The Accidental Startup: How to Realize Your True Potential by Becoming Your Own Boss [Paperback]

Danielle Babb Ph.D. MBA (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 5, 2009

Create your own job security

A wealth of info for prospective entrepreneurs.

With unemployment rates rising, many people are out of work and many more are either underemployed or in fear of losing their jobs. Many of these workers have long thought of owning their own businesses and are pondering whether self-employment is the right choice. This book will help them make the call, and go about the process of starting and running their own businesses by learning how to:

? Determine if it makes financial sense to leave the corporate world behind
? Assess whether they have what it takes to be self-employed
? Identify the market for their business and test whether it's viable
? Calculate start-up costs and revenue streams before making any investments
? Understand the strengths and weaknesses of the Competition
? Advertise and market the business

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About the Author

Danielle Babb, Ph.D., MBA, is a successful small business owner, author, professor, and an economic and real estate expert who regularly appears on major news networks. She has written five books, including How to Make Money Teaching Online and The Accidental Landlord. Danielle owns her own successful real estate business and teaches as many as eighty online courses per year! In addition, Danielle is a highly sought after expert who averages half a dozen appearances per month with major television shows, including: Your World with Neil Cavuto, The Nightly Scoreboard, Money for Breakfast, Fox and Friends, the Today Show, MSNBC News, CNN Headline News, CNN's Open House, NBC Nightly News, and more. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Alpha (May 5, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592578861
• ISBN-13: 978-1592578863
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,060,293 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Thanks for reading my bio! I am an author, a professor and a consultant specializing in technology management. I am fascinated by the disintermediation of service professionals due to online organizations. (fun stuff!) I am a doctor of philosophy (PhD) in Organization and Management with a Tech Emphasis and I teach *a lot* of classes, mostly all online. I love to travel, and get to do so often; though it would be nice to have a non-working vacation. :) I have written books (and continue to do so), published, I love presenting and giving seminars and workshops, and teaching students. My MBA is in Business, and I've been able to apply both my PhD and MBA to my career for years.

I am recently married, live in Southern California, and like most people making my way through life with as much adventure as possible. :)

Check out my other book sites at www.commissions-at-risk.com and www.teachonlinebook.com too.