TRADE AND INDUSTRY INFORMATION CENTER Issue 10
May 30, 2013
Title
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Start and Run a Business from Home: How to Turn Your Hobby or Interest into a Business
Author
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Power, Paul
Publisher
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Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd.
Call Number :
06.08/POW/2011 This book shows how to turn passion and enthusiasm into a viable commercial opportunity. Provides practical and down-to-earth advice based on successful entrepreneur’s experiences. Discusses how other people have started successful businesses with nothing else than a great idea, self-belief, and determination. Also features testimonies of some successful entrepreneurs. 242p.
Title
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The Franchise Guidebook: Strategies for Building a Successful Franchise Business
Publisher
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Summit Publishing Co., Inc.
Call Number :
45 608/06.07.06/SUM/2012 This book highlights all the needed information to start and build a thriving franchise company—from choosing the right franchise concept to how a company’s culture determines how it should find franchisees. Shows how franchise companies and their respective franchisees have grown and nurtured their franchise relationships by sharing knowledge on various topics, including: branding, local and international expansion, location hunting, social media tactics and technology. Also includes directory of franchise companies, specific tips on franchising, and traps to avoid for would-be franchisors and franchisees. 132p.
Copies are available for loan to DTI employees and for research purposes only to external clients, on a first-come, first-served basis at the DTI Library, GF Trade and Industry Building, 361 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue, 1200 Makati City. For inquiries/reservation, please call 751.0384 local 2130.
Title
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Do More, Spend Less: The New Secrets of Living the Good Life for Less
Author
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Wilson, Brad
Publisher
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Call Number :
03.06/WIL/2013 This book is about erasing everything learned about being a consumer by turning the tables on retailers, airlines, hotels, banks, cell phone companies, and credit cards and essentially every business that has been winning the battle for hard-earned cash. It also provides tips, strategies, and real-life examples of things the author has personally done over the past 10 years as a professional bargain hunter. 203p. .
Title
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How to Turn Your Passion into Profit: 8 Keys to Build a Truly Rich Business
Author
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Sanchez, Bo/Lapid, Dean Pax
Publisher
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Shepherd’s Voice Publications, Inc.
Call Number :
06.08/SAN/2013 This book discusses the hardware and software of starting a business – the mind and the heart. Provides excellent and practical advice to all aspiring entrepreneurs on how to turn what they love to do into a prosperous business. It also gives insights on how to keep business going in spite of seemingly insurmountable constraints, fierce competition, ever changing market trends and generally tough times. This may also serve as refresher and a reminder to existing businessmen that the real essence of getting into business is not just for profit, but to serve with a heart and passion. 248p.
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