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Authors: Scott Gerber
Never Get a ”Real„ Job
Contents
Chapter 1: Everyone Poops. Yours Isn’t Special
Chapter 2: No One Cares About You—Unless You
Make
Them Care
Chapter 3: Darwin + Murphy = Reality
Part Two: Building A Foundation
Chapter 4: Get Off Your Ass and Start Up!
Those Who Reinvent the Wheel are Doomed to Be Run Over by It
Chapter 5: Business Plans Suck
Chapter 6: To Partner or Not to Partner
Part Three: From The Ground Up
Chapter 7: Act Like a Start-Up, Stupid
Chapter 8: Shoestrapping (Because the Boot Is Too Damn Expensive)
Chapter 9: Those Phones Won’t Ring Themselves
Chapter 10: Facebook Isn’t a Marketing Strategy
Praise for Never Get A “Real” Job
“This kick-ass book will save you from a kiss-ass job. For best results, read it from your cubicle—and then start planning your farewell trip to the boss’s office.”
—
Chris Guillebeau, author of
The Art of Non-Conformity
“It’s never too late to become what you could have been . . . this book will get you started!”
—
Elliott Bisnow, founder, Summit Series Conferences
“Scott Gerber is a straight shooter who tells it like it is.
Never Get a “Real” Job
is the Gen Y wake-up call. It’s the end of fun and games; time to get a handle on reality. Scott gives solid advice for someone who’s buried the 9-to-5, underemployed, or unemployed. If you aren’t buying this book for your kids, buy it for yourself.”
—
Matt Wilson, cofounder,
Under30CEO.com
“If you’re in search of a wake-up call from your disheveled and sedentary lifestyle, read this book. Scott slaps arrogance, ignorance, and mainstream theory directly in the face with dose after dose of real-world practicality.”
—
Gary Whitehill, founder of New York Entrepreneur Week (NYEW) and The Relentless Foundation
“Every high school senior should be handed this book along with his or her diploma as they cross the graduation stage. Through a skillfully crafted combination of humor, practical advice, and in-your-face wake-up calls, Scott Gerber makes a rock solid case for why, in today’s world, the old advice of ‘Get good grades, go to college, and get a good job’ is outdated and impractical, and how it’s not just possible, but highly advisable, to
Never Get a “Real” Job
!”
—
Adam Toren, cofounder and CEO,
YoungEntrepreneur.com
; and coauthor of
Kidpreneurs
“This book IS NOT for the happily employed, or eager to be employed. If you are, it will either offend you, depress you, or make you want to quit. ‘Be afraid, be very afraid,’ as Scott says here. But, for all those who have an itchy feeling about the idea of taking a job to merely pay the bills, this book is your savior.
Never Get a “Real” Job
totally personifies the wild ride that is entrepreneurship: It’s raw, real, sobering, shocking, making you laugh, cry, curse . . . all while reassuring you that you’d never want to do anything else with your life. It’s a frank, candid, in-your-face, no-holds-barred book for the antiemployment types. And there are plenty of those out there. You may be one of them. If you are,
Never Get a “Real” Job
is definitely for you.”
—
Jennifer Kushell, founder of
YSN.com
, Your Success Network; and author of the
New York Times
best-seller,
Secrets of the Young & Successful
“I could never hold a ‘real’ job. If you can’t either, read Scott Gerber’s new book about how to take control of your own future as a small business owner. You won’t always enjoy the ride, but it will be exhilarating!”
—
Barry Moltz, author of
You Need to Be a Little Crazy
NEVER GET A “REAL” JOB
Copyright © 2011 by Scott Gerber. All rights reserved.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Gerber, Scott, 1983-
Never get a “real” job : how to dump your boss, build a business, and not go broke / Scott Gerber.
p. cm.
ISBN 978–0–470–64386–0 (cloth)
ISBN 978–0–470–92547–8 (ebk)
ISBN 978–0–470–92548–5 (ebk)
ISBN 978–0–470–92549–2 (ebk)
1. Entrepreneurship. 2. Self-employed. 3. New business enterprises. 4. Small business. 5. Success in business. I. Title.
HB615.G48 2010
658.1'1—dc22
2010024730