Small Business Success

You don't have to be a mechanical genius to be an inventor. Anyone can invent - a parent wrestling with a baby sling...a coach frustrated with slick-soled running shoes...an office worker determined to keep the computer cords untangled. Inventing is simply finding clever solutions to everyday challenges. Author and inventor Patricia Nolan-Brown has turned common annoyances into ingenious and money-making products.

Longtime Dollar General CEO Cal Turner, Jr. shares his extraordinary life as heir to the company founded by his father Cal Turner, Sr. and his grandfather, a dirt farmer turned Depression-era entrepreneur. Cal's narrative is at its heart a father-son story, from his childhood in Scottsville, Kentucky, where business and family were one, to the triumph of reaching the Fortune 300 - at the cost of risking that very father/son relationship. Cal shares how the small-town values with which he was raised helped him guide Dollar General from family enterprise to national powerhouse.

Unlock Success Without Sacrificing Yourself. Entrepreneurship is thrilling—but let’s face it, it can also be exhausting. If you’re chasing big dreams while juggling burnout, stress, and the constant hustle, The Entrepreneur's Peace is here to help you find your balance. In this refreshingly relatable and humorous guide, entrepreneur and teacher Matt Poyle shares personal stories and hard-earned lessons from his journey. From childhood soda-machine schemes to finding calm amidst chaos, Matt offers actionable insights to help you create a meaningful life—and a business—without ...

Running a Small Business is hard work. There are no shortcuts. Your livelihood, as well as the livelihood of your employees, depends on the success or failure of your business. Every day brings new challenges and obstacles that you as a Small Business owner need to overcome. The goal of this book is not to help eliminate those financial headwinds, but rather to provide you with the foundational financial knowledge to help you understand their cause and how to work towards mitigating them. By having this foundational knowledge not only can you speak the lingo when it comes to finance, but ...

With its straightforward language and easy-is-better approach, Rework is the perfect playbook for anyone who's ever dreamed of doing it on their own. Hardcore entrepreneurs, small-business owners, people stuck in day jobs who want to get out, and artists who don't want to starve anymore will all find valuable inspiration and guidance in these pages. It's time to rework work.

From Mike Michalowicz, the author of Profit First, Clockwork, and The Pumpkin Plan, comes the ultimate diagnostic tool for every entrepreneur.... The biggest problem entrepreneurs have is that they don't know what their biggest problem is. If you find yourself trapped between stagnating sales, staff turnover, and unhappy customers, what do you fix first? Every issue seems urgent—but there's no way to address all of them at once. The result? A business that continues to go in endless circles putting out urgent fires and prioritizing the wrong things.

How does a suburban pizza joint end up profiled on national magazine covers and network TV news? (Hint: The secret is not in the sauce.) When Nick Sarillo decided to open a family-friendly pizza restaurant in the suburbs of Chicago, people thought he was nuts. Having worked as a carpenter for much of his adult life, he lacked any formal experience in restaurants or in managing a small business. Everyone told him no one else would ever care about his place the way he did.

Here, the FUBU founder and star of ABC's Shark Tank shows that, far from being a liability, broke can actually be your greatest competitive advantage as an entrepreneur. Why? Because starting a business from broke forces you to think more creatively. It forces you to use your resources more efficiently. It forces you to connect with your customers more authentically and market your ideas more imaginatively.

For the first time ever, founder of Sprinkles Cupcakes, Candace Nelson, is sharing the recipe for success in her new book, Sweet Success. She will walk you through the steps she took to build a globally beloved brand, so you can do it too. Although she deals in frosting, there’s no sugarcoating here. Candace pushes back the kitchen door to reveal mistakes, misses, and lessons learned the hard way. Sweet Success dispels the myth that entrepreneurship is reserved for an elite few and is a must-have for anyone with a passion needing a place to start.

This isn’t just a story about nails, wood, or construction—it’s about resilience, about swinging a hammer with grit and determination until you’ve built something unbreakable. I’m Ana, and my journey started under a leaking roof, my dad’s calloused hands guiding mine to patch our home. “We fix what’s ours,” he’d rumble, his voice a bedrock of motivation beneath the storm, and those words ignited a fire in me—a spark of perseverance that turned a broke twenty-two-year-old with a junkyard shed into a legacy of craftsmanship and empowerment. I didn’t plan to write a ...

Work hard, dream big... Are you excited to see Monday morning come? Does your work feel like a vacation instead of a vocation? If not, it why not break free from the nine to five routine and start your own business? This audiobook shows the steps involved in starting your own business. It starts with learning how to validate your idea and also provides valuable shortcuts that allow your business to become an overnight success. You owe it to yourself to venture out in the business world.

Tip is a timeless, inspirational story created to remind anyone in a position judged by performance that the only way to achieve continued recognition and growth in work and life is to take personal accountability for your reputation and results. Whatever your role, or level of success in your career, Tip is a guide that will help you discover, or remember, how to consistently bring unique value to your team, your organization, and your most important customers.

Get money for your business! Learn the financing fast track strategies used by successful entrepreneurs and investors.

What if you could scale your business in just 30 days? Not with vague promises, but with an actionable, step-by-step plan that delivers real results. Revenue Roadmap: Scale Your Business in 30 Days is the bold blueprint for business owners serious about sustainable growth. This isn’t a get-rich-quick guide. It’s about putting in the work, building the right systems, and developing the habits that will propel your business forward—whether you’re a solo entrepreneur or leading a small team ready to dominate. In 30 days, you’ll: Clarify your growth goals and set targets you can ...

In QuickBooks Small Business Bookkeeping and Accounting Guide, Zachary shows the basics of bookkeeping all the way to complex items like handling the managing of your cash flow. With a heavy focus on QuickBooks and accounting fundamentals, listeners will go from novices to accounting professionals in a matter of hours.

It's a rainy day in Seattle, and on the third floor of First Guarantee Financial, people have stopped believing they can make a difference. To new manager Mary Jane Ramirez, the challenge of bringing life back to her unenthusiastic and unmotivated team seems impossible, until she discovers an incredibly successful workplace down the street where the employees are so alive and passionate that people stop just to watch them work!

This book is the essential guide for entrepreneurs seeking to thrive in today’s ever-changing landscape. It begins by revealing how to attract and keep top talent even when larger competitors are hiring aggressively. Readers will discover practical steps for managing rising costs and confidently deciding when to adjust prices. The book demystifies artificial intelligence and shows how even the smallest businesses can use it to boost efficiency and stay ahead. Proven strategies for digital marketing and customer attraction are explored in depth, ensuring every marketing dollar works harder...

Do you have a hobby you wish you could indulge in all day? An obsession that keeps you up at night? Now is the perfect time to take that passion and make a living doing what you love. In Crush It! Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion, Gary Vaynerchuk shows you how to use the power of the Internet to turn your real interests into real businesses.

Mastering TabShop for Small Business Success This book is a complete and practical guide for entrepreneurs and small business owners looking to take control of their sales, inventory, and customer management using TabShop, the flexible mobile Point-of-Sale (POS) system. From the first steps of setting up your store to more advanced techniques like synchronizing data with Google Sheets or connecting to WooCommerce, the book walks you through how to build a professional, efficient, and scalable POS system entirely from your tablet or smartphone. The journey begins with an introduction to ...

Digital Marketing: Your Digital Presence with Panyim and Nyakor Feeling lost launching your business online? Panyim, a passionate entrepreneur with a killer fashion line, faces the same challenge. But with the help of Nyakor, a digital marketing guru, he's about to unlock the secrets to building a powerful online presence. This engaging guide, told through the story of Panyim and Nyakor, will equip you with the tools to: Craft a stunning website: Learn how to showcase your brand identity, target audience, and mission with a website that converts. Master Search Engine Optimization (SEO): ...