Amazon.com: Raymond E. Pinard’s review of Lucky By Design.

2012 Must Read for Business Owners, January 27, 2012
By Raymond E. Pinard
This review is from: Lucky By Design (Paperback)
Is your business and personal success the result of waiting to be lucky or are you in a position to take advantage of opportunities as they present themselves? Are you working on making your own luck? Today, entrepreneurs have to be very forward looking and focused to ensure the long-term success of their business and to achieve a higher level of personal and professional happiness.

Beth Goldstein’s new book, Lucky By Design, is rich with information about taking control of your business and your future in these very challenging times. Complete with worksheets, scorecards, succinct tips for success and noteworthy anecdotes, it is the book any small to medium-size business owner must read this year. If you are really ambitious, it is a great guide to use as a discussion and planning tool with your management team. I’ll certainly be using it with my clients.

Ray Pinard, Chief Freedom ArchitectSM
Monticello StrategiesSM
Deerfield, NH

Published by Beth Goldstein, Edge Institute

While I am currently pursuing my doctorate in education at Johns Hopkins University (part-time), I remain passionate about helping small business owners and entrepreneurs accelerate growth. I founded my consulting firm, Marketing Edge Consulting Group, in 1999 and established the company's training division, Edge Institute, in 2013 with a focus on helping small business owners, executives, students and entrepreneurs better understand how their key stakeholders think, what they value and what influences their purchasing decisions. I then show them how to apply this knowledge to create targeted business growth programs that drive revenue growth while increasing profitability and customer loyalty. I teach entrepreneurship and marketing courses at Babson College. Previously I taught marketing courses at the Heller School for Social Policy & Management at Brandeis University. I also spent 13+ years at the Boston University Questrom School of Business where I taught entrepreneurial sales & marketing courses, ran their New Venture Competition for ten years and served as the Faculty Director for the university’s top ranked Online Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship Program from 2005 to 2014. I have conducted business growth workshops throughout the US for organizations ranging from publicly funded groups like the MA Supplier Diversity Office to Fortune 500 companies like Fidelity Investments and Carrier Corporation. I served as the Lead Instructor for Interise’s nationwide training program, run in conjunction with the US SBA: Small Business Association's Emerging Leaders (e200) Initiative, providing training to hundreds of business owners throughout the U.S. I was also the Managing Director for the BU Urban Business Accelerator Program, an educational program that brought students to economically disadvantaged neighborhoods in Boston with the goal of improving financial capacity & business. For Babson Global, I was on a 3-person MBA design team that created an innovative MBA program for the Mohammad Bin Salman College of Business and Entrepreneurship, Saudi Arabia. I also led the design teams for the Masters in Entrepreneurial Leadership and the 4-year undergraduate marketing degree. I specialize in custom-designing classroom and online business growth training programs ranging from 1/2 day workshops to intensive 9-month programs for a companies as well as government agencies and organizations. I have taught in the U.S. and abroad including: China, Egypt, Indonesia, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mexico, Nigeria, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Thailand and the United Kingdom. I have more than 30 years of direct industry experience and hold an MBA from Boston University and a BA in Economics and Sociology from Brandeis University. I am currently pursuing my doctorate in education at Johns Hopkins University School of Education.

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