Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months: A Month-by-Month Guide to a Business that Works Paperback – 18 March 2010

F. Emerson . Adams Media . English

Inside, you'll find the timetable and steps you need to take to become a successful CEO of your own venture, including: Month 1: Meet with potential venture capitalists Month 3: Set a one-year marketing budget Month 5: Select a logo Month 9: Purchase customer relationship management software Month 11: Prepare your launch day press release How many people want to walk away from their jobs? Tell the boss and his cronies to kiss off? Follow their passion and fulfil their dreams? Well, now they can. Successful entrepreneur Melinda F. Emerson draws on her experience in founding a business that has landed clients ranging from Comcast to Johnson & Johnson. Emerson provides a twelve-month course of action that shows how careful preparation and a clear business plan can point out the road to riches and happiness. A detailed blueprint to getting a business off the ground, this practical guide details the steps that all but ensure a successful transition to CEO of a new venture. Whether the reader is newly unemployed or sick of office life and longing for a change, this book shows how to escape the cubicle and open a business that can succeed.

Categories: Action & Adventure

About the Author

Melinda F. Emerson, SmallBizLady, is America’s #1 Small Business Expert. She has been a thriving entrepreneur for nearly 20 years and is an internationally known keynote speaker and expert on small business development and social media marketing. She publishes a resource blog www.succeedasyourownboss.com. Her small business advice is widely read reaching more than 3 million entrepreneurs each week online. A pioneer in social media marketing, she is the creator and host of #Smallbizchat LIVE, and The Smallbizchat Podcast. Forbes magazine named her the #1 woman for entrepreneurs to follow on Twitter. Melinda is a founder and president of Quintessence Group, an award-winning marketing consulting firm based in Philadelphia, PA, serving Fortune 500 brands who target small businesses. Notable clients include Visa, Sam’s Club, Chase, FedEx, American Express, ADP, Verizon Wireless, Pitney Bowes, Staples, and The Hartford. She has lectured at numerous colleges and universities including; MIT, The University of Pennsylvania, Rosemont College, Chatham University, Point Park College, Temple University, to name a few. In addition to being a former columnist for The New York Times, Entrepreneur, and Inc. she is frequently quoted by other media organizations including The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Fast Company, CNBC, MSNBC, and Fox News. Forbes magazine named her one of Top 10 Tech and Business Experts for 2017. She is also a contributor to Essence and Black Enterprise. She is an expert on what it takes the start a successful small business, go-to-market strategy, and social media selling. She is the bestselling author of Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months, 2nd Edition, and the ebook How To Become a Social Media Ninja, and her latest book Fix Your Business. She received an undergraduate degree from Virginia Tech and holds an MBA from Drexel University has an amazing teenage son JoJo.

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