Prep for Success: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Achieving Your Dreams

by Steve Davis, Paul Trapp

Overview

In business, it’s not uncommon for employees to dream of becoming entrepreneurs themselves. In an effort to awaken the entrepreneur in all of us, authors Paul Trapp and Steve Davis wrote Prep for Success: The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Achieving Your Dreams. Through anecdotes from their successful event planning business and franchise, Paul and Steve share their entrepreneurial journey and provide readers with the necessary tools to achieve their own business accomplishments. In Prep for Success, readers will learn that they can be in business for themselves, but not by themselves. With Paul and Steve’s guidance, readers will feel confident in owning their own franchise and fulfilling their entrepreneurial dreams. Paul and Steve have already done all of the hard work and have already made the beginner’s mistakes. Start preparing for your new life as an entrepreneur today!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781642250510
Publisher:	Advantage Media Group, Inc.
Publication date:	08/20/2019
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

STEPHEN DAVIS and Paul Trapp are lifelong friends who met over thirty years ago when Paul was on his way to attend Catholic seminary. After several false starts, Paul and Stephen launched their first successful business in February of 2006, which is called Federal Conference, Inc. Federal Conference enjoyed moderate growth during its infancy, but experienced explosive growth during their adolescent years, becoming a two-time Inc.500 award recipient. Federal Conference now enjoys its status as a mature company and currently plans and executes over 3,000 events annually across the globe, generating annual revenues north of fifty million pre-tax dollars.

PAUL TRAPP and Stephen Davis are lifelong friends who met over thirty years ago when Paul was on his way to attend Catholic seminary. After several false starts, Paul and Stephen launched their first successful business in February of 2006, which is called Federal Conference, Inc. Federal Conference enjoyed moderate growth during its infancy, but experienced explosive growth during their adolescent years, becoming a two-time Inc.500 award recipient. Federal Conference now enjoys its status as a mature company and currently plans and executes over 3,000 events annually across the globe, generating annual revenues north of fifty million pre-tax dollars.

Table of Contents

Foreword xi

Acknowledgments xv

Introduction The Unplanned Event 1

Chapter 1 Are You Ready? 13

Chapter 2 Prep for Success 31

Chapter 3 Recognizing Opportunity 43

Chapter 4 Becoming a Disruptor 61

Chapter 5 Attracting Talent 77

Chapter 6 Establishing a Culture 93

Chapter 7 Befriending Murphy 107

Chapter 8 Embracing Change 125

Conclusion Beyond the Book 141

About the Authors 144

Our Services 147