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.
- adventure
- business
- chick
- chicklit
- comedy
- entrepreneur
- grief
- guys
- hot
- hurt
- lit
- loss
- love
- triumph
- THE FUNERAL PLANNER: Table of Contents & Author Bio
- Chapter One: Reflections of a Failed but Still Determined Entrepreneur
- Chapter Two: Missions and Visions - The Genesis of an Entrepreneurial Idea
- Chapter Three: Market Strategy - Lights Out Meets the Funeral Industry
- Chapter Four: Executive Summary - The Plan for Lights Out Enterprises
- Chapter Five: Rollout Strategy - Putting Reality to the Test
- Chapter Six: Financial Strategy - The Venture Capitalist Reprise
- Intermission: A Special Thank You to the Supporters
- Chapter Seven Part 1: Operational Strategy - A Power Surge for Lights Out
- Chapter Seven Part 2: Operational Strategy - A Power Surge for Lights Out
- Chapter Eight Part 1: Competitive Landscape - History Repeats Itself
- Chapter Eight Part 2: Competitive Landscape - History Repeats Itself
- Chapter 9 Part 1: Critical Success Factors - Diving into Grief
- Chapter 9 Part 2: Critical Success Factors - Diving into Grief
- Chapter 9 Part 3: Critical Success Factors - Diving into Grief
- Chapter 10 Part 1: Organizational Strategy - The Resurrection of Lights Out
- Chapter 10 Part 2: Organizational Strategy - The Resurrection of Lights Out
- Chapter 10 Part 3: Organizational Strategy - The Resurrection of Lights Out
- Chapter 11 Part 1: Risk & Mitigation - The Stakes Keep Rising
- Chapter 11 Part 2: Risk & Mitigation - The Stakes Keep Rising
- Chapter 11 Part 3: Risk & Mitigation - The Stakes Keep Rising
- Chapter 12 Part 1 Finale: Playing Maddy's Results - The Pièce de Résistance
- Chapter 12 Part 2 Finale: Playing Maddy's Results - The Pièce de Résistance
- Chapter 12 Part 3: Finale: Playing Maddy's Results-The Pièce de Résistance
- Epilogue: Everyone's Exit Strategy
- The Clark Lake Story - a featured location in the novel
- Perks & Info
- Post Chapter News V.1
- Post Chapter News V.2
- Post Chapter News V.3: After the Epilogue - What's Under the Rock
- Post Chapter News V.4: You Can't Be Creative Without a Good Night's Rest!
- Intermission: Tara's Obit - A True Friend
- Intermission: Uncle Sam's Obit - The Best Uncle in the world