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Mommy Millionaire: How I Turned My Kitchen Table Idea into a Million Dollars and How You Can, Too!
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Product Description
Real-world advice, secrets and lessons on how to make a million dollars from a mom who turned her kitchen table idea into a successful business while keeping her family and kids Job #1.
* How to develop and patent an idea while saving thousands
Visit www.mommymillionaire.com or www.greendaisy.com to learn more about Kim and the Green Daisy family of products.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #54384 in Books
- Published on: 2008-02-19
- Released on: 2008-02-19
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 368 pages
Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. People only learn to think like a millionaire by becoming one," says Lavine, who tucks her impressive entrepreneurial saga inside this top-notch how-to guide on launching a business. Founder and president of Green Daisy Inc., she tells how she converted a comfy pillow she invented into a successful company, sharing poignant insights about her challenges and growth. Lavine dispels many myths by discussing her failures, such as getting stung by sleazy partners, a cash flow crisis from hell and blending her roles as mom and company president ("Don't apologize for having kids!"). Lavine seamlessly weaves her journey of discovery with checklists, links, resources and how-tos drawn from her experience. While her advice to avoid doing business with "people who wear bad shoes" may seem offbeat, several pages later she provides a smart, clear description of how to create a cash flow analysis and use it as the basis for all key decisions. Lavine's human and authoritative story makes this one of the most engaging and useful resources available for readers hoping to convert their passion into a healthy company—any man who perceives her lessons as gender-specific will lose out on a rare gem. (Feb.)
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“Top-notch how-to guide on launching a business... Lavine's human and authoritative story makes this one of the most engaging and useful resources available for readers hoping to convert their passion into a healthy company.”
–Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Lavine has good tips for anyone interested in launching a home-based business.”
–Library Journal
About the Author
KIM LAVINE is founder and president of Green Daisy, Inc., maker of Fun, natural products for a happy life.™ An award-winning writer and former journalist, Kim lives in Grand Haven, Michigan with her husband, Dave, and their two sons.
Customer Reviews
Absolutely disgusted
As a female small business owner, I was excited to find this book. Not long into the book, my excitement was gone but I finished it anyway. Lavine calls herself a business woman, but she recounts on more than one occasion how she used her cleavage and the practice of unbuttoning an extra button on her blouse to her advantage when dealing with men -- to get financing, etc. I certainly don't consider that very businesslike! Also, she claims to be going through all this nonsense -- most of which is a result of her own lack of business sense, yet she is giving advice!? -- for her two sons. Yet she is rarely with them, and when she is she (by her own account) parks them in front of the television with a video game, despite the fact that one son may have a form of autism, which is only worsened by playing video games. Lavine repeatedly praises herself -- using words like "great" -- and she seems to think she knows more than anyone else. Yet she really makes so many mistakes that it's hard to understand how anyone could ever want to emulate her. By the way, I did my own search on her product and some of her claims, and many cannot be substantiated. She's big on claims and short on any proof or documentation. I would not recommend this book; she does not share anything I hadn't read elsewhere in much better organized books.
True tales from a fellow Mompreneur...
I absolutely loved the book! As a fellow Mom Entrepreneur, I found her story full of insight, helpful advice, and a great real world example of what happens to a company as they pursue venture capital. I was able to relate to her throughout the book and it helped me evaluate some of the decisions I was making at the time. I'm glad I found the book when I did! I highly recommend it for a TRUE story of what it takes to be a Mompreneur.
Fun, informative read!
I had this book for nearly a year, it was highly recommended by a friend but I thought the subject of business might bore me so I did not start reading it until two days ago. I was very pleasantly surprised that the book turned out to be a combination of how-to and memoir; the author's journey bringing her start-up business all the way to the big league actually makes for an exciting story. The author gives an honest account of her triumphs and failures, and she also shares plenty of resources, outlining step-by-step and explaining business terms/concepts. It is a very well-written story with plenty of human elements and useful real-world business-related information. I could not stop turning each page and finished reading the hardcover front to end in two days. It's definitely been a fun, informative read!
