The $100 Startup
by Chris Guillebeau
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73%
Critic Reviews: 18
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Synopsis
Blending the best of Ferriss's The 4-Hour Workweek with Fried and Hansson's Rework, this book by a young visionary who is creating a social movement shows readers how to have it all-by creating a micro-business on the cheap that generates enough income to support a life of meaning and adventure. In Chris Guillebeau's travel to over 175 countries, he has met two kinds of people: those like himself who have the time and income to follow their whims and who've... more
About Chris Guillebeau
- All Critics: 18
- Positive: 17
- Negative: 1
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Unfettered Ink
The strategies and tactics for building your business aren’t good “because Chris says so,” they’re proven by hundreds of success stories.
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Yael Writes | 3 Jun 2012
It is always refreshing to get business advice from someone who actually wants to help people.
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Pocket Changed
This book is perfect for anyone trying to build a lifestyle business.
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I've Tried That | 29 May 2012
...Chris offers loads of useful information for the would-be business entrepreneur...At every step of the way, several real world business startup examples are provided.
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Jon Dale | 8 May 2012
You’ll find yourself and your passion in it’s pages…and you may never be the same.
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EmSpot | 21 May 2012
...after getting laid off people found their true passions, stumbled on an idea and took a chance on it, made something happen out of nothing and with just a few hundred dollars, and no one in this book is looking back!
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Blake Boles | 21 May 2012
Product- and service-based—online and offline—freelance, partnership, and employee-hiring: all such business are represented in this book.
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Shlok Vaidya | 18 Apr 2012
This approach has been done. We get it...We don’t need anymore convincing.
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Get Rich Slowly | 8 May 2012
It’s the book I wish I had when I was trying to find my own path to self-employment.
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Prolific Living | 20 Aug 2012
The best takeaway from this book was this little known truth: Roaming entrepreneurs are quietly building successful and seriously profitable businesses everywhere around us today.
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Jon Wiggens | 15 May 2012
If you’re looking for a shot of inspiration for what can realistically be achieved in an online business, The $100 Startup is an excellent read.
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Mastermind Project
It will show you how you can start your own small business – and maybe better – it will convince you to try.
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Trail Licious | 18 May 2012
The reason I know it’s good is that almost every page is either highlighted or folded over which means I learned something of value from those pages.
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TMD | 2 Jul 2012
This book is a blueprint for the hungry, the creative, and individuals who want to take the reins of their lives and become financially independent, having only one boss, themselves.
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Words Written Down | 17 Jun 2012
It's both written by Guillebeau and obvious to a reader that a ton of research went into all the business examples provided...All in all, it was an excellent book...
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QAspire | 10 Jul 2012
...this book gave me a feeling of abundance, of possibilities that reside within each one of us and how those possibilities take a form when we are determined to live a creative life.
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Best Small Biz Help | 21 Jul 2012
Chris Guillebeau asks important questions every aspiring small business owner should answer. For that, he’s earned my respect.
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The Clear-Minded Creative | 22 May 2012
But if you have any interest in earning money on your own terms, once you’ve read this book you’ll be struggling to come up with an excuse for not getting started right away.
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