Building Small

In this illuminating book, entrepreneur Lee LeFever gives an inside view of building a scalable, product-focused business, while never compromising on quality of life. Lee and his wife, Sachi, responded to the promise of the internet by building a home-based business, Common Craft, that was profitable yet small enough to pivot and innovate.

Whether you’re a start-up founder or the head of a corporate product team, you need the right strategies and tools to give your team the best chances of building products and services that give you a competitive advantage. Loops is the practical guide you need to get products out of your mind’s eye and into the real world.

In a market dominated by conglomerates, competition between small businesses is at its peak. Branding is a way for a business to make it to the top, plus improve its operations. It’s all right if you suddenly feel overwhelmed by the almost infinite branding techniques available. Fortunately for you, this audiobook is here to set the record straight for branding.

Launching Your Nutrition Coaching Business by VentureNest Books is a practical guide aimed at individuals who aspire to turn their passion for nutrition into a successful business. This book addresses common challenges faced by aspiring nutrition coaches, such as establishing a business framework, crafting a viable business plan, and implementing effective marketing strategies. The comprehensive roadmap covers essential aspects of starting and growing a nutrition coaching practice.

In "How to Start a Paint and Sip Business," VentureNest Books provides an essential guide for aspiring entrepreneurs looking to merge their passion for art with business. This comprehensive resource offers a step-by-step approach to creating a creative and profitable social venue where participants can explore their artistic sides while enjoying a fun atmosphere. The book covers all aspects of launching a paint and sip studio, starting from initial planning and business formulation to navigating legal requirements and setting up your location.

In "How to Start a Private Investigation Business," VentureNest Books offers a comprehensive guide for aspiring and existing private investigators looking to establish and thrive in this growing industry. The book addresses common challenges such as navigating training requirements, creating a solid business plan, and attracting clients in a competitive market. Listeners will learn about the necessary legal essentials, including licensing and credentials essential for becoming a private investigator.

How to Start a Pinterest Marketing Business by VentureNest Books is an essential guide for anyone looking to establish a successful online marketing agency focused on Pinterest. This book addresses common challenges like initiating a marketing strategy, attracting the right clients, and turning engaging content into business growth. The guide provides a thorough understanding of Pinterest's unique features and audience, helping listeners develop effective marketing strategies tailored for success.

Just as your power bill continues to rise, the sun also rises. Why are we letting a renewable resource that beams down on us each day go to waste? Solar energy is no longer a distant dream of the future. It is a real, viable option for America’s power needs, and T.J. Kanczuzewski of Inovateus Solar is mapping out a path for energy independence for anyone looking for clean, renewable power.

The ongoing challenges of creating the magical bond between team members in small and big endeavors can be elusive. What more, in the last few decades it has become increasingly challenging, since we have been moving from emphasis on social skills and communities to technical and managerial skills, as a result the lore concerning the magic of teams has been lost. Leadership: Building Highly Effective Teams, provides you with the much needed practical advice on how to create an effective collaborative team environment.

Are you fed up running your construction company? Sick of not being paid what you are worth? Stressed out with poor cashflow and low profits? Would you like to have a proven strategy to give you more time, freedom and money? Building Your Future is a practical business guide designed specifically for business owners in the construction and service industry who want to grow a highly successful and profitable business while reclaiming more time and freedom.

The opportunities for driving results can be endless in an organization with a constant expansion of ideas if you are ready. In Building an Elite Career, Don Wenner walks you through the Elite Execution System, a proven system his company and many others have used to drive growth and engagement. It takes the best-of concepts from some of the worlds greatest business and personal growth thought leaders, adds a little Don Wenner sauce, and teaches you how to apply them to thrive in work and life.

Bring out the best in your team! A good leader manages, but a great leader builds a culture that engages people emotionally - helping both individuals and teams to achieve more than they ever thought possible. High levels of employee engagement have been shown to lead to increased customer satisfaction, employee productivity and profitability while also reducing staff turnover and absenteeism.

At some point, every early-stage start-up needs to stop being a secret and start telling people. As your engineering and development work begins to take shape, building fast attention and strong demand become essential—and just buying ads won't be enough. Matthews provides frameworks, examples, and interviews that reinforce the book’s central thesis: Marketing is a discipline, not just an activity. The book offers practical, jargon-free ideas that seamlessly blend marketing fundamentals with the functional realities of fast-paced, growth-focused start-ups.

READY TO BUILD, SCALE, AND MONETIZE A GAMING STUDIO THAT STANDS THE TEST OF TIME? Ever dreamed of turning your love for games into a profitable venture but aren’t sure how? Want to learn data-driven strategies and lean development processes from someone who’s been in the trenches—risking it all, pivoting under pressure, and eventually thriving in the hyper-competitive gaming market? If your answer is YES, then From Indie Studio to Gaming Empire is your roadmap to success. Mobile gaming is a billion-dollar industry with infinite opportunities—but it’s not just about coding.

Wins, losses, lessons and laughs. From 'naughty lists' to sprinting swans, wandering ducks to Amarula-based incentives, The First Kudu takes you on the roller coaster ride of a start-up and dives into real learnings along the way. The narrative invites you to journey through the chaos with the young team, and unpacks in gritty detail what goes into building a tech start-up—with stories of fun and failure honestly told in equal measure.

The Bridge to Excellence is not just a means of getting your organization from the beginning to the end of a particular journey. It is the organization and every organization has a Bridge, whether utilized or not. Does your Bridge take your organization across the roiling rivers of competition, technological change, evolving customer preferences, workforce changes, supply chain disruptions, pandemics, regulation, and more? Does it carry you over all of this to the goal of Sustainable Excellence, or does it take you somewhere else?

Creating Startup Junkies focuses on the unique proposition of building sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystems in Unexpected Places. Arkansas and many other states and communities, are well-positioned to inspire and empower entrepreneurs and innovators through the intentional cultivation of talent, a collaborative culture, engagement of their local community, and the capitalization of early-stage venture.

Tej purchased 15 properties in nine months, 150+ miles from home, using investor finance of which he'd raised £598,000 in five months. His portfolio grew from £0 to £1.3 million. All whilst growing a podcast to 550,000 listens in 100 countries. On paper, Tej was "financially free" very quickly, but the reality was very different from that.

Have happier clients. Get better results. Make more money. You can have a more efficient and profitable law practice by being a better manager of your clients, cases, and practice. When we are disorganized, we waste time and resources. Stop Putting Out Fires will help you build a more productive practice.

YouthNation is an indispensable brand road map to the youth-driven economy. Exploring the idea that youth is no longer an age - it's a commodity that's available to everyone - this book shows what it takes to stay connected, agile, authentic, and relevant in today's marketplace. Listeners will learn the ins and outs of the new consumer and the tools, methods, and techniques that ensure brand survival in the age of perpetual youth.