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May 19, 2012 by admin | No Comments
The Conference Board’s index of Consumer Confidence increased to 49.5% from a significantly upwardly revised level of 48.7 in October. Originally, the October level was at 47.5%. Consensus expectations were for the consumer confidence level to actually fall to 47.5%. The index saw a big step up from dismal levels during the spring, but since [...]
May 12, 2012 by admin | No Comments
The following is a review of How to Start a Restaurant Business Following a Profitable System by Ray Freeman. This guide does a great job of guiding new players into the usually competitive restaurant business and offers them the chance to get inside the mind of an experienced operator to understand exactly what is necessary [...]
May 8, 2012 by admin | No Comments
We are pleased to have Dave Kurlan with us today talking about his recently published book. Welcome to Reader Views Dave. Irene: In your book “Baseline Selling – How to Become a sales Superstar by Using What You Already Know About the Game of Baseball” is being launched this week. People that have read your [...]
May 8, 2012 by admin | No Comments
I’m ashamed to admit that I’m not an avid reader of many books. I spend a great deal of time working and I spend as much free time as I can with my family. I discovered the book “Think and Grow Rich” by Napolean Hill, while studying the Profit Lance Course. This book grabbed my [...]
May 7, 2012 by admin | No Comments
So many large corporations spend millions of dollars on programs that they think will create positive change in their organization. As the change vehicle gets bogged down in committees and long-term commitments and strategies, the originals goals are often lost. Leandro Herrero’s approach in “Viral Change” is completely different. This well-written, easy-to-follow book will teach [...]
May 6, 2012 by admin | No Comments
Hi. I just finished read “The Sales Bible” by Jeffery Gitomer. The book is filled with top notch information for anybody who is in the sales business. One of his chapters is about Networking and how to be a superstar networker. 1. When you go to a social event; in the beginning and near the [...]
April 12, 2012 by admin | No Comments
Escape the Cubicle, Mark Anthony Germanos, 2011, ISBN 9780983576907 Many books have been written about ditching your boring and unfulfilling corporate job to follow your passion. This one takes the reader through the process practically step-by-step. Find, and join, a group of like-minded individuals, like other self-employed people. Start with your local Chamber of Commerce. [...]
April 5, 2012 by admin | No Comments
To be successful in business, you need to conduct research and write your business plan. Attempting to start a business without a (well-composed) business plan through feasibility study is like a stranger going to an unfamiliar terrain without prior direction. Or better still, it is like a ship without a rudder (which controls its direction). [...]
April 4, 2012 by admin | No Comments
“Past performance is not an indication of future results”. How many times have investors been reminded of this fact? And yet, many of us choose our stocks and mutual funds based on how they have performed over the past 3, 5, and 10 year periods. Are we all using the wrong logic in picking our [...]
April 3, 2012 by admin | No Comments
Generating ideas is easy. It’s executing them once they’re exposed that’s challenging. For six years, Scott Belsky, creative industry guru and entrepreneur, studied prolific creative professionals. He found that those most successful used a structured business approach. This seems counter-productive for a group of professionals often whimsically stereotyped. He details his findings in his new [...]
March 30, 2012 by admin | No Comments
I just finished reading the Starting a Daycare Centre Start-up Guide Kit by Vanessa Rasmussen and the following report is a review on this guide and the resources that it comes with. Daycare offers entrepreneurs excellent opportunities to get into a business with good profit potential and a rewarding working environment for those that like [...]
March 18, 2012 by admin | No Comments
The words inspirational and business do not usually appear in conjunction, unless to illustrate the term, oxymoron. Why is that? It’s an interesting idea that seems simple on the page, so why shouldn’t these ‘exclusive’ terms live together in the boardroom? The companies that seem to find that elusive marriage, and make it work, tend [...]
March 16, 2012 by admin | No Comments
Smart and Happy Ways to Deal Effectively with Road Bumps and Set Backs. Whether your American dream is described with the words: Freedom, happiness, money, possessions, or public recognition Darby Checketts invites the reader to exchange false ambition, to re-define success, and to restore a confidence and determination to move forward. “The New American Prosperity” [...]
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