First Business

Thing First details UX Consultant Joe Natoli's no-nonsense approach to creating successful products, powerful user experiences and very happy customers. He shares countless lessons learned from more than 30 years as a UX consultant to Fortune 500, 100, and US government organizations—including a few he's learned the hard way.

From the top ad people all over the world - the ones who create the best television commercials and ads: the ones you love, the ones you remember, the ones you wish you had thought of yourself - come their own stories, in their own words, about the first work they ever did…and lived to talk about, barely. They talk about the zaniness and craziness; they talk about the good guys and the bad girls, and vice versa; they talk about things you think can only happen on television or in the movies but actually happened to these people. You may not believe what you hear, but in the ad world, you may not believe what you see, either.

Wayne le mostrara cómo dar ese salto del empleo tradicional a crear un negocio y los ingresos para seguir sus sueños fuera del trabajo. El libro proporciona las herramientas que un nuevo empresario necesita de una forma directa y rapida, sin palabreo innecesario. Esto esta basado en la experiencia de su aventura con su primer negocio. Incluye muchas notas personales del diario que mantuvo durante su fase de inicio. Este practico libro lo impulsara hacia su camino.

Starting the Startup When Lucy Riddle and her engineering teammates John and Marcus realize their fintech startup can't possibly build its revolutionary AI platform with just $2 million and twelve months, they conceive an audacious plan: acquire a struggling company that already has the technology they need. "My First Acquisition" follows this trio of Stanford graduates as they navigate their crash course in corporate dealmaking, transforming from naive programmers into savvy negotiators. As they court NeuralFlow's brilliant but demoralized founders, they must outwit aggressive competitors ...

Are you playing your first green-field music festival or outdoor show soon? Not quite sure how it all works on the other side of the 'Artists Only' sign? Don't worry; help is at hand. In this mini-guide, concert tour manager & live sound engineer Andy Reynolds gives you his tips on making the most of your first festival slot. Andy has toured with bands and singers for more than 25 years, and works on loads of open-air, green-field, type festivals, such as Glastonbury, Roskilde, Coachella, and Bonaroo each summer.

Kent Peters meets a woman who seems ideal to him. She says she's engaged, but Kent discovers that the fellow is no good. How do you prove this to someone you just met? And what happens when the guy reacts violently to having his fiancée taken away from him? The Golden Legacy has blessed Kent with riches, but they may be of no use when trying to win over a girl who is loyal, even if her loyalty is misplaced.

Across a decade of her career as an entrepreneur, Danielle Tate learned how to transform good ideas into successful businesses. At age 25 she bootstrapped MissNowMrs and grew it into a multimillion-dollar enterprise. As a young female founder, she noticed that few business guides offered step-by-step advice to smart but inexperienced women. Elegant Entrepreneur draws on Tate's experience and on conversations with prominent entrepreneurs and top executives.

Are you looking to start a business, or have you just started one? As we all know, most businesses fail within the first five years, so award-winning entrepreneur Adam Stott talks about the main reasons businesses fail and how to stop this from happening to you. Learning about business can be daunting, but Adam makes it easier than ever by giving you all the big ideas simply explained. Adam shares the secrets of his own business experiences to give you the tips to take your business to the next level.

Many bands form quickly, jam out a few tunes, write a song or two, and wish to immediately hit the stage. This guide will help new bands develop a plan to network, form an online presence, and get their songs presentable. Do not hit the stage (if you're a new band) until you listen to this short audiobook.

Opposites attract – or they repel. Retired from the military, Red O’Brian is starting a new chapter in his life by opening a tattoo shop on the Oregon coast. He figures his small business will be a perfect fit for the quirky beach town of Diamond Bay. But there’s one obstacle in his way – Daisy Hunnicutt. The conservative Town Services Manager is sure that a tattoo shop will bring nothing but crime and trouble to the small town she loves. When Daisy denies Red’s business permit, Red goes to battle – for his business and his heart. Daisy has no interest in dating an alpha male, ...

There are countless books taking on the subject of the Elevator Pitch, that address that one sentence method that wakes up the interest and make the customer want to know more and more. But, the experienced networker and entrepreneur Daniel Kern knows from personal experience: Even the best prepared Elevator Pitch interests a very small number of people. With his new approach "Elevator Pitch 2.0" success can be multiplied, while making less of an effort. In this guide, he gives an approach suitable for everyone to learn. As a successful networker Daniel Kern makes more than 90 percent of his sales through recommendations from his network. The Elevator Pitch 2.0 has already opened hundreds of doors for him.

You’ve spent years training to be an expert in your field. Years hunched over books and articles, writing essays late into the night on the science and art of your chosen profession. Through hard work and determination, alongside lots of experience, you’ve now become pretty good at it. So good in fact, that you have been asked to stop doing it all the time. You’ve been asked to be a manager.

The Affinity Principle presents a formula for business success through a people-centric, mindful leadership approach. The Affinity Formula is simple: mindful leadership creates an incredible team performance, which leads to an awesome customer experience, and that yields great financial results. Grant asserts that when there is a strong focus on hiring, acclimating, and training team members, companies thrive. The right talent, doing their best work, makes management easy.

When the hot single dad next door asks me to babysit one morning in a pinch, I figure I can help him out temporarily. I'm supposed to be the resident baby expert at RockYourBaby, after all. Unfortunately, behind the computer monitor, my entire life is one big, fat lie. It's my late mother who was the baby whisperer and I'm simply trying to keep her online baby business afloat until we can sell it to the highest bidder.

You may have very little money and are only making ends meet. It doesn’t matter where you stand financially, just don’t let that hold you back if you have the desire to step out from under a cloud of debt and constant bills. You may not have many family and friends as supporters when you decide that making a million is what you want, but leave them to their own devices, gather as much information as you need, get out and meet people who will be supportive, and use your strong determination and the will to get what you want. Make it happen and get going!

The Man in the Arena offers the essence of John C. Bogle's thinking and the meaning of his life's work, which transformed individual investing to benefit tens of millions of investors. Through Bogle's own words - as well as the voices of others whose hearts and minds he touched - the book touches on topics he cares about most deeply: Vanguard, indexing, corporate governance, and a fiduciary society.

Are you unsure how to hand over control, or how to take it? Passing Down Your Success reveals the family dynamics that can hamper intergenerational transition–and how to address them. Learn how to face difficult questions together as a family, analyze your business, and prepare for a successful transition.

How can women become effective leaders in large organizations without sacrificing who they are, as women and as mothers? This audiobook answers the question: They should live out the 10 characteristics of today's winning leaders. These characteristics - compassion, honesty, and authenticity, for example - were once seen as feminine weaknesses in the command-and-control corporate world. But today, in an inclusive and connected world, they define the leader who strengthens organizations rather than undermines them.

He was a genius who gave the world access to technology that is still changing the world. To this day, his greatest accomplishment is the iPhone and still is. Taken away too soon, his legacy still lives on. Countless entrepreneurs look up to him and use his advice to succeed in the business world. If it wasn't for him, we would have never been introduced to portable computers and mobile phones with touch screens.

Do you want to generate consistent monthly income on the Internet? Without resorting to scammy get rich quick schemes? Or shelling out thousands of dollars on useless material? If so - you’ve come to the right place.... In this book, you’ll find seven proven methods for making your very first dollar on the Internet. Ones which are working right now, and will continue to work in 2018 and beyond. Each one explained in simple, easy to understand language.