outlines his philosophy about working in ways that both fulfill material desires and have philanthropic and social benefits.
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Portfolio
Pub. Date
[2019]
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vii, 278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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"You don't need to be Ivy League educated, have money, be creative, or even have an idea to get rich. You just need to be willing to break the rules. At nineteen, I founded a software company with $119 in my bank account. Five years later, it was valued at $10.5 million. I don't consider myself exceptionally brilliant. I just realized something few people know: You don't need lots of money or an original idea to get really rich. Now, I make more than...
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HarperBusiness
Pub. Date
2014.
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256 pages ; cm
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An entrepreneur and journalist analyzes the lives of people and companies that do incredible things in a short period, revealing the ethical "smartcuts" that they use to eliminate unnecessary effort and yield sustainable momentum.
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Chronicle Books
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[2017]
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212 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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"This is the ultimate tell-all, show-all guide to making a living by making things. Featuring 25 profiles of illustrators, jewelry designers, ceramicists, painters, clothing designers, and printmakers, How to Make It provides a behind-the-scenes look at the daily rituals and best practices that keep these creative entrepreneurs on track. With Q & As, insider tips, and DIYs from each maker, these pages offer guidance and encouragement to artists just...
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Harper Business, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2016.
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xviii, 362 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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"An inspiring entrepreneur, known for his popular The #AskGaryVee Show, highlights the most interesting questions ever posed to him and offers insights and advice on marketing, using social media, creating a personal brand and how to hire superstar employees."--Publisher's description.
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Nancy Clancy volume 7
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
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133 pages ; 21 cm.
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Nancy Clancy and her friend Bree try to start a business to get rich, but when things don't go as planned, Nancy learns a valuable lesson.
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Bibliomotion
Pub. Date
c2012
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xv, 199 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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"Americans launch more than half a million businesses each year, but most fail within the first five years. Their failure rate isn't high because of a lack of drive, solid ideas, or even capital on the part of the founders. The problem is a pervasive lack of know-how about marrying the nuts and bolts of an idea into a larger framework for business success. "--P. [4] of cover.
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Portfolio Penguin
Pub. Date
[2017]
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x, 274 pages ; 24 cm
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When former U.S. Navy SEAL sniper Brandon Webb transitioned to civilian life, he struggled to get his first startup business off the ground. He raised millions for his new venture, only to lose it all as problems spiraled out of his control. In the wake of that failure, Webb realized that successful entrepreneurs need a skill he had already mastered: total focus. SEAL snipers define it as the ability to filter out noise and chaos so you can make life-or-death...
14) No more Mondays: fire yourself--and other revolutionary ways to discover your true calling at work
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"Do you hate Mondays? If so, what's keeping you at your current job? If you said a steady paycheck and the promise of a secure retirement, then you're in for a big disappointment. In today's volatile economy, there is nothing safe about punching the clock for a job you hate. As talk-show host Dan Miller reveals, the only way to find true security is by following your calling and making the job you love work for you--instead of the other way around....
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Currency
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[2018]
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x, 309 pages ; 22 cm
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"In the anticipated follow-up to the bestselling The Power of Broke, Daymond takes an up close look at the hard-charging routines and winning secrets of individuals who have risen to the challenges in their lives and grinded their way to the very tops of their fields. Along the way, he also reveals how grit and persistence both helped him overcome the obstacles he has faced in life and ultimately fueled his success."--Amazon.com.
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Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
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335 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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"Best-selling author Chris Guillebeau presents a full-color ideabook featuring 100 stories of regular people launching successful side businesses that almost anyone can do. This unique guide features the startup stories of regular people launching side businesses that almost anyone can do: an urban tour guide, an artist inspired by maps, a travel site founder, an ice pop maker, a confetti photographer, a group of friends who sell hammocks to support...
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"Too many of us feel trapped by work that doesn't allow us to live our purpose, feed our passions, or use our gifts. We fantasize about starting our own business, but we're told this will mean going deeply into debt, spending years working eighty hours aweek, and coping with the relentless pressure to grow. Sharon Rowe says there's another way: go tiny. She is here to show you how. Tiny isn't a size--it's a state of mind. Like a tiny house, a tiny...
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PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2016.
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xix, 282 pages ; 25 cm
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"By now, we all know the mythology of the digital revolution: it improved efficiency, eliminated waste, and fostered a boom in innovation. But as business reporter David Sax shows in this clear-sighted, entertaining book, not all innovations are written in source code. In fact, businesses that once looked outdated are now springing with new life. Behold the Revenge of Analog. Sax has found story after story of entrepreneurs, small business owners,...
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Dutton
Pub. Date
[2020]
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592 pages cm
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"In his sophomore year of college, Mark Zuckerberg created a simple website to serve as a campus social network. The site caught on like wildfire, and soon students nationwide were on Facebook. Today, Facebook is nearly unrecognizable from Zuckerberg's first, modest iteration. It has grown into a tech giant, the largest social media platform and one of the most gargantuan companies in the world, with a valuation of more than $576 billion and almost...
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