Building a Business Building a Life Author:Karen Lorene Personal anecdotes, from sad to pleasant to frightening, cover forty years of retail in Building a Business, Building a Life, a memoir and business workbook, by Karen Lorene. For the potential entrepreneur, this book offers practical steps for creating a retail art gallery (in this particular case, a jewelry art gallery). Useable, easily applica... more »ble suggestions accompany each chapter. From finding a space to finding success, the author encourages the reader to take chances in the challenging world of retail. The final pages of the book offer worksheets for day to day planning. "If I'd only known what was in this book forty years ago, how much more money would I have made and how fewer problems would I have encountered?" says Lorene. This is a book you will enjoy, and then perhaps the words of encouragement will send you out to create your own retail adventure.« less