Summary of Barbara Corcoran & Bruce Littlefield's Shark Tales

Summary of Barbara Corcoran & Bruce Littlefield's Shark Tales

Author: Everest Media,

Publisher: Everest Media LLC

Published: 2022-05-09T22:59:00Z

Total Pages: 27

ISBN-13:

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 I grew up in a house with ten siblings in New Jersey. My mother was always on the move, doing dozens of things at once. She kept the house going by putting her finger on the special gift she saw in each of her children and making us believe that that gift was uniquely ours. #2 I was working the front section one night when I met Ramone, a man from the Basque Country who ordered a cup of tea. He told me he was from the upper echelon of French-Spanish society. I didn’t need to weigh the options: I took the bus home or be driven home by him in his yellow Lincoln Continental. #3 I met Ray, a wealthy real estate developer, who gave me a ride home every night. He offered to pay for a week at the Barbizon Hotel for Women in Manhattan’s Upper East Side. I jumped at the offer and packed my black ribbed sweater, two pleated skirts, and navy blue peacoat. #4 I created my makeshift Corcoran-Simone office on the sofa my roommate had borrowed from his parents. I worked out the numbers and realized that the big ads were bigger than my budget, so I decided to keep my ad to four lines or fewer each week.


Shark Tales

Shark Tales

Author: Barbara Corcoran

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2011-02-09

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1101513276

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The inspiring true story of Shark Tank star Barbara Corcoran--and her best advice for anyone starting a business. After failing at twenty-two jobs, Barbara Corcoran borrowed $1,000 from a boyfriend, quit her job as a diner waitress, and started a tiny real estate office in New York City. Using the unconventional lessons she learned from her homemaker mom, she gradually built it into a $6 billion dollar business. Now Barbara's even more famous for the no-nonsense wisdom she offers to entrepreneurs on Shark Tank, ABC's hit reality TV show. Shark Tales is down-to-earth, frank, and as heartwarming as it is smart. After reading it don't be surprised if you find yourself thinking, "If she can do it, so can I." Nothing would make Barbara happier.


Use what You've Got

Use what You've Got

Author: Barbara Ann Corcoran

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13:

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A founder of the Corcoran Group real estate company describes her hard-working childhood and the lessons she learned from her mother and through her business experiences that enabled her to become successful.


The Sell

The Sell

Author: Fredrik Eklund

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2015-04-14

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 0698191609

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The nation’s #1 real estate broker and star of Bravo’s Million Dollar Listing New York shares his secrets for superstar success and getting what you want out of life—no matter who you are or what you do. Ten years ago, Fredrik Eklund moved to New York City from his native Sweden with nothing but a pair of worn-out sneakers and a dream: to make it big in the city that never sleeps. Since then, he’s become the top seller in the most competitive real estate market on the planet, brokering multimillion-dollar deals for celebrities, selling out properties all over the city, and charming audiences around the world as one of the stars of the hit Bravo series Million Dollar Listing New York. Now, for the first time, Fredrik shares his secrets so that anyone can find success doing what they love. According to Fredrik, even if you don’t consider yourself a salesperson, you’ve been in sales your whole life because every day you are selling your most important asset: yourself. Whenever you influence, persuade or convince someone to give you something in exchange for what you’ve got—whether it’s a luxury home, a great idea at work, or your profile on Match.com—you are selling. And if you know how to sell the right way, you can live your dream. That is what The Sell is all about. Blending personal stories, hilarious anecdotes, and the expertise he’s gained from his meteoric rise, Fredrik has written the modern guide on becoming successful, a book that tells you how to recognize and cultivate your true talents and make the ultimate sell. From the importance of being your most authentic self to looking like a million bucks even if you don’t have a million bucks (yet!), he shows how intangible factors like personality and charm can get you noticed and make you shine. He also shares his tips and tricks for preparing, persuading, and negotiating so that in any of life’s dealings, you’ll come out a winner. Whether you work on Wall Street or at Wal-Mart, aim to become the top seller at your company or want to impress a first date, The Sell will help you have more personal and professional success, lead a rich and fulfilling life, and have fun along the way.


My Two Moms

My Two Moms

Author: Zach Wahls

Publisher: Avery

Published: 2013-04-02

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1592407633

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An advocate and son of same-gender parents recounts his famed address to the Iowa House of Representatives on civil unions, and describes his positive experiences of growing up in an alternative family in spite of prejudice.


Invent It, Sell It, Bank It!

Invent It, Sell It, Bank It!

Author: Lori Greiner

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Published: 2014-03-11

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 0804176442

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From one of the stars of ABC’s Shark Tank and QVC’s Clever & Unique Creations by Lori Greiner comes a hands-on, nuts-and-bolts guide to getting a new product or company off the ground and making it a success. Turn your idea into a reality. Become your own boss. Make your first million. Achieve financial freedom. Lori Greiner shows you how. Invent It, Sell It, Bank It! is a hands-on, nuts-and-bolts guide to getting a new product or company off the ground and making it profitable. Sharing her own secret formula and personal stories along the way, Lori provides vital information and advice on topics that can often intimidate, frustrate, and stump aspiring entrepreneurs. Offering behind-the-scenes insights into her experiences on ABC’s Shark Tank and QVC-TV’s Clever & Unique Creations by Lori Greiner, as well as valuable lessons learned from the mistakes and triumphs of her early career, Lori proves that, with hard work and the right idea, anyone can turn themselves into the next overnight success. Lori covers such topic as . . . • Market research: Is your idea a hero or a zero? Don’t be so fixated on the end result that you forget to make something that people actually want to buy. • Product design: I have an idea, now what’s next? From concept to prototype to final product: How do I make it and where do I start? • Funding: Although loans, investments, and crowd-sourcing are great ways to access cash, first tap into your own resources as wisely as possible. • Manufacturing: Seeing your final product roll off the assembly line is a magical moment, but there are things to watch out for so you get there in a cost-effective way. • Protecting your idea: To patent or not to patent, and other things you can do to safeguard your idea. • The secrets to selling successfully: You got the product made, now learn how to get people to buy it!


Shark Tank Jump Start Your Business

Shark Tank Jump Start Your Business

Author: Michael Parrish DuDell

Publisher: Disney Electronic Content

Published: 2013-11-05

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13: 1401306209

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From the ABC hit show "Shark Tank," this book-filled with practical advice and introductions from the Sharks themselves-will be the ultimate resource for anyone thinking about starting a business or growing the one they have. Full of tips for navigating the confusing world of entrepreneurship, the book will intersperse words of wisdom with inspirational stories from the show. Throughout the book, readers will learn how to: Determine whether they're compatible with the life of a small business owner, shape a marketable idea and craft a business model around it, plan for a launch, run a business without breaking the bank (or burning themselves out), create a growth plan that will help them handle and harness success, and pitch an idea or business plan like a pro. Responding to the fans' curiosity about past show contestants, readers will also find approximately 10 "Where Are They Now" boxes in which they learn what happened to some of the most asked-about and/or most popular guests ever to try their luck in front of the Sharks-and what they learned in the process.


You Don't Have to Be a Shark

You Don't Have to Be a Shark

Author: Robert Herjavec

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2016-05-17

Total Pages: 287

ISBN-13: 125009223X

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From bestselling author and Shark Tank star Robert Herjavec comes a business book in which he transcends the business world, helping us all learn the art of persuasion in order to get ahead in our personal and professional lives. A Wall Street Journal Bestseller! Many people assume that effective sales ability demands a unique personality and an aggressive attitude. It's not true, and Robert Herjavec is proof. Known as the "Nice Shark" on the ABC's Emmy Award-winning hit show SHARK TANK, Robert Herjavec is loved by viewers, who respond to his affable nature. He has developed an honest and genuine approach to life and selling that has set him apart from his cut-throat colleagues, and rewarded him with a degree of wealth measured in hundreds of millions of dollars. In You Don't Have to Be a Shark, Robert transcends pure sales technique and teaches "non-business people" what they need to know in order to sell themselves successfully. We are each our own greatest asset, and in order to achieve our goals, we need to be able to communicate with others, position ourselves and even look the part. Robert's philosophy is simple: Great salespeople are made, not born, and no one achieves success in life without knowing how to sell. Entertaining, enlightening and effective, You Don't Have to Be a Shark will reveal the secrets of one of North America's most successful businessmen, who also happens to be one of today's most prominent TV personalities, delivered in a friendly, down-to-earth manner, and filled with anecdotes and observations to support its hard-nosed advice.


If You Don't Have Big Breasts, Put Ribbons on Your Pigtails

If You Don't Have Big Breasts, Put Ribbons on Your Pigtails

Author: Barbara Ann Corcoran

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9781591840336

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"In Use What You've Got Barbra shares her hilarious stories about growing up, getting into trouble, failing miserably, and then starting over again. In each chapter, she comes back to one of her mom's twenty four unconventional lessons, and how it applies in the real world of business." --Inside cover.


The Glitter Plan

The Glitter Plan

Author: Pamela Skaist-Levy

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2015-05-19

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1592409350

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Part memoir, part business manual, and 100% juicy—the inside story of Juicy Couture, one of the most iconic brands of our times While working together at a Los Angeles boutique, Pamela Skaist-Levy and Gela Nash-Taylor became fast and furious friends over the impossibility of finding the perfect T-shirt. Following their vision of comfortable, fitted T-shirts, they set up shop in Gela’s one-bedroom Hollywood apartment with $200 and one rule: Whatever they did, they both had to be obsessed by it. The best friends’ project became Juicy Couture. Pam and Gela eventually sold their company to Liz Claiborne for $50 million, but not before they created a whole new genre of casual clothing that came to define California cool. Pamela and Gela built an empire from the ground up, using themselves as models to build their patterns and placing their merchandise by storming into stores and handing out samples. They balanced careful growth with innovative tactics—sending Madonna a tracksuit with her nickname, Madge, embroidered on it—and created a unique, bold, and unconventional business plan that was all their own: the Glitter Plan. Now, Pam and Gela reveal the secrets of Juicy’s success: how they learned to find and stick with the right colleagues and trust their instincts when it became time to move on to their next project. They also share their missteps and hilarious lessons learned—like the time robbers stole one thousand pairs of maternity shortalls, which the partners took as the first sign to get out of the maternity clothing business. Told in the bright, cheery voice that defines Juicy style even today, The Glitter Plan shows readers how to transform passion and ideas into business success. Aspiring designers, Juicy fans, and business readers of all stripes will be enthralled by the story of spirit and savvy behind Pam and Gela’s multimillion-dollar fashion empire.