Start Your Business on a Ramen Noodle Budget: 12 Lessons on Becoming a Young Entrepreneur When You Are Broke!

Author: Felecia Hatcher
Publisher: Peterson Nelnet Co
Category: Business, Small Business
Book Format: Paperback

You don't need millions of dollars to get your business idea off the ground, but you do need to START, with what you have and where you probably are financially-on a Ramen Noodle budget! Think about it: Ramen Noodles are one of the cheapest meals on the planet, but when you get creative and add ingredients you have at your fingertips, you can transform it from an inexpensive meal from your college glory days into a grown-up gourmet meal. So, if you can get creative with Ramen Noodles, you can get creative with limited resources and overcome any roadblocks to starting your own business. You know you have what it takes to launch a startup. It's time to harness that gritty scrappiness, tap into your network to gather the resources you need to launch your business, and stand out-even with limited funds. Start Your Business on a Ramen Noodle Budget will show you how to: Leverage your limited resources and create your own opportunitiesSet unrealistic goals, with 5 key strategies-including when and why your goals should self-destruct!Steal from celebrities and become a media darling-and get tons of free press and social media mentionsDig deep, create a unique niche, and become a major disruptorStart the business you've been dreaming about!Nothing in this book is dry and boring because the secret is in the sauce. The quick-reading, highly informative chapters include such fun titles as Carpe Noodle (focuses on doing daily tasks that scare the crap out of you)Stretching the Noodle (how to uncover and leverage the resources around you so that you can grow with limited funding)Beware of the Drunken Noodle (how to escape the research trap so you can get straight to experimenting and testing your idea)No One Wants a Boring Noodle (get comfortable with being uncomfortable, build a niche, create an experience, and get the media fawning over your business!)Every Noodle Has a Story (craft a compelling story that engages)AND MORE!Everything you need to get your business going on that Ramen Noodle Budget!

About Felecia Hatcher
Felecia Hatcher-Pearson is a trailblazing social entrepreneur with an authentic voice for change, inspiring a new generation of leaders through her conversational talks on entrepreneurship, college funding, and personal branding. She was honoured by the White House as one of the Top 100 Entrepreneurs under 30, was a TEDx presenter, and has been featured on NBC's Today Show's "Young African Americans Making History," on the Food Network, and in the Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur, Essence Magazine, and Black Enterprise.
In 2008, after falling flat on her face while attempting to chase an ice cream truck in heels, Hatcher started her own gourmet ice pops and ice cream catering company, Feverish Ice Cream. The company specializes in vegan-friendly ice cream and ice pops for events and retail. Tapping into her marketing acumen, Hatcher formed strategic partnerships with many companies, including Universal Music, Adidas, Whole Foods, Live Nation, JCrew, Capitol Records, The W Hotel, and Vitamin Water, helping them promote their new products through her trucks, carts, social media networks, and sponsored ice cream give-a-ways. Feverish Ice Cream is dedicated to sustainability and innovation and donates a portion of each popsicle sold to charity. Hatcher and her partner Derick Pearson also run a youth entrepreneurship program called PopPreneurs to teach youngsters in urban areas how to become entrepreneurs through ice cream carts.

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SKU BK-9780768940794
Barcode # 9780768940794
Brand Peterson Nelnet Co
Artist / Author Felecia Hatcher
Shipping Weight 0.2000kg
Shipping Width 0.150m
Shipping Height 0.010m
Shipping Length 0.230m
Assembled Length 22.610m
Assembled Height 0.510m
Assembled Width 14.990m
Type Paperback

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