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The Lunatic Express: Discovering the World . . . via Its Most Dangerous Buses, Boats, Trains, and Planes | Carl Hoffman | Indonesian Ferry Sinks. Peruvian Bus Plunges Off Cliff. African Train Attacked by Mobs. Whenever he picked up the newspaper, Carl Hoffman noticed those short news bulletins, which seemed about as far from the idea of tourism, travel as the pursuit of pleasure, as it was possible to get. So off he went, spending six months circumnavigating the globe on the world's worst conveyances: the statistically most dangerous airlines, the most crowded and dangerous ferries, the slowest buses, and the most rickety trains. The Lunatic Express takes us into the heart of the world, to some its most teeming cities and remotest places: from Havana to Bogotá on the perilous Cuban Airways. Lima to the Amazon on crowded night buses where the road is a washed-out track. Across Indonesia and Bangladesh by overcrowded ferries that kill 1,000 passengers a year. On commuter trains in Mumbai so crowded that dozens perish daily, across Afghanistan as the Taliban closes in, and, scariest of all, Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., by Greyhound.The Lunatic Express is the story of traveling with seatmates and deckmates who have left home without American Express cards on conveyances that don't take Visa, and seldom take you anywhere you'd want to go. But it's also the story of traveling as it used to be -- a sometimes harrowing trial, of finding adventure in a modern, rapidly urbanizing world and the generosity of poor strangers, from ear cleaners to urban bus drivers to itinerant roughnecks, who make up most of the world's population. More than just an adventure story, The Lunatic Express is a funny, harrowing and insightful look at the world as it is, a planet full of hundreds of millions of people, mostly poor, on the move and seeking their fortunes. | |
Developing a Business Case (Pocket Mentor) | Harvard Business School Press | How do you decide the best course of action for your company to take advantage of new opportunities? You must develop a business case to explore multiple alternatives before making a recommendation to support a particular option. This book shows you how to use a business case to define an opportunity, identify and analyze alternatives, and present your final recommendation to key stakeholders. You'll learn to- Clearly define the opportunity you'll want to address in your business case- Identify and analyze a range of alternatives- Recommend one option and assess its risks- Create a high-level implementation plan for your proposed alternative- Communicate your case to key stakeholders | |
Exploration Warehousing: Turning Business Information into Business Opportunity | W. H. Inmon, R. H. Terdeman and Claudia Imhoff | A revolutionary new approach to unearthing business opportunities, from the father of the data warehouseLet Bill Inmon, the father of the data warehouse, along with Robert Terdeman and Claudia Imhoff, introduce you to exploration warehousing, an innovative new approach to finding business opportunities hidden in patterns of data. In this groundbreaking book, they clearly explain the exploration process and identify the types of data warehouse designs best suited for exploration. They then outline the steps that must be followed in order to turn data into a competitive advantage.Using numerous case examples, the authors describe original exploration techniques and demonstrate how IT managers can work together with business managers to identify significant value in the data. These patterns can reveal opportunities in the marketplace for new products and services, when to discontinue products and services, where to streamline operations, and much more. To verify the strength and accuracy of these patterns, they show you how to use exploration with data mining techniques to assure business value.With this book, you'll gain a better understanding of:- The process of exploring data- The infrastructure of exploration- The roles that analysts play in your organization- How to form a basis of data that can be used for analysis- How patterns in data can be turned into business opportunity- When patterns should not be turned into business opportunity- The role of data mining | |
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Secret Pitch | Donald J. Sobol | Leroy Brown, aka Encyclopedia Brown, is Idaville neighborhood?s ten-year-old star detective. With an uncanny knack for trivia, he solves mysteries for the neighborhood kids through his own detective agency. But his dad also happens to be the chief of the Idaville police department, and every night around the dinner table, Encyclopedia helps him solve his most baffling crimes. And with ten confounding mysteries in each book, not only does Encyclopedia have a chance to solve them, but the reader is given all the clues as well. Interactive and chock full of interesting bits of information?it?s classic Encyclopedia Brown! | |
Ultimate Start-Up Directory | James Stephenson | Find your next great moneymaking opportunity! Entrepreneur magazine's Ultimate Start-Up Directory is the most authoritative and comprehensive business start-up book available. It provides 1500 great start-up ideas for you to cash in on the next great moneymaking opportunity. DISCOVER: 1500 great business start-up ideas in more than 30 industries, including 250 brand-new opportunities in manufacturing, retail, internet and services Start-up costs, earning potential, and special skills or legal requirements needed to operate each business Secrets to successfully starting and running a business from home on a full- or part-time basis Thousands of cutting-edge business, marketing, sales and advertising tips that the pros use to start and run winning, money-making businesses New information on business and marketing research and planning, with helpful work sheets to walk you through the process Real business advice and real business opportunities that people from every walk of life are now effective operating for a profit-and how you can do it, too One of the 1500 great business start-up ideas featured here is sure to be your ticket to success. | |
My Own Business: Private Home Care Dispatcher | Flo Wheatley | Trade secrets are revealed in this entrepreneurial opportunity. An LPN has laid the path for small business to refer local jobs to companions, aides and nurses. A non-franchise, pocket money start- up worth investigating. | |
The Unofficial Guide to Opening a Franchise (Unofficial Guides) | Jason R. Rich | The inside scoop... for when you want more than the official line!So you dream of escaping the 9-to-5 rat race, starting your own business, and becoming your own boss, but you don't have a clue where to start. Opening a franchise-based business can lower your start-up costs and reduce the time, hassle, and risk associated with getting a new business operational. A franchise offers training, support, a proven business model, and the closest thing possible to a turnkey solution for achieving success. There are more than 3,000 different franchise opportunities in more than seventy-five industries, including packaging and shipping, tax preparation, maid service, fitness, car care, and more. Featuring exclusive, in-depth interviews with a wide range of franchising experts, this book gives you a first-hand perspective plus valuable tips and strategies for success. It provides the guidance you need to choose the right franchise, select a prime location, market your business, and get it up and running efficiently. You'll learn all about financing, essential business skills, hiring and managing employees, working with suppliers, and even preparing for your grand opening. This guide includes:Vital Information on things to look for when evaluating franchise opportunities--and where to lookInsider Secrets from successful franchisors, franchisees, and franchise consultantsMoney-Saving Techniques such as using a franchise attorney to help you review the UFOC (Uniform Franchise Offering Circular) and finalize your Franchise AgreementThe Scoop on the latest trends, plus profiles of the top twenty-five franchises in AmericaHandy Worksheets to help you examine your goals and opportunities, evaluate financing options, develop a realistic business plan, and more | |
How to Start a Home-Based Bakery Business (Home-Based Business Series) | Detra Denay Davis | Home-based baking is one of America’s best-kept business secrets. This sleeper industry offers even novice bakers the opportunity to bake from home for profit using tried and true recipes and equipment already on hand. And yet its many rules and how-tos are so elusive that few people out there who love to bake and dream of taking their products from the kitchen to the market actually end up doing so. Enter How to Start a Home-Based Bakery Businessthe first book to cover every essential aspect of planning, starting, and running such a business successfully. | |
Entrepreneurship, The Art of Succeeding in Business: Business Plan Development Guide | Michael D. Zeiders | "Entrepreneurship, The Art of Succeeding in Business" provides you with an exciting opportunity to conceptualize, plan, and start your own business. Through guided Business Plan development activities, "Entrepreneurship, The Art of Succeeding in Business" helps you develop important skills needed to successfully start a business, including: - Recognizing business opportunities, - Integrating personal and business planning goals, - Making decisions based on the "best available" information, and - Developing self-reliance. "Entrepreneurship, The Art of Succeeding in Business" contains four sections that will progressively help you understand the challenges and opportunities associated with starting a business. The first section consists of six chapters that introduce you to the world of entrepreneurship. It will help you understand why you will be the most important reason that your business succeeds or fails. It will also challenge you to consider if you have the motivation and personality needed to successfully start and operate a business. The second section is the Business Plan Development Guide. This 12-chapter guide sets forth a structured process that provides you with an opportunity to establish realistic business goals, develop sales forecasts, and estimate the potential income of your business. The process begins by having you focus on why you decided to start a business and why your business has (or does not have) a chance to succeed. The Business Plan Development Guide will help you assess your personal strengths and weaknesses and help you set goals that will meet both your personal and business priorities. The Business Plan Development Guide walks you through a process of: - Identifying potential customers and evaluating what they look for from a business like yours; - Identifying and evaluating other businesses that serve similar client needs and thus, will be your competitors; - Showing you how to use the customer and competitor data to identify a market niche for your business and to project your business’ sales potential; - Developing a Marketing Plan and Financial Plan, including how to project profitability and manage your cash during the start-up phase; and - Developing a Plan of Action, a step-by-step process for implementing your Business Plan. The third section of the book is a series of practical discussions of issues related to operating a business including business structure, licenses, taxes, accounting, and developing effective communication skills. This section provides practical advice based on the author’s business experiences. The fourth section of "Entrepreneurship, The Art of Succeeding in Business" contains a completed Sample Business Plan for use as a reference during the development of your own Plan. | |
The Y2K Workbook For Small Business | Donald, G. Petersen | The Y2K Workbook For Small Business is a self paced guide through the Y2K maze. It breaks the Y2K down into its various components and gives the business owner the opportunity to determine the risks to his business and the appropriate steps to take both to fix the problem and to form contingency plans. After a business owner has completed all of the chapters, he will have an overall, prioritized plan of action to ready his business for 2000. The appendices contain a wealth of useful information: sample letters to vendors and customers, suggested contract language for defining Y2K compliance, manufacturer's compliance status of some popular products, and the status of laws and lawsuits related to Y2K. An accompanying floppy disk contains the sample letters and contract language, Y2K patches from Microsoft for Windows 3.1 and 95, and a handy utility that can automatically changes the century from '19' to '20' if the PC BIOS does not do it itself. |
| Tags | cleaner dry drycleaner |
| Address |
, USA |
| Telephone | 540-975-0705 |
| Web | neighborhood-cleaners.com |
| tim@nh-clean.com | |
| Type | Business Opportunity |