This book, the first in a series on college and career readiness, by Lisa Vento Nielsen is a great handbook on preparing for high school and transitioning from high school to college. There are real lessons in this book that any student (or parent) can implement and apply to their lives. Ms Vento Nielsen is an educator with over 13 years' experience in higher education as well as Corporate America and she uses her extensive experience as an educator, mentor and entrepreneur to build out the steps you can take in high school to be best prepared to make the most out of college. The next...

This installment of the College and Career Readiness series is focused on career readiness and graduating with a job offer. I have spent so much time over the last 13 years as an educator focusing on getting my students ready for the real world in addition to teaching them the subject matter at hand that putting these lessons into a book is the best way to share it with everyone who is interested in being ready after graduation to begin their CAREER. I use the world CAREER instead of JOB for a reason. People can focus on getting a job but the best thing you can do is to think in terms of...

This book will help you go from zero to launch as an entrepreneur. The first installment of this series focused on developing and using entrepreneurial skills for either launching a business OR being the boss of your career. This time, I am taking my 15+ years' experience as an entrepreneur and my 13 years' experience as an educator teaching courses on entrepreneurship to give you the Zero to Launch Guide on moving forward with your idea or your business. This might be something you decide to do now as a full time gig or as a side gig. It might be something you want to do but are not ready to...