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If you’re striving to defy outmoded business models and design tomorrow's enterprises. If your organization needs to adapt to harsh new realities, but you don't yet have a strategy that will get you out in front of your competitors, you need Business Model Generation.
As a social entrepreneur, you can build a business that changes the world. But you will face some unique challenges. This book will prepare you for them.
This is the age of the young entrepreneur. All over the country young people are fighting the recession, overcoming unemployment and making things happen. There is a thriving culture of youth enterprise spurred by programmes like Dragon’s Den and The Apprentice. And the Prince’s Trust is the leading force behind this phenomenon. Set up by HRH The Prince of Wales in 1976 this charity helps thousands of 18-35s set up businesses every year – and now all their wisdom and expertise have been put together in this full colour, engaging book.
A new definitive business guide, this book gives sound practical advice and step-by-step tips for each step of the business journey. It will cover every element of start-up and growth, from planning and research through the first 12 months’ operational challenges, to strategies for survival, expansion and exit.
Ever wanted to be an entrepreneur? Ever wanted to control what you do, when you do it and stop just making money for someone else? Now is your chance. Starting up a business has never been more exciting.
Perhaps you feel your career is stuck in a rut – or maybe you’re in the wrong job altogether. Or maybe you have a great business idea but something is stopping you from actually getting started. You may already be running a business but struggling to get to it to where you want it to be. Or perhaps you just want to be more successful in general – without knowing exactly what your vision of success is - yet!
Pimp it up, tart it up, sex it up – however, you say it, you need to do it if you want to make the most of your business. Don’t turn people off with a dull-as-dishwater website that’s impossible to find and navigate – get wise and learn exactly how to win online. Pimp My Site is a Do it Yourself guide to marketing a website through optimisation, search marketing, promotion, social media and publicity. Using a simple, step-by-step programme, with screenshots and visuals, it takes you through exactly what needs to be done, in an incredibly easy-to-follow way.
Do you really need to be managed? Do you really need to sit in the same place each day? The deal has been broken – employment no longer offers job security and fancy benefits. Recession and austerity have put an end to that. So why let somebody else reap the rewards of your hard work?
Social commerce is the new buzz word and this book will be the first to cut through the hype and tell you exactly what it all means… and how to do it. Social media has moved on, it’s not enough to just be engaging your customers in fun chit-chat, now you can sell to them directly through their favourite social media platform. No longer do you have the nightmare of dragging people from their social networking site to your homepage – you can get them buying right where they are!
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