Small Business Street Smarts

Author : Norm Brodsky
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101195762
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Street Smarts written by Norm Brodsky and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-02-23 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One is tempted to say 'the only book you'll need on starting a business.' Brilliant! Genius! Choose your superlative-it'll fit."-Tom Peters People starting out in business tend to seek step-by-step formulas or rules, but in reality there are no magic bullets. Rather, says veteran company-builder Norm Brodsky, there's a mentality that helps street- smart entrepreneurs solve problems and pursue opportunities as they arise. Brodsky shares his hard-earned wisdom every month in Inc. magazine, in the hugely popular "Street Smarts" column he cowrites with Bo Burlingham. Now they've adapted their best advice into a comprehensive guide for anyone running a small business.

Author : Peter Thorpe
Publisher : Woodslane Press
ISBN 13 : 9780646125695
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Small Business Street Smarts written by Peter Thorpe and published by Woodslane Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A great number of books have been written about starting and running a business and some of them are excellent. A lot of them, however, have been written by academics (many of whom have never actually run a business themselves). Often, these books tend to concentrate heavily on the bookkeeping and record keeping side. Of course, these are very important aspects of running a successful business but they are only one small part of the equation. In fact, many skills are needed to successfully manage a business and some of these are best learned by experience. However, while experience is a great teacher, it can also be a very expensive way to learn. Small Business Street Smart$ aims to minimise this expense by tackling many of the things you need to know that are not generally covered by the textbooks. Whether you are contemplating starting a business of your own or you are already running one, read this book.

Author : Jay Goltz
Publisher : Addicus Books
ISBN 13 : 1938803809
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Street-Smart Entrepreneur written by Jay Goltz and published by Addicus Books. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Small firms in Chicago employ more than 1.6 million individuals—nearly 50 percent of the private work force, according to a new study released this fall by the Small Business Administration. The survey, which defines small firms as those employing less than 500 people, also shows that these businesses generate 47 percent of the area's total receipts of $278 billion dollars. However, SBA statistics also reveal that, on average, of the small businesses starting today, 53 percent will not be in business four years from now. Of these closings, it's estimated that 15 percent will close due to business failures. Chicago businessman Jay Goltz understands what it takes for a small business to succeed. During the past twenty years he has owned and operated Artists' Frame Service in Chicago. Goltz started the business in 1978, and today it's the largest, custom retail picture framing facility in the world. Now, Goltz shares some his secrets of success.

Author : Norm Brodsky
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9781591842217
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Knack written by Norm Brodsky and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People starting out in business tend to seek step-by-step formulas or rules, but in reality there are no magic bullets. Rather, there's a mentality that helps street-smart entrepreneurs solve problems and pursue opportunities as they arise.

Author : John Fernandez
Publisher : Evanston Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781879260306
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Street Smarts written by John Fernandez and published by Evanston Pub. This book was released on 1994 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Joe Mathews
Publisher : Entrepreneur Press
ISBN 13 : 1613080239
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Street Smart Franchising written by Joe Mathews and published by Entrepreneur Press. This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experienced franchisees and franchisors tell entrepreneurs what they need to know before they buy a franchise. Second edition includes a sample copy of the entire UFOC plus 40% new and updated examples. This straight-shooting franchise guide goes beyond the “how to” to teach potential franchisees what to expect when starting a franchise. Real life stories from the trenches illustrate how to cope with the difficulties a franchise presents. The author reveals the personality types most likely to succeed at franchising, and identifies entrepreneurial traits that may increase risk of failure. Plus, it takes an in-depth look at the research and investigation of a franchise, something glossed over in most franchise books.

Author : William H. Franklin
Publisher : Georgia State University Business Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Street Smarts written by William H. Franklin and published by Georgia State University Business Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical handbook for managers of small, growing businesses that can help increase your chances for success by sharpening your management and strategy skills.

Author : Mark K. Mullins
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781466335691
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Street Smart Disciplines of Successful People written by Mark K. Mullins and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-06 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Street Smart Disciplines by John A. Kuhn and Mark K. MullinsThese are the Disciplines that can change everything!Street Smart Disciplines gives you access to decades of successful real world, street smart business experience and best practices mined from successful people and businesses encapsulated into 7 easy to understand and executable action plans for Breakout Success.The authors identified the 7 essential and vital disciplines that people must incorporate into their playbook to reach the pinnacle of business success. Kuhn and Mullins speak from experience. One of their first businesses was started for less than $1,000; built it into a multimillion-dollar success and sold debt-free to a Fortune 500 company using these very same disciplines. They continue to use these disciplines to achieve ongoing success and personal fulfillment.The eye-opening insights and practical wisdom will inspire and guide go-getters who want to climb the corporate ladder, aspiring entrepreneurs looking to launch new businesses and established business owners who want to take their organizations to the next level. These indispensable disciplines are drawn from real people, real experiences, real successes, real problems, and real solutions. They are tried and true, time tested, and proven on the street by the authors, successful companies, and successful people—from Wall Street to Main Street—and include a compilation of advice, tips, tactics, techniques, and strategies that work.This is the first book that explains the how and why of Disciplines. Street Smart Disciplines captures the essence of good business practices and distills them into simple, straight- talking, and no-nonsense language. Kuhn and Mullins demystify the process of achieving Breakout Success. You can immediately start applying this vast storehouse of knowledge that combines the winning perspectives of successful entrepreneurial, corporate and academic experts.Learn how to: • Develop a Dynamic Plan for Break-Out Success • Maximize Yourself and Your Ideas• Duplicate Winning Strategies of Successful People • Manage Change and Complexity • Master the Mental Game of Doing Business • Establish Bulletproof Financial Systems and Controls • Create Powerful and Compelling Presentations • Seek out Role Models, Mentors and Smart People • Optimize your Resources …and much more. Integrate the disciplines one by one into your life and business and achieve more success and personal fulfillment in your life than you ever thought possible! “Straight talk! The only book that shows what it should really take takes to succeed in business. One of most honest books I've read.” Michael Kenny, Founder, Agoda.com (subsidiary of Priceline.com)

Author : James Mangraviti
Publisher : Apress
ISBN 13 : 1430247681
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Street Smart MBA written by James Mangraviti and published by Apress. This book was released on 2014-03-01 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Business schools have long enticed students into their MBA programs with the promise that, after a short stint spent studying the ins and outs of the business world, they will be able to step right into the upper echelons of management or launch a business that soon has them flitting about the world in a private jet. "Sounds great," you say. "Sign me up!" Not so fast. Sure, business school might prove a necessary prerequisite for those aiming to gain employment at a large financial institution, land a job with a consultancy, or accelerate their journey to managerial superstardom at a Fortune 500 company. But for aspiring entrepreneurs and established business owners alike, the truth of the matter is this: The ability to get a business off the ground and running successfully is not the byproduct of toiling away in a classroom, learning esoteric subjects like the economics of competition. Rather, all it takes to start and run a truly successful business are a few sensible, time-proven techniques that have been needlessly forgotten in business innovators' haste to reinvent the wheel. That's why, in The Street Smart MBA, Steve Babitsky and James J. Mangraviti, Jr., encourage you to ditch class—or, better yet, ditch b-school altogether—and go back to the business basics with a series of ten simple steps that will do more for your company than the letters M, B, and A ever will. There are no forays into game theory in The Street Smart MBA, no parables, and no intellectualizing. Instead what you will find is a practical, easy-to-understand, step-by-step business strategy guide that encourages you to revive a handful of basic yet essential practices that many business owners have lost sight of, such as: Building a brand that is so synonymous with quality that you'll be able to maximize your company's profits in no time; Turning your company's products and services into profits by finding your company a niche, working with deadlines, and honoring your company's image above all else; Dealing with customer complaints head-on so that you can turn gripes into opportunities; Doing favors, mentoring, and sending gifts, in order to grow your business network; And much more. With its emphasis on ten simple yet time-honored principles that lead to business success, The Street Smart MBA is all the business education that entrepreneurs with great ideas and business owners with the drive to succeed will ever need.

Author : Anthony K. Tjan
Publisher : Harvard Business Press
ISBN 13 : 1422161943
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Heart, Smarts, Guts, and Luck written by Anthony K. Tjan and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the traits that define most people who achieve success, heart, smarts, guts, and luck, and helps readers to determine which traits they possess.