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Strikingitrich.com (Striking It
Rich.com): Profiles of 23 Incredibly Successful Websites You've Probably Never Heard
Of: Jaclyn Easton, Jeff BezosOffers the best in-depth examination yet available of what makes such winners tick. Following a foreword by Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, Easton presents highly detailed portraits of a diverse collection of sites with little in common except for one crucial ingredient in her bottom-line recipe for online prosperity: "Be the first, be the best, or be different." Exactly how sites like iPrint, Horsenet, The Knot and Ask the Builder achieve this, of course, is as different as the cyberproducts they're peddling. Precise information on site creation, content development, revenue streams, promotional programs, and other operational aspects make this an extremely practical and motivational read.
In this autobiography, Virgin Group founder Richard Branson says one of his prime business criteria is "fun." Fun made Branson a billionaire, and few business memoirs are one-billionth as fun as Branson's, nor as niftily written. Not only does it relate his side of near-death corporate experiences, it tells how the chairman literally cheated death by gun, shipwreck, and balloon crash. Though it's filled with famous names, witty quotes, and pulse-pounding accounts of lunatic balloon adventures, it is as a business thriller that the book really scores. His instinctive bet-the-ranch tactics could cost him all, or earn another billion. Either way, Branson will likely remain the most entertaining entrepreneur in Europe
What do Dave Kapell of Magnetic Poetry, Amy Nye Wolf of Altitunes, and the brothers Gardner of the Motley Fool have in common? They're all, says Ron Lieber, founders of promising companies and on the road to success despite youth, skimpy track records, and minimal finances. In Upstart Start-Ups, Leiber--a twentysomething who snagged his first cover story in Fortune at age 24--explains how these aspiring moguls formed the ventures that have allowed them to strike out on their own in such impressive fashion. Leiber is both blunt and inspiring as he weaves their stories around solid advice aimed at readers who might like to follow in their footsteps. Tackling the process from idea formation, he describes finding and living with a business partner, capitalizing a venture without selling your soul, standing out in a crowded marketplace, and calling a meeting even if you've never called one before. He also devotes a chapter to the art of summoning the appropriate backup troops when truly necessary, regardless of whether that help must be secured from family members or professional gurus.
Engineering Your Start-Up : A Guide for the High-Tech Entrepreneur: Michael
L. Baird
One word: encompassing. Mike Baird's book is the most comprehensive and well-written book I have seen for the high-tech entrepreneur, covering all bases from the beginning to the end. All too often, several "guide" books will leave out very important stages/aspects, but Baird's book gives the best of examples, templates, case studies, opinions, equations, tables, etc. -- yet VERY succinct and specific. Look no further for the best reference for developing a high-tech startup.
Almost any Internet-based business can be a success. Hundreds of thousands of people are making a living online. All it takes is to think "business" instead of "Internet"; to seize everyopportunity, not just online ones. This book will teach you how to develop imaginative, flexiblebusiness thinking, and how to make your business (with an Internet site) -- not just your Internetsite -- a success. Learn how to:
How
to Make Millions With Your Ideas : An Entrepreneur's Guide: Dan S. Kennedy
Marketing guru Dan Kennedy has filled this book with most of the business and marketing expertise people are spending thousands of dollars at his seminars to hear. Which makes this volume the best business value ever! This book is soooooo good and filled with valuable ideas that you have to take a breather every few pages just to digest it all--the ideas come at you so fast. If you don't think you can still make good money in your own business, starting with little or no capital, Kennedy will change your mind right away. Highly recommended.
How to Succeed in Business by Breaking the Rules: A Plan for Entrepreneurs, by self-made millionaire Dan S. Kennedy, is an unorthodox blueprint for small-business success. It is based on the author's contrarian position that all rules are made to be broken, and is articulated clearly with colorful real examples drawn from the well known (Pulp Fiction director Quentin Tarantino) to the unknown (a group of airport massage therapists). Forget widely accepted principles such as blind optimism and arrogant self-promotion, he writes. Instead, break out of the box using the unconventional ideas and nontraditional techniques that he describes with clich‚-busting glee.
Start Your Own Business The Only Start-Up Book You'll Ever Need: Rieva
Lesonsky
That sounds mighty boastful, but the author's credentials are strong, the book loaded with business resources and the information is down-to-earth (Everything you need to start a successful business... except the money, But we'll show you how to get that, too!"). Author Rieva Lesonsky and the staff of Entrepreneur Magazine put together the book which starts with "Are you ready to be an entrepreneur?" and goes on to starting versus buying, choosing the name attracting investors, hiring employees, location, loans, image, leasing versus buying equipment, choosing a phone system, learning from failure - all the nitty-gritty stuff, plus some long-term thinking.
Losing My Virginity : How I've Survived, Had
Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way: Richard Branson
Upstart Start-Ups! : How
34 Young Enterpreneurs Overcame Youth, Inexperience, and Lack of Money to Create
Thriving Businesses: Ron Lieber
1 Business, 2 Approaches : How to Succeed in Internet
Business by Employing Real-World Strategies: Ron E. Gielgun
How to Succeed in Business by Breaking All the Rules : A Plan for
Entrepreneurs: Dan S. Kennedy, Scott DeGarmo