"More women than ever are starting businesses -- side businesses, home-based businesses, hobby businesses and small businesses," says Wright. "With increasing social media platforms and online tools, it's never been easier. But there are also many challenges and questions that come along with starting a business. By giving these women a step-by-step plan, they're able to take the guesswork out of running a business" --Publisher.

"Founder of business strategy consulting firm argues that customers are more persuaded by improvised conversations than scripted sales pitches. Presents techniques and practices for six habits people can learn to enable spontaneous conversations that persuade customers to say 'yes'"--

Anyone, anywhere can open a successful photography business thanks to the digital camera revolution. With the right camera, equipment, skill, and business know-how, you can join the ranks of the pros earning more than $60,000 a year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. If you have a keen eye, imaginative thoughts, and the essential technical skills, then professional photography could be right up your alley. How to Open & Operate a Financially...

"A book on why most things are more expensive or lower quality, and why we're all still working long hours for the same or lower wages. Does it ever seem like most things you buy are more expensive or not as good as they once were, or both? Does it ever seem odd that, despite having access to much better communication and cheaper transportation, we're all working just as many hours and for the same wages as workers decades ago? Well, we now know you're...

Whether you're a business beginner with big ideas or an established company looking to review you plans in a changing business environment this practical, user friendly guide gives you everything you need to get started. Complete with an interactive CD packed with planning templates including; planning documents, forms, financial worksheets, checklists, operation surveys and customer profiles in both Word and PDF formats you'll be armed with all you...

According to the Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity, more than 565,000 new businesses were created in 2010 in the United States alone-each one of them hoping to strike gold. The Startup Playbook will help them succeed. Going insider to insider with unprecedented access, New York Times bestselling author and Clickable CEO, David Kidder, shares the hard-hitting experiences of some of the world's most influential entrepreneurs and CEOs, revealing...

Explains how to start a new business--from bright idea to big profits--in a book that tackles such topics as starting a green business, using online marketing tools, and avoiding regulatory pitfalls.

Welcome to "Bitcoin: The Future of Money and Decentralized. Finance Demystified." This e-book takes readers on a deep exploration of the revolutionary world of digital currencies and decentralized finance (DeFi), with a focus on Bitcoin, the most well- known and significant of all of them. A financial revolution that began with the invention of Bitcoin in 2009 is still having an impact on every aspect of the world economy. Bitcoin has posed...

Provides twenty-one ways to increase personal value, obtain admiration from others, and gain an edge in the competitive business world.

In this new edition of his classic book, David Korten illuminates the convergence of ideological, political, and technological forces that have driven an ever-greater concentration of economic and political power in a handful of corporations and financial institutions and left the market system blind to all but its own short-term financial gains. As he vividly documents, the social and environmental consequences of these efforts have been devastating....