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Entrepreneur Voices on Emotional Intelligence shares the battle-tested strategies and tactics for improving and maintaining your own emotional intelligence as you learn to perceive emotions to better handle the behaviors, personalities, and body language of those around you.

With only 20 percent of new businesses surviving their first year, the staff of Entrepreneur Media has put together the stories and survival strategies of business owners, CEOs, and entrepreneurs who have success down to a science to help readers go above and beyond their own expectations.

Shifting demographics and changing lifestyles are driving the surge in food-service businesses. Todays busy consumers dont have the time or the inclination to cookthey want tasty, nutritious meals without dishes to wash. More and more singles, working parents, and seniors are demanding greater convenience and are looking to restaurants and food services to fill that need.Theres plenty of room for more food businesses, but for a successful startup you need more than just good recipes. You also need to know about planning, capitalization, inventory control, and payroll management. The staff of Entrepreneur has put together everything you need to know to start, run, and grow the successful restaurant or food service of your dreams.

Low startup requirements make this a great homebased business!As insurance regulations and paperwork requirements get more complicated, doctors and other health care providers are turning to third-party billing services to take care of their billing needs. Its a multi-billion dollar industry thats growing like never before, creating a growing niche for entrepreneurs who are experts at tunneling their way through the paper avalanche.With expert advice from medical claims billing professionals and the latest industry information youll learn everything you need to know to get into this perfect starter business including: Researching the market Calculating startup and operating costs Finding clients Getting referrals Demystifying medical jargon Dealing with insurance carriers Telecommuting options and online work Professional networkingStartup requirements and costs are minimal, opening the door for anyone to get started in this lucrative field.

Possibly credited to advancements in technology or learning behaviors, or a rise in focus on personal development, the education and training industry is steadily growing, creating a demand for eager entrepreneurs. Exploring varied opportunities aspiring business owners will be given business ideas, teaching and training methods, and an overview of essential tools. A range of industry examples will be given for:Accreditation, certifications, and creditAdding training onto an existing business as side incomeHow to sell media/training toolsHow much to charge clientsStart up costsSoftware types usedThe legal obligations around taxes, business registration, working from home, and content confidentialityGrowth planning and writing a business planRelevant and fun call-outs, tip boxes, industry stats, an index, and a rich appendix and glossary will be provided. Appendix will offer resources in:Continued learning and rounded training for trainersIndustry organizations and trade groupsBooks and eBooksVideosSoftwareWebsitesSuccessful online trainers and online education institutionsConsultantsCertification organizationsTeaching methods and tools will cover:VideoseBooksInteractive software typesCollege sponsored staff training for college instructorsHardware, camera, video, sound equipmentOnline group forumsOnline eventsChoosing the right presentation style and linking to appropriate social media sitesNetworking presentations

START YOUR OWN EVENT PLANNING BUSINESS AND CELEBRATE ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK!Weddings, graduations, birthday parties, anniversaries, and conferenceswhat do these all have in common? Everyone would rather hire someone else to plan and run them! That someone can be you.Take your passion for event planning to the next level with in-the-trenches advice and tools you need to start, run, and grow a successful business. From writing a solid contract to finding reliable vendors, our experts help you identify your niche, teach you how to scout potential clients, evaluate the competition, market your business, and more.Discover how to:Identify a niche and establish yourself within the industryBuild a loyal customer base for large and small eventsImplement targeted strategies for planning commercial, political, civic, social events, and morePromote your business, events, and yourself with Pinterest, Instagram, and other social and online marketing toolsDevelop proposals, vendor agreements, contracts, and manage day-to-day operations and costsKeep within budget using money-saving tips and industry-tested ideasPlus, gain valuable insights from interviews with practicing event planners, and stay on track with checklists, worksheets, and other resources.Everything you need to make your event planning business a successful reality is right hereget the party started today!

With retail e-commerce sales topping $263.3 billion in 2013,and millions of people now flourishing as internet entrepreneurs, the web is the place for new businesses to be. This guide makes tapping into highly lucrative markets with an easy-to-start, inexpensive internet business easier than ever. Readers can use the successful strategies and extensive step-by-step process outlined in this book to turn their dream of entrepreneurship into a lucrative, online reality. With information on everything from choosing a domain and building a site to search engine optimization and cashing in on affiliate programs, this indispensable guide will become every netpreneurs business-building bible.

More than 15 years ago, the staff at Entrepreneur Media introduced bestseller Start Your Own Business. Since its release, Start Your Own Business has sold more than 300,000 copies and has been called the best startup book of all time. At it again, the staff at Entrepreneur delivers a new dose of fundamental startup how-to, backed by 33+ years at the forefront of small business. Write Your Business Plan takes aspiring entrepreneurs past one of the hardest steps of startup second to committing to their business goal defining how to achieve it. Each chapter is devoted to analyzing, explaining, and presenting practical instruction on developing a business plan relevant to todays marketplace and lending landscapes. Appropriate for both existing companies and brand-new startups, this guide is divided into three sections: Before Writing Your Business Plan, Writing Your Business Plan, and Enhancing Your Business Plan. Starting with basic FAQs, experts then lead readers into evaluating their venture, identifying what type of plan they need, and getting their plan on paper and polished for their intended audience. Coached by a diverse group of experts and successful business owners, readers gain an in-depth understanding of whats essential to any plan, whats appropriate for their industry, and what they can do to ensure success.

A six-figure income from information? Yes! It sounds easy because it is. Youve got information that millions of others are looking for and now you can learn how to package, price and sell it. The experts at Entrepreneur take you step by step, jumpstarting your thinking about your area of expertise and showing you how to convert it into a high-demand information product. Following the example set by todays most successful information marketers, you learn the ins and outs of running your own information marketing business using proven strategies and effective marketing techniques. Whether looking for a side business or a full-time ventureinformation marketing is a flexible, lucrative business that you can start any time, and everything you need is right here. Choose from a wide range of information products or discover what information you already have to sell Capture the perfect marketone that is looking for your product Determine your selling price Learn from real-life success stories Get started right away with a listing of dozens of information-marketing resources and vendors Everything you need to know to create your own information product is already inside you. Now, let Entrepreneur help you turn it into big profits!