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Author and entrepreneur, Michelle S Thomas, believes it’s time to give “voice” to women business owners, especially those women of color. In her book, The 8 Qualities of the EXCEPTIONAL Black Woman in Business and Entrepreneurship, she shines a spotlight on the successful black women business owners that have cracked the code of surpassing racial, gender, financial and generational roadblocks. However, Michelle says we have been “conditioned” to keep those solutions “privately” amongst ourselves and believes there are numerous reasons why. However, one of the biggest reasons tends to be FEAR! Fear of loss, threats, and exclusion.

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Expert business coach and author of The Value Journey: How to Drive Profits, Build Wealth, and Exit Your Business on Your Own Terms, Jayne McQuillan, challenges you to change your perspective on exit planning! Instead of thinking about your exit as the last step in your journey as a business owner, she suggests you could view it as an essential way of doing business.

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Entrepreneurs Deborah Kevin and Jill Celeste, co-authors of the book, Your First Year: What I Wish I'd Known, believe that there is no one “right way,” to build a start-up and you will make mistakes. That’s part of growing. In their new book they bring together the insights, experiences and shared wisdom of fellow women entrepreneurs who have all got through their own business growing pains and emerged to find success.

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Entrepreneur Leslie Kuster, author of 7 Keys to 7 Figures: The Women Entrepreneurs' Guide to Money and Freedom, believes that many women seek the freedom that comes with entrepreneurship but struggle to turn that dream into a reality. The data shows that 90 percent of women who own and operate a business generate less than $100,000 per year. And 78.5 percent of women-owned businesses do not survive the first year. Leslie Kuster wants you to beat those odds!

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In her new book, Dream Big and Win, Translating Passion into Purpose and Creating a Billion-Dollar Business, for the first time ever, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and Forbes' Richest Self-Made Woman Liz Elting shares her story on how she co-founded and grew TransPerfect, the billion-dollar translation and language solutions company that began as a dream in a NYU dorm room. This is the story of how every entrepreneur can turn a passion and a big vision into a business success.

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Author and business coach, Lisa J. MacDonald, in her new book The Most Common Entrepreneurial Mistakes and How to Avoid Them, believes that we all want to be in charge of our own lives. But her question is what happens when the game of business keeps changing? How can you successfully find new clients, beat the competition, and do it on a shoestring budget? Lisa’s new book shows you how, and at the same time,  avoid making the usual mistakes along the way.

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Entrepreneur Leslie Kuster, author of the new book, 7 Keys to 7 Figures : The Women Entrepreneurs' Guide to Money and Freedom, recognizes that many women seek the freedom that comes with entrepreneurship but struggle to turn that dream into a reality. The data show that 90 percent of women who own and operate a business generate less than $100,000 per year. And 78.5 percent of women-owned businesses do not survive the first year. Leslie Kuster wants you to beat those odds!

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Everyone has frustrating moments and days on their entrepreneurial journeys, it’s normal, but in her new book, The Never Quit on a Bad Day™, Phebe Trotman inspires you to push through the tough days. The people she brings together in her book to share their own personal insights have faced challenges and struggles in their lives and. businesses, but importantly they didn’t quit.

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If you and your business need to take a new product launch from zero to sixty in no time flat, then you need to get some essential insights from The Pocket Guide to Product Launches: Get Confident, Go to Market, and Win by Mary Sheehan. Written by one of the industry’s leading product marketers—for product marketers, The Pocket Guide to Product Launches sets you up for success whether this is your first launch or you’re a seasoned pro.

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As a seasoned coach in the online space, Dr Kimberly Olson, author of the new book Unleashing HER: Redefining Success for Female Entrepreneurs, saw a trend emerging. She noticed that women were setting unrealistic expectations for themselves and getting stuck in the comparison game. In order to truly shift this paradigm, she decided to gather 40 amazing female entrepreneurs together in one book so they could share their stories of what unleashing your potential can look like.

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When Black Women Rise by author and entrepreneur LaTresse Snead is the very personal story of a visionary entrepreneur and nonprofit leader who overcame her fears and dared to dream big. And—despite all the odds and statistics—won. Today, LaTresse is the CEO and founder of Bonsai Leadership Group and is a premier executive coach for nonprofit leaders. She helps her clients navigate leadership and reach their boldest goals.

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If you are struggling with brand visibility and getting your business found online by potential customers, then help is at hand in the new book Fighting Visibility: The Mindset and Strategies to Getting Your Business Found Online by Christine M Jerry. Her new book will show you how to conquer the fear of being seen and the foundational strategy of getting your business found online.

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For all those woman entrepreneurs who are battling with the challenge of how to deal with the naysayers in life and business, Cynthia Nelson’s book, I Didn't Get Here by Taking NO for An Answer, is one to both inspire and learn from. This is an autobiographical story of Cynthia’s journey as an entrepreneur and her mindset of overcoming adversity and turning "no" into "yes." She shares her personal story of being told "no" many times but never letting it define her or limit her potential. She illustrates the importance of controlling one's own thoughts and energy, and not waiting for others to validate their dreams. At the end of the day, Cynthia encourages women to create their own "yes" and take control of their lives.

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As a woman entrepreneur, if you are constantly battling time to get things done, then author Megan Flatt, believes it’s time to get Focused: Reclaim Your Time, Ditch Overwhelm, and Do Less Better, the title of her new book. She believes that you don’t need more time, what you actually need is more focus. In her new book she shows how women business builders can move from Hustle Culture in their lives, to a more results driven Focus Culture - it makes for fascinating reading.

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In her new book, Originate, Motivate, Innovate: 7 Steps to Building a Billion Dollar Network, entrepreneur Shelly Omilâdé Bell delivers an honest and engaging discussion of how to think differently about getting your business funded as a female entrepreneur of color. She demonstrates how to overcome intimidation and imposter syndrome to chart a new and exciting path.

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Your product is great. So why is marketing it so hard? Authors Georgiana Laudi and Claire Suellentrop have the answers, and importantly the solutions, in their new book, Forget the Funnel: A Customer-Led Approach for Driving Predictable Recurring Revenue. They understand that many companies struggle with marketing. Teams try everything they can to drive more traffic, leads, and signups. Yet revenue growth remains...lumpy. Slow. Frustratingly inconsistent. If this sounds familiar, the problem isn't you or your ideas; it's that you're guessing at what resonates with your target customers.

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According to Marcia Barnes, author of Here We Grow, she believes the secret to growing your business is simple - invest in marketing that works. She encourages you to step away from viewing marketing as a cost center that drains money from annual budgets and delivers unreliable results. Instead, she believes it’s really a burgeoning profit generator that can power growth and abundance in every aspect of your business. But only if you do it right.

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Melissa Houston, author of Cash Confident: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Creating a Profitable Business, believes it’s time for you to own your financial power and learn to make smarter, and more profitable, business decisions. Let’s start with a question… Do you know why 82 percent of new businesses fail? Poor money management. To focus on profit and wealth building, entrepreneurs need to become confident about understanding their business finances as well as their ability to manage them. Everything in business affects your bottom line, as do all your decisions. You need to take ultimate responsibility for the financial future of your business—you need to become cash confident!

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In her new book, The Business Transition Handbook: How to Avoid Succession Pitfalls and Create Valuable Exit Options, author and entrepreneur, Laurie R Barkman, asks you to consider a key fact - 100% of owners will leave their business one day, but few are prepared. The question she asks is, are you prepared? When you’re ready to sell, the company may not be sell-ready–leaving you out of time and unrewarded. Most entrepreneurs are too busy to begin thinking about the end. But you may be leaving money—and your happiness—on the table. It’s crucial to start planning for your transition, whether it comes next year or in a decade.

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If you are a female founder, in need of investment to start or scale your business – and struggling to get it, author and entrepreneur, Julia Elliott Brown, says ‘You’re not alone.’ In her book, RAISE: The Female Founder's Guide To Securing Investment, she says that when it comes to funding, female founders are seriously up against it. In the pale, stale and male world of venture capital, less than 2 per cent goes to businesses led by women. But Julia says, it can be done.