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Brandon Toropov is a Boston-based writer who has written a variety of non-fiction titles including The I Ching for Beginners and The Art and Skill of Dealing with People. He has appeared on more than 100 local and national broadcast programs. He is the author of several Complete Idiot’s Guides on religious topics.
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Gina Abudi, MBA is President of Abudi Consulting Group, LLC. She has over 20 years of consulting experience in project and process management and in leadership and business strategy. Abudi Consulting Group, LLC (http://www.AbudiConsulting.com) focuses on helping organizations develop and implement strategy and best practices around projects, processes, people and technology.
Gina presents and is a keynote at various conferences, forums and corporate events on various project and process management, team leadership, business impact and ROI, and other management and leadership topics. She has written a number of white papers and articles on various management and project management topics, which can be found on her blog: http://www.GinaAbudi.com. Her articles and white papers appear on a number of international online forums, blogs, and magazines. Gina is co-author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Best Practices for Small Business (Alpha Books, 2011) and is a contributing author to Project Pain Reliever (J. Ross Publishing, 2011).
Gina serves as President of the PMI® Massachusetts Bay Chapter Board of Directors and has served on the Project Management Institute's Global Corporate Council as Chair of the Leadership Team. She is Co-Chair of the Northeast Human Resource Association's Program Committee. She has also been an Advisory Board Member of Project Summit/Business Analyst World. Gina has been honored as one of the Power 50 from PMI® - one of the 50 most influential executives in project management, working to move the profession forward.
Gina received her MBA from Simmons Graduate School of Management. She served on the Simmons Graduate School of Management Alumnae Association Board from 2007 - 2009. She is an active member of The Boston Club.
Gina presents and is a keynote at various conferences, forums and corporate events on various project and process management, team leadership, business impact and ROI, and other management and leadership topics. She has written a number of white papers and articles on various management and project management topics, which can be found on her blog: http://www.GinaAbudi.com. Her articles and white papers appear on a number of international online forums, blogs, and magazines. Gina is co-author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Best Practices for Small Business (Alpha Books, 2011) and is a contributing author to Project Pain Reliever (J. Ross Publishing, 2011).
Gina serves as President of the PMI® Massachusetts Bay Chapter Board of Directors and has served on the Project Management Institute's Global Corporate Council as Chair of the Leadership Team. She is Co-Chair of the Northeast Human Resource Association's Program Committee. She has also been an Advisory Board Member of Project Summit/Business Analyst World. Gina has been honored as one of the Power 50 from PMI® - one of the 50 most influential executives in project management, working to move the profession forward.
Gina received her MBA from Simmons Graduate School of Management. She served on the Simmons Graduate School of Management Alumnae Association Board from 2007 - 2009. She is an active member of The Boston Club.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great for those contemplating starting their own business,
This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Best Practices for Small Business (Paperback)
I'm a mid-career professional and I just graduated from an MBA program this spring. Like a lot of recent MBA's, I entered the program looking to advance my career, and find myself wondering if I should go out on my own instead. This book's anecdotes from several successful entrepreneurs who found they could escape the rat race and run their own business is a useful guide. There are many more obstacles, and opportunities, than I would have imagined. The advice is practical, and consistent with the CIG products, is easy to read and gives great food for thought.Unlike a lot of other business how-to books, this is more than just some guru pontificating his or her point of view, mostly just to sell a book. The CIG guides do a lot to prevent against the author's biases in that regard, and this is no exception. While not the end-all, be-all to business planning, it is a great first step to understanding the issues you'll need to deal with if an when you take the leap and decide to strike out on your own.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
how to succeed in a small business,
This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Best Practices for Small Business (Paperback)
Abudi and Toropov guide those thinking of starting a small business, or re-focusing an existing business, through the maze of responsibilities and challenges. Unlike many business books, the authors write clearly and convincingly. The book places a steady emphasis, and many best practices for establishing and maintaining strong relationships with your customers. Beginning with questions that help a new or potential business owner, they provide just enough guidance through expansive topics such as accounting, project planning, marketing, business planning, and strategic planning, focusing on best practices. They tell you many ways to fund your new or existing business.
The most important decisions you will make as a business owner are hiring the best people. The book delivers explicit suggestions about how to prepare for, and conduct a hiring interview--and avoid hiring blunders. It tells small business owners and managers how to compensate, motivate, and innovate. Their examples span a wide variety of small businesses from bakeries and pizza joints to training companies. The authors point you toward experts and resources including The National Venture Capital Association, the US Small Business Administration, and websites that provide free and buyable software. They underline the importance of getting a lawyer, abiding by employment law, and protecting your intellectual property. The IT chapter near the end provides many excellent ideas for using the Internet to promote and expand your business. I have already begun to change the way I run my business as a result of reading this guide.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best Practices REALLY Matter,
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This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Best Practices for Small Business (Paperback)
As someone who has run a small business for more than a decade, I can relate to almost all of the situations described in this book. It's like a portable jump-start for people who are just getting things off the ground. I can absolutely see it helping people ramp up faster, but more importantly the suggestions that Abudi makes help you avoid repeatedly falling on your face - like so many of us have. The advice is offered in a way that makes it easy to skim through it for as much or as little depth as you need, so you're more likely to ACTUALLY USE the book than have it sitting on the shelf. So in summary, it's easy to use and extraordinarily helpful - what more could you want?
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