Running Small Business

In February 2009, Dan Maccarone, a digital product design executive who works with some of the world’s top brands, walked through the doors of what would be his new bar, Destination, in Manhattan’s East Village. The overwhelming stale-beer smell, ruined floor, and “Happy New Year 2008” banners that hung from the walls were the least of his worries. He had just six weeks and a budget of $150,000 to turn the place into the neighborhood’s new favorite hang-out - and start turning a profit.

The car screeched to a stop next to the guard rail, rocks and dirt tumbling into the canyon below. Kurt was trying to escape his life and his business...and he almost succeeded. Then, a chance encounter led him to a unique auto repair shop and its wise owner who challenged Kurt’s view of reality. Fixing the car was easy. But could Kurt fix himself? Misfire is a remarkable journey that begins when a broken car and a broken contractor pull into the most unconventional auto repair shop imaginable.

The Cheer Gym Owners' Handbook is your indispensable guide to building a profitable and thriving all star gym. Recognized as the #1 industry resource, this book is packed with actionable advice and practical strategies, covering everything from enhancing your marketing and optimizing staffing to mastering the financial aspects of gym ownership.

Kathleen Shannon and Emily Thompson are self-proclaimed "business besties" and hosts of the top-ranked podcast Being Boss, where they talk shop and share their combined expertise with other creative entrepreneurs. Now they take the best of their from-the-trenches advice, giving you targeted guidance on: The Boss Mindset: how to weed out distractions, cultivate confidence, and tackle "fraudy feelings"; Boss Habits: including a tested method for visually mapping out goals with magical results; and Boss Money: how to stop freaking out about finances and sell yourself (without shame).

Robert Rosenberg took over as CEO of Dunkin’ Donuts in 1963, 13 years after the first restaurant was founded by his father William. In his remarkable 35-year run, he grew the company from $10 million in sales to over $2 billion with more than 3,000 outlets. Through his tenure, Robert learned important lessons on running and scaling a family business. Rosenberg shares his insider perspective on all the dramatic highs and lows that are part of the Dunkin’ Donuts story to guide you to your own success story.

So you have big dreams of being a large business owner? You think you have great ideas that need to be listened to, and the ability to lead a team in the direction of accomplishing a common goal? Do you have all kinds of plans for expansion and have you set goals for yourself that you know you can accomplish if you only have the chance to do it? If any of these answers are yes, then you need to look no further

Do you love traveling, eating, and exploring new locations? Are you thinking of starting your own bed-and-breakfast? This book will quench your curiosity and answer all your questions. We interview everyone from huge B&Bs to small mom-and-pop B&Bs, inns that have been around for decades and B&Bs that are new and making a big splash! This is one of the most interesting books about the bed-and-breakfast business written in the last decade. The vast amount of different people we spoke with gives us a truly eye-opening glimpse into what the industry is all about!

This is the book you will need if you are considering setting up your own business. It is aimed at the new business owner who has a lot of questions to ask. It has been written by a successful business owner and provides advice on what, and what not, to do. While it is not intended to be a global reference book it does provide the listener with practical answers to the issues they will come across every day, and includes examples of successes and failures from both the US and UK perspectives.

This book will take you from knowing nothing about the vending machine business to learning more about it than most people running an already successful business of this kind!

A start-up is a risky thing, but there is a better way. Three-time best-selling author David C. Barnett uses his decades of business ownership, management, and consulting experience to show you the lower-risk path to owning the business of your dreams. It’s not new. It may be less exciting. But your kids will get fed every day with this plan.

This is not a how-to book per se, yet it tells you how to do so many things! Hiring and firing, for instance; reading people; identifying nonproducers; cutting expenses; knowing what your customers need; and, most of all, growing your business. It doesn't tell you how to start a business, yet listening to it will make doing that so much easier. It doesn't tell you how to run one, but even if you've been a COO for 30 years, you'll find new wisdom in it.

With the enabling power of technology, turning a great idea into a successful business does not have to be merely a dream. It can be a reality. The Lemonade Stand presents a new perspective on entrepreneurship that anyone who is considering starting a business or already running one, should read. The Lemonade Stand principles are thirteen guidelines that empower anyone to welcome adversity and transform problems into innovations.

With more than 50 years of professional experience, Mark C. Zweig has seen it all—from the fear and excitement of starting a new business to the joys and challenges of life as an entrepreneur. In Confessions of an Entrepreneur: Simple Wisdom for Starting, Building, and Running a Business, Zweig draws upon this wealth of experience to offer practical, easy-to-understand guidance for bringing a business to life and cultivating success at every stage of its development.

Are you a business owner that does “Okay”, but you’re struggling to increase profits and carve out more personal time? Could you benefit from expert advice in the key areas for success in your business? Pathway to Profits provides no-nonsense guidance you can use to run your company more profitably and more efficiently, which means more time for you!

The growth engine of the global economy is no longer through mega-production and huge conglomerates, but rather through the proliferation of smaller enterprises. In America alone, tens of thousands of businesses crop up each year. Unfortunately, few will succeed, though not due to a lack of ingenuity, initiative, or even capital. Why, then?

This book explores topics such as business coaching, the benefits of business coaching, the difference between training and business coaching, what to look for when choosing a business coach, how to develop a mission statement, the importance of developing an effective mission statement for your organization, tips on writing a financial plan for your business, branding, and so much more.

In The Liberated CEO, he turns the conventional portrait of the 24/7 entrepreneur as multi-tasking control freak on its head by using strategies that unshackle individuals from the "daily grind", inspiring you to perform your responsibilities on your own terms and schedules. In addition to giving the individual more freedom, the benefits of The Liberated CEO principles will increase the success, profitability, operational efficiency, and, ultimately, the enterprise value of any business.

With advice from Daymond John, Bobbi Brown, Mark Cuban, Sallie Krawcheck, Max Levchin, Alexa von Tobel, and other successful early stage start-up investors, Inc. magazine shows you how to attract and wisely apply your firm’s first precious sources of cash.

A lean startup guide with out-of-the-box ideas on how to open a vegan restaurant from a restaurant owner’s perspective with no previous restaurant experience to owning and managing a successful vegan restaurant in South Florida. You’ll learn key mistakes to avoid that will help you stay away from many headaches, what I learned while going through a full renovation process, how to open the restaurant and drive traffic before you even open, and advice on how to operate the restaurant so you can grow it successfully.

If you’re curious about launching your own side hustle, chances are you’ve probably already heard your fair share of “rumors” about the game of entrepreneurship.