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Confessions of a Misfit Entrepreneur: How to succeed in business despite yourself Kindle Edition

by Kate Toon (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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While most small business owners network before breakfast and hustle 24/7, Kate Toon took a different approach.
She built her business empire from her back garden shed while wearing pyjamas, watching Netflix and eating crisps.
Kate isn’t your stereotypical entrepreneur. But she created not one but three highly successful businesses without any master plan, rich investors, or input from smarmy sales gurus.
In Confessions of a Misfit Entrepreneur, Kate shares how she went from business nobody to business success. Packed with tips, hints, stories and strategies, it’s a hilarious, honest and non-fluffy guide to being the kind of entrepreneur YOU want to be.
So if you’re sick of trying to do ALL THE THINGS, optimising the crap out of everything and wasting money on expensive six-figure-business schemes, this is the book for you.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B06XH24NP3
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1745 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 188 pages
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Kate Toon

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Kate Toon is an award-winning entrepreneur author, speaker, educator, podcaster, and parent to one human and one fur baby. From her humble backyard shed she masterminds an ambitious business universe, helping thousands of other humans to build their own version of success through digital marketing business know-how.

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Mel Kettle
5.0 out of 5 stars I immediately loved it. The book doesn't disappoint
Reviewed in Australia on 17 March 2017
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This week I have DEVOURED Kate Toon's fabulous new book, Confessions of a Misfit Entrepreneur - How to succeed in business despite yourself. When we caught up last year and she told me the title, I immediately loved it. The book doesn't disappoint. Kate has built three successful businesses, all from her backyard shed, while working in her PJs. I giggled my way through as she shared past experiences of working in ad-land (and some similar horror stories to my past life as an employee in a marketing agency), working from home, and navigating life as a business owner who doesn't quite fit the expected norm. Let's just say I could relate.

This book should be compulsory reading for anyone studying business, and for everyone who thinks working for yourself is glamorous. Hint: it's usually not. If you're sick of reading about entrepreneurs who make a million dollars passive income by launching their awesome new online course, Kate's book is for you!
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Sarah Pierce
5.0 out of 5 stars Bum-clenchingly awesome!
Reviewed in Australia on 21 March 2017
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This book should be compulsory reading for anyone wanting a good dose of entrepreneurial reality. Kate has a fabulous perspective on what it really means to be a small business owner - at one stage I had to stop reading this book because my husband was trying to sleep and I was snort-laughing. Do yourself a favour and buy this book - and then keep a copy of it somewhere that you'll find it on 'down' days.
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Rashida Tayabali
5.0 out of 5 stars A refreshing look at what it really means to be an entrepreneur
Reviewed in Australia on 22 March 2017
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I wish this book had been around when I first decided to start my own business. If it had been I wouldnt have been suckered in by glam entrepreneur shots and promises of six figure incomes! Kate writes in her usual, honest and refreshingly forthright manner with some great phrases thrown in! Highly recommend it for anyone wanting to start or running a business.
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onlineiq
5.0 out of 5 stars A breath of fresh air
Reviewed in Australia on 19 November 2018
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Articulates the secret thoughts you have and confirms that often the emperor really does not have any clothes ! Fantastic read and really takes the pressure off so you can just get on with it !
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Layla
5.0 out of 5 stars Wish this book had been written when I started my business
Reviewed in Australia on 23 April 2017
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I love Kate's writing style. She manages to be funny, entertaining and informative, all at the same time. She is reassuringly and refeshingly honest. This book is a must for anyone who runs their own business, or is thinking of starting one!
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ADRIAN J REES
5.0 out of 5 stars Refreshingly honest, snortingly funny
Reviewed in Australia on 4 May 2017
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A great read for anyone worried they don't quite fit the entrepreneurial mould. Enough practical tips to be useful without being a "how to" type read. Kate's sense of humour and Toonisms make it.
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Amanda
5.0 out of 5 stars Love this book!! A must-read for small business owners/freelancers
Reviewed in Australia on 5 February 2023
Loved this book! Written honestly and without the fluff you usually find in “entrepreneur” books. This is a genuine and heartfelt look at the true day to day of being your own boss. Some days it can feel amazing and some not so much. Nothing is sugar coated and nothing is exaggerated in Kate’s book!

Would highly recommend to anyone wanting to go out on their own as a freelancer or start their own small business.

This is an approachable, easy read that is funny, touching and will give you lots of relief if you just want to be yourself in your business venture instead of being what you think an entrepreneur should be!!
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Throw Your Leg Over
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved this book!
Reviewed in Australia on 5 February 2023
I saw Kate Toon speak at a conference and immediately loved her realness and lack of fluff! Bought her book and read it from cover to cover on the long train ride home. WOW! Had a headache by the end - the best kind of headache ... where your mind is stretched and your beliefs about how business 'should' be done are blown wide open! Highly recommend. :)
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lmatti
5.0 out of 5 stars Auto-entrepreneurs ou futurs? Ce livre va vous aider!
Reviewed in France on 12 June 2019
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Je travaille en tant que rédactrice web freelance en France. Puisque l’auteur, Kate Toon, habite et travaille en Australie, j’ai attendu quelque mois avant de commencer le livre car j’avais peur que son expérience soit très différente de la mienne. Aujourd’hui, je regrette de ne pas l’avoir lu avant, car les questions qu’elle se pose sont les mêmes que moi et plein d’autres freelance que je connais! Le livre se lit très facilement, l’humour anglais de Kate Toon est la cerise sur le gâteau, et elle raconte son expérience de façon très accessible. Résultat: il est beaucoup plus facile de se mettre à sa place, plutôt qu’à celle des gurus américains qu’on voit trop souvent nous faire la morale sur les réseaux sociaux... Le livre a soulevé aussi quelque doute en moi, attention, car tout n’est pas simple : bien au contraire! Je me suis demandée si j’étais faite pour ce travail, si j’allais y arriver, si j’étais prête à faire comme elle... La réponse c’est que oui, c’est tout à fait possible de réussir en tant que freelance, mais il faut être prêts à « manger la grenouille » (et à lire le livre, pour savoir ce que ça veut dire! ;) )
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janie
5.0 out of 5 stars She definitely has a wicked sense of humor and I loved every bit of it
Reviewed in the United States on 17 August 2017
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This book should be required reading for anyone who wants to start an online business. As someone who has heard and seen it all, I found this book quite refreshing. Kate Toon reminds me of Lucille Ball and Joan Rivers all tied up in one. She definitely has a wicked sense of humor and I loved every bit of it. I felt something was wrong with me because I’ve never fallen for any of the crap these six and seven figure so-called Internet entrepreneurs spill out of their mouths every minute of the day. Thank you Kate for saying what a lot of us want to say but don’t because if we do, well then we’re not cool.

My favorite part of the book was the Glossary. You nailed it perfectly with all those descriptions. Every single one of them was spot on and I just kept nodding and laughing my way through it all. The only thing that I didn’t like was #2 on your Thank You page. I live in the U.S. and I was a little put off by that remark, but I quickly got over it because your book is just too awesome. If I could give it ten stars, I would.
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Angela Henderson
5.0 out of 5 stars A must read!
Reviewed in the Netherlands on 5 May 2017
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Inspiring in its brutal honesty, this is a must read for anyone starting or thinking about starting their own business.
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Mr. C. J. Ellison
5.0 out of 5 stars Come be a Misfit..... we have cookies!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 April 2017
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I've been a huge fan of Kate Toon's work for some time and have been chomping at the bit to get my hands on this book as soon as I knew it was being written.

Kate does her own thing in her own way and Confessions of a Misfit Entrepreneur is no different. This a business book, but with a typically Toon twist. Refreshingly devoid of the suspiciously sharp suits, sinister shiny teeth and the vague promises of six figure incomes you'd expect from other books in this Amazon department; This warm little tome exudes humanity, encouragement and reassurance. It also has some really genuine and above all USEFUL bits of advice which have been taken from real life actual experience. Kate teaches that it's not just ok to be you, but that it's AWESOME to be you and you can succeed without becoming someone else in the process.

Confessions of a Misfit Entrepreneur defiantly wiggles it's bum at a genre drowning in it's own Kool-Aid and I wouldn't have it any other way!
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Mr. C. J. Ellison
5.0 out of 5 stars Come be a Misfit..... we have cookies!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 April 2017
I've been a huge fan of Kate Toon's work for some time and have been chomping at the bit to get my hands on this book as soon as I knew it was being written.

Kate does her own thing in her own way and Confessions of a Misfit Entrepreneur is no different. This a business book, but with a typically Toon twist. Refreshingly devoid of the suspiciously sharp suits, sinister shiny teeth and the vague promises of six figure incomes you'd expect from other books in this Amazon department; This warm little tome exudes humanity, encouragement and reassurance. It also has some really genuine and above all USEFUL bits of advice which have been taken from real life actual experience. Kate teaches that it's not just ok to be you, but that it's AWESOME to be you and you can succeed without becoming someone else in the process.

Confessions of a Misfit Entrepreneur defiantly wiggles it's bum at a genre drowning in it's own Kool-Aid and I wouldn't have it any other way!
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Pip Stephenson
5.0 out of 5 stars Entrepreneur Book of the Year
Reviewed in the United States on 17 May 2017
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Are you sick of all the daily hype around how to be an entrepreneur? Getting bored of lies about how to make a million dollars in a year? Then this is the book for you. As an artist I am over the fluff and truly appreciate the straight forward honest writing of Kate Toon. Kate is absolutely hilarious and gives fabulous hints and tips. I have learnt through this book that I don't need a detailed master plan I can just be me and that's okay. No more fretting just get on with life and be an awesome entrepreneur without all the 'experts' banging on about the stuff we HAVE TO be doing to be successful. Don't believe all the hype of these so called experts and instead get this book as your entrepreneurial MUST HAVE.
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