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"I have looked upon every job as an opportunity. I've always looked upon work as a privilege and that's why I'm still at it.... There is nothing else I want to do," says 88-year-old business maven Ebby Halliday. Women Entrepreneurs Only profiles Halliday and 11 other highly successful entrepreneurs--women who demonstrate how their inspiration and dedication continue to serve them and their businesses. These women, all winners of Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year Award, tell their stories--from inception to investment to market. Along the way, each experienced setbacks, doubts, support, and, ultimately, the belief that she possessed an idea that could positively influence others.

Included in this round-up are Doris Christopher of the Pampered Chef; Sheryl Leach, creator of Barney the Dinosaur; and Joy Mangano, inventor of the Miracle Mop. The entrepreneurs discuss their greatest challenges, the lessons they learned along the way, and what they wished they had known earlier, all the while offering advice to fledgling entrepreneurs. It's a powerful combination of real-life inspiration and lessons that could benefit anyone--man or woman--who wants to know success in business. --Kathleen Doll

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Praise for Women Entrepreneurs Only "Although everyone defines success differently, the twelve women profiled in this book share the same important qualities—ingenuity, intelligence, and determination. Their stories of how they launched their companies and triumphed as women entrepreneurs are a must-read for anyone looking to join the ranks of successful business owners." —Lillian Vernon, founder and Chief Executive Officer Lillian Vernon Corporation Praise for What's Luck Got to do with it? "This powerful, fascinating book reveals a microcosm of our country—past, present, and future. These remarkable people are truly proactive visionaries who create concepts, not just problem-solve." —Dr. Stephen R. Covey author of the bestseller The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People "Any aspiring entrepreneur can learn a lot from the real-life stories of these architects of the business success stories of the '90s as told in What's Luck Got to Do With It? This is not an academic treatise, but war stories from real people who have actually done it—and lived to tell their tales." —Stan Davis coauthor of Blur: The Speed of Change in the Connected Economy In their own words… Sheryl Leach—Barney the Dinosaur ^™ Jenny Craig—Jenny Craig Personal Weight Management ^™ Ruth Fertel—Ruth's Chris Steak House Joy Mangano—Miracle Mop Mary Ellen Sheets—Two Men and a Truck Doris Christopher—The Pampered Chef, Ltd. Dorothy J. White—Miracle Services, Inc. JoAnne Shaw—The Coffee Beanery, Ltd. Sharon Lobel—Seal-It, Inc. Ebby Halliday—Ebby Halliday Realtors Sherrie Myers—Lansing Lugnuts Deborah Johnston—Care Advantage, Inc.

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Must read! Dream BIG! Never Quit!.......2000-03-06

Fantastic! This book is a well written,easy read. It is a wonderfully motivating book. I read it cover to cover in 1 day. It inspires any woman to feel they can do anything even start their own businesses. It gives an honest accounting of 12 women from all walks of life, who have started companies on purpose or accidently, with or without money. They have weathered many obstacles along the way to building huge organizations and muti-million dollar businesses. As a small business owner, I admire their courage and it has given me the push to set much, much higher goals for myself and my company. The lessons and advice in this book are invaluable and extremely insightful. Lesson learned: Dream Big! Go for it! Never Quit!

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This book describes the rapid growth in the supply and demand for information technology goods and services and their role in the expanding Internet economy, and looks at emerging uses of information technology. It makes use of the new official national sources of data which are becoming available as statistical mapping of the information economy improves. Topics addressed include the importance of information and communications technologies (ICT) in national economies, the development of information technology markets, links between the use of information technologies (notably in PCs) and developments in network infrastructure, the issues of trust and security surrounding electronic payments, the development of global navigation systems, and flat panel display technologies.

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Business Advice Made Personal.......2000-07-18

After reading this book, I can see why John Seiffer is called "America's Small Business Coach." The book de-mystifies a lot of so-called business management theories and gets real nitty-gritty about what it takes to have a business that is successful and satisfying. (It's easier than you think.) I found the assessment process just confronting enough to open my eyes, without being intimidating. I love that this is a simple booklet, well-priced and not over done. Like the advice in the book itself, there is no hype, just straight talk, intelligent questions and a warm, personal approach.

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Executive's Portfolio of Model Speeches for All Occasions (Business Classics (Paperback Prentice Hall))
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Seattle Job Source provides all the information you need to make contact. Covering virutally every major corporate category from Accounting to Transportation, as well as non-profit organizations and government agencies. Job Source provides hiring contact names, addresses, telephone numbers and websites in a detailed, organized and user-friendly format.

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Highly recommended for any Seattle-area job-hunter.......2002-07-11

Seattle Job Source is a professional job hunter's guide to careers int he Seattle area, featuring listings and contacts for over 3,000 employers in just about every field imaginable. The majority of this guide is simply a cover-to-cover listing of addresses, phone numbers, and websites. Seattle Job Source is a very nicely organized, "user friendly", and highly recommended reference for any Seattle-area job-hunter.

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Exhaustive (and a little exhausting).......2006-05-27

I have no idea who Joseph Udelson is - his only other published work is a biography of British author Israel Zangwill - or what got him interested in the highly technical and convoluted beginnings of American television. But he managed to unearth a rich mine of obscure and arcane history in this densely written little paperback.

His main qualification is obvious: the completeness of a compulsive and tireless scholar, who finds an untouched or neglected story and proceeds to explore it from every possible angle. The Great Television Race is tough reading for any but the most curious TV historian - but that reader will find plenty of information available nowhere else, and hopefully be spurred on to further research and discovery in what is still a largely unexplored sub-specialty in media studies.

In his drive for completeness, Udelson inevitably uncovers gems that make an otherwise dry narrative come alive. He quotes, in its entirety, the hourly station identification of the Boston Television Station W1XAV, which encouraged enthusiasts in 1930 to write for free TV literature, or even come and be televised in person!

Happily, Udelson also seems unaware of the prevailing wisdom that TV was strictly a laboratory affair before it found its mass audience. This allows him to explore early attempts at program planning, the machinations of the radio industry, and the growing regulatory power of the federal government. The purely technical histories won't tell you that third party TV sets went on sale in New York in 1938, a year before RCA intended the public to look in on its experiments; Udelson does, although perhaps inevitably, there is no follow-up. (RCA, in response, simply went off the air.)

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From the supplier: Security management is an essential element of international conferences, meetings and other corporate events. A company's security department must be prepared at all times to respond to a crisis, complementing routine security operations with emergency management. Planning for security involves evaluating the location of the event, the security personnel assigned to the area, transportation, embassies and the capabilities of the local law enforcement agency. It is also important for security officers in charge to learn how to speak the languages used in the event.

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