The Tug: Finding Purpose and Joy Through Entrepreneurship

The Tug: Finding Purpose and Joy Through Entrepreneurship

Do you feel unfulfilled by your current job? Do you wonder if you were meant to be on another career path? Do you have a business idea but don’t know where and how to start? ✓ If you answered “Yes” to any of these questions, this book is for you. The Tug will guide you through the early stages of entrepreneurship and beyond from the perspective of someone who has done it herself, helping you form and implement your business idea. Using the author’s own easy-to-follow business concepts for product-based and service-based businesses, each of these steps is carefully illustrated: Forming a legal entity (do you even need one?) - Conducting market research - Finding funding - Creating a prototype - Hiring help - Selling your product or service The book will inspire and empower you to move forward with your idea at your own pace and join the thriving community of entrepreneurs who are succeeding and achieving their goals. "So many of us are searching for meaning and fulfillment in our lives. This book serves as an essential guide to find that meaning through entrepreneurship. I particularly loved the "valuable First Steps, 2021 Checklists and Bountiful Resources. I wish I had The Tug in my hands when I started my business. I will have it on hand now as a valuable modern resource." - Jennifer Abernethy, 2x National Author and Entrepreneur: Founder of SociallyDelivered.com and Mod.Life."As an entrepreneur who helps develop budding entrepreneurs, this book addresses the initial steps to bringing an idea to life in a practical, easy-to-read format. I recommend this book to all those who are considering starting their own venture. I know Barbara and how creative, smart and resourceful she is. Truly resilient - as is required of successful entrepreneurs." - Robert J. Devita, Founder of Common Ground Health care and Adjunct Professor of UW Milwaukee."The Tug offers solid, detailed insights into the earliest stages of the entrepreneurship process. Whether you are looking to start a business that sells products or services, or even a podcast, this book will help you get started and feel more confident along the way." - Michael Barbouche, Founder and CEO of Forward Health Group"So many in our society are searching for meaning in their life. This book serves as an essential guide to find that meaning through entrepreneurship and giving the reader a sense of community as they take their first steps on their entrepreneurial journey so they don't do it alone." - Angus Nelson, Speaker, Consultant, and Host of the Up in Your Business Podcast."In The Tug: How to Find Purpose and Joy through Entrepreneurship, Barbara Zabawa offers answers to questions most entrepreneurs will likely have - but more importantly she provides practical how-to advice, heartfelt encouragement, inspiration and priceless insights from her experience with her own start-ups to address 'you don't know what you don't know' topics." - Michelle Spehr, MA, M.Ed., MCHES, CWWPC, CWF"Got an entrepreneurial idea that 'tugs' at you but you're not sure where to begin? Whether you are looking to start a business that sells products or services, or eve a podcast, Barbara Zabawa's 'The Tug' will get you on your way, with confidence. A much-needed book in the self-help genre that gives budding entrepreneurs a practical roadmap to bring their idea to life." - Laura Putnam, CEO of Motion Infusion and author of Workplace Wellness that Works."The Tug is a great one-stop manual for people considering any level of entrepreneurial venture. Barbara generously and authentically shares detailed insights from her own journey and considerations that are critical to the entrepreneurial process. Whether you're pursuing a full-time opportunity or side-gig, these principles apply and will help you every step of the way." - Rosie Ward, Ph.D., CEO/Co-Founder of Salveo Partners and co-author of Rehumanizing the Workplace and How to Build a Thriving Culture at Work."Barbara Zabawa's important book helps address the 'Tug' so many of us feel, the call to do something different from what we have done - to innovate, disrupt and fix something we see as broken. For some this 'Tug' will lead them to create new products or services, for others it will lead them to create change in the social sector and for some perhaps do what they have always done in a different way. Using her own personal stories and experiences, Zabawa leads on a journey to embrace and not be afraid of that small voice that we hear yearning to do something new, scary and powerful." - Suzanne McKenchnie Klahr, Esq., CEO, Mayacamas Partners, LLC and Founder of Build.