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The $100 Startup: Fire Your Boss, Do What You Love and Work Better To Live More by [Guillebeau, Chris]

The $100 Startup: Fire Your Boss, Do What You Love and Work Better To Live More Kindle Edition

by Chris Guillebeau (Author)

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Change your job to change your life

You no longer need to work nine-to-five in a big company to pay the mortgage, send your kids to school and afford that yearly holiday. You can quit the rat race and start up on your own - and you don't need an MBA or a huge investment to do it.

The $100 Startup is your manual to a new way of living. Learn how to:

- Earn a good living on your own terms, when and where you want

- Achieve that perfect blend of passion and income to make work something you love

- Take crucial insights from 50 ordinary people who started a business with $100 or less

- Spend less time working and more time living your life

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File Size: 2095 KB
Print Length: 304 pages
Publisher: Macmillan; Main Market Ed. edition (May 24, 2012)
Publication Date: May 24, 2012
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B007WTR2W6
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I thoroughly enjoyed “The $100 Startup

ByBridgett - Amazon Customeron March 6, 2016

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I am a student at University of Baltimore, and this book was assigned to me for my survey Entrepreneurship course. I thoroughly enjoyed “The $100 Startup,” and think it would be very useful for Entrepreneurship students because the reading is straightforward and concepts are easy to follow. Some people believe that it takes at least tens of thousands of dollars to start a business. However, Guillebeau offers a more relatable perspective in “The $100 Startup.” He provides a blueprint on how to produce a quality product or service that consumers will value enough to pay for. What I really enjoyed about the book is that the author interviewed real business owners that met his criteria. This includes a unique business model, using no more than $1000 in startup capital, and no special skills. The business had to have earned at least $50,000 in net income and had to disclose their income. Also the business required fewer than five employees. Part One shares the various reasons why people go into business for themselves and the demographics of the business owner and their customers. The second part of the book outlines various but simple business plans, marketing and launching techniques. The last part focuses on expanding the business into chains, franchises and how to overcome major challenges. Micro-entrepreneurs have been around since the beginning of time, and the concept should not be confused with “get rich quick” schemes. With focus and hard work, it is possible for anyone to work for themselves.

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Not what I expected but shattered my expectations.

ByCasey Williamson December 30, 2015

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Not sure why everyone is complaining about the book lacking substance or detail. There are several times within the book where the point is stressed that sometimes a great business can start without a plan or without it originally being a business idea at all. This book to me seems to be more of a pull up your bootstraps and just give it a shot type of work. While it does provide many break downs for different business plans and even goes as far as to how you should construct you mission statement, I believe it is much more motivational than informative. Anyone who has ever wondered about owning a business but was too scared to take the jump and the risk will greatly appreciate this book. It might not teach you all there is to know about running a business, but it will surely make you feel a whole lot more comfortable taking the plunge into self-employment. Overall a great book and wonderful read. I would purchase this again and recommend it to anyone considering or interested in the world of small business.

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Top selling book on entrepreneurship?

ByAmeron August 9, 2012

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Well I am disappointed in this book. As a top selling book, I was expecting perhaps too much.

First I would say the target audience of this book are probably those people who never ever read any other book on business, or never even thought about starting a business. Almost every advice is very basic.

When I read author had interviewed so many businesses, I was hoping he would have included more "technical" details about them. For example, the photographer in Spain, how she was advertised, how much she invested in her gear, did she take any classes, how she hires assistants, if any etc. Or coffee shop guy, how did he get money for coffee shop, how many hours he works at coffee shop, how did he gain experience for running it etc (I am pretty sure starting a coffee shop is not exactly $100 startup).

Or that single mom who became marketing consultant, exactly how did she land her first client? How did she dress, and gained their respect? How did she learn about marketing? How did she convince companies that she was a real deal not a joke? (At our company, we had experiences with so-called Social Media Marketing experts. It seems most of them just know how to update their Facebook statuses or send a twitter update.)

For good parts, the book is easy to read. It will inspire many people to do what they enjoy. It does provide a starting point. It repeats general knowledge but it is good to have all that knowledge in one place.

In the end, don't expect anything revolutionary from this book. In my opinion, if you are already inspired to do your own thing then try to find a book on that thing. If you want to start a photography business then you might be better served by a book on starting photography business than this book.

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Not Enough Detail

ByKelvin D. Meekson February 17, 2013

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This book was something that I hoped would provide inspiration and useful instruction [as a gift for my teenage nephew].

However, I found it wanting in the extreme.

Stories lack substantiating details.

Compared to another book ("Start Small, Stay Small") - this book pales in comparison to the value, level of detail, and hands-on direct applicability.

Too Much Fluff, Not Enough Stuff.

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ver useful. I have my own business

BySantiago Brandon March 23, 2016

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While some of the information contained in this book might be "well, duh!" I did not find that to be the case. I just finished reading the book and I have to say that I have found it to be very, ver useful. I have my own business, but was struggling with ways to make it more fun, challenging and profitable. " The $100 STARTUP" Has provided me with new ideas that are simple to implement. When creating or growing a business, many things are a leap of faith: if you are willing to take it this book will help you.

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Less Examples, More Detail

ByA. Osborneon May 16, 2012

Format: Hardcover

This is an inspiring book. At least a couple times while reading it I took a pen to jot down some ideas.

My problem with the book is that there are too many success stories but no real detail on the struggle for that success. I think this book would have been more successful if the author had chosen one or two examples per chapter to really dig into. I agree with one reviewer who said that most of the examples are in the form "got an idea, started a website, made money". How did they do it all? That what I like to know. It's great to know that people have started businesses with so little capital but I want to know the struggles, the low points and how they persevered.

Toward the end of the book I just skimmed. I wanted someone to cheer for and I didn't find that in 1/2 page examples.

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