{"product_id":"9781462032464","title":"Unlocking Your Entrepreneurial Potential: Marketing, Money, and Management Strategies for the Self-Funded Entrepreneur","description":"\u003cp\u003eBASED ON PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, THIS BUSINESS GUIDE SHARES PRINCIPLES, TECHNIQUES, STRATEGIES, AND TACTICS TO HELP SELF-FUNDED ENTREPRENEURS IMPROVE THEIR CHANCES OF SUCCESS.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eStatistics indicate more than 50 percent of all new businesses will fail within five years, and 50 percent of the survivors will fail during the following five-year period. But there are ways to survive and thrive. In \u003ci\u003eUnlocking Your Entrepreneurial Potential\u003c\/i\u003e, author and entrepreneur Tim S. McEneny shares insights from his thirty-year entrepreneurial career to help other self-funded entrepreneurs unlock their potential and improve their probability of success.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eMcEneny discusses his mistakes, his successes, and his important business lessons; he also provides tips on such topics as hiring great people, investing, dealing with stress, and selling more to existing customers. He covers the basic information an entrepreneur needs to understand while navigating the life cycle of a business. From the perspectives of mind-set, marketing, money, and management, \u003ci\u003eUnlocking Your Entrepreneurial Potential\u003c\/i\u003e describes principles and techniques for a start-up business’s seven stages:\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Preparation and planning\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e Launch through breakeven\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e Achieving and maintaining profitability\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e Growth\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e Reinvention\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e Decline (and cost-cutting)\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e Selling the company.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003eMore than a self-help book, \u003ci\u003eUnlocking Your Entrepreneurial Potential\u003c\/i\u003e provides a prescription for economic prosperity—for the individual, the United States, and entrepreneurs throughout the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47156997652720,"sku":"9781462032464","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781462032464_p0.jpg?v=1763675465","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781462032464","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}