Ben Casnocha discovered he was entrepreneur at age 12 and hasn't slowed down since. In this remarkably instructive book, Ben dissects the entrepreneurship "gene," explaining that everyone has inherited it if they have an idea to make the world a better place. In Casnocha's case, he found a better way for city governments to communicate with constituents on the Web. Six years later, Comcate has dozens of municipal clients, a growing staff, and a record of excellence. This book is the story of his start-up, but also a conversation with his mentors, clients and fellow entrepreneurs about how to make a business idea work?and how to have the time of your life trying. From Pat Lencioni to Marc Benioff of salesforce.com, Ben has won over the best and brightest of the business world?now it's your turn!
"It's just another day riding motorcycles and running in the woods for Michael, Matt, and Cody, when suddenly someone--or something--needs their help. The boys are drawn into another world, a world under attack by evil incarnate. As they fight evil and help the helpless, the 'Young Warriors' will also move step by step along the incline from boyhood to manhood--if they come back"--Page 4 of cover.
The how-to guide to starting, funding, running, and exiting a successful online business in less than three months Getting a thriving online enterprise up and running takes more than just a good idea. It involves building a website, developing it into a viable business, maintaining cash flow, hiring a staff, and much more. The task can seem daunting, but Successful Online Start-Ups For Dummies is here to help, showing prospective entrepreneurs how to develop a sound business plan, set up a proper company structure, and attract investment/funding in less than three months. Many entrepreneurs have a great idea and the technical know-how to get a website up and running, but forget that it's a business that requires capital, management and continual growth. Successful Online Start-Ups For Dummies teaches new start-ups how to get "investment ready" and attract the right backers in a very competitive market, giving readers the specific know-how to keep their business running—or how to turn it over quickly and profitably so they can move onto their next start-up or retire. Gives budding entrepreneurs everything they need to build and sell a profitable online business Topics covered include "bootstrapping," common mistakes and missed opportunities at every step of the start-up business cycle, achieving rapid but sustainable growth, attracting the attention of investors and mentors, market validation, and much more Includes content specially tailored for readers in Australia and New Zealand, including details on all the major incubator events and start-up workshops in both countries A great idea isn't enough to achieve real business success, making Successful Online Start-Ups For Dummies the potential difference between personal financial disaster and a comfortable early retirement.
Journey through time once again starting in romantic Tuscany where Abby Stevens finds more than she was expecting in Bella Italia. Destiny Lends a Hand in medieval Austria where a nobleman must choose between status and love. Next, in Love and Murder, a governess must save her employer from himself when he searches out his wifes killer. Then in Lofty Expectations, Eric Murray must choose between the dream job and love. In Indian Summer, a daughter returns to British India where she meets the father she never knew. While in For All Time, warring clans are the order of the day in 1600s, Scotland. We end our journey in 1920s, New York, where an orphan girl must keep her past a secret during an era where social status is everything.
The winner of the prestigious Caldecott Honor, and described by the New York Times as 'a masterwork', Aaron Becker's stunning, wordless picture book debut about self-determination and unexpected friendship follows a little girl who draws a magic door on her bedroom wall. Through it she escapes into a world where wonder, adventure and danger abound. Red marker pen in hand, she creates a boat, a balloon and a flying carpet which carry her on a spectacular journey ... who knows where? When she is captured by a sinister emperor, only an act of tremendous courage and kindness can set her free. Can it also guide her home and to happiness? In this exquisitely illustrated book, an ordinary child is launched on an extraordinary, magical journey towards her greatest and most rewarding adventure of all...
Journey’s End is the story of a remarkable man, George Wells of Nebraska, an Orphan Train Rider. Readers first met him as the hero of Train To Red Cloud, A Small Boy’s Journey. In these pages meet him as the author did… through personal letters, anecdotes from friends and neighbors who knew him, and the author’s sentimental journey to Red Cloud to trace his steps. The train that brought him to Red Cloud was not the end, but the beginning, of a joyous journey through life.
In this second sequel to The Book in the Loft the stars suddenly vanish and then reappear, throwing the crews of the Circle of Planets starship Explorer and the Surion battle cruiser Doras into a distorted universe. And shortly after a battle with aliens from out of Earths past, two of Explorers crew disappear. Captain Jon Varkon and Surion Captain Korron then set out to find the cause that twisted space and time. Their journey takes them to the secrets of creation gone wrongto loss, abandonment, and death, with no idea how to return to the life they knew.
Inspired by the true story of Bill Young, A One Way Ticket is a four book series mixing fact and fiction. Photos are included in every book and Bill’s true story is at the end of this book, Journey’s End. Bill returns to the Isle of Man, meets Hilda and falls in love. He moves to Manchester to be with her and begins working on merchant ships and then cruise ships. But his nightmares continue and as his mental health deteriorates, he is in danger of losing everything. Nora is finally happy but she still wonders where her daughter is. Then one day Jennifer appears on her doorstep. Nora’s happiness is complete, but is everything as it seems? Jacob has married the woman of his dreams but discovers that the threat from the Nazis hasn’t receded. Can he survive to solve the mystery of the missing children? As Tilly visits her dying mother she finally discovers the truth about the Nazi plot. But the last secret is even more devastating, one that leads to her final revenge and puts her life in terrible danger.
The 8-time winner of the World Memory Championship shares his life-changing techniques for boosting your own memory power! A Grandmaster of Memory reveals the methods that have brought him success in 8 World Memory Championships. Follow him on his memory journey—and improve your own memory by plugging into his life-changing systems. Inside you’ll learn how to: • Enhance your life by expanding and sharpening your memory • Memorize numbers, lists, speeches, birthdays, cards, facts, names, and faces • Perform targeted memory exercises and measure your progress • Learn how to build your memory to championship level—all at your own pace • Use improved memory to achieve new success in all areas of your life How much easier would your life be if you had a fantastic memory? Make forgetting birthdays, anniversaries, jokes and facts a thing of the past—and have any information you want at your fingertips!
