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Overview

Despite grim headlines about the economy, you don’t have to stay in a job you intensely hate. There’s a better opportunity waiting out there, and escaping from cubicle nation is easier than you think.

Pamela Slim spent a decade traveling all over the country as a self-employed trainer for large corporations. She was surprised to find that many of the most successful employees at these companies harbored secret dreams of breaking out to start their own businesses. They would pull her aside after a meeting and whisper, “I would love to work for myself, but have no idea how to get started. How did you do it?”

So Pamela ...

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Overview

Despite grim headlines about the economy, you don’t have to stay in a job you intensely hate. There’s a better opportunity waiting out there, and escaping from cubicle nation is easier than you think.

Pamela Slim spent a decade traveling all over the country as a self-employed trainer for large corporations. She was surprised to find that many of the most successful employees at these companies harbored secret dreams of breaking out to start their own businesses. They would pull her aside after a meeting and whisper, “I would love to work for myself, but have no idea how to get started. How did you do it?”

So Pamela started a blog – Escape from Cubicle Nation – to share her experience and advice. Soon, questions and stories poured in from corporate prisoners around the world. As her blog gained popularity, she also interviewed some of the brightest experts in entrepreneurship on topics from finance to branding to marketing via social networks.
This audiobook includes Pamela’s very best material, based on thousands of conversations and reader submissions. It provides everything you’ll need to consider a major change – not just the nuts and bolts of starting a business, but a full discussion of the emotional issues involved. Pamela knows firsthand that leaving corporate life can be very scary, especially if you have a family and other obligations. Fears and self-defeating thoughts often hold people back from pursuing an extremely gratifying solo career.

Get ready to learn your real options, make an informed decision, and maybe, just maybe, escape from cubicle nation.

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Inspired by her successful blog of the same name, life coach Slim shows readers how to navigate the terrifying yet gratifying transition from corporate drone to entrepreneur. She strikes a perfect balance between emotional encouragement and practical advice: "Hating your job intensely," she writes, "is not a business plan." What's here is: the nitty-gritty of getting a business off the ground, legal considerations, making the best use of social networking sites, the components of a business model, organized creative brainstorming, financial advice, shopping for self-paid insurance and benefits, and helpful anecdotes of real-life entrepreneurship. With her humorous insights into corporate life and an appealing no-nonsense yet empathic tone, Slim deals swiftly and incisively with anxiety, fear and hesitation. Readers will cheer as she teaches the tricks behind finding "what makes you purr"-what people will pay you to do, what you have a great passion for and what you are genetically encoded to do. This is a standout in the start-your-own business genre. (May)

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781591842576
  • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
  • Publication date: 4/30/2009
  • Pages: 352
  • Product dimensions: 9.26 (w) x 6.38 (h) x 1.19 (d)

Meet the Author

Pamela Slim is a management consultant and professional life coach trained by O Magazine columnist Martha Beck. Her rapidly growing blog about entrepreneurship has been covered by media ranging from The New York Times to Fox News. This is her first book.

Table of Contents

Foreword Guy Kawasaki vii

Introduction 1

Section I Opening Up to the Opportunities 5

1 I Have a Fancy Title, Steady Paycheck, and Goad Benefits. Why Am I So Miserable? 7

2 If It Is So Bad, Then Why Am I Afraid to Leave? 26

3 Detox from Corporate Life 42

4 What's Really Involved in Moving from Employee to Entrepreneur? 63

Section II The Reality of Entrepreneurship 87

5 What Are All the Ways to Be Self-employed? 89

6 How Do I Choose a Good Business Idea? 114

7 Recruit Your Tribe 138

8 Rethink Your Life: Options for Scaling Back, Downshifting, and Relocating 168

9 Do I Really Have to Do a Business Plan? 182

10 Define the Spirit of Your Brand 210

11 Test Often and Fail Fast: The Art of Prototypes and Samples 230

Section III Make the Money Work 247

12 Look Your Finances in the Eye 249

13 How to Shop for Benefits 275

Section IV Making the Leap 291

14 Dealing with Your Friends and Family 293

15 Line Your Ducks in a Row 314

16 When Is It Time to Leave? 335

Acknowledgments 349

Notes 351

Resources 355

Index 359

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  • Posted February 11, 2011

    a little repetitive

    good info, and inspiring, but a bit repetitive

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  • Posted April 9, 2010

    Highly Recommended!!

    Pam Slim gives an in-depth breakdown of how to take your passion for entrepreneurship and develop it into a sustainable business. She understands the fears and anxiety that keep people trapped and then one-by-one stamps them out! Her book provides concrete steps to develop a plan, motivation to act on that plan and a plethora of resources to pave the way to your success. It's a book I've read once, referenced back to many, many times, and know with certainty, will remain a valuable resource for my "escape"!

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  • Posted April 30, 2009

    Entrepreneur's Roundup!

    This book is packed full of information useful for anybody even thinking about starting their own business. It took me step by step through all of the main areas to consider, and the writing is clear, but light hearted. By the time I finished the book I really felt like I had covered all of the bases of things to consider when starting my own business since the author draws on her own experiences as well as many things she has picked up while helping other people start their businesses. And each section shares clear references to other books, blogs and websites that I can go to if I need to get even more in-depth on a particular topic. Another important thing is that the author (Pam) recognizes that there are some pretty scary things about starting your own business, and she addresses those emotional parts of the equation with great empathy. Not that I need that, but I'm sure others do.

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