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1) Mommy millionaire: how I turned my kitchen table idea into a million dollars and how you can, too!
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
2) Nothing to lose, everything to gain: how I went from gang member to multimillionaire entrepreneur
Author
Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"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...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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"The full inside story of the breathtaking rise and shocking collapse of Theranos--the Enron of Silicon Valley--by the prize-winning journalist who first broke the story and pursued it to the end in the face of pressure and threats from the CEO and her lawyers. In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the female Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout whose startup "unicorn" promised to revolutionize the medical industry...
6) The entrepreneur equation: evaluating the realities, risks, and rewards of owning your own business
Author
Publisher
BenBella Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
By understanding what it takes to build a valuable business as well as how to assess the risks and rewards of business ownership based on your personal circumstances, you can learn how to stack the odds of success in your favor.
7) Worth every penny: build a business that thrills your customers and still charge what you're worth
Author
Publisher
Greenleaf Book Group Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLERA revelation for photographers: creating a profitable business is possible without getting into a slash-and-burn price war with your competitors. Many photographers and small business owners feel pressure to discount their products and services, especially when times are tough. After all, how else will they keep up with the low prices offered by their discounting competitors? What they don't...
Author
Publisher
AMACOM
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Ready to finance your venture the Kickstarter way? With equity crowdfunding rules finalized by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the landmark 2012 JOBS Act has finally gone live, freeing small businesses to raise up to $1 million without a lengthy, expensive IPO process. Legal and small business expert Cliff Ennico has followed the equity crowdfunding story since its inception. Here, he explains the federal legislation and translates the 685-page...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown Spark
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The traditional ways of earning a living are outdated, if not outright rigged. That's why a growing number of enterprising individuals are instead turning to the growing ecosystem of decentralized, fast-moving virtual markets to pursue a host of previously unheard-of ways to pay the bills. Join New York Times bestselling author Chris Guillebeau on a fascinating tour of this brave new world where novelty is currency, and the creators are in control....
15) The social code
Author
Series
Start-up volume 1
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Eighteen-year-old twins Adam and Amelia Dory grew up in foster care relying on each other, but as scholarship students at Stanford University shy Amelia's ingenious computer "app" and gregarious Adam's yearning for a life of privilege lead them to start a new company--and into a world of conflict.
Author
Series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The newest installment in the beloved and best-selling series. In this delightful fifteenth installment, Mma Ramotswe has her hands full both at home and in the office. To add to her current challenges, her devoted partner, Grace Makutsi, has decided to branch out on her own and open The Handsome Man's De Luxe Cafe. But even "Miss 97 Per Cent" can't quite meet all the demands of running a business--not to mention those that a lightning strike makes...
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