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Jennifer Openshaw, CEO and author of The Millionaire Zone: Seven Winning Steps to a Seven-Figure Fortune, shares her tips for other aspiring entreprenurial moms.
Read Excerpts from THE MILLIONAIRE ZONE
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A remarkable teenager who went from public assistance to a million dollar net worth shares his story and offers 9 key principles to success.
The book, Reallionaire tells Farrah Gray’s extraordinary and touching story. When he was just six, Farrah’s mother became seriously ill, prompting his decision to provide for this family, and he spent the first $50 he ever made taking them for a real sit-down dinner. At the age of eight, he founded his first business club. By fourteen, with a million dollars in his pocket, Farrah was well on his way to business success.
Gray is a self-made millionaire, having founded ventures and made media appearances beginning at ages six and nine respectively.
He chronicles and draws lessons from his successes and failures, from his first job selling handmade body lotion to his Los Angeles neighbors to his founding of Farr-Out Foods at 13, his sale of it two years later for over a million dollars and his current philanthropic and developmental projects like running INNERCITY magazine.
With the help of freelance writer Harris, Gray presents a persona that is straightforward and confident, if somewhat generic (“Now, I want you to take a real `lemon’ from your life and make lemonade with it”), but the tale of his ascent is compelling.
Fueled by his desire to help his family, especially his single, workaholic mother, Gray is virtually unstoppable; faced with rejection, he tries something else. It’s that resilience that comes through most clearly, reinforced with chapter-ending “Real Points” and “Reallionaire Exercises.”
Despite the familiar gimmicks, the real parts of Gray’s experience come through, making this a sound book for anyone seriously interested in getting ahead on his or her own terms. (Jan.) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
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HOME BASED BUSINESS FOR DUMMIES
A Reference For The Rest Of Us
Paul and Sarah Edwards and Peter Economy
From finding a great business opportunity and exploring e-commerce options to dealing with legal stuff, finances and other nitty-gritty, three home business pros show you the way to set up your home business.
Discover how to:
* Choose the right business for you
* Top 14 sources of start-up funds
* Create an effective marketing campaign
* Set boundaries between home and work
* Deal with insurance and taxes
Click Here for Free Excerpt (pdf)
“All the information and advice you need… Don’t stay home without it!”
-Cliff Ennico
Host of PBS TV’s Money Hunt
“Home-Based Business for Dummies is one of the better Dummies books I’ve read. It is brimming with “ready to use” information, geared especially for those of you
contemplating that first plunge into self-employment. The authors’ depth of experience shines throughout…It’s a hands-on manual for the millions of us choosing to kiss the day job goodbye and reap the rewards of working at home. Whether you’re contemplating starting a home-based business, already starting out, or trying to keep your home-based business going, you’ll find this no-nonsense, practical guide extremely useful.”
-Jim Esch
“We suggest that you can get advice and other helpful tips in the recent new Dummies Book, Home-based Business for Dummies, by Paul and Sarah Edwards and Peter Economy. It is all laid out for your easy reading, with many helpful hints, page by page.-Jim Schneider, LL.M.
-Taxman86
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Work from Anywhere
by Paul & Sarah Edwards
The following are careers that can be pursued from virtually anywhere, some as a salaried employee or small business, others as a small business or independent contractor. They have been culled from the book Best Home Businesses for the 21st Century.
Abstracting Service
Advertising Agency
Antique & Collectibles Reseller
Background Checking Service
Bookkeeping Service
Business Broker
Business Consulting
Business Plan Writer
Computer Programmer
Copywriter
Cyber-Counselor
Desktop Publisher
Desktop Video Service
Editorial Services
Editing
Proofreading
Indexing
E-Publisher
E-Seminar Leader
Executive Search Firm
Export Agent
Fund Raiser
Information Professional
Mail Order Business
Medical Billing Service
Medical Coder
Medical Claims Processor
Newsletter Publisher
Personal & Professional Coach
Personal Historian
Private Practice Consultant
Proposal and Grand Writer
Public Relations Specialist
Resume Writing Service
Reunion Planner
Scopist
Secretarial & Office Support Services
Tax Preparation Service
Technical Writer
Transcript-Digesting Service
Travel Consultant
Webmaster
Web Merchant
Web Site Designer
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I finished reading the book BlogWild! A Guide for Small Business Blogging the other day. It didn’t take very long to read it, which is good.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who has a small business and is thinking about creating a blog. The book explains what a blog it, how they work and how to promote your blog. The author recommends the blog platform TypePad but there are other blog platforms out there as well. My personal suggestion is to get one that allows Categories. Its a nice feature that allows you to organize your blog; Your customers/readers will appreciate it.
Probably the most interesting chapter is Blogs and Business. If you’re up in the air about if your business needs a blog, maybe this chapter will help you decide.
Overall, its a good book. I like how easy it is to read and the language is fast and friendly; very energetic.
Check out a copy at your local library.
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