Spare Room Tycoon: The Seventy Lessons of Sane Self-Employment

ISBN: 1857882474

Author: Chan, James

Condition: New

Review"A light-hearted but no-nonsense approach to being an entrepreneur...Filled with ways to creatively survive and succeed as an independent businessperson." -- Today's Librarian, September 2000"If you have ever had the faintest notion of going it alone, your enthusiasm will be renewed and you will have the knowledge and skills to really make it work." -- Wyvern Publication Business Centre, March 2000...the list of 70 lessons could easily become a mantra for all self-employed professionals. -- Shannon Belew, Huntsville Times Business Columnist, February 8, 2001A book of wisdom about self-employment, a heads-up for those considering self-employment and for "captains of industry" in home-based businesses. -- Knight Ridder Newspapers, October 9, 2000 by Claude CrowleyA book that offers a positive, joyful, whinning-free outlook for today's home-based self-employer person... in enjoyable, gracious and guru-like prose. -- Asian Fortune, Washington, D.C., February 2001 by Mercedes Tira Andrei, p. 19.Equipping the inner entrepreneur: Eye-opening work...Wise and witty. -- Publishers Weekly, May 15, 2000Recommended reading for any self-employed person thinking about going back "inside," as well as thinking of going "outside." -- Denver Business Journal, August 21, 2000 by Jodi TorpeyWritten from direct experience...with a light, folksy touch, it's a useful and supportive read for anyone who works from home. -- Alex Benady, Amazon.co.uk, May 2000Product DescriptionChan offers an intimate portrait of a new way of working and a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to find peace, satisfaction and fulfillment as an independent entrepreneur.From the Inside FlapSpare room tycoons, says author James Chan, rule their own domain. They successfully invent independent careers and autonomous lives. "I am a captain of industry myself," Chan writes, "though my craft is more like a rowboat than an ocean liner. My empire is small, but I do rule it. And I would rather be captain of my dinghy than a junior officer on the Titanic."Excerpt. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.I Am a Spare Room Tycoon I use a staircase to commute to my second-floor office from my third-floor bedroom or my first-floor kitchen.