Small businesses in America hire more employees than all Fortune 500 companies combined. In short, the small businessman is the lifeblood of our nation's economy. It's Your Business shares practical tips from a seasoned entrepreneur that will help new small business owners implement the kind of practices that build a foundation for success. Thomas Miller became a businessman at the age of ten when he developed the highest paying newspaper route in the state of Oregon. Later, after twenty years of practicing dentistry, he consulted with hundreds of small businesses while implementing the principles he shares in this guidebook. He leads the small businessman on a step-by-step process that shares the four cornerstones of building a strong foundation for a business; the differences between managers and leaders; ways to stay focused and get things done; methods for hiring the right people; and techniques for communicating eff ectively with both employees and customers. Miller includes advice from business gurus, sample vision statements, a business plan template, and several human resources forms. Through its proactive approach and easy-to apply advice, It's Your Business provides valuable information for small business owners that will successfully lead them from a dream to the grand opening.

START A NEW BUSINESS - EXPAND YOUR BUSINESS, ADVANCE YOUR CAREER - GET MORE OUT OF LIFE More than a self help resource -- a complete and practical guide to finding and managing success. Eighty percent of all success is generated by 20 percent of the people. Compound this with the fact that four out of five new businesses may never realize their fifth anniversary and an important question immediately presents itself. Why? This book explores that very question and responds. Much has been written on this topic in books that specialize in everything from psychology to practical management guides of every size, shape and description. It's Your Business begins with a different twist in that it explores who we are inherently and instinctively. The reader is challenged to think from outside the box and will come to a better understanding of what is possible and how uncomplicated most solutions really are. This book allows the reader to discover what is holding them back from greater achievement and to break free! To begin a small business or a new career without truly understanding our own personal and professional parameters makes for very tenuous beginnings. Regardless if the reader is starting a business, expanding a business, examining a career transition or is forced into a career transition, this book is for them! It's Your Business also delivers the goods as a practical "start your own business" resource. The main focus is on business but the model is quickly understood to facilitate effective career action plans as well. There is nothing candy coated here, just a resource to inspire you to explore how you can create success and manage it!

It's Your Business was an immediate Wall Street Journal bestseller and garnered tremendous media attention from entrepreneurs and small business owners. With advice from Ramberg and such notable entrepreneurs as Blake Mycoskie and Guy Kawasaki, this right-to-the-point book covers topics from human resources to finance, public relations to sales, and much, much more -- all geared towards the small business owner. Knowing that entrepreneurs have no time to waste, Ramberg presents simple and effective guidance that can be put to use right away. This book will be indispensable for every small business owner, from a family-owned store to a venture capitalist-backed start up.

Many actors treat their profession as a purely artistic endeavor, rarely conceding that there is more to making a living than simply showing up on stage or in front of a camera. By refusing to seriously acknowledge that self-promotion is vital to their livelihoods, many performers can get quickly discouraged by the vicious circle of audition and rejection. However, with a little foresight and planning, actors can learn how to become their own best advocates for a career in the business of show. In Act Like It’s Your Business:Branding and Marketing Strategies for Actors, Jonathan Flom helps actors and others in the arts understand the power of branding. This guide walks the reader through the process of creating a personal brand for a small business and then marketing that brand and broadcasting it through every step of the process—from choosing clothing, arranging headshots, and designing resumes to selecting a repertoire, building a website, obtaining business cards, and networking. Flom also offers advice on such real-world issues as goal-setting, finances, contracts, and day jobs and provides insight and guidance on how to approach agents, auditions, and casting directors. A book of empowerment meant to shift the balance of control to actors themselves, Act Like It’s Your Business is aimed atprofessional performers as well as students who are getting ready to transition from college to career. Structured logically and step by step, this accessible guide will become the standard for nearly anyone hoping to build an enduring career in the performing arts.

It is my unique personal honor to bequeath chards of wisdom to an inspiring woman of God, fellow businesswoman, and professional confidant - Jennifer Carrington. She has crafted a timely, succinct and relevant treatise. This work is a culmination of successive years of fine tuning, laboring, contemplation and learning moments. This masterpiece, though laconic, injects a cornucopia of powerful principals and emits laser focus on the "art of business branding, content and presentation". Frankly, this book should be required reading in both the halls of academia and for small/medium enterprises alike. As a personal and business mentor of Jennifer, I have witnessed firsthand how this driven and dogged businesswoman masterfully utilizes the concepts noted in this book in her own business - J Carrington + Associates. She has proven to me on multiple occasions the value and pertinence of branding, content and presentation. Her firm has, without slight hesitation, provided astute excellence and value added service to our Jurisdictional Platform since I began working with her. As a competent, proven and savvy businesswomen myself; I've tread the deserted road of entrepreneurial persistence from my youth. During the last 33 years of trudging through provinces of resistance, peaks of success, and valleys of trepidation; I've learned the utter importance of crafting and molding the essential elements of branding. Without the organic and pliable foundation of branding, my quick serve restaurant holdings company, V & J, would have flat lined with my initial Burger King acquisition. But by positioning and pivoting my firm as a "brand" unto itself, my company has been catapulted into a vast conglomeration of multiple food service brands. As such and with the advent of global technology and social media; branding should be the life blood of any. Congratulations Jennifer and serious entrepreneurial endeavor- whether small or large. Read this book and find out why! May the Lord continue to shine His favor upon you as share your insights and unpretentious learnings relative to Branding, Creation Content, Relational Data Maintenance and Presentational Swagger with us all. Dr. Valerie Daniels-Carter President and CEO V and J Holding Companies, INC

Sell your business for more than its worth addresses the vital issues that add value to your business as well as increase the sales price potential of your business. This book will define industries that are desirable to buyers and it will open your eyes to discover if your industry is thriving or dying and what you can do about it. This must-read will provide valuable tips on creating congruent profit centers and diversifying your product/client mix. Most important this book is a blueprint for anyone that wants to increase market share, become more profitable and for those that want to, sell their business for top dollar! This extraordinary book will demonstrate how to increase profits, plan your exit strategy and sell your business for maximum value in the quickest time possible in an easy to understand step-by-step approach.