title: There's a Business in Every Woman: A 7-Step Guide to Discovering, Starting, and Building the Business of Your Dreams
author: Ann Holmes
description: &#8220;If you are on the fence about starting a business, this book will give you the missing ingredients, the know-how and the confidence you&#8217;ll need to take the plunge.&#8221;<br>&#8211;Samantha Ettus, creator of The Experts&#8217; Guide series of books. <br><br>&#8220;Men have been doing it for decades; starting and selling companies for millions that is. Ann Holmes draws upon the experiences of more than eighty women entrepreneurs to create a seven-step plan to help women business owners guide their start-up at-home or small business into the big leagues, and exit someday, possibly with millions.&#8221; <br>&#8211;Liz Lange, entrepreneur and author of Liz Lange&#8217;s Maternity Style<br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>
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  Alpha Crusher
  
  
  by Shani Greene-Dowdell
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  Chapter One
  
  
  Mira
  
  
  
  
  
  Being a black woman doing a man's job is tough, but I am tougher and harder
  than nails. I get the job done, and that’s why clients keep trooping to my
  construction company in droves. When I first started in the industry, many of
  the men in the business were uncomfortable around me. They often turned their
  noses up at me or tried to talk over my head. Some clients were afraid a woman
  would mess up their jobs. There were also clients who said they couldn't hire
  me because of their wives (as if I wanted to sleep with every male customer
  that booked me). There was this one time when a man contacted me to build a
  house for his family. Everything was good to go. He’d picked out the floor
  plan, the outside design, and I’d done a rundown of the pricing. Then, when
  his wife met me, the first thing she wanted to know was if I was married or
  not.
  
  
  “We can’t do business with a woman who has no 