The Self-Made Myth: And the Truth about How Government Helps Individuals and Businesses SucceedThe Self-Made Myth exposes the false claim that business success is the result of heroic individual effort with little or no outside help. Brian Miller and Mike Lapham bust the myth and present profiles of business leaders who recognize the public investments and supports that made their success possible—including Warren Buffett, Ben Cohen of Ben and Jerry’s, New Belgium Brewing CEO Kim Jordan, and others. The book also thoroughly demolishes the claims of supposedly self-made individuals such as Donald Trump and Ross Perot. How we view the creation of wealth and individual success is critical because it shapes our choices on taxes, regulation, public investments in schools and infrastructure, CEO pay, and more. It takes a village to raise a business—it’s time to recognize that fact.
Help! My Business Sucks!: Small Business Marketing Secrets‘Help! My Business Sucks!’ is a free, weekly web TV show that helps entrepreneurs to “get more done and have more fun.” Hosted by maverick marketer Andrew Lock, the show provides plenty of practical marketing tips, big lessons from well known brands, and lots of little known resources that small business owners can use to increase their profits fast.
With an irreverent, entertaining, and humorous style, the show has become more popular than a supermodel at a Catholic boarding school.
The show has become the #1 most popular marketing WebTV show in the Apple iTunes store, beating well known ‘traditional business training’ competitors like Harvard Business Review, Advertising Age, and Business Week.
The creator and presenter of the show, British born Andrew Lock, is a maverick marketer who’s been influenced by generations of unconventional marketers including Claude Hopkins, Dale Carnegie, Dan Kennedy, Seth Godin, Jay Abraham, and of course, fellow Brit Richard Branson of the Virgin empire.
As a result of the lessons he’s learned, he’s on a mission to expose traditional marketing techniques as outdated and ineffective. You’ll discover much better ways of promoting your business, to make it stand out from the crowd. You’ll also discover that ‘marketing is everything and everything is marketing’ – a phrase that you’ll hear a lot from Andrew.
SERIOUS IMPACT! How Personal Story Can Help You Crush It in Business, Life & Entrepreneurship (The Entrepreneurial Profiles Series)This is a short 39 page book from Amazon Bestselling Author, Lori Webb. It is the second book, in The Entrepreneurial Profiles Series. This series includes an introduction, edited transcripts of interviews with entrepreneurs and is followed by lessons learned by the author that can be immediately applied to improve the entrepreneurial craft of the reader. Serious Impact! How Personal Story Can Help You Crush It in Business, Life & Entrepreneurship features Bo Eason, former NFL Safety, Broadway Actor and Playwright, Screenwriter, Speaker, Personal Storyteller and Entrepreneur. The book also in
How To Take Control of Your Own Life (A Self-Help Guide to Starting Your Own Business)So, you’re thinking of starting your own business? Well, you’re not alone. It’s the American entrepreneurial dream to take a business idea from the research to planning stages --to the day when you open your doors, hang out your shingle or go live online. Many people dream about becoming a business owner but only a few actually do it. You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to open your own business. All you need is the know-how of how to go from point A to point B and this book will show you how to do it.
Many businesses are set up the same way. There is someone at the helm who is not satisfied with other people making decisions in their lives. Business owners are risk takers but they are ‘intelligent’ risk-takers.
You keep thinking how great it would be to be your own boss. Don’t underestimate the amount of work and passion required to become a business owner. Starting a business may be the hardest, most difficult, and at the same time the most rewarding thing you will ever do. But remember sacrifices will have to be made, particularly in the beginning.
If you have a product, service, or concept that the marketplace would like to have then begin now and simply never quit. If you’re not sure of what to do, enter into a time of study, planning and research.
To avoid some of the business pitfalls, eliminate as many of the barriers as possible before you start. A business might run you down both physically and emotionally, so you will need to have a good amount of stamina and drive when starting a business.
There will be long days ahead with some difficult decisions that will have to be made. You could end up working virtually 7 days a week for over 12 or more hours per day. It will require you to work through exhaustion while also having the patience to deal with periods of slowdown and burnout.
You will be faced with hundreds of decisions to make, so you should develop a ‘business sense’ now. You need to have the skills to discern good business decisions from bad ones, along with being able to think on your feet and under pressure.
Still, don’t dream of being your own boss –make it happen! Starting a business can be exciting and a great opportunity for you to be your own boss and it can be the most rewarding venture of your life.
The book will educate and empower anyone on all facets of business ownership from conducting research, obtaining funds, marketing the business or moving their business to the next level. This book is a must for anyone who is ready to make their dream of opening a business come true.
This book “How To Take Control of Your Own Life: A Self-Help Guide to Starting Your Own Business” (www.HowToTakeControl.com) is the second book in a 3-part empowerment book series which provides powerful information on how to take control of your own life.
Innovator's Toolkit: 10 Practical Strategies to Help You Develop and Implement Innovation (Harvard Business Essentials)The Innovator's ToolkitWhat are the types of innovation? How can you generate creative ideas for your business? How can you move from ideas to unleashing you innovation to the market? How can you combine your innovation with a strategic plan to move your company forward?
Get these questions answered with jargon-free, useable, practical tools and advice. The Innovator?s Toolkit offers you field-tested techniques and tips to ensure the successful development and implementation of your innovation.
Topics Include:
- Moving innovation to the market
- Making strategic, innovative moves and placing strategic bets
- Using projects to drive innovation to market
Bartending is a fun and exciting profession, but it takes skill with both drinks and people. The following tips are fairly common sense guidelines that anyone interested in the profession should know and follow.
1. Never discuss religion or politics. All it will do is lead to a fight or make people uncomfortable
2. Keep the bar clean. Wipe it down after you serve every drink, and keep the entire environment neat and tidy.
3. Know the trendy drinks. While you don’t have to have the entire drink recipe guide memorized, it helps to be familiar with the more trendy beverages of the day.
4. Learn about sports. People in bars will often be watching or talking about local sports events. If you understand what they are talking about, you can participate as well.
5. Greet everyone as they come in. Try and be attentive to new customers, and to say hello as soon as they enter the establishment.
6. Serve drinks by the base, not by the stem. Nobody wants to put their lips to a place where your hand just was. As you serve drinks, make sure you hold the glass by the bottom, away from where drinking will actually occur.
7. Personal hygiene is important. Make sure that you look neat and sharp, and that you don’t smell bad. You are part of the ambiance of the bar and so your appearance and personal attributes matter.
8. Pay extra attention to regulars and big tippers. While you should strive to treat everyone equally, someone who is a constant in the tavern, or who is willing to pay extra for extra service, should receive extra special attention from you.
9. Stay alert. In any establishment where drinking occurs, violence can erupt. Keep your eyes open, and try to spot trouble before it begins. If you can diffuse a fight with a few words it’s a lot easier than having to call the bouncer over.
10. Try to have fun. Bartending is a social position. If you look like you are having fun, other people will have more fun as well. Try to relax into the job, and enjoy meeting the people who enter the bar. Be friendly, light, and humorous, and your job will be a lot easier.
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