Small Business Success

Nationally recognized communication expert, keynote speaker and trainer and best-selling author Debra Fine reveals the techniques and strategies anyone can use to make small talk—in any situation. With practical advice and conversation cheat sheets, The Fine Art of Small Talk will help you learn to feel more comfortable in any type of social situation.

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): ...

Join the league of young millionaires and billionaires in the dynamic worldwide economy, where the entrepreneurial spirit knows no age boundaries Do you dream of sculpting a life you're passionate about, engaging in activities you love, and covering all your expenses while you’re still at school? Are you fascinated by stories of teenagers achieving remarkable success in entrepreneurship? The truth is, you don't have to wait until adulthood to embark on your journey to financial success. Opportunities are abundant, and age is no barrier to striking it rich. It’s time to break away from ...

What if the smartest people in the world understand something that the rest of us don't? (They do.) What if they know that in order to achieve success, they will sometimes have to do things that others may initially perceive as stupid? The fact of the matter is that the smartest people in the world don't run from stupid, they lean into it (in a smart way). In The Power of Starting Something Stupid, Richie Norton redefines stupid as we know it, demonstrating that life-changing ideas are often tragically mislabeled stupid.

When pioneering business journalist and Inc. magazine editor at large Bo Burlingham wrote Small Giants, it became an instant classic for its original take on a common business problem - how to handle the pressure to grow. Now Burlingham is back to tackle an even more common problem - how to exit your company well. Sooner or later, all entrepreneurs leave their businesses and all businesses get sold, given away, or liquidated.

Josiah Howard lost his parents to the Spanish flu and became an orphan at age five. After five turbulent years in foster care, the desperate ten-year-old Josiah ran away. During the Great Depression, he finds himself alone on the streets begging for food. So desperately hungry that first week, he takes off again, this time to the woods to survive on his own. He thinks that if Tarzan could survive in the forest, so can he. Using his wits and ingenuity, he’s able to survive in the woods for five weeks.One night as Josiah is exploring by a creek looking for shelter, the old button maker ...

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

Addressing diverse issues depends on improving your soft skills - such as time management, team-building, communication and listening, creative-thinking, and problem-solving. But this isn’t as easy as it may seem. Sue Ashford has the solution. In this timely book, she introduces Flexing - a technique individuals, teams, and entire organizations can use to learn, grow, and develop their skills and knowledge with every new project, work assignment, and problem. Flexing empowers you to embrace any challenge and adapt to any change, yielding valuable takeaways that ensure growth.

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...

What do Apple CEO Steve Jobs, comedian Chris Rock, prize-winning architect Frank Gehry, the story developers at Pixar films, and the Army Chief of Strategic Plans all have in common? Best-selling author Peter Sims found that all of them have achieved breakthrough results by methodically taking small, experimental steps in order to discover and develop new ideas.

Think and Grow Wealth: The Essential Guide for Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners Think and Grow Wealth is a must-have resource for any entrepreneur or small business owner ready to transform ideas into thriving, profitable businesses. In this powerful guide, Jon Robert Quinn reveals the steps and strategies used by successful entrepreneurs to build wealth and keep it growing. Have you ever wondered how the wealthy achieve lasting success? Think and Grow Wealth breaks down the proven principles and insights that will show you exactly how to create, grow, and maintain wealth. Unlike ...

One afternoon - after another failed attempt to get motivated to exercise - I (accidentally) started my first mini habit. I initially committed to do one push-up, and it turned into a full workout. I was shocked. This "stupid idea" wasn't supposed to work. I was shocked again when my success with this strategy continued for months (and to this day). I had to consider that maybe I wasn't the problem in those 10 years of mediocre results. Maybe it was my prior strategies that were ineffective, despite being oft-repeated as "the way to change" in countless books.

For years, we’ve been told that being more healthy and productive is a matter of willpower: that we should follow the latest fad and make constant changes to our lifestyles. But whether in our diets, fitness plans or jobs, radical overhauls never work. Instead we should start with quick wins - and embed new, tiny habits into our everyday routines.

Cut the crew, seize the helm, and sail to freedom. Tired of babysitting employees, drowning in payroll, and managing egos instead of profits? The Crewless Captain is your no-nonsense guide to ditching the dead weight and building a business that runs itself. From the hidden costs of human labor to the unstoppable rise of automation, this book reveals why the future belongs to the solo captain—and how you can claim it. With razor-sharp insights and a step-by-step blueprint, you’ll learn to: Fire without sinking—legally, ethically, and drama-free. Turn software and AI into your tireless...

Launch your dream business in weeks, even if you have minimal capital, little experience, and no clear starting point! Do you dream of owning a thriving business but feel constrained by financial resources? Are you overwhelmed by the complexity of business planning and legal compliance? Are you looking for a roadmap to transform your passion into a profitable enterprise without excessive stress or debt? If any of these sound like you, then you've found your ultimate guide. This practical book does not merely discuss theories. It provides actionable strategies, empowering you to start and ...

Every human is born with multifarious potential. Why, then, do parents, schools, and employers insist that we restrict our many talents and interests - that we "specialize" in just one? Following a series of exchanges with the world's greatest historians, futurists, philosophers, and scientists, Waqas Ahmed has weaved together a narrative of history and a vision for the future that seeks to disrupt this prevailing system of unwarranted "hyper-specialization".

If you want to succeed in your career, or make more room in your life for the nonwork stuff, then you need to free up some time. And what's the key to finding time? Delegation. Let Gail Thomas teach you to art of delegation. Stop wasting your time on tasks you're overqualified for and see how you actually can focus on the important stuff. And you won't just learn how to delegate 'down' - Gail will also help you master upwards delegation.

Do you want to know how to make a ton of money with Turo? Would you like a peek into the mind of an entrepreneur who has turned his car rental business into a 6-figure business? If so, you need to read this book! The Turo marketplace has HUGE potential for anyone who is looking to make extra money on the side. Even better, you don’t have to pull out your wallet every time. You can start earning money immediately, with no inventory to store or products to ship. In this comprehensive guidebook, I'll show you everything you need to know to get started on the right foot. With case studies and...

Sales is a skill anyone can learn and master - and introverts are especially good at it once they learn how to leverage their natural strengths. Introverts aren't comfortable with traditional tactics like aggressively pushing a product or talking over a customer's objections. That's the beauty of The Introvert's Edge: it doesn't focus on the sale itself but on a sales system that helps introverts feel sincere instead of sales-y.

Are you a small business owner struggling to identify the performance metrics that truly matter? Are you grappling with monitoring and measuring your business's performance effectively? If so, "The Art of Measuring Success in Small Businesses: 7 Essential KPIs Your Business is Ignoring" is crafted just for you! This book provides actionable steps to help you: Identify relevant KPIs tailored to your business. Set meaningful benchmarks for performance measurement. Regularly track and analyze data for informed decision-making. Implement findings and repeat the process for continual improvement...