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Smart Business at Your Library

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Thinking about starting your own business? Need help getting started? Our Library can help. We offer an array of programs and services for small business owners and budding entrepreneurs, including sample below of

   Top Selling Books 

Join us for Smart Business at Your Library, a year long series
of programs for those who have a passion for business.
Smart Business at Your Library helps entrepreneurs with incubating their business ideas, initial start up, and long range planning.  Are you a budding entrepreneur?  Let us help!  

See Programs+Workshops below, plus our Strictly Business individualized coaching sessions.


Programs + Workshops

See our Computer Classes page for workshops including:

  • Publisher Essentials [beginners]
  • PowerPoint Essentials  [beginners]
  • PowerPoint Next Steps
  • Web Apps
  • Microsoft Office Integration 

 

Start Your Own Business

Thinking of starting your own business? Come to this workshop and learn how to assess the feasibility of your idea as well as next steps. What do you need to know to get your business off the ground? Join us to find out how to research and develop your business concept with experts from Business Advisers of Cleveland.  Registration required.

Orange Branch
Thursday, May 17 
7:00 PM

 

Investing Basics

Investing, like dieting, is simple but not easy – eat less and exercise more. When it comes to investing many people are baffled and confused by the information overload that the media bombards them with daily. Let us show you some very simple, timeless, long term investment strategies that can help you build a solid portfolio. Registration is required.

Chagrin Falls Branch
Tuesday, May 22
7:00 PM

  

Blueprint of Financial Success

Everyone’s life is unique. What are your financial goals? This program will help you review your individual situation and personal objectives; identify your needs by setting priorities and benchmarks; achieve your goals through strategy building; learn to implement your goals; and structure a monitoring system to help guide you to financial success. Registration is requested.

      

Mayfield Branch       
Tuesday, May 22
7:00 PM

North Royalton
Wednesday, May 30 
7:00 PM

 

 

Think and Act like an Entrepreneur

Stacey Banks Houston, RSVP Consultants, shares characteristics of a good entrepreneur, the importance of small business, the risks and drawbacks and how to determine success. Individuals will complete a self assessment and a SWOT analysis in order to create a personal mission statement that will guide their efforts to grow their business. Registration required.

Warrensville Hts. Branch
Wednesday, June 6 
7:00 PM

 

Brand U

First impression is a lasting impression which means developing a brand that has control over people’s initial perception.  Stacey Banks Houston, RSVP Consultants, will look at your current brand to see if it is self promoting or if it needs to be reinvented.  Some tools and resources will be discussed on how to Brand U. Registration required.

      

Maple Hts.      
Tuesday, June 5     
7:00 PM

Parma-Ridge    
Monday, July 16     
7:00 PM

Warrensville Hts.        
Wednesday, August 15 
7:00 PM

 

Business is Technology

Today many professionals and front-line workers have found that technology must be embraced in order to conduct a professional business.  Come to the Chagrin Falls Branch Library as Stacey Houston Banks, RSVP Consultants discusses the tools and gadgets of today and how to make them work for your business. Registration requested.

      

S.Euclid-Lyndhurst      
Monday, June 11
7:00 PM

Chagrin Falls Branch       
Tuesday, June 12
7:00 PM

Parma-South Branch
Monday, July 9 
7:00 PM

 

 

Solon Branch
Tuesday, July 10 
7:00 PM

Warrensville Hts.
Wednesday, July 18 
7:00 PM

Parma-Snow Branch
Monday, July 23 
7:00 PM

 

 

Olmsted Falls Branch
Thursday, August 2 
7:00 PM

Berea Branch
Tuesday, August 28 
7:00 PM

 

 

What makes you P.O.P.?

Defining who you are as a person and professional will help you understand how to handle P.O.P. (People, Opponents and Personnel).  Stacey Banks Houston, RSVP Consultants, will help you to identify who to network with, how to manage your opponents and the importance of your personnel. Registration required.

Southeast Branch
Thursday, July 19 
7:00 PM

 

 

 

Strictly Business

Go from concept to business plan!

Need an extra boast? Try these individualized coaching sessions that provide you with one-on-one counseling to help you get through the process of starting your business. These sessions are for 1½ hours by appointment and can be scheduled at any Library branch.

Call 216.749.9307 to schedule your appointment.

 

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10 Hardcover Business Best Sellers from The New York Times 

 

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Back to Work
 Why We Need Smart Government for a Strong Economy

by Bill Clinton

The former president argues that cooperation between the
private sector and government is necessary to restore prosperity.

 

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Boomerang
 Travels in the New Third World

by Michael Lewis

The people who saw the real estate crash
coming made billions from their foresight.

 

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Civilization
The West and the Rest

by Niall Ferguson

Learn how the West came to dominate the
world and why the rest are catching up.

 

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Currency Wars
 The Making of the Next Global Crisis

by James Rickards

The United States is now facing its third currency
war and it will be the worst ever.

 

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Delivering Happiness 
 A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose

by Tony Hsieh

Learn lessons from business (pizza place,
worm farm, Zappos) and life.

 

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Entreleadership
 20 Years of Practical Business Wisdom from the Trenches 

by Dave Ramsey

 

Ramsey shares practical advice for growing your business.

 

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Great by Choice
 Uncertainty, Chaos and Luck— Why Some Thrive Despite Them All 

by Jim Collins & Morten T. Hansen

 

The characteristics of companies that succeed in hard times are shared.

 

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The Lean Startup 
  How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation
   to Create Radically Successful Businesses

by Eric Ries

Ries shares an approach to creating start-up companies
inspired by lean manufacturing methods.

 

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Steve Jobs
 A Biography 

by Walter Isaacson

This biography of the recently deceased entrepreneur is
based on 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over two years.

 

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Strengths-Based Leadership
 Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow

by Tom Rath & Barry Conchie

The characteristics of companies that
succeed in hard times are shared

 

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Switch 
 How to Change Things when Change is Hard

by Chip Heath and Dan Heath

Everyday people can effect transformative
change at work and in life.

 

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That Used to Be Us 
 How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented
    and How We Can Come Back

by Thomas L. Friedman & Michael Mandelbaum

Recommendations for meeting four challenges facing the U.S.A. — 
globalization, the information technology revolution, chronic deficits,
and unbalanced energy consumption.

 

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Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman

The winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics discusses how we make choices
in business and personal life and when we can and cannot trust our intuitions.

 

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Time to Get Tough
 Making America #1 Again

by Donald J. Trump

The restoration of America’s prosperity is explained
by one its most prominent businessman.

 

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The Total Money Makeover
 A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness

by Dave Ramsey

Radio talk-show host offers advice on debt
reduction and fiscal fitness for families.
 


 

 

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