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Expat Entrepreneur: How to create and maintain your own portable career anywhere in the world [Paperback]

Jo Parfitt , Joanna Parfit , Debbie Jenkins
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  • Paperback: 228 pages
  • Publisher: Lean Marketing Press (27 Feb 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1905430132
  • ISBN-13: 978-1905430130
  • Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.5 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 762,751 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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"This terrific book is exactly the support I could have done with on our overseas postings and even on my return to the UK. Jo Parfitt has gathered together her own insights and experience and that of many other entrepreneurial expats to create an indispensable tool for anyone wanting to create something new wherever they land." Bobby Meyer, publisher, serial entrepreneur and three times expatriate, Sage Press

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Tens of thousands of people now move overseas for work or pleasure. If this is you, read on… Going to live in a new country can be the catalyst for a sea-change in your career. Opportunities that existed in one country may dry up in another. Sometimes it makes sense not to pursue one single career path but to adopt a shifting, growing, portfolio of portable careers. Section 1 arms you with practical advice on how to choose a business idea that works for you and how to develop the right mindset. Section 2 shares the remarkable stories of more than 23 international entrepreneurs as they share how they've maintained and built rewarding, portable careers in all four corners of the world. Section 3 provides extensive links, resources and tips for expatriate entrepreneurs living in 35 countries If you are considering working for yourself in a foreign land then this inspirational guide belongs in your suitcase, wherever you may be, wherever you may go and whatever you may hope to become.

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5.0 out of 5 stars How to be an Expat Entrepreneur, 5 Jan 2007
This review is from: Expat Entrepreneur: How to create and maintain your own portable career anywhere in the world (Paperback)
This inspiration guide is essential hand luggage for the thousands of people who move overseas for work or pleasure, or those already residing abroad.

If you are the spouse of an expatriate employee, wanting to maintain your professional identity despite frequent upheaval, or, if you have moved to a foreign land and are thinking of working for yourself, this book is for you. By the time you reach your destination, you will be armed with the tools necessary to choose a business idea that works for you, adopting the right mindset and skills to aid success.

Practical advice on developing a portable career by choosing something you enjoy, rather than just using the skills you have is discussed. Understandably, motivation remains easier if you develop the right mindset.

From the outset, the author challenges whether "you have what it takes" to get started. Thought-provoking sections on "what makes an entrepreneur?" describe the drive and determination needed by finding inspiration for your business, creating a venture, and then developing a portable career through effective marketing. The practicalities of success are explained in a helpful, straightforward manner that makes anyone feel they can achieve something similar. The importance of networking is clear.

International entrepreneurs share their own circumstances and information about building and maintaining successful and rewarding, portable careers in all four corners of the world. Extensive links and tips from 35 countries are listed providing excellent practical resources to get started.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars pretty interesting but fairly general, 19 Mar 2009
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The book is a collection of expats who have done their thing in various countries which is interesting and somewhat inspiring. However they are in a wide range of countries and so if you have a particular country in mind this book won't be able to help with the logistics of setting up in that location really.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Smart thinking, 1 Feb 2007
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You're in a foreign country, perhaps as a trailing spouse, or you've arrived somewhere where your old job skills are no longer relevant...it's hardly the time to become your own boss, right ? Wrong. This book explains how being an expat and being an entrepreneur truly go hand-in-hand.

The book really encourages the reader to look for the inner entrepreneur, and focus on the skills and strengths that enable him or her to maintain a flexible and, importantly, portable career. It offers an in-depth section on the traits of entrepreneurs. There are clear steps and questions to allow the reader to examine his own strengths and weaknesses with a view to being self-employed. The book not only inspires, but also provides extensive resources to equip the reader for further investigation on his own.
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