Small Development

Discover the secrets to a thriving lawn care business with The Lawn Care Advantage: Winning Strategies for a Thriving Landscaping Business. In this compelling guide, author and industry expert Paul Jamison shares invaluable insights and real-life success stories that will transform the way you approach your lawn care entrepreneurship.

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.

Adoption is often framed by happy narratives, but the reality is that many adoptees struggle with unaddressed trauma and issues of identity and belonging. Adoptees often spend the majority of their youth without the language to explore the grief related to adoption or the permission to legitimize their conflicting emotions. Adoptee and counselor Cameron Lee Small names the realities of the adoptee's journey, narrating his own and other adoptees' stories in all their complexity.

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.

Are you looking for an accounting audiobook that can teach you how to run your small business? Are you tired of having to continually visit an accountant or consultant for essential advice on how to manage your financial records? Do you want an audiobook that not only gives you the basic knowledge of accounting fundamentals but also provides valuable ways to manage your business and finances like a pro? This easy-to-understand guide will provide you with clear concepts and methods to help you think like an accountant and teach you how to implement them into your small business.

Turn your love for landscaping into a profitable business with 'How to Start a Landscaping Business'. This guide covers everything you need to build a successful landscaping business from the ground up, whether you're a newcomer or a seasoned professional looking to expand. Learn how to design a winning business plan, understand legal considerations, choose the right tools and equipment, market your services effectively, and manage client relationships. Get practical advice and strategies to ensure your business is sustainable and scalable.

Todos los emprendedores y empresarios quieren ser los mejores del mercado, pero lo cierto es que para los consumidores conseguir el mejor producto no es suficiente. En cambio, quienes se distinguen de los demás competidores siempre ganan. Esta guía de marketing, como ya es costumbre en los libros de Mike Michalowicz, ofrece un método simple de tres pasos con los que podrás posicionar tu negocio, atraer prospectos y convertir las oportunidades en ventas.

For decades, statisticians, social scientists, psychologists, and economists (among them Nobel Prize winners) have spent massive amounts of precious time thinking about whether streaks actually exist. After all, a substantial number of decisions that we make in our everyday lives are quietly rooted in this one question: If something happened before, will it happen again? Is there such a thing as being in the zone? Can someone have a "hot hand"? Or is it simply a case of seeing patterns in randomness? Or, if streaks are possible, where can they be found?

Small Business, Big Vision provides inspiration and practical advice on everything from creating a one-page business plan to setting up an advisory board and also delivers a call to social entrepreneurship and sustainable business practices.

The road to launching a successful business can be long and confusing. Where do you start? Should you rent office space or work out of your garage? Should you register as a for-profit or a nonprofit business? How should you handle legal issues that come up? What does it mean to be a "Christian" entrepreneur anyway? Drawing from his work as a legal expert and business coach, Brock Shinen combines practical wisdom and a biblical worldview to help Christians turn their dreams and passions into viable businesses.

Maybe you’re trying to make new friends, get that job promotion, be a charismatic leader, or get lucky in love. Do you want to become more than just another one of the crowd? Effective communication verbally, physically, and online will open these doors for you. Through a series of engaging and practical exercises, you'll learn how to banter and build rapport with anyone you meet. You'll discover the secrets of confident body language, effective listening, and engaging storytelling.

Do you want to improve your communication capabilities but don't know where to start? If yes, then this book on How to Talk to Anyone is perfect for you! How to Talk to Anyone: Master Small Talk, Improve your Social Skills, and Build Meaningful Relationships will be your full, one-stop guide in improving your communication abilities. If you're struggling with communicating or connecting with others, don’t fret! You have the power to change. It is never too late to focus on improving yourself. The first step is to arm yourself with the right information.

In my book, DIY Small Business Accounting the Easy Way, you will start by learning the basics of accounting, such as maintaining the general journal, specialty journals, and the general ledger. Don’t worry, this is not a college textbook. I will show you what you need to know in easy-to-understand, conversational language. I came from an extensive accounting background, but that doesn’t mean that everyone understands the basics.

Taking a leap and making the choice to start a business can be hard, but all that comes after - the planning, loans, marketing - can be even harder. Every new business owner needs an easy, clear, and useful guide to follow when embarking on this venture, and Minding My Business will make the process as simple as possible.

Certain businesses are legendary, exerting immense influence in their field. Zingerman’s in Ann Arbor, Michigan, is one of those places. Over the years, the flagship deli has expanded into a community of more than a dozen businesses, including a wildly successful mail order operation, restaurants, bakery, coffee roastery, creamery, candy maker, and events space—transforming Ann Arbor into a destination for food lovers.

I've spent years working as a business broker and consultant to buyers and sellers. It always frustrates me when sellers show up with problems in their businesses that could easily have been solved if they had sought some advice in the years leading up to the sale. This guide is a simple overview of the things you can do and the things you need to learn before you begin the process of selling your business.

Discover everything you need to know to turn your big idea into a thriving business with this unique guide. With clear, jargon-free language, How to Start Your Own Business shows you how to develop your ideas into a profitable venture, taking you step by step through everything from business plans to branding.

Supermaker is a guide to business and career development by Jaime Schmidt: acclaimed entrepreneur, founder of Schmidt's Naturals, and icon of the Maker Movement. In Supermaker, she shares how you too can start or grow your own business with advice on branding, product development, social media marketing, scaling, PR, and customer engagement, all based on her own hard-won mastery.

In this entrepreneurial age, it's very tempting to leave your job to start your own business. Before you do, learn all you can from the best. World renowned best-selling author and business consultant Brian Tracy tells you about one of today's most needed skill sets, entrepreneurship, covering these important topics: myths of entrepreneurship, the best business choice for you, financing the business, shifting from employee mindset to entrepreneurial mindset, creating a realistic business plan, hiring the best and managing for success, and fueling your business growth.

Turn your entrepreneurial dreams into a thriving business without costly startup mistakes! Achieve your business goals with this 2-in-1 guide: The Business Plan Shortcut and Starting a Business Roadmap. This comprehensive resource provides a clear, effective blueprint for success.