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The Entrepreneurial Adventure Book is Here!

By Cory Miller · Comments (0)
Friday, January 6th, 2012

In 2008 I started my entrepreneurial journey with the founding of iThemes. This month, in fact, is my four year anniversary of becoming a full-time entrepreneur and living my lifelong dream.

Throughout the years as we’ve enjoyed our definition of success and others have seen it, I’ve been increasingly asked by friends and acquaintances about how they can get started in entrepreneurship.

Thus, I started StartupSofa to be an online resource for budding entrepreneurs, done talks, webinars and workshops, and now am proud to release a short book called “The Entrepreneurial Adventure: Is It For You?”

Entrepreneurship is an adventure — a long, arduous journey like climbing one of the world’s highest mountains. As such budding entrepreneurs should know the risks involved, what an entrepreneur does for the world and ask themselves some tough questions before starting on the journey.

In this book I share my experiences as a startup entrepreneur and offer advice on aligning your life’s passions and purpose, and how to prepare for the entrepreneurial climb.

It’s short enough to read in less than an hour, but I’ve packed with lessons I’ve learned and resources I’ve found extremely helpful for starting a business.

In this book, you’ll …

  • Learn how a compelling vision of the future helps keep the right motivations aligned
  • Realize the risks and rewards of being an entrepreneur
  • Be challenged with essential questions to unearth your life’s passions and purpose
  • Understand what an entrepreneurship does for the world
  • Get tips for starting a business without risking everything
  • Find a blueprint of essential books and resources to prepare you for your entrepreneurial journey

If you’re an aspiring or budding entrepreneur, this book is for you.

Here’s how to get the book:

  • Purchase it in the Kindle Store
  • Signup for this email newsletter (or be an iThemes customer!)
  • (Coming Soon! In print)

Here’s to those daring and ready for the entrepreneurial journey!

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Categories : Books, Business

5 Thoughts on Blogging Your Very Own Book

By Cory Miller · Comments (0)
Wednesday, January 10th, 2007

LifeHacker’s editor Gina Trapani has some great advice about blogging a book … that is equally as sharp for writing and maintaining a blog that people actually want to read.

Blogs are perfect for helping you write the book you’ve always wanted to write … but just haven’t.

Here are 5 ways I think blogging your book rocks:

1. You know someone is reading it (even if it’s your mom). Still, it helps knowing someone at least might be reading it for motivation’s sake.

2. Eat the elephant one bite at a time. This is the mantra that got me through my final year of my bachelor’s degree and I’ve savored its wisdom for a lot of things. The same principle applies for blogging your book. Thinking about one big massive project overwhelms me. But chipping away at that thing one post at a time … well, that helps put it all in perspective.

3. Build a readership for your book. If you want to write a book and aren’t building your email newsletter list to announce the book, I think you’re missing a great opportunity. Think about it … you pitch your book idea to a publisher and tell them you’ve got 1,000 built-in potential readers of your book on your email newsletter!

4. It helps get you found in the search engines. Once your book is actually in print and you begin to sell it on your website, you’ll want people to find you (through your topic’s keywords aka buzzwords) in Google and Yahoo! A blog is a great way to start talking with them about it! :-)

5. Once it’s finished, you can sell it online. The web is a great place to sell your book (or ebook). If you’re blogging your blog and getting content up regularly, you’ll have a great platform to peddle your pulp.

Go read Gina’s excellent advice about blogging your book … it’s sharp and very applicable to those of us who just want to blog!

Also: Here’s another interesting article from the Wall Street Journal on the writing style of LifeHacker.

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Categories : Blogging, Books, Marketing Ideas

Get a Virus … the Idea Kind

By Cory Miller · Comments (0)
Friday, December 22nd, 2006

This is almost too good to be true … but marketing guru Seth Godin has his book Unleashing the IdeaVirus online for download.

It’s easily one of the best books on marketing around … and is a great primer on “viral marketing.” It’s over 170 pages, so it’s plenty reading material for a nice holiday break.

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Categories : Books, Marketing Ideas

Marketing 101: The First 5 Books To Read

By Cory Miller · Comments (0)
Thursday, December 21st, 2006

I’ve learned a ton just by reading great pulp.

I love reading. And I REALLY love read books that help me DO something … like get an education in marketing without stepping foot in a classroom.

So today I’m handing out homework and here’s your first assignment …

For around $100, I think you can get a great marketing education with these great books …

Your assignment (should you choose it) is to read these 5 marketing-related books that I think every small business owner/entrepreneur should read:

  • The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding
  • Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable
  • Guerrilla Marketing: Secrets for Making Big Profits for your Small Business
  • Unleashing the IdeaVirus
  • Ogilvy on Advertising

If you’ve read them already, I’d love to hear feedback on how you implemented it in your business. Post a comment, or send me an email.
Also, check out The Napkin’s Bookstore here for more recommended books.

By the way, one of the ways you can help support The Napkin is by buying books you discover here through the bookstore.

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