Business for Bohemians: Live Well, Make Money

by Tom Hodgkinson Narrated by Timothy Andrés Pabon

Overview

Ready to be your own boss? If cash flow forecasts, tax returns, and P&Ls sound horrifying, fear not: help is at hand. Journalist Tom Hogkinson has spent his career advocating for laid-back living, and in Business for Bohemians, he combines practical advice with hilarious anecdotes to create a refreshingly candid guidebook for all of us who aspire to a greater degree of freedom in our working lives.



Whether you dream of launching your own graphic design startup or growing your Etsy store into a full-scale operation in your spare time, Business for Bohemians will equip you with the tools to turn your talents into a profitable and enjoyable business. Accounting need no longer be a dark art. You will become a social media maven and a friend of the spreadsheet. You will learn the art of negotiation, how to get paid, and how to decide which clients to take. You will discover that laziness can be a virtue. Above all, you will realize that freedom from the nine-to-five life is achievable-and, with Hodgkinson's comforting, pragmatic and extremely funny advice at hand, you might even enjoy yourself along the way.

Editorial Reviews

Elle UK

Tom lures [you] in with his chatty writing and his obvious expertise . . . and genuinely makes you feel good about striving for happiness over money, security, and status.

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InBusiness for Bohemians, Hodgkinsonexpands upon his fresh approach to living a laid-back life with a foray into the business world. He shares challenges, victories, and pitfalls from his own business history, along with ways to tackle topics ranging from finance to social media, all by using solid examples and a helpful glossary of business terms. Readers familiar with his lighthearted, humorous approach to life will find much to enjoy inBusiness for Bohemians.”

Chris Guillebeau

Great book . . . To break the rules, you have to know the rules. This book is for everyone who wants to chart their own independent course in business. You'll learn those rules along with plenty of encouragement to do what's best for you. As a bonus, you'll even get free social media advice from Cervantes.

Financial Times

[An] extremely funny . . . part practical business handbook, part entrepreneur’s memoirs, aimed at freelancers or small-business owners in the creative fields. Add this wry and helpful eccentric book to your reading list.

Philip Delves Broughton - The Wall Street Journal

Business for Bohemiansis both a cautionary tale and guidebook . . . The book has an easy didactic style, starting with how to write a business plan and moving on to composing spreadsheets, pricing products and services, putting together mailing lists, dealing with enemies and, finally, discovering the 'joys of quitting.' . . .Mr. Hodgkinson’s experiences are relentlesslyunglamorous.There are no mergers or acquisitions here, no stock-market flotations or boardroom axfighting. There is plenty of good, practical advice here:there is a science and craft to running a business . . . [and] there is virtue indiscipline.”

Product Details

BN ID:	2940172393785
Publisher:	Ascent Audio
Publication date:	02/27/2018
Edition description:	Unabridged
Sales rank:	1,094,556

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