Small Business Development

In early 2012, Jim Tselikis visited LA and met up with his cousin Sabin Lomac. Over a few drinks they waxed nostalgic about their childhood in Maine, surrounded by family, often elbow deep in delicious lobster while gathered around the picnic table. From this strong memory was born the very first Cousins Maine Lobster food truck. Smart, authentic marketing, and sustainable, delicious ingredients helped turn that one food truck into an overnight sensation.

Tim’s Guide to Furniture Restoration: Turning Passion into Profit is the ultimate step-by-step guide for turning your passion for furniture restoration into a thriving business. This comprehensive book provides practical advice, clear instructions, and actionable steps to help you start, grow, and sustain a profitable restoration enterprise.

Stop chasing money-making schemes and cookie-cutter businesses. Real success is personal and is achieved by finding the path on which you will thrive. The Book on Small Business Ideas will turn you into an idea and cash-flow factory. You'll generate simple small business and side-hustle ideas that are meaningful to you. You'll learn how to stay motivated, analyze your ideas, and launch them successfully.

Dream Big Start Small sets itself apart from other business self-help books by integrating the essential role of faith and spirituality in achieving success. This distinctive guide not only offers a beginner-friendly approach to starting a business, but also highlights the importance of trusting in God's plan and recognizing his divine hand in one's journey.

An award-winning business writer dismantles the myths of entrepreneurship, replacing them with an essential story about the experience of real business owners in the modern economy.

Finance expert, law professor, and fellow overwhelmed consumer Kathryn Judge investigates the surprising ways that middlemen have taken control of the economy at the expense of the rest of us, and provides practical guidance about how to regain control, find more meaning, and contribute to a more sustainable economy.

¿Busca el secreto para empezar con su propio food truck? ¿Tiene un food truck, pero no sabe qué hacer a continuación? Este libro es su guía de cómo empezar con este negocio. Comparte consejos y trucos sobre lo que necesita saber para poner en marcha su negocio, y cómo hacerlo crecer. También le guiará a través de las mejores formas de lograr una presencia en línea y las técnicas de marketing que funcionan mejor en esta industria. Incluso si no está seguro de cuáles son los aspectos de la industria de los food trucks que le interesan más, aquí hay ideas para todos.

If you want a no nonsense "crash course" in how to sell your business for the best possible price you need to hear this book.

Have you ever wanted a hobby or small side hustle you could call your own? One that would involve fun, outdoor exercise, and potential for family time? Look no further. Selling used golf balls can provide all of that and more. This turn-key guide will explain in detail exactly how to acquire, sort, clean, grade, market, package, and sell used golf balls. You can dabble in this new pastime in a small way or go big if you so desire. It’s easy and you meet terrific people along the way. The information contained represents years of trial and error that you can avoid.

Say goodbye to awkward silences and hello to magnetic charisma. Become the person everyone wants to know, talk to, and be around. Are you an introvert? Not anymore! This audiobook will unleash your inner social butterfly, allowing you to spread your wings and soar in any social situation. Are you ready to talk your way to the top? Press play and let's revolutionize your social life!

¿Siempre ha querido iniciar su propio negocio? Quizás tiene una idea de un nuevo producto o servicio para ayudar a la gente, pero no sabe por dónde empezar. Después de todo, gestionar una empresa no es una tarea fácil. Comenzar un pequeño negocio le mostrará que emprender una empresa independiente es posible y no tiene por qué ser tan difícil. Este audio libro contiene consejos para cualquier persona que quiera montar su propia empresa, no importa si es algo que siempre ha querido hacer o si solo es una idea que está considerando.

You're either an innovator or replaceable. You're either predator or prey. Taking lessons from ocean life - Small Fish, Big Pond shows business leaders how to outwit, outswim, and outlast competitors by playing to their own strengths. Small companies face tough competition from large established players. Small Fish, Big Pond unpacks the Futureproof Strategic Framework™ which delivers a proven process for entrepreneurs to build an authentic business that attracts top talent, delivers incredible client experiences, and outperforms competitors at every stage of growth.

It is time to stop the busy work of constantly putting out fires. It’s time to Let Your Business Burn. Scott Beebe has helped liberate business owners around the world from the chaos of constantly putting out hundreds of petty fires and has equipped them to let their business burn. In Let Your Business Burn, Scott guides you through a story-filled, template-packed, step-by-step discovery of the foundational elements that every business needs to stop putting out fires and instead build a business that matters.

Local SEO for Small Business Owners is a guide for local entrepreneurs who would like to learn and understand the best local search engine optimization (SEO) strategies - on-page SEO and off-page SEO and how to market their products and services with Google. Nowadays, when it looks like everybody is competitive and vying for the top spot on search engine rankings and customers’ wish lists, devising an SEO blueprint that stands out is the foregone conclusion. Remember, you want to be better than your competitors!

In today's generation, businesses are increasing in number, and competition is inevitable. There is no doubt that because of the demands of the people in this society, businesses are increasing in importance. Because of that fact, there are a number of aspiring entrepreneurs in the process of considering the idea of starting a business. Their businesses could be of great help not just to them but also to society. Still, it might not be that easy to build a business thanks to the fact that competition is always on the rise.

What makes the dream of self-employment so alluring, so pervasive in today's world? Benjamin C. Waterhouse offers a provocative argument: the modern cult of the hustle is a direct consequence of economic failures—bad jobs, stagnant wages, and inequality—since the 1970s. With original research, Waterhouse traces a new narrative history of business in America, populated with vivid characters—from the activists, academics, and work-from-home gurus who hailed business ownership as our economic salvation to the upstarts who took the plunge. Some flourish; some squeak by. Some fail.

Undeniably Human Content is a wake-up call and a roadmap. It’s for businesses trying to humanize their content but struggling to find a clear way forward. It’s also for those who may not realize just how much is missing until they start seeing content through a different lens. You’ve heard people talk about humanizing content, but have you ever wondered how that even fits into your content? Now there’s a framework. It’s called S.T.A.M.P.: Self-Awareness. Two-Way Communication. Adaptability. Meaningful Language. Predictive Intelligence.

I have been in the ATM owning and operating business for years. It first started when I was looking to implement a way to give the customers in my convenience store another outlet for gaining access to cash easily. After I implemented an ATM in my own store, I realized that there were probably many other small business owners who needed access to the same service for their customers, too. My ATM fleet operation boomed! In this book, I will tell you everything you need to know from start to flourish (not “finish”) when starting your own ATM business.

Are you looking for highly effective strategies to build your personal brand for explosive growth? If you want your personal brand to be established as one of the big players, then this audiobook will show you how.

We hear that we must be passionate about only one thing, that 10,000 hours of hard practice is needed to achieve mastery. But in fact most successful people, including Nobel Prize winners, nurture multiple areas of knowledge and activity that feed their central subject. Whether it's making a perfect soufflé, dancing a tango or lighting a fire, when we take the time to cultivate small and quantifiable areas of expertise, we change everything.