Ladies Who Launch: Embracing Entrepreneurship & Creativity as a Lifestyle
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Ladies Who Launch is the first company to define the feminine approach to launching a business and to make the connection between starting a business and bringing creativity into your life with self-esteem and happiness.? The nationally acclaimed Ladies Who Launch program has enabled thousands of women across the country to break out of 9-5 and thrive in entrepreneurial enterprises that reflect their true passions, skills, and desires.? Located in more than 40 cities in the UnitedStates, the Ladies Who Launch incubators - workshops that give women the support and encouragement they need to embark on making their dreams reality - have inspired women to start businesses, grow existing companies, and tap into their creativity to develop essential services and products and enjoy the lifestyle of their dreams while doing it. Available for the first time in book form, the 4-step incubator process, using self-tests, inspiring stories, and practical information, gives women the courage to dare to follow a cherished but unfulfilled dream.? Through this unique program women are encouraged to Imagine it - allow a secret desire to come to light Speak it - choose a dream to pursue Do it - take effective action to make it reality Celebrate it - revel in successes, reward effort, and be good to yourself along the way ? Ladies Who Launch provides a proven approach to igniting a fire under a long-smoldering dream, have more fun, and catapult a lifestyle, relationship or occupation to an infinitely higher level.? "If you want to pop the lid off anything you ever thought you couldn't do, shouldn't have or couldn't achieve, you've bought the right book. All the tools you need to ignite a fire under a long smoldering dream, catapult a lifestyle, relationship, or career to a higher level are right here. Women tend to think of dreams as bigger than themselves, pies in the sky, morsels of imagination saved for a rainy day...in other words, out of reach. Well, guess what? Ladies Who Launch will reprogram how you think about your dreams so that they are as real as the coffee you drink each morning. They're real and they're all yours!? To be truly happy and inspired by the life you're living, you can take steps to wake up and launch your dreams right now. It is time to start believing that you can have what you really want.? With the help of Ladies Who Launch, you will."??????????? - Victoria Colligan & Beth Schoenfeldt? www.ladieswholaunch.com ? VICTORIA COLLIGAN and BETH SCHOENFELDT, co-founders of Ladies Who Launch, created their company as a blend of on-line social networking and offline support system.? The offline support system takes the form of Incubators - inventive, supportive, networking workshops that take place in more than 30 cities across the country.? They also act as a marketing, public relations, and distribution channel for the thousands of women who are members of Ladies Who Launch.? They have beenfeatured in women's and business publications including Fortune , the LA Times , The Wall Street Journal , Cosmopolitan , Working Mother , and much more. AMY SWIFT has been a close and early collaborator with Ladies Who Launch as a brand communications strategist, writer and as the leader of the Los Angeles and Orange County Ladies Who Launch Incubators. ??
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0312359543
ISBN13:9780312359546
Release Date:May 2007
Publisher:St. Martin's Press
Length:228 Pages
Weight:1.04 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"
Customer Reviews
5 ratings
A ra! ra! book for women who want to launch a social life, exercise program, or small business.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
[Book review I wrote for the hardcover edition of this book. See ISBN: 0312359543] The authors have co-founded an online networking and offline support system they call Women Who Launch. This book appears to be written to promote membership in their network and support system. I thought it was a well-written book and more motivational than substantive. It includes exercises, questionnaires and additional resource lists along with success stories of women who have bought into the program. I wasn't impressed with the companies these women started. I think the book is wonderful for women who want to "launch" a social life or diet program, but the advice provided here with regard to launching a small business is off the mark. The book tells wanta-be entrepreneurs that there is a feminine approach to launching a business that involves merely reflecting on a woman's true passions, skills and desires. What that translates into is to forget learning about finance, market research, and writing a sound business plan. Instead, it suggests to just throw "something" together on a shoe string and if it works then worry later about dotting all your eyes and crossing all your tees. What the authors fail to tell the reader is that more likely than not the "something" is bound to fail because of lack of planning and preparation. The book has 12 chapters as follows: 1. Introduction to launching 2. Launching as a lifestyle choice 3. Women, the natural connectors 4. It is not all about the money 5. Just start: Jumping in using your creativity and intuition 6. Preparation: Fill up first 7. 3, 2, 1, Launch 8. Step 1: Imagine It 9. Step 2: Speak It 10. Step 3: Do It 11. Step 4: Celebrate It 12. Let's launch it together I found it interesting that one of the tables included in the book indicated that women generally like to work for someone else (they are conservative), they are preoccupied with having healthcare coverage (for themselves), and they don't want to work all that hard at their jobs (some might say they are lazy). These are not the traits of someone who should be starting their own business. And for the authors to suggest that they should is an absurdity. Ironically much of what this book says is what a wanta-be entrepreneur needs to hear and do. I think I can recommend it to wanta-be entrepreneurs who are willing to learn about finance, do the necessary market research, and write the 25-35 page sound business plan as well as steps 1-4 included at chapters 8-11. Otherwise - skip it. 4 stars!
Empowering book for woman
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
I love this book! If you've had entrepreneural ideas sitting on the back burner waiting to be realized, this book definitely gives you a motivating and inspiring push to launch them from dreams into realities. It gives great perspective on how woman are different from men in launching their ideas and creating the business and/or lifestyle that they want and deserve. The website is stock full of great resources and overall, the Ladies Who Launch provide access to a network of woman and like-minded people that will help you move forward.
You mean I'm normal!!?
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
With so many business books out there mostly written by men, it is a relief to find one written by women, for women. I used to think I was crazy in my thought pattern and how I run my business. I actually thought I might be losing my mind as a business owner. After reading Ladies Who Launch, I know the way I run my business is just the feminine way and there is nothing wrong with me at all. As a matter of fact, I am oh so right and normal! This book is inspiring and really causes me to move forward with my thoughts and ideas. I will truly be sad when I am done reading it as it has helped me tremendously. Thanks Beth and Victoria for helping others to understand how women run a business and why we are so successful.
Launching my new life
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
In Oct 2006 I attended the LIVE event in San Francisco hosted by Alison Covarubias (the San Francisco Incubator Leader). It was at that event that I made the decision to write the book I'd had in my head for years. And so, "Every Single Girl's Guide To Her Future Husband's Last Divorce" was born. The idea behind Ladies Who Launch is unique and its about enhancing and developing the idea in your heart, not someone elses idea of what you should do. Beth and Victoria have created a sensational structure to take your creative or business ideas and bring them to life. I know that my life will be forever changed for the better because I had this experience. For me, during the incubator, what I discovered was that women communicate and develop their creative ideas differently than men, and that I needed that hefty dose of estrogen and unconditional support to propell my idea forward and stay the course. The incubator changed my life for the better in so many ways, not the least of which was showing me that my dreams were always within reach. Add to that the ongoing monthly meetings and personal mentoring by Alison Covarubias and there was no way I could fail. For any woman thinking about starting her own business, or who has a creative idea, I highly recommend reading this book and signing up for an incubator near you!
Ladies Launch Differently and This Books Explains How
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
I love this book! It proves you don't have to do things the "traditional way" in order to be successful launching a business. Case in point, the part about (loosely quoted), "the traditional process of embarking - write the business plan, crunch the numbers, pitch idea the to potential investors, work really hard to make it happen and when you reach your first million gather together your employees for some cake and champagne in paper cups." Compared to "the feminine process of embarking - take your passion and imagine making it come true in the best way possible, test the concept with friends by talking about it and getting feedback, start out doing it, dipping your toe in, taking some actions, feeling it out, have a big ole party to celebrate your first dollar, hundred dollars, or one million (okay, and buy some shoes)." It's so much more fun the feminine way!! Thank you for sharing all of this with the world. I'm going to buy those shoes I saw on my way to my new office. It's time to ce-le-br-ate!
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