She's so boss: the girl entrepreneur's guide to imagining, creating & kicking ass

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Introduction -- The whys: Why you? Why now? Why be a boss? -- It all starts with an idea -- Startups that make something -- Idea startups, also known as service businesses -- You are young and female: time to own it -- Your brand -- Technology, the wave of the present -- Marketing -- Mastering social media -- Your business space -- Don't go it alone: mentors -- Money stuff -- Growing pains -- Just one more thing -- Appendix: Other stuff.;In todays world, girls as well as boys have ideas for self-sustaining enterprises-- but often lack the tools needed to put their ideas into play. Kravetz shows aspiring girl-bosses the steps every young entrepreneur, creator, or leader needs to take. From inspiration to execution, this guide is packed with information and inspiration, along with the profiles of more than a dozen real-life girl bosses who have turned their passions into business. This book is about thinking big, aiming high, and becoming the boss of your thing. -- adapted from amazon.com info;"Whether you already have an idea for a business or you're mulling how to turn the things you enjoy into a self-sustaining enterprise, this book will connect the dots. From inspiration to execution, there are concrete steps every young entrepreneur, creator, or leader needs to take, and this book shows you how. Packed with information and with the profiles of more than a dozen real-life girl bosses who have turned their passions into business, She's So Boss is about thinking big, aiming high, and becoming the boss of your thing, whether it's a blog about baking organic treats or playing guitar and putting your music videos on YouTube. Specific features of the book include: Profiles of some of history's great girl bosses: Eleanor Roosevelt, Madam C.J. Walker, Coco Chanel, Marie Curie, Lena Dunham, Michelle Phan, and others; Pop-up features, including lists of Ten Fabulous Girl Bosses, Ten Jobs You Wish Existed, Six Turned-Out-to-Be-Awesome Ideas No One Thought Could Make It, Signs You're Heading for an Epic Fail, and more; Real-life girl boss profiles showing the stages of development of more than a dozen girls who've transformed their visions into action; Eye-catching graphs, charts, and diagrams covering such topics as the Basics of Any Business, Financial Implications of Borrowing at Different Interest Rates, The Importance of Superstar Marketing, Anatomy of a Girl Boss, Portrait of the Diva Anti-Boss, and the Social Media Influencer's Flow Chart; Examples of logos, savvy packaging and branding ideas, great thank-you notes and other effective communication, texts never to send, and more."--Amazon.com. Introduction -- The whys: Why you? Why now? Why be a boss? -- It all starts with an idea -- Startups that make something -- Idea startups, also known as service businesses -- You are young and female: time to own it -- Your brand -- Technology, the wave of the present -- Marketing -- Mastering social media -- Your business space -- Don't go it alone: mentors -- Money stuff -- Growing pains -- Just one more thing -- Appendix: Other stuff.