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The Flagship Book: The Empress Race

Floor to Crown: Building a Company from $25,000

The Season One companion book to The Empress Race.

The first years of a company, from the lab floor, the plant floor, the sales floor, the store floor and the job-site floor to the first round of other people's money and the first board meeting, taught through five women's decisions. Every chapter opens with a player's moment, teaches the real method behind it, shows the numbers and ends with an exercise you do that night.

Ebook with the Three Worksheets$14.99
Paperback$24.95

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Preorder from Episode 1; the book releases with Episode 7. The ebook is also planned for Amazon Kindle at $9.99 (without the worksheets).

What's Inside

  • 254 pages: 18 chapters in five parts, The Leap, The First Yes, Know Your Worth, Other People's Money and The Control
  • The leap math, who owns your idea, and permission before profit
  • The commitment ladder, the smaller first job, and building on customers' money
  • Floor, ceiling and market; the discount reflex; full price
  • The first hire, the 13-week cash forecast and the funding ladder, from preorders to venture rounds
  • Debt you can carry, partners and their exits, licensing a name and defending what you own
  • Appendices: six worksheets, the Empress Ledger in brief, all 31 Board Votes, a glossary

Sample Pages

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The Empress Race is a fictional business simulation. Its people, companies and numbers are fictional and created with AI. The methods are general education, not legal, tax, financial or investment advice.