08/10/2015
“Financial freedom is one of the last front lines of feminism,” writes Pimsleur, the CEO and founder of Little Pim, which creates language-learning materials for children. This spirited business guide identifies a relative lack of resources and opportunities available to female business owners. Aimed at women interested in running successful businesses, including CEOs preparing for fundraising drives, solo operators intent on improving their work, and budding entrepreneurs, this book seeks to help readers bridge that gap. There’s much to overcome: as Pimsleur relates, only 3% of businesses owned by women ever generate more than $1 million in revenue, 50% of all new businesses fail within the first five years, and, because of the glass-ceiling skew, women tend to have male advisors, coaches, and mentors who don’t understand the unique challenges facing women in business. Pimsleur takes on some of the major competency requirements and hurdles women may face, including getting angel or venture funding, nurturing allies, handling foes, assembling the best team, and building networks. Packed with case studies and stories of Pimsleur’s own history and rise, this enthusiastic, encouraging guide is a great Business 101 for entrepreneurial women. Zoe Pagnamenta, Zoe Pagnamenta Agency. (Oct.)
Million Dollar Women: The Essential Guide for Female Entrepreneurs Who Want to Go Big
Narrated by Julia Pimsleur
Julia PimsleurUnabridged — 6 hours, 44 minutes
Million Dollar Women: The Essential Guide for Female Entrepreneurs Who Want to Go Big
Narrated by Julia Pimsleur
Julia PimsleurUnabridged — 6 hours, 44 minutes
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Overview
“Do you have an ambitious vision for your business, but aren't sure what to do next? Successful entrepreneur Julia Pimsleur provides an invaluable guide for any woman who wants to make a big jump” (Gretchen Rubin, author of Better Than Before and The Happiness Project).
Over the past twenty years, women in the US have started nearly twice as many businesses as men, but only three percent of all women business owners ever make revenues of one million dollars or more. Most are stuck running kitchen-table businesses, just getting by, or in many cases, running out of cash. Julia Pimsleur aims to change that with Million Dollar Women, which will show you how to take your business to that million-dollar mark and beyond.
Million Dollar Women introduces you to Pimsleur and seven other women who have raised capital, developed powerful networks, and built multimillion-dollar companies from scratch. It teaches you the concepts and the vocabulary you need to secure funding and scale up. It explains how to make the right connections, when to delegate, and when to seek coaching and support. Drawing on her own experience of becoming a CEO, Pimsleur also provides help for overcoming the hurdles you have to clear to leap to that next level. “With thought-provoking interviews of women entrepreneurs and other business experts and important exercises at the end, this resourceful book is rich in ideas and valuable insight” (Booklist).
Editorial Reviews
Through the experiences of eight women (including the author herself) who have built multimillion-dollar companies, entrepreneur and CEO Julia Pimsleur explains how women can take their businesses to the next level. But it’s not just the stories themselves that are valuable; it’s the humorous and pragmatic way in which Million Dollar Women is told.
"Do you have an ambitious vision for your business, but aren’t sure what to do next? Million Dollar Women is both encouraging and realistic—it’s packed with insights, practical advice, and real-life examples. Successful entrepreneur Julia Pimsleur provides an invaluable guide for any woman who wants to make a big jump."
A comprehensive, how-to guide for female founders to scale their businesses. From launching and fundraising to delegating and networking, Julia meets her readers as an ally sharing a step-by-step narrative of her journey."
"Fantastic. . . . While Julia focuses on teaching women how to raise angel and venture capital, she is also passionate about women having the right mindset to succeed in a challenging business world."
"Million Dollar Women gives women a roadmap to getting over the million dollar mark with their businesses. Julia Pimsleur speaks from having been in the trenches herself and has a genuine mission to help other women make it into the million dollar women club. A must read for women who care about their financial futures."
"Pimsleur, CEO of a multimillion-dollar company, shares her inspiring story to help other women reach that goal. . . . With thought-provoking interviews of women entrepreneurs and other business experts and important exercises at the end, this resourceful book is rich in ideas and valuable insight."
Building your million dollar business often requires finding, convincing and working with outside investors. And those angels and venture capitalists are mostly all men. Million Dollar Women provides the map, compass and inspiration to enable female entrepreneurs to enter that world and emerge victorious!
Useful and inspiring.
"Pimsleur, CEO of a multimillion-dollar company, shares her inspiring story to help other women reach that goal. . . . With thought-provoking interviews of women entrepreneurs and other business experts and important exercises at the end, this resourceful book is rich in ideas and valuable insight."
08/01/2015
Be your own boss. This sounds tempting to many, but how can you make others see (and fund) your dream? While this new work treads some of the same ground as other books concentrating on successful business women, it is unique in its emphasis on the financing role. Pimsleur, capitalizing on her background in video production as well as her childhood experiences abroad as the daughter of the founder of the Pimsleur Language Programs, developed her personal interest for her son to learn a foreign language into a growing business producing foreign language videos for children. The focus on making pitches, networking, and the ins and outs of attracting investors is both practical and intimate as the author connects it to her own struggles with work/family life balance. Interspersed are sidebars and short cases based on other successful entrepreneurs and at the back is a series of exercises tied to each chapter, along with a brief list of online resources. VERDICT A useful book on angel investing and funding opportunities, primarily aimed at women entrepreneurs. Recommended for public libraries with strong business collections.—Susan Hurst, Miami Univ. Libs., Oxford, OH
Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940171176921 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Publication date: | 10/06/2015 |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |
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