Matthew Toren, Adam Toren

Small Business, Big Vision (eBook, PDF)

Lessons on How to Dominate Your Market from Self-Made Entrepreneurs Who Did it Right

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Lessons in applying passion and perseverance from prominent entrepreneurs In the world of entrepreneurship, your vision solidifies your resolve when things get tough, and it reminds you why you went into business in the first place. Authors, brothers, and serial entrepreneurs, Matthew and Adam Toren have compiled a wealth of valuable information on the passionate and pragmatic realities of starting your own business. They've also gathered insights from some of the world's most successful entrepreneurs. This book delivers the information that both established and budding entrepreneurs need, explains how to implement that information, and validates each lesson with real-world examples. Small Business, Big Vision provides inspiration and practical advice on everything from creating a one-page business plan to setting up an advisory board, and also delivers a call to social entrepreneurship and sustainable business practices. This powerful book: * Offers instruction in whether and how to seek investors * Outlines the pros and cons of hiring employees and provides guidance on how to find the best outsourced workers * Presents a comprehensive action plan for effective social media marketing * Explains how to build an information empire and become an expert Small Business, Big Vision proves that with a flexible mindset, practical skills, and the passion to keep pushing forward, entrepreneurs can find success, even in today's ever-changing business landscape.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. August 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118098608
• Artikelnr.: 37340495

Autorenporträt

MATTHEW TOREN and ADAM TOREN are brothers, serial entrepreneurs, investors, and mentors. For nearly twenty years, they have provided instruction in management concepts, marketing, and finance to emerging and distressed small businesses. They currently own and operate a successful media company and founded YoungEntrepreneur.com, one of the largest online forum communities for entrepreneurs worldwide. The Toren brothers are also the authors of the award-winning book, Kidpreneurs: Young Entrepreneurs with Big Ideas! Visit www.SmallBusinessBigVision.com.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Gary Whitehill xi Preface xvii Acknowledgments xxi Permissions
xxii Introduction 1 Why You Need This Book and Why You Need a Big Vision 1
Our Story 3 Chapter 1 The Importance of Having BIG Vision 9 Entrepreneurial
Profile: Dan Schawbel of Millennial Branding, LLC 13 Fuel Your Fire with
Passion and Perseverance 16 Entrepreneurial Profile: Siamak Taghaddos and
David Hauser of Grasshopper Group 22 Chapter 2 Rethinking Your Business
Plan 25 The One-Page Business Plan 29 Entrepreneurial Profile: Brent Oxley
of HostGator.com 35 The Finance-Centered Plan 38 Entrepreneurial Profile:
Brock Blake of FundingUniverse 46 Chapter 3 Investors Out--Collaborators
In! 51 Investors: A Question of Need versus Want 54 Entrepreneurial
Profile: Gabriel Shaoolian of Blue Fountain Media 58 When Your Needs Call
for Investors 62 Collaboration Is Key 63 An Advisory Board as a Replacement
for Investors 65 Entrepreneurial Profile: Anita Campbell of Small Business
Trends and BizSugar.com 69 Chapter 4 Hiring Employees: The Good, the Bad,
and the Alternatives 77 The Magic of Leveraging Your Time 79 The Downside
of Hiring Employees 80 Entrepreneurial Profile: Ali Brown of Ali
International 83 The Best of Both Worlds 89 How to Find the Best Outsourced
Workers 94 Entrepreneurial Profile: Daven Michaels of 123Employee.com 96
Chapter 5 Laser-Sighted Marketing through Social Media 101 The Magic of
Social Media Marketing 106 Entrepreneurial Profile: Gary Vaynerchuk of Wine
Library TV 108 Four Keys to Social Media Marketing Success 111
Entrepreneurial Profile: Mike Roberts of SpyFu.com 123 Chapter 6 From
Entrepreneur to Icon: Achieving Expert Status 129 Embracing Your Expertise
132 Building Your Information Empire 133 Entrepreneurial Profile: Shama
Hyder Kabani of The Marketing Zen Group 139 Chapter 7 The Socially
Responsible Entrepreneur: It's Not Always about You 143 Social
Entrepreneurship Is True Entrepreneurship 146 Entrepreneurial Profile: Adam
Braun of Pencils of Promise 148 Sustainability Is the New Bottom Line 151
Entrepreneurial Profile: Scott Harrison of charity: water 155 Chapter 8
Pulling a 180: The Business Turnaround 159 Flexibility Allows for
Transformation 162 Entrepreneurial Profile: Matt Mickiewicz of SitePoint
and 99designs 167 What to Do Before You Give Up 171 Entrepreneurial
Profile: Mike Michalowicz of The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur 177 Afterword
183 Resources 187 Epigraph Sources 195 Index 197