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Buying an established company – rather than creating a start-up from scratch – is an increasingly popular path to success for many entrepreneurs. So what's stopping you? Let's face it – starting a business is stressful, time-consuming and often ends in failure. Buying into an existing business (known as Entrepreneurship through Acquisition or ETA) is becoming a popular alternative, and it's not surprising.

This incisive, practical audio guide provides a thorough breakdown of the ins and outs everyone needs to know when turning contracting skills into a business. From summoning the motivation to start your own business to the intricacies of being your own boss, Claudiu Fatu artfully turns his personal experiences and those of other successful contractors into advice on every aspect of building a business.

Build Systems Your Team Can Run Without You is a practical blueprint for turning chaotic processes into repeatable, scalable workflows that keep delivering value even when leadership isn’t in the room. No more bottlenecks, no more firefighting—just clear rules, trusted playbooks, and a culture that can sustain itself. This book walks you through the exact mechanisms that let teams operate with autonomy defining measurable outcomes, designing SOP playbooks, and translating goals into rules that guide daily decisions. You’ll learn how to establish documentation standards that travel ...

Fundraising isn’t just about raising money—it’s about creating campaigns that truly make a difference. Take inspiration from the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, which raised over $220 million and helped develop a new treatment for ALS. That’s the power of effective fundraising.

We all love monsters. We love them because they exist outside of our world and yet feel real to us. We love how strange they can be. We love the sense of danger that arises when we talk about them. We love how they live in our imaginations. And when monsters come to life in our imaginations, we love to face and defeat them. We battle dragons and demons and undead—and conquer them in tales we’ll remember our whole lives. Within the Forge of Foes, we’ll build these monsters. Here in the forge, we’ll modify creatures, giving them new attacks and strange new abilities.

Leaders on projects should be the chief people officers (CPO) of their teams. This position does a less physical work and more mentoring of others doing the work. In fact, while most entry level positions execute work, senior leaders lead, organize, and build teams. This book is about building remarkable teams that build remarkable projects. To do this, you must have three key things: a multiplier leader, a strong team, and a strenuous performance target, goal, or milestone. With these three in place, any team can win! This book will help you become the team builder you were designed to be....

"Monsters don’t run. They build their own pack." Emery spent his whole life running from monsters. Then he met Cassian — all sharp teeth, rough hands, and dangerous loyalty. And Theo — all stubborn mouth, soft heart, and zero self-preservation. Now he’s not running anymore

Running a business should be exciting and rewarding, not a burden. Unfortunately, many entrepreneurs fall into the daily grind of stamping out fires and doing everything themselves because they’ve unknowingly become their own best employee and the bottleneck of their business. Do questions, decisions, and problems always funnel their way back to you? Has your business become a revolving door for employees or the permanent residence for under-performers? Are you tired of burning the candle at both ends and not living life on your terms?

Don’t let your company run off the rails. If your organization is beset by competing deadlines, inexpert strategies, and missed milestones, it’s time to invest in your own business conductor: A program management office. In this essential field guide to building, staffing, and running a top-notch PMO, software industry executive and program management specialist Paula Dieli shares essential tools, insights, and real-life case studies from major companies such as Zendesk, Adobe, and Macromedia.

What would happen if you took a 2-week no-strings-attached vacation away from your business right now? Would it pretty much stop without you? Struggle, and ultimately slow down? Or would it still run, grow, and THRIVE without you? If the answer frightens you, 'The 2-Week Vacation Test' is your wake-up call and your blueprint to freedom. For 6- and 7-figure entrepreneurs stuck in the chaos of day-to-day operations, the idea of taking a vacation might seem like a distant dream or a recipe for disaster. But what if it was the key to unlock your business' full potential?

Are you trapped in the business you built? You started your company seeking freedom and success, but now you're working longer hours than any employee. Vacations get interrupted by "emergencies." Your phone never stops. The business that was supposed to create freedom has become your prison. It doesn't have to be this way. Imagine your business running smoothly without your constant involvement. Picture checking metrics occasionally instead of putting out fires daily. Envision having time for family, travel, or new ventures while your company continues generating profits. This isn't a ...

YouTube is not just a video platform anymore- it's one of the most powerful income-generating tool in the world. Millions of creators, from teenagers in their bedrooms to professionals building media companies, earn money by sharing videos. The good news is that! You don't need expensive equipment, a production team, or years of experience. What you need is a clear strategy, consistency, and smart execution. This book will walk you through step by step: . Setting up your channel the right way. . Growing an Audience in 4 months . Monetizing through ads, sponsorships, and more. By the end ...

Event planning can be an exciting, rewarding, and fabulously fun vocation, but it takes more than just knowing how to throw a great party if you want to make it work. In Behind the Red Velvet Curtain, Cindy Y. Lo, DMCP, shares her insights and stories about how she built an international award-winning company, Red Velvet Events (RVE), and made it a roaring success. From Cindy’s triumphs—and from her mistakes—you’ll learn how to Unlock your creativity Find the right clients Handle finances Take risks Master networking Use social media as a powerful business tool Define your company ...

Dropshipping has rewritten the rules of global commerce. It allows anyone—from students to retirees—to operate a fully functional online store without owning a single warehouse, touching a single product, or managing complex logistics. This business model flips the traditional inventory system on its head, turning accessibility into profit potential.

Imagine how great it would be to cut costs and grow your business beyond your wildest expectations by “remoting it” with outstanding global freelance talent. Discover how you can eliminate the expense of maintaining an office and many other costs with this approach. Get ready to ditch the office and experience the freedom of working from anywhere while leading a booming business.

Forget the fluff and get-rich-quick schemes. Hustle Smarter, Not Harder: A Practical Guide to Business Success is the brutally honest, refreshingly practical handbook for anyone serious about launching and growing a successful venture. Packed with actionable strategies and real-world examples, this book cuts through the noise and delivers the essential knowledge you need to navigate every stage of the entrepreneurial journey. From validating your idea and crafting a solid business plan to mastering marketing, sales, and customer loyalty, you'll learn how to build a sustainable business ...

Every business starts with an idea, but not every idea becomes a machine that produces wealth without constant oversight. The difference lies in the design of the business model. In a world where technology, automation, and leverage have compressed timelines and multiplied opportunities, the entrepreneurs who thrive are those who structure their ventures as self-sustaining engines. This book is not about hustling harder—it’s about designing smarter.

Running a fantasy football league is tougher than it looks. Every commissioner starts with good intentions and ends up refereeing disputes over trades, payouts, schedules, or rules that were never clarified. This book solves that problem. It gives you a complete commissioner’s playbook, covering every scenario a league will face—from chaotic draft nights to the playoff push—so your season doesn’t collapse into arguments and resentment. Across thirty in-depth chapters, you’ll see cautionary tales of leagues that imploded and clear frameworks to prevent those disasters. Each chapter...

DEATH AND LIFE: A Sara Neuville Thriller When you have nothing left to lose, you become truly dangerous. After the explosive events on the German island of Fehmarn, Sara vanishes without a trace into southern Europe. Wanted by authorities, pregnant, and stripped of her identity, she faces an impossible reality—no papers, no money, and enemies who would kill her on sight. The ambitious researcher Sara Neuville once was no longer exists, at least not on the surface. But the psychopath within her never sleeps. Her hunger for money, status, and control burns as fiercely as ever. Pregnancy ...

Lean Analytics is an incredibly popular framework for getting the most out of your business. Using this framework, you’ll be able to understand and master all of the data available to your business so you can build something the market truly wants.