Small Business Success

People are a company’s greatest asset, and the smaller the business, the more intimately connected employees are to the purpose. Yet small businesses are often ill-equipped at the process of hiring and training the new employees they need to function and grow. But with the right tools and information, hiring well is a skill you can learn. Laura Nelson breaks the hiring process down into clear, easy-to-follow steps that make finding and hiring talent a productive and enjoyable experience.

This comprehensive guide offers essential insights and actionable strategies to elevate your entrepreneurial ambitions. You will discover how to establish a clear vision, define your goals, conduct thorough market research, develop a business plan, and navigate the essentials of legal and financial management.

Many business audiobooks fuel unrealistic notions about what a good idea looks like, how fast a founder should attract investment, and how quickly growth will take off. The problem with this mythology is that it can sometimes end with entrepreneurs abandoning their dreams too soon if they don't see immediate results. In The Hockey Stick Principles, author Bobby Martin shifts his focus away from all the hype about rapid growth and the pursuit of funding and instead takes a look at the real process behind getting a good idea off the ground.

It's a competitive world out there, and running your own small business is far more difficult than most people think. Pocket Guide to Small Business Success is aimed at anyone thinking of starting their own company, those who have recently started one, and the owners of established businesses that have stagnated and are feeling stuck in a rut.

Use storytelling to influence people and move them to action. Need to get your point across? Get staff on board with change? Foster collaboration? Increase sales? Strengthen employee engagement? Build customer loyalty? Drive innovation and creativity? Capture best practices? Align people around a goal? Grow your business? Business Storytelling for Dummies can help you do this - and more.

Our work-driven culture encourages us to take the entrepreneurial bait, but how can you know whether being an entrepreneur will end as a dream come true or a nightmare from which you cannot awake? Building on Bedrock will help answer that question. This book focuses on when you should take the leap and whether entrepreneurship is even the right thing for you. Based upon research, but told through the stories of American businessman and entrepreneur Sam Walton and others, this book discusses the who, what, when, where, how, how much, and why of successful entrepreneurs.

Startup Success is written in a logical sequence that follows the general life cycle of planning and executing a successful fundraising campaign. Actionable tips, tricks, and aha realizations will have listeners rewinding and noting passages for future reference. The author’s own words tell it all: “I decided to write something different that best exploits the gray in my hair and the hard lessons I’ve learned.” Any startup founder, advisor, or angel investor - regardless of their experience level - will come away with improved skills and an increased knowledge base.

Are you ready to align your career with your true strengths and discover your profitable niche? Find Your Profitable Niche is your essential guide to uncovering the areas where your unique abilities meet market demand. This book offers actionable insights on identifying the paths of least resistance, allowing you to develop a fulfilling, long-term career that reflects your purpose. Have you ever wondered how to identify the opportunities that fit your personality? Are you curious about how to stand out and add value to your niche? This book answers these questions and more. Key chapters ...

In Blueprint to Business Credit: Navigating Vendor Accounts and Revolving Credit to Propel Your Business Success, readers are taken on an instructive journey, exploring the realm of business credit. Written with the entrepreneur and small business owner in mind, this comprehensive guide demystifies the complex world of business credit, providing an actionable blueprint to establish business credit linked to the company's EIN, rather than the owner's SSN. As the business world becomes increasingly competitive, securing your own line of business credit has never been more critical. This book ...

If you’re like most women, you're still climbing out of a hole created by the worst economic recession since the Great Depression. If that's not enough angst to deal with, your boss wants it yesterday, your kids want it today, and your spouse wants it tonight. We also face an onslaught of time-sucking distractions: the Internet, email following you everywhere, Facebook, Twitter, texting, and virtual relationships - all competing with our ability to accomplish Big Things in our lives.

Nowadays, the world is changing fast toward global automation, even in the world of work! It’s a golden moment for those who want to ride this wave and build financial freedom, getting back much more time for their loved ones, their passions, and their lifestyle. Step by step, you’ll discover the world of vending machines, forging your skills in this profitable market.

A detailed blueprint of exactly what to change for the biggest impact, The Health Habit is a researched framework of 27 of the most important habits a human can ever have. It starts from the morning, to what you eat, how you think, how you plan, how you sleep, and everything else. Learn how to make it painless and sustainable, and it will follow you for the rest of your life.

Have you ever been thrust into a surprising place of leadership? Are you looking for a mentor who has had similar experiences? Ebony S. Small is a young leader with a wealth of experience in both churches and organizations. She's got practical and biblical wisdom to offer whether you are just starting or are looking for a fresh start in your life and leadership. Every life experience - good, bad, or indifferent - is a distinct marker that God used to hardwire you for purpose and help you lead from an authentic and healthy place.

Ever felt paralyzed by the endless maze of legal forms and business jargon when all you want is to pursue your passion? You’re not alone and this book is your breakthrough. LLC (Limited Liability Company) Success Playbook transforms confusion into clarity, empowering you to launch and grow a thriving small business with confidence and heart. This book is like having a friendly guide that walks you through every step of forming your LLC, from choosing the perfect name to unlocking crucial tax benefits and mastering the art of branding.

In Whatever Works, Thalma Lobel explores groundbreaking psychological research on job performance, satisfaction, and creativity. Did you know that just doodling in a certain way can increase your creativity? That looking at something green for forty seconds will improve your attention? That crossing your legs similarly to an interviewer could get you the job? That the mere presence of a smartphone on your desk can lessen your performance, even if it's turned off? These are the invisible factors that nudge our behavior on a daily basis.

Your brand is the stories people share about you when you're not in the room, and it's these brand stories that determine if people buy from you, employ you, work for you, or invest in you. When the stakes are that high, wouldn't you want to take control of it? In Magnetic Stories, business storytelling expert Gabrielle Dolan reveals how you, too, can create and share stories that stick.

The worst thing you can do when taking that leap to start a business is leaping “without a parachute.” Dr. Sterling L. Carter and Stephen Levi Carter, MBA, know this all too well, and in Double Your Success, they share their decades of experience and knowledge so that you can plan how to build your business every step of the way.

Your moral compass can direct your next steps in relationships, in your work, and even in how you view your life. But if the arrow isn’t sure where to point, your efforts won’t have the impact you desire.

An engaging blend of business and baseball that inspires and entertains, Small Ball Big Results is about the little things that add up to the big wins in baseball, business, and life. Leaders and team players alike will draw vital lessons from stories that transport you from the baseball field to the board room revealing what it takes to build an unbeatable culture. Emmy Award-winning sports broadcaster Joel Goldberg shares tales of perseverance, patience, grit, and gratitude from soldiers, executives, entrepreneurs, baseball players, and many more.

We all have our own "big life" within us, but sometimes, everyday life takes over. Even if we've made changes in the past, we tend to slip back into what we know. How do you make changes in your relationships, your career, your health, or even your finances when life is already moving so fast? Start Small Live Big gives you the framework for identifying which changes will have the biggest impact, how to make those changes happen, and the key to staying on track long term.