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Your Business Brickyard

by Howard Mann

(Jackson Business Press, 64 Pages)

Product Description
The basics. That is what you lost when you went from feeling like, I am going to make my mark, to It is too hard to keep up so let us just try to survive. It is time to admit you re not having fun anymore. Only then can you find your way back to the beginning when your business was all promise and no misery. Only then can you build (and keep building on) the basics that will never let you down. This small book contains the secret basics to unlock the true power and potential of your business. Strategist, speaker and consultant Howard Mann has collected twelve bricks essential to any business foundation. Mann shows you how to get back to basics, reconnect with your purpose, and grow your business, instead of getting stuck following the latest trend or innovation. Most important of all, Your Business Brickyard provides a game plan for how to make your business fun to run again. You will learn how to Reconnect to Your Purpose and keep your goals uppermost in your mind. You will say goodbye to worries over competition when you Lose Your Nemesis. You ll appreciate the powerful simplicity of Pay Fast, Get Paid Even Faster. You will learn how to Goaljump and work backwards from your most ambitious goals to actionable tasks you can do today. Your Business Brickyard shows you how to eliminate whatever it is that hinders your ability as a business owner to enjoy your position properly. With practical, hands-on exercises and a fresh, concise format, The Brickyard will help you establish a brick solid foundation so your business can grow without limit while you enjoy the journey.

About the Author

Howard Mann is the president of The Business Brickyard, a leading strategy, marketing and communication consultancy based in New York, and a founder of Sideshow Digital, an award-winning interactive agency. Prior to founding The Business Brickyard in 2001, Mann was the President of a premier customs broker and international freight forwarder with six U.S. offices and a network of over 35 agents worldwide. Mann currently works as an adviser to entrepreneurs and business owners. His highly focused workshops and year long programs help executive teams dig down to unlock the power of the perfect execution of the basics of business. His clients learn how to build brick-solid foundations that sustain growth and make their businesses more fun to run. In addition to consulting, Mann speaks and writes frequently about the importance of the basics and reconnecting to the passion that too often gets lost as businesses mature.

Greenspan's Bubbles

by Bill Fleckenstein, Frederick Sheehan

(McGraw-Hill, 194 Pages)

Women on Top

by Margaret Heffernan

(Penguin Group USA, 274 Pages)

Book Description

More women are starting successful businesses than ever before. But what makes women leaders different? And how can others learn to capitalize on their strengths? Through interviews with hundreds of women entrepreneurs, Margaret Heffernan discovered that women are more values-oriented, more flexible, and less ego-driven than their male counterparts; as a result they’re creating company cultures that are better able to meet the demands of the new economy. Heffernan’s stories about real women making really serious profits is a must-read for all entrepreneurs—male or female, whether well established or just starting up—as well as anyone seeking to understand what it takes to do business today.

Guerrilla Profits

by Jay Conrad Levinson, Stuart Burkow

(Morgan James Pub, 0 Pages)

Book Description

Business Owners, Managers, and Professionals...Discover Powerful, Innovative New Ways to: Increase Your Cashflow Boost Your Earnings Get More Business And... Have more fun doing it. Now you can capture the money that most businesses miss...Most businesses miss profit opportunities on every transaction or customer/client relationship. They have unique profit potential that goes completely untapped - and are unintentionally limiting their incomes without even knowing it! Your very business existence depends on a steady stream of profits to pay your bills... your salary... your employees... your vendors and suppliers... and to secure your financial future. And that's the exact reason for Guerrilla Profits.