There's a Business in Every Woman: A 7-Step Guide to Discovering, Starting, and Building the Business of Your Dreams

by Ann Holmes

“Ann Holmes has created the perfect guide to help women turn their dreams into a reality.”
–Donna Mullen Good, CEO of the Center for Women & Enterprise

If you’ve ever dreamed of starting your own business, or if you’ve ever wondered about how to build up the business you already run, but worry because you don’t have an MBA or a couple of years of college business courses, this book is for you. Based on extensive interviews with more than eighty women entrepreneurs from around the country, There’s a Business in Every Woman offers inspiring success stories (and instructive missteps) in a wide range of businesses–from catering, landscaping, personal training, and wedding and events planning to interior and clothing design, staffing, manufacturing, and product design.

What the trailblazing women in this book have in common is a good idea and the courage to turn a dream into a money-making reality through hard work, passion, and drive. Take, for instance, the woman who started an IT consulting company in her basement and now has more than a thousand employees in three states; two jogging buddies who commiserated about their uncomfortable bras and went on to design and produce a jog bra, creating a company that Playtex ultimately bought for millions; the mom whose hand-made birthday-party invitations made such a splash that she launched her own custom party invitation company, which she expanded to include holiday cards, gift tags, bags, and more; the sixty-five-year-old corporate wife and mother who applied her domestic talents to opening a profitable B&B; the twenty-three-year-old who bought a fledging real estate franchise and now earns a healthy six figures annually.

These success stories highlight the focusing on what you’re good at; setting up your business properly–even if you are starting out from your basement or garage; getting financial backing when you need it; marketing your products with sizzle; networking like the “good old boys”; understanding how and when to diversify your products or services; managing your growth; and, most important, knowing what your company is worth and when it might be lucrative to cash out.

An accessible crash course in starting and running your own business, There’s a Business in Every Woman will teach you everything you need to know to turn your pipedream into serious profits.

Genres: Business

320 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[A'isha Rahman · Rating 3 out of 5]

There Is A Business In Every Woman is a good book that includes case studies from a few women that have started their own business for many reasons including helping the family, a change of pace etc.

It was an interesting book however when I picked it up I did not realize it was more about setting up a business with the intent of selling it vs a business you will possibly run forever and leave as a legacy.

[Lois · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’ve had this book for a long time and finally got around to reading it. Though it’s a bit dated it still has some great information for those thinking about starting their own businesses.

[Mverdin · Rating 5 out of 5]

The main ideal in There is a Business in Every Women by Ann M. Holmes, is the informing that Ann does for her seven step plan to becoming a successful business women. I choose this book because I want to someday start my own business. This book was chosen because the interesting title that caught my attention right away. Ann’s books steps start with starting up your own business. Followed by having helping you company with it initial growth. Then the beginning years of meeting business and new people that will help or harm you own business. After that financial step, the part that is important to every business in its yearly years the most. I would say she does a good job covering this most if not all the important financial concerns any being business women might have had. This to me shows that she did her own research when writing this book of hers. The next step Ann writes about is the mature years of the when the business might start interfering with personal life or family. Even though she recommend to stay in contact with the main goal of your business. I eked out as much information out of the picture graphs the book provides. I did wish it did contain more pictures thought. The final step she covers is the exit plan that every business person should have while owning a business. This she say is important to keep in mind and I think it is. Over all I enjoyed reading this book and would give it a 9 out of 10. I would recommend this book to any women doing research to start her very own business. Thank you for your time and this was my review for There is a Business in Every Women by Ann M. Holmes.

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