Richard Branson: Entrepreneur Extraordinaire

  Richard Branson: Life at 30,000 feet

   

Richard Branson talks to TED's Chris Anderson about the ups and the downs of his career, from his multibillionaire success to his multiple near-death experiences -- and reveals some of his (very surprising) motivations.

Screw Business as Usual [Kindle Edition]  by:  Richard Branson (Author)    

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Time Management Matrix

What Stephen R. Covey Taught Me About Time Management

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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People By: Stephen R. Covey

This review is from: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Paperback)

As the title of the book implies, Covey describes the seven habits of highly effective people and techniques for adopting the seven habits. Covey makes clear that an individual must make a paradigm shift before incorporating these habits into his/her own personal life. A paradigm is essentially the way an individual perceives something. Covey emphasizes that if we want to make a change in our lives, we should probably first focus on our personal attitudes and behaviors. He applies different examples via family, business, and society in general.This book's focal point is on an approach to obtain personal and interpersonal effectiveness. Covey points out that private victories precede public victories. He makes the example that making and keeping promises to ourselves comes before making and keeping promises to others. Habits 1, 2, and 3 deal with self-mastery. They move an individual from dependency on others to independence. Habits 4, 5, and 6 deal with teamwork, cooperation, and communication. These habits deal with transforming a person from dependency to independence to interdependence. Interdependence simply means mutual dependence. Habit 7 embodies all of the other habits to help an individual work toward continuous improvement.
Habit 1 discusses the importance of being proactive. Covey states that we are responsible for our own lives; therefore, we possess the initiative to make things happen. He also points out that proactive people so not blame various circumstances . . .
Habit 2 . . .
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Business Plans

Powder Coating Service Business Plan – MS Word/Excel

Powder Coating Service Business Plan – MS Word/Excel

• Easy to Use 3 Year MS Excel Financial Model
• 9 Chapter Business Plan (MS Word) – Full Industry Research – Investor/Bank Ready!
• Private Placement Memorandum and PowerPoint Presentation Included Free!
• Same Day Shipping (If order is placed before 5PM EST)! Delivered as CD-ROM.
• Easy to Use Instructions for the Software and the Business Planning Process!

The Powder Coating Service Business Plan is a comprehensive document that you can use for raising capital from a bank or an investor. This document has fully automated 3 year financials, complete industry research, and a fully automated table of contents. The template also features full documentation that will help you through the business planning process. This is a full and complete business plan with original research, financial models, and marketing/advertising plans that are specific for a Powder Coating Service. Since 2005, BizPlanDB and its parent company have helped raise more than 0,000,000 through its developed plans.

List Price: $ 18.95
Price: $ 18.95

Electrical Contractor Business Plan – MS Word/Excel

Electrical Contractor Business Plan – MS Word/Excel

• Easy to Use 3 Year MS Excel Financial Model
• 9 Chapter Business Plan (MS Word) – Full Industry Research – Investor/Bank Ready
• Private Placement Memorandum and PowerPoint Presentation Included Free!
• Same Day Shipping (If order is placed before 5PM EST)! Delivered as CD-ROM.
• Easy to Use Instructions for the Software and the Business Planning Process!

The Electrical Contractor Business Plan is a comprehensive document that you can use for raising capital from a bank or an investor. This document has fully automated 3 year financials, complete industry research, and a fully automated table of contents. The template also features full documentation that will help you through the business planning process. This is a full and complete business plan with original research, financial models, and marketing/advertising plans that are specific for an Electrical Contractor. Since 2005, BizPlanDB and its parent company have helped raise more than 0,000,000 through its developed plans.

List Price: $ 18.95
Price: $ 18.95

Hair and Nail Salon Business Plan – MS Word/Excel

Hair and Nail Salon Business Plan – MS Word/Excel

• Easy to Use 3 Year MS Excel Financial Model
• 9 Chapter Business Plan (MS Word) – Full Industry Research – Investor/Bank Ready
• Private Placement Memorandum and PowerPoint Presentation Included Free!
• Same Day Shipping (If order is placed before 5PM EST)! Delivered as CD-ROM.
• Easy to Use Instructions for the Software and the Business Planning Process!

The Hair and Nail Salon Business Plan is a comprehensive document that you can use for raising capital from a bank or an investor. This document has fully automated 3 year financials, complete industry research, and a fully automated table of contents. The template also features full documentation that will help you through the business planning process. This is a full and complete business plan with original research, financial models, and marketing/advertising plans that are specific for a Hair and Nail Salon. Since 2005, BizPlanDB and its parent company have helped raise more than 10,000,000 through its developed plans.

List Price: $ 18.95
Price: $ 18.95

Self Storage Facility Business Plan – MS Word/Excel

• Easy to Use 3 Year MS Excel Financial Model
• 9 Chapter Business Plan (MS Word) – Full Industry Research – Investor/Bank Ready!
• Private Placement Memorandum and PowerPoint Presentation Included Free!
• Same Day Shipping (If order is placed before 5PM EST)! Delivered as CD-ROM.
• Easy to Use Instructions for the Software and the Business Planning Process!

The Self Storage Facility Business Plan is a comprehensive document that you can use for raising capital from a bank or an investor. This document has fully automated 3 year financials, complete industry research, and a fully automated table of contents. The template also features full documentation that will help you through the business planning process. This is a full and complete business plan with original research, financial models, and marketing/advertising plans that are specific for a Self Storage Facility. Since 2005, BizPlanDB and its parent company have helped raise more than 10,000,000 through its developed plans.

List Price: $ 18.95
Price: $ 18.95

Solar Energy Farm Business Plan – MS Word/Excel

• Easy to Use 3 Year MS Excel Financial Model
• 9 Chapter Business Plan (MS Word) – Full Industry Research – Investor/Bank Ready!
• Private Placement Memorandum and PowerPoint Presentation Included Free!
• Same Day Shipping (If order is placed before 5PM EST)! Delivered as CD-ROM.
• Easy to Use Instructions for the Software and the Business Planning Process!

The Solar Energy Farm Business Plan is a comprehensive document that you can use for raising capital from a bank or an investor. This document has fully automated 3 year financials, complete industry research, and a fully automated table of contents. The template also features full documentation that will help you through the business planning process. This is a full and complete business plan with original research, financial models, and marketing/advertising plans that are specific for a Solar Energy Farm. Since 2005, BizPlanDB and its parent company have helped raise more than 0,000,000 through its developed plans.

List Price: $ 18.95
Price: $ 18.95

Internet Marketing Firm Business Plan – MS Word/Excel

• Easy to Use 3 Year MS Excel Financial Model
• 9 Chapter Business Plan (MS Word) – Full Industry Research – Investor/Bank Ready
• Private Placement Memorandum and PowerPoint Presentation Included Free!
• Same Day Shipping (If order is placed before 5PM EST)! Delivered as CD-ROM.
• Easy to Use Instructions for the Software and the Business Planning Process!

The Internet Marketing Firm Business Plan is a comprehensive document that you can use for raising capital from a bank or an investor. This document has fully automated 3 year financials, complete industry research, and a fully automated table of contents. The template also features full documentation that will help you through the business planning process. This is a full and complete business plan with original research, financial models, and marketing/advertising plans that are specific for an Internet Marketing Firm. Since 2005, BizPlanDB and its parent company have helped raise more than 0,000,000 through its developed plans.

List Price: $ 18.95
Price: $ 18.95

Auto Loan Company Business Plan – MS Word/Excel

• Easy to Use 3 Year MS Excel Financial Model
• 9 Chapter Business Plan (MS Word) – Full Industry Research – Investor/Bank Ready!
• Private Placement Memorandum and PowerPoint Presentation Included Free!
• Same Day Shipping (If order is placed before 5PM EST)! Delivered as CD-ROM.
• Easy to Use Instructions for the Software and the Business Planning Process!

The Auto Loan Company Business Plan is a comprehensive document that you can use for raising capital from a bank or an investor. This document has fully automated 3 year financials, complete industry research, and a fully automated table of contents. The template also features full documentation that will help you through the business planning process. This is a full and complete business plan with original research, financial models, and marketing/advertising plans that are specific for an Auto Loan Company. Since 2005, BizPlanDB and its parent company have helped raise more than 10,000,000 through its developed plans.

List Price: $ 18.95
Price: $ 18.95

Proper Business Planning with Tim Berry on CredibilityLIVE


Learn how a business plan can make you 68% more likely to succeed with Tim Berry of Palo Alto Software.


In this very special CredibilityLIVE event, we spoke with Entrepreneur Tim Berry (President of Palo Alto Software) to discuss what it takes to write a successful business plan.


Here are just some of the things we covered:


* The 8 key factors of a successful business plan
* How to grow your business with your business plan
* How to actively manage your business with a business plan
* How often you should revisit the assumptions of your plan

Choosing a Business to Start, Part 7 - So You Want to Start a Business

Before starting a business lets go back to school and listen to a great Professor of Business Administration at Batten Institute, Edward D. Hess.
The Batten Institute is one of the Centers of Excellence at the University of Virginia's Darden Graduate School of Business Administration.

So You Want to Start a Business





"So, You Want to Start a Business?: 8 Steps to Take Before Making the Leap" by Edward D. Hess, Charles D. Goetz.

    There are many books on how to start your business. What distinguishes this book from the others is that it gives a concise and clear image about the path you must take on how to start your business. You can learn from the chapters of this book how to choose your customers, how to design your product, how to find and keep good employees, everything you need to start and grow your business.
     Chapter 3 of this book is a very important one: "What is a good opportunity".  You can't do any business without having any knowledge about what an opportunity is and how it smells.
    Learn how to choose the opportunity for your first business and how to become an opportunity hunter.
    Learn what is a small business, how to manage a business, cost of starting a business, how to fund a business, even, building wealth from nothing.

There are some great resources recommended by the authors in this book in the
lists provided for books on business strategy, on entrepreneurship, finance, accounting, leadership, and sales.

Choosing a Business to Start, Part 6 - Own Your Own Corporation

Learn how to start your business under the right legal roof right from the beginning. 

Learn about corporations and legal structures you need for your businesses and how they can protect your assets.

 If you are starting a big business, learn how to protect it from the first day.

"Own nothing and control everything. Use the techniques of the rich to improve your financial standing and protect your family."

"Own Your Own Corporation" by Garrett Sutton

 This book gives you the most important small business startup help that you need.

Choosing a Business to Start, Part 5 - Discover Your Strenghts

"Now, Discover Your Strengths" by Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton

They teach you when you start a business: "Just do it!" or "Take action!". Do what? or What action?.  I think here is something very wrong. If you do not TUNE in your action with your strengths, everything you are doing is work, work, work and wrong, wromg, wrong and finally, no leverage. That's not business. It is like you want to turn a great mathematician into a great dancer.  It is against your nature.
So, it is time to discover your strengths.


In this book you will see how talents, skills and knowledge determine your strengths.



In order to find your strenghts, buy the book to get the code you need to take the test at  this link.