The Everyday Entrepreneur

A primer for pursuing entrepreneurial ambitions and achieving success Filled with strategies and powerful anecdotes about defining and setting goals and pushing for entrepreneurial success, The Everyday Entrepreneur reveals how readers can apply the ambitions of a go-getter in their own lives, position themselves ahead of the pack, examine how to calculate risk, and understand the mindset necessary to venture forward on their own. Unlike other books on the market, The Everyday Entrepreneur looks at tangible strategies for business owners to build wealth and financial freedom at any age and inspires those who think they may not have what it takes to get out and put plans into action. Filled with valuable lessons about driving business growth and honing your entrepreneurial instincts to the fullest Includes thoughtful interviews of successful individuals from diverse backgrounds The Everyday Entrepreneur imparts meaningful stories and offers a guide to find your own success.

Successful entrepreneur Fred Dawkins uses storytelling and an informal approach to take readers through a series of business lessons that will show them how to identify their own entrepreneurial strengths and strike out on their own.

If you want to start your own airline, this book isn't for you. This is the business book for everyone tired of being told they have to have the next big thing in order to make a living running their own firm. It's the down-to-earth, insider's guide to starting a great business that thrives - without having to takeover the world. Or dance to Lord Sugar's tune. Ir go cap-in-hand to the Dragons. Author and business advisor Ken Horn has helped thousands of people to be a success running their own business, reaching freedom and financial security not by winning the Big Business Idea Lottery but simply through delivering traditional services in existing markets. Bringing a master's knowledge of the ins and outs of starting and running a successful small business, Ken: - strips away the mystery surrounding starting your own business - packages up the common challenges of starting up and helps readers tackle them - cuts through the information overload and provides only what you really need to know to launch a small business - reveals in what order to best tackle things and what can be left till later or ignored entirely. He also uncovers a whole host of secret shortcuts that are too easily missed - especially when it comes to sales and marketing. Straight-talking, bursting with examples, packed with inspiration - and promising not to waste a minute of your time - this book is like having a top business mentor on hand throughout your start-up journey. Get going now!

This special 2-book bundle contains invaluable business advice for the budding entrepreneur from one of the best. In Everyday Entrepreneur, you will meet three individuals who all have entrepreneurial aspirations. The first is Tim, whose career is stagnating, despite having a good job. Tim has developed some software that could form the basis of his own business, but he can’t make the decision whether or not to set up on his own. Terry, a childhood friend, steers Tim into a class on entrepreneurship conducted by a mysterious person named Sam. The class includes two others: Grace, in her mid-thirties, and Mike, who is twenty-something. Sam invites his three students to learn to become entrepreneurs over a period of twelve days. By focusing on the qualities of a successful entrepreneur and by relying on a wide range of anecdotes, he cleverly leads all three to make important decisions about their future. In Family Entrepreneur, frustrated individuals, immersed in family businesses, enroll in a two-week course on entrepreneurship that will change their lives. For ten years Mary has been an office manager at her brother’s business and seen her younger brother join the company and receive share while she gets none. Plagued by doubts about her ability to change the culture in the family business or succeed outside it, Mary hears about a seminar series on family entrepreneurship and signs up. A crusty mentor named Sam conducts the seminars in a class that includes three others: a son considering taking over a family business, the owner of a successful company involving her two daughters, and a man with a stormy working relationship with his sister. Includes Everyday Entrepreneur Family Entrepreneur

A primer for pursuing entrepreneurial ambitions and achieving success Filled with strategies and powerful anecdotes about defining and setting goals and pushing for entrepreneurial success, The Everyday Entrepreneur reveals how readers can apply the ambitions of a go-getter in their own lives, position themselves ahead of the pack, examine how to calculate risk, and understand the mindset necessary to venture forward on their own. Unlike other books on the market, The Everyday Entrepreneur looks at tangible strategies for business owners to build wealth and financial freedom at any age and inspires those who think they may not have what it takes to get out and put plans into action. Filled with valuable lessons about driving business growth and honing your entrepreneurial instincts to the fullest Includes thoughtful interviews of successful individuals from diverse backgrounds The Everyday Entrepreneur imparts meaningful stories and offers a guide to find your own success.

After more than twenty years of living and working with entrepreneurs on four continents, Professor Steve Phelan hasn't seen it all, but he has seen a lot! In Startup Stories, he distills his wisdom on how to become a successful entrepreneur into sixteen chapters, supported by the stories of everyday entrepreneurs he has met over the years.Most books on entrepreneurship try to teach you how to become an extraordinary entrepreneur, the next Steve Jobs or Elon Musk. The problem is there are only 2,000 billionaires on the planet, so the odds are slim that you will be joining their ranks. Instead, this book shows you how to make the most of being an everyday entrepreneur. Everyday entrepreneurs don't make the headlines, but almost half of the population will be quietly involved in an entrepreneurial activity at some stage in their lives. This book is for you. The book begins by framing entrepreneurship as a series of progressively challenging levels. Personal entrepreneurs use their entrepreneurial spirit to achieve their goals while working for others. Nascent entrepreneurs are in the process of birthing a business. Lifestyle entrepreneurs enjoy the autonomy of working for themselves but like to keep things small. Employer entrepreneurs, on the other hand, rely on hiring family members and other employees to boost revenues and results. Growth entrepreneurs would like to grow their business in a major concern, while super entrepreneurs are already operating in the billion-dollar range. Dr. Phelan examines the advantages, challenges, and opportunities of operating at each level. The result is a very human, very readable book that combines true stories with sound principles that are guaranteed to inspire and inform regardless of where you choose to start your entrepreneurial journey.

A course in family-business entrepreneurship, taught through a narrative about four frustrated people taking a seminar that changes their lives. Limited time offer. In the second book in the Entrepreneurial Edge series, frustrated individuals, immersed in family businesses, enroll in a two-week course on entrepreneurship that will change their lives. For ten years Mary has been an office manager at her brother’s business only to see her younger brother join the company and receive shares while she gets none. Plagued by doubts about her ability to change the culture in the family business or succeed outside it, Mary signs up for a seminar series on family entrepreneurship. A crusty mentor named Sam conducts the seminars in a class that includes three others: a son considering taking over a family business, the owner of a successful company involving her two daughters, and a man with a stormy working relationship with his sister. The narrative brings us right into the class as Sam cleverly leads all of us to decisions about our future. Anyone interested in entrepreneurship, starting a business, or just managing their career will benefit from the shared experiences of this compelling story. Watch for Ageless Entrepreneur, arriving May 2015.

A three-book bundle of essential advice for budding entrepreneurs, coming from one of the best in business. Includes: Everyday Entrepreneur – #1 Tim, whose career is stagnating despite his having a good job, has developed some software that could be the basis of his own successful business, but he can’t decide whether to set up on his own, which is how he ends up in a class on entrepreneurship conducted by a man named Sam. By focusing on the qualities of a successful entrepreneur and by learning from Sam’s wide-ranging experience, Tim and his fellow students learn to make important decisions about their future. Family Entrepreneur – #2 Sam returns as frustrated individuals immersed in family businesses enroll in his entrepreneurship course. For ten years Mary has worked at her brother’s business, and has seen her younger brother join the company and receive shares while she got none. Driven by doubts about her ability to change the culture of the business or succeed outside it, Mary signs up with Sam. Her class includes three others: a son considering taking over a family business, a successful business owner employing her two daughters, and a man with a stormy working relationship with his sister. Ageless Entrepreneur – #3 This book explores the economic, social, and technological forces that are pushing people into business for themselves at earlier and later stages in their lives than in the past. Whatever their reasons — doors opened by new technology, the self-reliance of owning a robust business — students gather once more to learn how to succeed at any age.