Escape from Cubicle Nation: From Corporate Prisoner to Thriving Entrepreneur by Pamela Slim, Guy Kawasaki (Foreword by)
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- Pub. Date: April 2009
- 352pp
- Sales Rank: 40,938
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: April 2009
- Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
- Format: Hardcover, 352pp
- Sales Rank: 40,938
- ISBN-13: 9781591842576
- ISBN: 1591842573
Synopsis
Pamela Slim, a former corporate training manager, left her office job twelve years ago to go solo and has enjoyed every bit of it.
In her groundbreaking book, based on her popular blog Escape from Cubicle Nation, Slim explores both the emotional issues of leaving the corporate world and the nuts and bolts of launching a business. Drawing on her own career, as well as stories from her coaching clients and blog readers, Slim will help readers weigh their options, and make a successful escape if they decide to go for it.
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Inspired by her successful blog of the same name, life coach Slim shows readers how to navigate the terrifying yet gratifying transition from corporate drone to entrepreneur. She strikes a perfect balance between emotional encouragement and practical advice: "Hating your job intensely," she writes, "is not a business plan." What's here is: the nitty-gritty of getting a business off the ground, legal considerations, making the best use of social networking sites, the components of a business model, organized creative brainstorming, financial advice, shopping for self-paid insurance and benefits, and helpful anecdotes of real-life entrepreneurship. With her humorous insights into corporate life and an appealing no-nonsense yet empathic tone, Slim deals swiftly and incisively with anxiety, fear and hesitation. Readers will cheer as she teaches the tricks behind finding "what makes you purr"-what people will pay you to do, what you have a great passion for and what you are genetically encoded to do. This is a standout in the start-your-own business genre. (May)
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Pamela Slim's unique expertise in personal and business change was developed through consulting inside corporations such as Cisco Systems, Hewlett-Packard, and Charles Schwab..
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April 30, 2009: This book is packed full of information useful for anybody even thinking about starting their own business. It took me step by step through all of the main areas to consider, and the writing is clear, but light hearted. By the time I finished the book I really felt like I had covered all of the bases of things to consider when starting my own business since the author draws on her own experiences as well as many things she has picked up while helping other people start their businesses. And each section shares clear references to other books, blogs and websites that I can go to if I need to get even more in-depth on a particular topic. Another important thing is that the author (Pam) recognizes that there are some pretty scary things about starting your own business, and she addresses those emotional parts of the equation with great empathy. Not that I need that, but I'm sure others do.
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