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    THE FUNERAL PLANNER
    THE FUNERAL PLANNER
    LynnIsenberg
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    LynnIsenberg
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    Complete, First published Aug 22, 2013
    Madison Banks has brilliant ideas and an Ivy League degree in Entrepreneurial Studies to go with them.  But no matter how hard she tries, she fails to get lift off on her start-ups, and is constantly usurped by her arch nemesis, the arrogant Derek Rogers.  When Madison attends her college classmate’s funeral, she launches the goldmine idea of the century and finds handsome venture capitalist Victor Winston to back it.  Between the trials and tribulations of growing a business, competing with copy-cat Derek Rogers, facing unresolved grief, accepting love and trusting faith…Madison learns that celebrating life is the self-worth that caps net-worth any day.
        
        If you want to learn how to celebrate life and start a business in an emerging field, or any field… The Funeral Planner is a fictional manual for the ambitiously-inclined determined to create a life worth living.
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    • business
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    • comedy
    • entrepreneur
    • grief
    • guys
    • hot
    • hurt
    • lit
    • loss
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    • triumph
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    Table of contents
    • THE FUNERAL PLANNER: Table of Contents & Author Bio
      Mon, Feb 17, 2014
    • Chapter One: Reflections of a Failed but Still Determined Entrepreneur
      Mon, Feb 17, 2014
    • Chapter Two: Missions and Visions - The Genesis of an Entrepreneurial Idea
      Wed, Feb 19, 2014
    • Chapter Three: Market Strategy - Lights Out Meets the Funeral Industry
      Fri, Feb 21, 2014
    • Chapter Four: Executive Summary - The Plan for Lights Out Enterprises
      Mon, Feb 24, 2014
    • Chapter Five: Rollout Strategy - Putting Reality to the Test
      Wed, Feb 26, 2014
    • Chapter Six: Financial Strategy - The Venture Capitalist Reprise
      Fri, Feb 28, 2014
    • Intermission: A Special Thank You to the Supporters
      Fri, Feb 28, 2014
    • Chapter Seven Part 1: Operational Strategy - A Power Surge for Lights Out
      Mon, Mar 3, 2014
    • Chapter Seven Part 2: Operational Strategy - A Power Surge for Lights Out
      Wed, Mar 5, 2014
    • Chapter Eight Part 1: Competitive Landscape - History Repeats Itself
      Fri, Mar 7, 2014
    • Chapter Eight Part 2: Competitive Landscape - History Repeats Itself
      Mon, Mar 10, 2014
    • Chapter 9 Part 1: Critical Success Factors - Diving into Grief
      Wed, Mar 12, 2014
    • Chapter 9 Part 2: Critical Success Factors - Diving into Grief
      Fri, Mar 14, 2014
    • Chapter 9 Part 3: Critical Success Factors - Diving into Grief
      Mon, Mar 17, 2014
    • Chapter 10 Part 1: Organizational Strategy - The Resurrection of Lights Out
      Wed, Mar 19, 2014
    • Chapter 10 Part 2: Organizational Strategy - The Resurrection of Lights Out
      Fri, Mar 21, 2014
    • Chapter 10 Part 3: Organizational Strategy - The Resurrection of Lights Out
      Mon, Mar 24, 2014
    • Chapter 11 Part 1: Risk & Mitigation - The Stakes Keep Rising
      Wed, Mar 26, 2014
    • Chapter 11 Part 2: Risk & Mitigation - The Stakes Keep Rising
      Fri, Mar 28, 2014
    • Chapter 11 Part 3: Risk & Mitigation - The Stakes Keep Rising
      Mon, Mar 31, 2014
    • Chapter 12 Part 1 Finale: Playing Maddy's Results - The Pièce de Résistance
      Wed, Apr 2, 2014
    • Chapter 12 Part 2 Finale: Playing Maddy's Results - The Pièce de Résistance
      Fri, Apr 4, 2014
    • Chapter 12 Part 3: Finale: Playing Maddy's Results-The Pièce de Résistance
      Mon, Apr 7, 2014
    • Epilogue: Everyone's Exit Strategy
      Wed, Apr 9, 2014
    • The Clark Lake Story - a featured location in the novel
      Fri, Apr 11, 2014
    • Perks & Info
      Mon, Apr 14, 2014
    • Post Chapter News V.1
      Thu, May 1, 2014
    • Post Chapter News V.2
      Wed, May 7, 2014
    • Post Chapter News V.3: After the Epilogue - What's Under the Rock
      Fri, Jun 27, 2014
    • Post Chapter News V.4: You Can't Be Creative Without a Good Night's Rest!
      Fri, Jun 27, 2014
    • Intermission: Tara's Obit - A True Friend
      Fri, May 17, 2019
    • Intermission: Uncle Sam's Obit - The Best Uncle in the world
      Fri, May 17, 2019

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    Madison Banks has brilliant ideas and an Ivy League degree in Entrepreneurial Studies to go with them.  But no matter how hard she tries, she fails to get lift off on her start-ups, and is constantly usurped by her arch nemesis, the arrogant Derek Rogers.  When Madison attends her college classmate’s funeral, she launches the goldmine idea of the century and finds handsome venture capitalist Victor Winston to back it.  Between the trials and tribulations of growing a business, competing with copy-cat Derek Rogers, facing unresolved grief, accepting love and trusting faith…Madison learns that celebrating life is the self-worth that caps net-worth any day.
        
        If you want to learn how to celebrate life and start a business in an emerging field, or any field… The Funeral Planner is a fictional manual for the ambitiously-inclined determined to create a life worth living.

    33 parts

    • Post Chapter News V.4: You Can't Be Creative Without a Good Night's Rest!
      Fri, Jun 27, 2014
    • Intermission: Tara's Obit - A True Friend
      Fri, May 17, 2019
    • Intermission: Uncle Sam's Obit - The Best Uncle in the world
      Fri, May 17, 2019
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