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The Girl's Guide to Starting Your Own Business: Candid Advice, Frank Talk, and True Stories for the Successful Entrepreneur

"This fun and informative book shows aspiring young women how to build their own businesses from the ground up...and stand as tall as a Manhattan highrise."

—Barbara Corcoran, author of If You Don't Have Large Breasts Wear Ribbons in Your Pigtails

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"This book will do for business what The Joy of Cooking did for the culinary world."

—Ella Brennan, owner, Commander's Palace

The Girl's Guide to Starting Your Own Businessis a must-read guide for any woman who wants to ditch the cubicle and join the growing ranks of aspiring female entrepreneurs. Revised and updated to reflect a post-financial crisis and Twitter world, this essential business handbook by Caitlin Friedman and Kimberly Yorio offers candid advice, frank talk, and true stories that will help every woman with a great business plan achieve her dream.

Subject
business
Themes
women
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 272 pages

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