Marc Benioff — Founder, Chairman & CEO of Salesforce.com:“Launching a business is an overwhelming endeavor. Courtney spared readers’ time consuming and unnecessary explanations and give them straight up, well-organized, and essential resources. Not only is this one-of-a-kind resource well organized and a breeze to use, it comprehensively introduces all of the concepts that entrepreneurs who want to be on the cutting edge must consider. My only regret is that it didn’t exist when I launched Salesforce.com.”. . ."Courtney’s strong 20+ year background in strategic marketing, and wealth of experience makes her an invaluable part of an entrepreneur's team. She's written several books for Entrepreneur Press, a division alongside Entrepreneur magazine. She's been a guest speaker at Chapman University, Cal State Fullerton (CSUF), Argosy University, Univ. of California Irvine’s (UCI) MBA School, BrightSpark at Colorado College, and University of Southern California’s (USC) Marshall School of Business. Her marketing firm SmallWerks, has provided design and marketing services to 100+ clients in a variety of industries. Below are some publishing endorsements from top business leaders."Kindly written by Brian Giboney — CEO of OpenBook. . .“As an entrepreneur, it’s often a challenge to find the right resource for the task at hand. Courtney did a magnificent job pulling together a host of valuable resources in one book.”Gregg Spiridellis — Co-Founder & President of StoryBots & JibJab Media Inc.. . ."Courtney has thought of EVERYTHING an entrepreneur needs to cover in starting a new venture--it is a wonderful recipe of how to do it and how to do it RIGHT. All you need to add is the product or the service, stir gently, and succeed.” Jim Ellis — Dean, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California (USC)