Contains alphabetically arranged entries that profile one hundred U.S. business leaders, each listing career highlights, important contributions, and key dates, with discussion of the individual's career path, and a short quotation or bit of advice. Includes photographs and titles for further reading.
Profiles business owners who began their businesses between the ages of seven and twelve, describes simple methods of starting a business, and includes tips on accounting and advertising.
Tells how a seven-year-old boy and his sisters started a wreath-making business which, over the course of six years, grew to include other businesses, marketing, wholesaling, and investing, and netted more than $16,000.
Explains how to develop a concept for a digital product that users will love. In addition, chapters cover practical matters involved in creating a start-up, including evaluating the market, writing a business plan, and protecting one's intellectual property. Stories of real-life teen entrepreneurs enliven the text and inspire the reader.
how I built a multimillion-dollar business by doing what I love to do and how you can too
Fitzpatrick, Shari
2011
Shari Fitzpatrick tells the story of her life, focusing on her decision at age twenty-five in 1989 to leave her job as a stockbroker and start a chocolate-dipped strawberry business, and shares the lessons she learned along the way to creating a multimillion dollar company.
Offers advice for people interested in pursuing careers as small business owners relating the experiences of two dozen entrepreneurs involved in bed-and-breakfast inn management, writing, service industries, and performing.
"Apprentice" winner Bill Rancic offers advice to kids on how to start a business and make it a success, and includes tips from celebrities such as Donald Trump, as well as stories from youthful entrepreneurs.
