Posted by Jerrold R. Jenkins on Oct 29 , 2021 - 07:57 am Think back over your life. Did anyone ever teach you networking, negotiating, communicating, leading, or career planning? No? Mark Herschberg would like to remedy that. The Career Toolkit is packed with dozens of actionable principles, exercises, and practices that will accelerate your [...]
Posted by Jerrold R. Jenkins on Mar 11 , 2019 - 06:25 am How can one prevent construction project pitfalls? What should owner developers do to mitigate a disaster if one does strike? John R. Manning draws on his extensive experience to provide insight answers into these questions in his new book. Manning has chosen [...]
Posted by Jerrold R. Jenkins on Oct 31 , 2018 - 09:00 am “Habits are not considered sexy,” write Andrew Sykes and Hanlie Van Wyk. “They’re not exciting when stacked against big corporate ideas […] But habits are the gene code of your company.” Sykes and Van Wyk express the tremendous importance of habits in [...]
Posted by Jerrold R. Jenkins on Dec 04 , 2017 - 12:00 pm Serial ecommerce entrepreneur Stephan Schambach not only invented the online shopping cart, but he also keeps reinventing it. In 1995, Schambach created the first-ever standard software for online shopping. In 2004, he offered the first ecommerce solution on the cloud. In early [...]
Posted by Jerrold R. Jenkins on Mar 03 , 2016 - 01:30 pm Hitting it big in the fitness industry takes chutzpah and persistence, but the only things guaranteed to keep you on top are results and happy clients. Orangetheory® Fitness (OTF) has all four in spades. Founder Ellen Latham’s signature workout sparked the business [...]
Posted by Jerrold R. Jenkins on Feb 01 , 2016 - 02:00 pm Independent publishers are by nature outliers, but one in particular stands out: Jim Blasingame. The self-made, multi-media personality has a lot to say about the publishing industry, the crux of which is this: Write books. Publish them yourself. Keep the money. But [...]
Posted by Jerrold R. Jenkins on Jan 17 , 2014 - 01:00 pm How do you successfully operate a global business? For many, the answer to this question lies in strategy—often expressed in a phrase that sums up their fundamental business ideology, that strategy they seek to apply in every situation. For Luis Gallardo, at [...]
Posted by Jerrold R. Jenkins on Oct 10 , 2013 - 01:00 pm Marketing and branding expert Laura Ries is bullish on using books as a marketing tool. After all, it’s what she’s been doing for over 15 years. Laura is the daughter of noted advertising guru Al Ries. In 1981, Al and his partner [...]
Posted by Jerrold R. Jenkins on Sep 05 , 2013 - 02:00 pm Jeff “Odie” Espenship isn’t shy about acknowledging his failings. As a commercial pilot, airshow pilot and former fighter pilot, not to mention motivational speaker and author, you might not think Espenship is prone to failings. But there it is, in the first [...]
Posted by Jerrold R. Jenkins on Mar 15 , 2013 - 01:00 pm Going APE over self-publishing The advantages of self-publishing are many: The ability to craft your message exactly the way you want it, the control you have over the final product, the control you have over print runs, the ability to put your [...]