Product Description

Stuck in a dead-end job with mounting debts, Linda Hollander took the biggest risk of her life when she launched a custom packaging business called the Bag Ladies. Working hard and making mistakes along the way, she managed to grow her business into a successful enterprise with an impressive client list including Ocean Spray, Infiniti, Revlon, Yamaha, Sanyo Fisher, Sears, and Nissan.

Known today as the "Wealthy Bag Lady," Hollander spends her time helping other women build self-confidence and achieve financial independence through small-business ownership.

In BAGS TO RICHES, Hollander shares twenty years of road-tested tips and other business leaders’ advice for for starting and running a successful business, including practical tips for finding a mentor, securing financing, turning contacts into contracts, and providing five-star customer service. More than just your typical "how-to" business book, BAGS TO RICHES explores one of the most difficult aspects of starting your own business—deciding to go for it.

Filled with success stories of real-life entrepreneurs, Women will be encouraged by the "Winning Women" tales, the "Learn from the Stars" stories, the valuable "Success Secrets," and the "Hazardous to Your Wealth" warnings peppered throughout the book. BAGS TO RICHES will inspire women to take that frightening first step to launching a business and realizing a dream.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #278358 in Books
• Published on: 2003-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 208 pages

Publisher's Weekly
Real life "bag lady" Linda Hollander shows women how to realize their dream of owning their own business.

From the Publisher
•There are currently more than 9.1 million women-owned businesses in America.

•Women are starting businesses at twice the rate of men.

•Linda Hollander is the founder of the Women's Small Business Expo

•Thanks to Linda Hollander, October has officially been named "Women’s Small Business Month."

About the Author
Linda Hollander, known as the "Wealthy Bag Lady", has become the industry leader in teaching entrepreneurial women how to go from Bags to Riches. Her book is the only small business success book for women.

She has more than twenty years of experience running a small business, is a small-business consultant, author, international speaker, and frequent television and radio guest. She is the founder of Women’s Small Business Month and the Women’s Small Business Expo.

Hollander started out worse than broke. She was buried in debt and couldn’t find a way out of the poverty trap. She and her best friend, Sheryl Felice, used their girl-power to the max. They launched a packaging business called "The Bag Ladies" which sells custom-printed paper and plastic bags to leading-edge companies. Her impressive client list includes Disney, Cisco Systems, Mattel, Universal Studios, Nissan, Yamaha, Sony, Revlon, Ocean Spray, Sears and Infiniti. Linda Hollander owes her success to the wonderful people in her life: Her parents, Bob and Blossom Hollander, Rhoda and Howard Goldie, and her best friend, Sheryl Felice. She lives in Los Angeles, California with her husband, Leslie Greenfield, and their two cats, Carmella and Sneakers.

Customer Reviews

This woman walks her talk!
Linda Hollander has given everyone, men as well as women, an inspiring, easy to follow, roadmap of how to succeed in business and enjoy the process and the ride! This book is very open, honest and heartfelt and communicates clearly the integrity, hard work and discipline that it takes to be a wealthy business owner. I have the pleasure of knowing Ms. Hollander professionally and I can tell you, she WALKS her TALK!

Phyllis Hyde

There are better Women and business books out there, trust me
This book is pretty much how one lady started a business and is now trying to spin her "secrets" into the women and business book genre.

I was encouraged at first because there wasn't a single negative review here on Amazon. But there is a first time for everything, let me tell you.

The information is is OLD and DATED and no "secrets" are revealed that you couldn't find by doing a few Internet searches. Save your money.

encouraging
This lady will encourage you to step out of your comfort zone and pursue what matters to you. thumbs up to her