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    • Pub. Date: September 2005
    • 384pp
    • Sales Rank: 437,790

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      • Pub. Date: September 2005
      • Publisher: Red Dress Ink
      • Format: Paperback, 384pp
      • Sales Rank: 437,790

      Synopsis

      An initial investment is all she needs . . .

      The stereotype is "starving artist" not "starving entrepreneur." However, business-school grad Maddy Banks lives in her office, works 24/7 and hasn't shopped in so long that her closet has official historical status. Still, she's convinced that her manic drive, propensity for risk and dogged follow-through will make her millions. Someday. They have to. Right?

      Success comes at a price . . .

      When "death" gives Maddy a second chance at happiness, she quickly realizes that schmoozing and spreadsheeting her way through life isn't much of a life at all. Armed with an angel investor and a hot VC (um, that's venture capitalist), Maddy starts party planning for those who won't be attending . . . while she learns some hard lessons about trust, working with "friends" and mixing business with pleasure.

      A Michigan girl at heart, writer-producer Lynn Isenberg currently lives in California. This is her second novel.

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      An Interesting Conceptby cat162103

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      March 30, 2009: I read this book because I love the Publisher, Red Dress Ink. I was somewhat surprised by this book. It was kind of slow in parts, but the concept was interesting. Not my favorite, but it was okay.

      Wall St meets chick lit funeral entrepreneurby harstan

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      July 09, 2005: Even as a child Maddy Banks equated self worth to be equal to net worth. So she is concerned that she has yet to make her entrepreneurial mark. Maddy has no time for self pity as she travels from Los Angeles to Ann Arbor to attend the funeral of her friend Tara Pintock. --- This second sudden death, last year her cousin was hit by lightning, with a canned eulogy by a clergy who never knew the deceased has Maddy thinking that ceremonies should be customized to honor the dearly departed and provide solace to the guests. Her Uncle Sam lends her $15K to develop the strategic business plan for Lights Out and soon sells the concept to venture capitalist Victor Winston. Her business booms until the Fed Uncle Sam pulls the plug on her. She misses Victor, who encouraged her every step of the way as he was with her the extra miles beyond that of an investor, more than Lights Out. Maddy reconsiders her mantra as her self worth is much higher than her net worth if she can persuade Victor that he invested in love. --- THE FUNERAL PLANNER is a primer for starting a business with satirical chapter titles that Maddy?s entrepreneurial efforts never seem to quite achieve. Maddy is terrific as even as a preadolescent preferred the financial reports over dolls. Her how to succeed at business with trying makes for a fine chick lit tale even when she breaks the first commandment of the Bush Administration ?Thou shall not worship any other god but Adam Smith' when she entered the dark side of placing her personal life over the bottom line. --- Harriet Klausner