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Books on Making the Choice to Start a Business


   
cover The 4 Routes to Entrepreneurial Success
Based on 20 years of research of a systematic seven-year study of 100 entrepreneurs, this book details the distinctive characteristics of each personality type -- Personal Achiever, Supersalespeople, Real Managers, and Expert Idea Generators -- and explains why they succeed or fail.
cover The Best Home Businesses for the 21st Century: The Inside Information You Need to Know to Select a Home-Based Business That's Right for You
A helpful compendium of business opportunities suited for those who want to work from home. It includes specific estimates for start-up costs and recommendations on how to price products and services.
cover The Business of Bliss: How to Profit from Doing What You Love
Inspiring stories and advice from successful women entrepreneurs.
cover Smartups: Lessons from Rob Ryan's Entrepreneur America Boot Camp for Start-Ups
Building successful start-ups was never quite as easy as it seemed, and the changing economic climate has raised the stakes, reduced the margin of error. New entrepreneurs can't stumble into wealth on the power of half-formed ideas, or turn dreams into reality without doing a lot of homework. It's time to get smart. This book teaches would-be entrepreneurs the skills they need to get through the venture capital process with companies that will survive to grow and succeed.
cover The Startup Garden: How Growing a Business Grows You
This book guides the reader through the process of starting a company by matching hopes, dreams, and aspirations to the reader's individual skills and experience. It shows how to grow the appropriate enterprise out of your unique patch of soil. Part business book, part self-help guide.
cover Whistle While You Work: Heeding Your Life's Calling
Heeding your calling is about deliberately choosing a way of life and work consistent with your gifts, passions, and values. This is a guide to helping people discover and heed their calling. Through powerful stories and exercises, it helps readers discover how to make a living doing what they were born to do.

 

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