Business Steps

Richard Harpin became an entrepreneur at the age of just seven when he started selling conkers to his school friends. Fifty years later he sold a company he founded, HomeServe, for over £4 billion. In How to Make a Billion in Nine Steps, Harpin shares the lessons he learned along the way, and the things he wishes he had known that could have got him to a billion-pound valuation faster. He reveals his uncomplicated, grounded and honest approach to business, showing that start-up success is not rocket science.

Leadership literature is full of principles and ideas - but they rarely leave the page. Practice is what turns abstract concepts into useful skills. Leadership Step by Step walks listeners through what to do and how to do it in an integrated and comprehensive progression of exercises designed to cultivate key abilities, behaviors, and beliefs through experience. The 22 exercises in this hands-on book help you accomplish the inner work and gain the social skills required for great leadership.

In this powerful audiobook, Lisa breaks down her plan for listeners. She shares her own remarkable story and prescribes a program of specific exercises and action steps for readers to learn from their past and move toward a courageous future.

A straight-shooting Silicon Valley executive reveals insider career strategies to becoming a great leader, developing your network, succeeding without wasting time, and managing trade-offs between your work and life so your life works. Patty Azzarello became the youngest general manager at Hewlett-Packard at age 33, ran a $1 billion software business at 35, and became a CEO at 38 - all without turning into a self-centered, miserable jerk. In Rise, Azzarello shares the insider secrets to advancing your career (while having a life) in three practical steps.

When it comes to money, are you controlled by fear? Do you underestimate your worth? Are you ready to go to the next level, but can't seem to get there? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you may be an underearner. Underearners are self-saboteurs who don't live up to their earnings potential, says Barbara Stanny, a financial educator, motivational speaker, and career counselor. The good news is that underearning is a self-imposed condition. By focusing on overcoming it, underearners will not only earn what they deserve, but live a richer life.

"How to Start a Microgreens Farming Business" by VentureNest Books is your essential guide for launching a successful venture in the microgreens industry. This book caters to both beginners and experienced growers, offering a step-by-step roadmap to cultivate and profit from microgreens. The guide addresses common challenges such as getting started, identifying profitable farming techniques, effective marketing, and maintaining quality standards. You'll discover how to create a solid business plan, set achievable goals, and navigate market trends within this niche field.

How to Start a Personal Shopping Business by VentureNest Books is a comprehensive guide designed for anyone eager to turn their passion for shopping into a profitable career. This step-by-step manual addresses common challenges faced by aspiring personal shoppers, such as understanding the market, building a business plan, and acquiring clients. The book serves as a blueprint to not only launch but also to grow a successful personal shopping service. It helps identify ideal clientele, develop effective marketing strategies, and manage business operations efficiently.

How to Start a Locksmith Business by VentureNest Books is a comprehensive guide designed for aspiring entrepreneurs looking to launch and grow a successful locksmith service. It addresses common challenges faced by newcomers, such as uncertainty about starting, legal requirements, effective marketing strategies, and client acquisition. The book takes a step-by-step approach, covering essential topics from understanding the locksmith industry to navigating necessary legalities and certifications.

In "Starting a Mystery Shopping Business" by VentureNest Books, readers are introduced to the exciting opportunity of making money by evaluating customer service as a mystery shopper. This comprehensive guide offers a clear roadmap for aspiring entrepreneurs who may feel overwhelmed by the process of starting a consumer evaluation company. The book addresses common challenges such as how to launch a mystery shopping business, strategies for growth beyond a hobby, and guidance on creating a robust business plan.

Do you love gaming? Do you have ideas for games of your own and want to learn how to produce them professionally? Longtime game designer Justin Gary has the answers you seek. After 20 years in the gaming industry, creating such games as Solforge, Ascension, and the World of Warcraft Miniatures Game, Justin is now sharing all his secrets in Think Like a Game Designer. Best of all, Justin’s secrets are really simple, practical, and common sense steps you can take yourself.

Dive into entrepreneurship with Pete Srodoski's "The Small Business Playbook—The Ultimate Beginner's Guide: Practical Steps to Become a Profitable Business Owner," an essential audiobook for new and aspiring business owners. With Charlie Brogan's engaging narration, this guide offers practical steps, strategies, and insights from Srodoski's extensive experience as a successful CEO and COO.

Though it's a potentially lucrative enterprise, the reality of independent consulting seldom matches the dream. Most solo consultants and boutique consulting firms are perpetually within six months of bankruptcy due to the sputtering unreliability of their new business engines.

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.

Through powerful stories and proven principles, Step Up Your Teamwork teaches how to create momentum, prepare for success, prevent collapse, and turn a group of individuals into a high-functioning team. Frank Viscuso encourages each person to tap into individual talents, skills, and abilities and recognize how to use these skills to improve the team as a whole.

Leadership accountability is a major issue in organizations around the globe. Research has shown that teams and individual employees are overwhelmingly dissatisfied with the degree of accountability demonstrated by their leaders. Effective teams need responsible and accountable leaders - the solution seems simple. Yet, thousands of businesses are struggling with mediocre performance and widening gaps in leadership.

Do you dream of being a full-time artist? This friendly, practical guide shows you how to make your dream a reality, with expert advice on everything from writing a business plan to pricing your work and raising your profile as an artist. Learn how to start taking commissions and ensure your long-term success.

Imagine boldly facing any challenge that comes your way. Imagine confronting any problem you run into and resolving it with confidence. Imagine being 100 percent certain that you can handle any setback life throws at you. The Mental Toughness Handbook is a step-by-step training program for toughening your mind against adversity. You'll discover how to handle pressure, control your impulses, and endure the emotional distress that accompany misfortune.

Do you ride the escalator or do you take the stairs? No matter how you define success, it always requires one thing: self-discipline. But as popular speaker and strategist Rory Vaden explains, we live in an "escalator world", one that's filled with shortcuts, quick fixes, and distractions that make it all too easy to slide into procrastination, compromise, and mediocrity. What seems like an easier path is really much harder in the end - and, most important, it won't take you where you want to go.

The Automatic Millionaire starts with the powerful story of an average American couple (he's a low-level manager, she's a beautician), whose joint income never exceeds $55,000 a year, who somehow manage to own two homes debt-free, put two kids through college, and retire at 55 with more than $1 million in savings.

Studies show that each of us has a happiness set-point: a fixed range of happiness we tend to return to throughout our life that's about 50-percent genetic and 50-percent learned. In the same way, you'd crank up the thermostat to get comfortable on a chilly day, you can actually reprogram your happiness set-point to a higher level of peace and well-being. This life-changing program shows you how!