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Tired of doing all the work for your boss but reaping none of the financial benefits? Fed up with working 60 hours a week for someone else? Want to start your own business but afraid to take the leap?
Packed with practical advice on every aspect of self-employment, along with useful Web sites, checklists, and quizzes, "The Girl's Guide to Starting Your Own Business is the book that Caitlin Friedman and Kimberly Yorio each searched for when they left the corporate world behind to start their own public relations companies. When they merged their businesses into one company, Friedman and Yorio vowed to record the process and create a truly useful guide for other women entrepreneurs.
"The Girl's Guide to Starting Your Own Business streamlines the vast information needed to launch your business. From starting with the big question: Are you the girl to run the show? to writing a business plan to understanding your legal obligations and getting your name out there in the marketplace. So, here's the lowdown on how to take your business idea and run with it!
But don't just take Friedman and Yorio's word for it -- women business owners from a wide range of industries offer their own start-up stories, advice, and opinions.
"The Girl's Guide to Starting Your Own Business speaks to women in a way no business book has -- relating frank, useful, and professional advice with all the energy, enthusiasm, and fun of a girl's night out.
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andquot;Busy working parents will readily warm to the Friedmans' comprehensive plan for organizing and integrating family and career skills.andquot;
--PUBLISHERSandnbsp;WEEKLY
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"Busy working parents will readily warm to the Friedmans' comprehensive plan for organizing and integrating family and career skills."
--Publishers Weekly
and#8220;Family Inc. provides some much-needed inspiration for overwhelmed families.and#8221;
--Parade magazine
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and#8220;This book is a must-read for those who need to reprioritize their families and the clutter in their homes.and#8221;
--MomTrends.com
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and#8220;I could tell from the very beginning that this would be a book that I would be coming back to many times in the future. This was a great book that I encourage all parents to read!and#8221;
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"This fun and informative book shows aspiring young women how to build their own businesses from the ground up...and stand as tall as a Manhattan highrise."
--Barbara Corcoran, author of If You Don't Have Large Breasts Wear Ribbons in Your Pigtails
"This book will do for business what The Joy of Cooking did for the culinary world."
--Ella Brennan, owner, Commander's Palace
The Girl's Guide to Starting Your Own Business is a must-read guide for any woman who wants to ditch the cubicle and join the growing ranks of aspiring female entrepreneurs. Revised and updated to reflect a post-financial crisis and Twitter world, this essential business handbook by Caitlin Friedman and Kimberly Yorio offers candid advice, frank talk, and true stories that will help every woman with a great business plan achieve her dream.
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Geared toward the unique challenges faced by self-employed businesswomen, The Girl's Guide to Starting Your Own Business offers solutions and advice for handling a range of issues, including how to write a business plan, how to secure funding, and how to hire (and fire) employees. Caitlin Friedman and Kimberly Yorio share practical information drawn from their own extensive experience in the public relations, marketing, and consulting industries. Their concise and engaging advice is explained through entertaining tips, lists, and quizzes that speak directly to women who are dreaming of starting, or have already started, their own businesses.
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Geared toward the unique challenges faced by self-employed businesswomen, The Girl's Guide to Starting Your Own Business offers solutions and advice for handling a range of issues, including how to write a business plan, how to secure funding, and how to hire (and fire) employees. Caitlin Friedman and Kimberly Yorio share practical information drawn from their own extensive experience in the public relations, marketing, and consulting industries. Their concise and engaging advice is explained through entertaining tips, lists, and quizzes that speak directly to women who are dreaming of starting, or have already started, their own businesses.
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Does your work life andquot;balanceandquot; feel anything but? Most people will probably tell you that you need to be more strict about separating your office and home lives, and WHATEVER YOUand#160;DO, DON'Tand#160;TAKEand#160;THEand#160;OFFICEand#160;HOMEand#160;WITHand#160;YOU! To this, husband-and-wife authors Caitlin and Andrew Friedman say: Think again! In Family Inc., they share how they were able to use the organizational strategies they'd relied on in their professional lives to bring the joyandmdash;and yes, the sanityandmdash;back into their home.
Caitlin and Andrewand#160;Friedman met while working at a thriving midsize PR firm. Fifteen years of marriage, twins, a house, and three career changes later, they found themselves overwhelmed by their daily responsibilities. In this invaluable guide to making your household run more smoothly, the Friedmans take readers step byand#160;step through a process ofand#160;reenvisioning their domestic lives as well-run, successful business ventures.and#160;According to the Friedmans,and#160;by introducing such simple activities as family meetings, job descriptions, and regular andquot;employee evaluations,andquot; it's amazing how simple and stress-free life suddenly can become. Using the tools offered in this book, you will soon see tensions eased, household tasks completed, and family downtime rediscovered.
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A guide for anyone who dreams of owning their own food business, showing prospective entrepreneurs how to build a business out of the food they love through the stories of nationally-known food entrepreneurs.
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“This fun and informative book shows aspiring young women how to build their own businesses from the ground up...and stand as tall as a Manhattan highrise.”
—Barbara Corcoran, author of If You Dont Have Large Breasts Wear Ribbons in Your Pigtails
“This book will do for business what The Joy of Cooking did for the culinary world.”
—Ella Brennan, owner, Commander's Palace
The Girls Guide to Starting Your Own Business is a must-read guide for any woman who wants to ditch the cubicle and join the growing ranks of aspiring female entrepreneurs. Revised and updated to reflect a post-financial crisis and Twitter world, this essential business handbook by Caitlin Friedman and Kimberly Yorio offers candid advice, frank talk, and true stories that will help every woman with a great business plan achieve her dream.
About the Author
Caitlin Friedman is best known for her Girl's Guide series (coauthored with Kimberly Yorio), which includes the bestselling titles
The Girl's Guide to Starting Your Own Business and
The Girl's Guide to Being the Boss (Without Being a Bitch). She has appeared on the
Today show many times and been featured in multiple national publications including
Time and
Real Simple.
Andrew Friedman is the author Knives at Dawn: America's Quest for Culinary Glory at the Bocuse d'Or, the World's Most Prestigious Cooking Competition, and has collaborated on more than twenty books and cookbooks with many of the best chefs in America. As a sports writer, he is an editor at-large for TENNIS magazine and coauthor of American tennis star James Blake's New York Times bestselling memoir Breaking Back. He is also the founder and chief contributor to the website Toqueland.com.