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Narrated by:
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Don Moffit
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Stephen Key
About this listen
You have decided the job of your dreams is to be able to share your creativity with the world while creating a nice income. You long to see your product idea come to fruition so you never have to work for anyone else again. Stephen Key has been living this dream for over 30 years and has provided the road-map for others in his best-selling book about licensing inventions, One Simple Idea. One Simple Idea has helped thousands license their product ideas. Stephen has reinvented the inventing process.
Forget the patents, forget the prototypes, forget starting a business. Sell the benefit first instead! Today it’s all about selling first and selling fast. His road-map for licensing success is now being taught in major universities.
Become a Professional Inventor is the follow-up to One Simple Idea.
For the first time ever, Stephen has uncovered the consumer product licensing industry from the inside. He has interviewed 28 leading experts across 17 different industries, as well as professional inventors, to share their knowledge with you - so you too can now become a full-time professional inventor.
Stephen peels back the curtain to give you an insider’s guide to how companies evaluate your product submissions so you can become a professional inventor.
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- By: Michael Parrish DuDell, Mark Cuban, Barbara Corcoran, and others
- Narrated by: Michael Parrish DuDell
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,484
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,270
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,267
From the ABC hit show Shark Tank, this book - filled with practical advice and introductions from the Sharks themselves - will be the ultimate resource for anyone thinking about starting a business or growing the one they have. Full of tips for navigating the confusing world of entrepreneurship, the book will intersperse words of wisdom with inspirational stories from the show.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Middle School material. Vague, no depth.
- By nate on 12-22-13
By: Michael Parrish DuDell, and others
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Shortcut Your Startup
- Speed Up Success with Unconventional Advice from the Trenches
- By: Carter Reum, Courtney Reum
- Narrated by: Carter Reum
- Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 90
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 80
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 78
Courtney and Carter Reum have years of experience in the field, from investing in over 130 companies, including Lyft, Pinterest, Warby Parker, and ClassPass, to driving the success of their own liquor brand, VEEV Spirits. The Reum brothers have learned from every triumph and tribulation and over the years have developed an effective and easy-to-understand guide to help entrepreneurs through the startup journey from inception to sale.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A must read for start ups
- By Dave on 02-09-18
By: Carter Reum, and others
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The Art of the Start 2.0
- The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything
- By: Guy Kawasaki
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 996
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 870
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 867
Whether you're an entrepreneur, an intrapreneur, or a not-for-profit leader, there's no shortage of advice on such topics as writing a business plan, recruiting, raising capital, and branding. In fact there are so many books, articles, and websites that many startups get bogged down to the point of paralysis, or they focus on the wrong priorities and go broke before they discover their mistakes.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Like a collection of about.com articles
- By Lee on 06-15-15
By: Guy Kawasaki
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High-Profit Prospecting
- Powerful Strategies to Find the Best Leads and Drive Breakthrough Sales Results
- By: Mark Hunter CSP
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 375
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 320
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 316
As a salesperson, your pipeline is the key to your success. No matter what changes, that remains the same. Top producers prospect - and they do it all the time. "But how?" you ask, "In the age of the Internet, isn't cold-calling dead?" Now, in his new audiobook, sales expert Mark Hunter shatters costly prospecting myths and eliminates confusion about what works today.
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3 out of 5 stars
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recycles a lot of common info
- By roland on 04-18-17
By: Mark Hunter CSP
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Dotcom Secrets
- By: Russell Brunson
- Narrated by: Russell Brunson
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,121
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 900
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Master the science of funnel building to grow your company online with sales funnels in this updated edition from the $100 million entrepreneur and cofounder of the software company ClickFunnels.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Lots of good information BUT!
- By Verified Amazon Customer on 12-27-21
By: Russell Brunson
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Snap Selling
- Speed Up Sales and Win More Business with Today's Frazzled Customers
- By: Jill Konrath
- Narrated by: Jill Konrath
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 220
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 175
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Story4 out of 5 stars 172
Selling is tougher than ever before. Potential customers are under extreme pressure to do more with less money, less time, and fewer resources, and they're wary of anyone who tries to get them to buy or change anything. Under such extreme conditions, yesterday's sales strategies no longer work. Sales strategist Jill Konrath tells you how to overcome obstacles, get more appointments, speed up decisions, and win sales with today's short-fused, frazzled customers.
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3 out of 5 stars
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OK sales book with some good take aways
- By Glenn on 05-22-11
By: Jill Konrath
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The Entrepreneur's Playbook
- More Than 100 Proven Strategies, Tips, and Techniques to Build a Radically Successful Business
- By: Leonard C. Green, Paul B. Brown
- Narrated by: Leonard C. Green, Tim Andres Pabon
- Length: 5 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 25
Big new ideas rarely make great businesses. Laboring on a business plan can be a waste of time. You are going to need dramatically more start-up money than you think you do. Counterintuitive concepts like these have helped the world's best entrepreneurs succeed. Yet most of us only learn them the hard way. Len Green, an experienced investor, entrepreneur, and business professor, shares inside secrets and proven tactics for launching a business.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Need a narrator who is not phlegmy
- By Leo on 01-19-18
By: Leonard C. Green, and others
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Reality Check
- Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your Competition
- By: Guy Kawasaki
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 14 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 128
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 53
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Story4 out of 5 stars 55
In Silicon Valley slang, a "bozo explosion" is what causes a lean, mean, fighting machine of a company to slide into mediocrity. As Guy Kawasaki puts it, "If the two most popular words in your company are partner and strategic, and partner has become a verb, and strategic is used to describe decisions and activities that don't make sense"...then it's time for a reality check.
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3 out of 5 stars
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The Reality of Reality Check
- By Ben on 08-18-09
By: Guy Kawasaki
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Street Smarts
- An All-Purpose Tool Kit for Entrepreneurs
- By: Norm Brodsky, Bo Burlingham
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,742
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,533
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,534
People starting out in business tend to seek step-by-step formulas or rules, but in reality there are no magic bullets. Rather, says veteran company-builder Norm Brodsky, there's a mentality that helps street- smart entrepreneurs solve problems and pursue opportunities as they arise. Brodsky shares his hard-earned wisdom every month in Inc. magazine, in the hugely popular "Street Smarts" column he cowrites with Bo Burlingham. Now they've adapted their best advice into a comprehensive guide for anyone running a small business.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This great audio was originally called The Knack!
- By morton on 12-16-11
By: Norm Brodsky, and others
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Good in a Room
- How to Sell Yourself (and Your Ideas) and Win Over Any Audience
- By: Stephanie Palmer
- Narrated by: Judith Brackley
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 93
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 72
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Story4 out of 5 stars 72
Business consultant and former MGM director of creative affairs Stephanie Palmer reveals the techniques used by Hollywood's top writers, producers, and directors to get financing for their projects and explains how you can apply these techniques to be more successful in your own high-stakes meetings.
As Palmer has found, the strategies used to sell yourself and your ideas in Hollywood not only work in other businesses, they often work better.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Much Too General to Be Useful
- By Coldmountain on 05-22-15
By: Stephanie Palmer
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- Daniel
- 08-29-24
fantastic
loved the interviews... excellent insight. can't wait to see my first products on the shelf
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- Andrew Darlow
- 01-21-21
A Fantastic Guide for Any Inventor!
This is the third or fourth book I’ve read by Stephen Key and the first on Audible. I gained so much new knowledge and inspiration re: product development and licensing from this book. It’s filled with real-life advice and even “scripts” that can help anyone reach out to potential licensees. The interviews with industry experts are also especially valuable.
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- Michael
- 05-18-20
Incredible insights and very valuable info..
I listened to Stephen's first book more than 10 times so I had high expectations with this new book. I was getting a little worried through the first half of the book because there was so much repetition from the other book. I'm not a fan of legalizing marijuana so the section about marijuana products didn't help. The second half though, especially chapter 15, made it all worth it. I've heard you say several times that certain people gave you the keys to the kingdom. There were a few nuggets in this book that I feel like gave me the keys to the kingdom so thank you for that! The interviews with companies and other inventors were especially helpful but you're tips in chapter 15 answered several questions I've had about how you were able to figure out the process that led to your success. Thanks! Looking forward to your next book!
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- Adam
- 10-27-20
Very informative
Would recommend this book to anyone looking to become an inventer. Also gives great resources to help you contact companies.
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- strander0
- 12-16-22
Fantastic inventors read
Really good information with a handful of diverse opinions frim real industry situations and people.
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- Brian
- 03-16-21
Absolutely fantastic book. Helped me out immensely
Awesome book. I learned a lot about the process of successfully licensing an idea. I'm well on my way to pitching me first product!
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- Chuck
- 07-01-20
excellent
this book is full of great information, wish I had it before beginning my inventing endeavor. It's a hard road to hoe, without the experience or insight thos book offers!
Bravo
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- Titus B.
- 07-21-20
The Ultimate Blueprint for Inventor Success
Absolutely great, covering every aspect of the road to becoming a Professional Inventor. Interviews offer a wealth of advice from real people, from various areas of the invention licensing business. Planing to re-listen the whole book beginning tomorrow.
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- Bruce Hilley
- 02-01-23
Best Inventor book I have ever read!
I love the way Stephen tells us how to do it and just as importantly what to NOT do. This is a must-read for anyone new to the industry.
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- brittany
- 12-10-21
Must read for inventors
Todd book helped me prepare for my inventions. I am new to inventing, but this made me confident. The only thing I didn't really like is the book stating you don't really need a patent, but you do, so kind of contradicting, but no big deal deal. It still explain its reasoning and I still like the book. will read more from this author.
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