Archive for the 'Books' Category
Amazon: “This is an excellent book with an extremely insightful and fascinating chapter written by Mark I. Gruhin. He is a very skilled writer and lawyer, and I look forward to his future writings.”
Amazon: “This book collects “gems” from dozens of executives, practically all in the venture capital or internet space. Each contributor talks about what they view is a key strategy or issue. The book comprises a little over 80 pages of easily read thoughts, some of them quite interesting. However, there is little cohesiveness to the [...]
Amazon: “This is a first rate book-regardless if you are a seasoned venture capitalist or first time entrepreneur. Having been a venture capitalist for 22 years now, the term sheet in this book is boilerplate-but it is 1 of the 4 boilerplate term sheets every legitimate lawyer/venture capitalist uses as a term sheet-and available for [...]
Amazon: “This book has a few sample drafts of term sheets and other legal documents. That is not the primary focus of this book. You can hire that kind of talent (legal drafting) on a per hour basis. This book helps the owners make the BUSINESS decisions necessary to avoid hamstring their new venture during [...]
Turn Your Passion Into Profits: How To Start The Business of Your Dreams
Amazon: “Written by the editors of Victoria Magazine who collaborated with successful women such as author, shop owner, retired Air Force Officer and Veteran Debby DuBay this book is a must. I have tried getting in contact with Victoria Magazine to no avail, but a few of the women they highlighted are still available to [...]
Seven Steps to Starting and Running an Editorial Consulting Business
Amazon: “Seven Steps… is a must for anyone setting up a freelance business in copyediting, proofreading, or any other publishing-related field. Ms. Frutchey breaks down the elements of freelancing into easy-to-read chapters covering such areas as organizing your home office, setting your fees, marketing your services, finding and retaining clients, and handling your finances. This [...]
Tuscany & Umbria (Charming Small Hotel Guides: Tuscany & Umbria, 3rd Ed)
Amazon: “We used this to plan our lodging in Tuscany, and we stayed in some wonderful places. I would highly recommend it for those interested in staying in smaller hotels with lots of charm.”
Amazon: “As a woman who has worked from home for over eight years, the most important lesson that I have learned is to enjoy all of the expert information that is available for research about working from home. Homemade Money: Bringing In the Bucks is a perfect example of reading something that will enlighten you, [...]
Amazon: “The CDROM is essentially a dump of the information found on government websites such as SBA, SEC, etc.The information is voluminous so if you have a slow modem, there may be some value in purchasing the info on the CDROM for the sake of having it consolidated in one place. You will learn little [...]
Amazon: “This work provides the perfect lexicon for understanding the everchanging world around us. Kash and Rycroft provide for a total reconceptualization of technology, innovation, and public policy. Provided here are the keys for an adaptive, dynamic strategy for both competition and public policy. Useful for managers in any industry (including the public sector)and especially [...]
Small Companies, Big Winners: Making Small Companies Really Work
Amazon: “Covering all the main aspects involved in starting, growing and ultimately selling a business this book scores for being, compact yet detailed, relevant and easy to read. Unlike some other small business guides this one will be read after you have bought it rather than remaining on the shelf”
Family Business: Human Dilemmas in the Family Firm: Text and Cases
Amazon: “Prof. Kets de Vries is the only writer I am aware of to combine knowledge of management and Psychoanalytical theory. He applies this to family businesses with talent and clarity: after reading this book one can understand what Freud was all about.”
Growing and Selling Fresh-Cut Herbs
Amazon: “I used this book at work and had to buy my own copy. Having a BS in Horticulture it is hard to find books that are really useful and that go beyond the basics. This book tells you everything from how to start your own business, building a greenhouse, to harvesting the herbs. This [...]
Amazon: “This was the first book I bought before starting my child care business. One of the first concerns of a child care provider is enrollment. this book give all sorts of ways to not only promote but also how to keep the parents you already have. This book along with his other titles will [...]
Forecasting Budgets : 25 Keys to Successful Planning (The New York Times Pocket MBA Series)
Amazon: “I was extremely impressed with this book. I am beginning a new job soon and this book will come in handy, especially for the person who had been out of school for a while and needs a refresher. It is easy reading with very good graphs and examples to follow. I am confident this [...]
Amazon: “Lost my money in a bad written story, full of superficial advise.”
Tips & Traps When Buying a Franchise
Amazon: “I started off with no knowledge of the franchising industry..until this book. Tips and Traps takes you through the whole franchise process. After devouring this book ( I am already on my fourth reading!), I have become a franchisee in an expanding food franchise! I would like to find Mary E Tomazack and shake [...]
Home Inspection Business From A to Z
Amazon: “This is a truly eye-opening book that I would not be without the next time I consider purchasing a new home. “The Home Inspection Business from A to Z” provides detailed information on what to look for and just how serious various problems might be. Filled with copious illustrations and photographs it is easy [...]
How to Start a Home Based Travel Agency
Amazon: “While there are typos in the book, How to Start a Home Based Travel Agency is an excellent book that helped me make the transition from store front to home based. After 7 years as a retail travel agent, I was forced to go home-based. I looked at both this book and the other [...]
Engineering Your Start-Up: A Guide for the High-Tech Entrepreneur
Amazon: “This is a great reference book, as well as a good source of technical business startup information. Not the sort of book for service companies, but if you are looking to start a software or hardware company, THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU! I know I will be reading this again and again.Great stuff Baird!”
How to Buy the Best Phone System: Getting the Maximum Value Without Spending a Fortune
Amazon: “short concise facts book on phones and phone systemsa good reference book”
Amazon: “I have been in Call Center Management for over ten years and would have loved a book like this when I first entered the field. I purchased Call Centers Made Easy for a small library I keep in my office for fellow managers and phone reps interested in persuing a career in Call Centers. [...]
The One Page Business Plan: Start With a Vision, Build a Company!
Amazon: “Your Business Vision, Mission Statement, Objectives, Markerting Strategies, and Plans… OH MY! Can you think of anything more overwhelming to a potential or new business owner than the thought of putting all that down on paper? Jim Horan has created an easy to understand and enjoyable — yes, I said enjoyable —book that will [...]
Amazon: “Interested in seeing what it takes to startup a restaurant, I bought this book. It was a compelte waste of [money]. If you have gone out to eat more than one time, you already know 90% of this book. The book seems to have little insight into the detailed aspects of starting and running [...]
Financing Your New or Growing Business: How to Find and Get Capital for Your Venture
Amazon: “FINANCING YOUR NEW or GROWING BUSINESS – How To Raise Capital for Your Venture Most entrepreneurs think their venture is going to make them rich. But the reality of entrepreneurship, including the often difficult tasks involved in accessing capital, often dampens their dreams.In our new book, Financing Your New or Growing Business: How toFind [...]
Niche and Grow Rich: Practical Ways of Turning Your Ideas into a Business
Amazon: “what more can i say? this is simply an amazing book.”
Candies In Bloom – Fun and Profits Making Sweet Bouquets From Home
Amazon: “I was extremely excited to receive this book and overwhelmingly disappointed upon receipt. ALL of the photos in the book, demonstrating the techniques described by the author, are faded, grainey, black and white pictures. They are too faded, in fact, to even make out what the author is attempting to show. Without the pictures, [...]
Up and Running – Opening a Chiropractic Office
Amazon: “This book would be extremely helpful to any chiropractor looking to start a new office. The information contained in the text is practical material that many new chiropractors might not be aware of. I enjoyed the book very much!”
Managing Information Technology in Small Business: Challenges and Solutions
Amazon: “This book is a timely contribution to a niche issue that has been under discussion for the last few years. In addition to some meassurement tools such a frameworks, models, approaches for IT use measurement in small business, the book builds its wealth of knowledge on the basis of ample case studies from different [...]
Space: The Free-Market Frontier
Amazon: “Compiled and edited by Edward L. Hudgins (Washington Director of The Objectivist Center), Space: The Free-Market Frontier is a straightforward look at the interest private entrepreneurs who have had an increasingly important role in accessing the “final frontier” of outer space. The writings constituting Space: The Free-Market Frontier derive from educated and knowledgeable contributors [...]
How to Start a Cleaning Service: Your Step-By-Step Guide to Success
Amazon: “This set includes a lot of irrelevant information ie..overly detailed information about computer terms like RAM. But, the other stuff that is specific to starting a cleaning business is not there. I seriously doubt the authors have any experience in this industry. This will NOT get you ready to start a cleaning business. Most [...]
Berlitz Polish Phrase Book (Berlitz Phrase Books)
Amazon: “The Berlitz Polish Phrase Book gives the reader what he/she needs. In a variety of situations, Berlitz provides phrases and vocabulary to help tourists survive and thrive in Poland. For those going for an extended stay these phrases and vocabulary provide a great starting point for beginning to master the language. Also provides tips [...]
Amazon: “This book is a good introduction to how to create a business venture in the post.com era. It is used as a text book at Copenhagen Business School, and it has been effective for students like me in order to fast grasp what I need to do in order to create a business. I [...]
