Jeff Dennis – författare

Entrepreneurs often struggle with many aspects of business: planning and financing company growth, creating a company vision, recruiting, leading, and managing people, as well as personal costs. In Lessons from the Edge, more than 50 business owners and entrepreneurs offer a wealth of real-life stories--in their own words--that provide rare insights about keeping a company healthy and growing. Here is a unique collection of first-person accounts by entrepreneurs who describe their mistakes in business and the lessons they have learned as a result. The stories cover a wide range of experiences from the trials and tribulations of partnerships, to the loss of key customers, theft, finding and retaining employees, and the personal cost of living on the edge. The authors have drawn on interviews with more than 50 entrepreneurs, all of whom are under 45 years of age and are founders or presidents of companies with revenues over $1 million and growing rapidly. They volunteered to share their stories, describing why they lost or almost lost their companies, what they did wrong, and the lessons they have learned. Their narratives are full of mistakes, failure, courage, moments of realization, and timely moves that saved the day. Every company owner will find these accounts insightful, compelling, and occasionally gut wrenching, especially because most face similar challenges and live with the reality that they too could fall off the edge. This instructive and inspiring book brims with lessons for all business owners about courage, persistence, and survival. Lessons from the Edge is an essential read for both established and prospective entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneurs often struggle with many aspects of business: planning and financing company growth, creating a company vision, recruiting, leading, and managing people, as well as personal costs. In Lessons from the Edge, more than 50 business owners and entrepreneurs offer a wealth of real-life stories--in their own words--that provide rare insights about keeping a company healthy and growing. Here is a unique collection of first-person accounts by entrepreneurs who describe their mistakes in business and the lessons they have learned as a result. The stories cover a wide range of experiences from the trials and tribulations of partnerships, to the loss of key customers, theft, finding and retaining employees, and the personal cost of living on the edge. The authors have drawn on interviews with more than 50 entrepreneurs, all of whom are under 45 years of age and are founders or presidents of companies with revenues over $1 million and growing rapidly. They volunteered to share their stories, describing why they lost or almost lost their companies, what they did wrong, and the lessons they have learned. Their narratives are full of mistakes, failure, courage, moments of realization, and timely moves that saved the day. Every company owner will find these accounts insightful, compelling, and occasionally gut wrenching, especially because most face similar challenges and live with the reality that they too could fall off the edge.This instructive and inspiring book brims with lessons for all business owners about courage, persistence, and survival. Lessons from the Edge is an essential read for both established and prospective entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneurs often struggle with many aspects of business: planning and financing company growth, creating a company vision, recruiting, leading, and managing people, as well as personal costs. In Lessons from the Edge, more than 50 business owners and entrepreneurs offer a wealth of real-life stories--in their own words--that provide rare insights about keeping a company healthy and growing. Here is a unique collection of first-person accounts by entrepreneurs who describe their mistakes in business and the lessons they have learned as a result. The stories cover a wide range of experiences from the trials and tribulations of partnerships, to the loss of key customers, theft, finding and retaining employees, and the personal cost of living on the edge. The authors have drawn on interviews with more than 50 entrepreneurs, all of whom are under 45 years of age and are founders or presidents of companies with revenues over $1 million and growing rapidly. They volunteered to share their stories, describing why they lost or almost lost their companies, what they did wrong, and the lessons they have learned. Their narratives are full of mistakes, failure, courage, moments of realization, and timely moves that saved the day. Every company owner will find these accounts insightful, compelling, and occasionally gut wrenching, especially because most face similar challenges and live with the reality that they too could fall off the edge. This instructive and inspiring book brims with lessons for all business owners about courage, persistence, and survival. Lessons from the Edge is an essential read for both established and prospective entrepreneurs.

First there was Jurassic ParkNow there are Cretaceous Stones . . .Dinosaurs have returned to Earth! Perfect for fans of Michael Crichton, Andy Weir, and James Rollins. Here is what Amazon readers are saying about Cretaceous Stones, Book 1 in the Cretaceous Chronicles trilogy . . . Like Weir + CrichtonI love sci fi. I've read every one I can get my hands on. I'm a Crichton fan going back to A Case of Need. I love this book! It was like a mixture of Weir and Crichton. I don't want to give too many details because it's a fun ride, but the mix of space and dino thriller is awesome. I'm definitely going to read more of this author. Highly recommend!"e; ... Amazon Customer Dinosaurs, Meteorites, and One Heck of a Family"e;The story follows a Montana ranching family, the Gilliams, whose lives get turned completely upside down when prehistoric creatures start showing up on their property. What I loved is that Dennis doesn't just write a monster story. He writes a story about people under pressure — a husband and wife trying to protect their kids, hold their marriage together, and survive a situation nobody could have prepared for. It felt real. The kind of real that keeps you reading at midnight when you swore you'd stop two chapters ago. If you like thrillers with a sci-fi twist and characters you genuinely root for, this one delivers. Highly recommend."e; ... Barbara R. A Sci-fi Masterpiece!"e;I am a huge Michael Crichton fan and I was a bit skeptical when I started this book. But man oh man, I was wrong. The character and world building is excellent, there's action and drama, and even a tiny bit of romance! Overall 10/10 read!"e; ... Jacob Ray A suspenseful thriller on par with Jurassic Park. "e;A non-stop thrill ride where beasts from the distant past become a very real nightmare in the present."e; ... Nero Phillips Spectacular meteor showers light up the sky. Large meteorites strike remote areas of Montana and Idaho along the Continental Divide. Authorities make a startling discovery—the meteorites are packed with nests of Cretaceous Period dinosaur eggs. Hundreds of Dromaeosaurs, Tyrannosaurs, and Triceratops hatch out, attacking livestock and decimating wheat crops. Ranchers, farmers, and the general public panic. Anxieties turn to hysteria as carnivores begin hunting humans. The natural world has erupted into an unnatural disaster.

Nothing is quite what it seems at Lake McDowell where large numbers of loons congregate. The mystical bird, revered by the local Cherokee, maintains a bizarre, nearly supernatural hold on the resort community.      Cal Blevins is starting his life over at 62 years young. Newly divorced after 40 years of marriage and laid off from his job of 22 years, he heads to his fishing lodge on scenic Lake McDowell in the North Georgia mountains to contemplate his future. There he finds a quirky, mysterious woman renting the cabin next door; Lauren Talbot, a history teacher from Tennessee, vacationing with her stroke-addled father, Edgar. Cal, against his better judgment, becomes infatuated with Lauren's odd charms, and ends up falling head-over-heels for her. Cal is then shocked when Lauren reveals she has deep feelings for him as well, telling Cal that she fell for him the first time she heard him playing his guitar.     Cal and Lauren become inseparable. Early on in their newly-spun relationship, Cal begins experiencing what can only be described as supernatural events. Lauren also experiences happenings she cannot explain. To complicate matters, Edgar's behavior becomes increasingly erratic.Cal learns of Edgar's strange obsession with the loons that populate the lake. Could it be that Lauren's handicapped father has a special connection with these nocturnal birds?     Events continue to spiral out of control as Edgar pulls Cal and Lauren into the ways of the loon. Near the end of Cal's and Lauren's torrid two-week affair, Edgar Talbot commits one final act of desperation that changes all of their lives. The shocking twist ending is sure to stay with you long after you read the final word.     The Wisdom of Loons is a tale of offbeat romance between two star-crossed lovers. It is also about love and loss, life and death, comedy and tragedy. It is a story that peeks into the furthest corners of the human heart—both the light, whimsical corners where music and laughter reside, and the dark, shadowy places where our assorted demons run amok. Mostly it is a tale of eternal hope and the power of the mind. After reading The Wisdom of Loons, you will never again question the possibility of anything.

America has plunged into a second Great Depression. The unemployment rate hovers near 40%. Hundreds of thousands are homeless, roaming the country in search of food and work and two pennies to rub together. Just as with the original Depression of 1929, people hop freight trains to get from one location to another. Hobo camps have sprung up everywhere. The American landscape is dangerous and teeming with violent predators. Only the strongest and most fearless survive in this Mad Max milieu where everything, including human life, is up for grabs.     Masquerading as a hobo, Derek Parnell—newly wealthy thanks to an anonymous benefactor—rides the rails through the vast Southwest, searching for the killers of his wife and daughter. He's also looking for his mysterious financier—a man known to him only as Croesus—and the reasons behind his inexplicable financial gift. Parnell's journey takes him and his love, Elaine, from Flagstaff to Sedona, where they meet with a gypsy fortuneteller. Madame Crystal instructs them to go to Colorado and the Mesa Verde Ancestral Pueblo cliff dwellings to meet with an operative who goes by the code name Thor. Thor suggests to Parnell that his daughter is still alive. Further clues lead Parnell and Elaine to a connected high roller in Las Vegas and a fringe anti-government paramilitary group, The Liberty Dogs, in the remote wilderness of the Rocky Mountains.     Within the hobo community, Derek Parnell is known as "e;King Midas,"e; the legend with the golden touch, a man most generous with his money. But to his enemies Parnell is "e;The Man with Tombstone Eyes,"e; a ruthless vigilante. Judge, jury, and executioner. Parnell's mindset? "e;Karma determines who lives or dies, and sometimes karma has to be helped along a little."e;     On his search for elusive truths, Derek Parnell leaves a path of death and destruction in his wake. And what he discovers along the way is startling and life-changing.

Hobo Jingo continues the electrifying tale that first rode the rails in King of the Hobos. The second Great Depression rages on in America. Derek Parnell—notorious vigilante and champion of the American hobo—has been living in exile in Costa Rica the past three years after having been framed for a Colorado mass murder. In the middle of the night he gets a call from his panicked daughter. Her fiancé has been murdered! The large FBI bounty on his head is not enough to keep him from rescuing her and seeking revenge against those who wronged him. Returning to the States, Parnell recruits his hobo friends, and they travel through Arizona, Utah, and Nevada dispensing their eye-for-an-eye brand of justice. It's a rambunctious ride through the scenic American West that includes an old-fashioned gun duel, an abandoned coal mine serving as a hobo camp, and mining carts converted into a roller coaster that kills. The twists and turns are as fast and furious as a runaway freight train. The old Wild West was never this wild.

First there was Jurassic ParkThen there was Cretaceous StonesNow there is Dragons of the Great Divide . . .Dinosaurs have returned to Montana and Idaho! Perfect for fans of Michael Crichton, Andy Weir, and James Rollins. Book 2 of the Cretaceous Chronicles trilogy Here is what Amazon readers are saying about Dragons of the Great Divide . . . Now I'm Going to Have to Read the First One"e;I picked up this book not realizing it was the second in a series. Dinosaurs come to Earth in a hail of meteorites--got to love that since it has long been theorized that a great meteor was what caused their extinction in the first place :-) ... What could go wrong, right? This one was a page turner, with the feel of Crichton's Jurassic Park. It definitely made me want to read the first one now."e; ... Beaches and Reads A Dinosaur Adventure with Heart and High Stakes"e;A fast-paced adventure that imagines a modern world suddenly sharing space with dinosaurs. The story mixes thrilling encounters with plenty of human drama, following researchers, pilots, and explorers who are drawn into the danger for different reasons. The characters feel real, with relationships, fears, and ambitions that add depth beyond the action. Between helicopter missions, mysterious disappearances, and close calls with massive prehistoric creatures, the tension rarely lets up. In the end, it's an exciting, imaginative read that blends sci-fi thrills with stories about courage, loyalty, and the risks people take when curiosity and ambition collide."e; ... Melanie Pendleton Especially liked how the book balances high stakes action with very human problems"e;The story throws you back into a modern West stalked by T. rex and other Cretaceous predators, while Hayden and Nora chase new material, a daring pilot risks everything, and a ruthless trafficker turns dinosaurs into a deadly business. Especially liked how the book balances high stakes action with very human problems: marriage stress, family worries, missing Indigenous women, and the price of greed and fame. It is a quick, engaging read that feels like a movie, but still cares deeply about friendship, love, and courage in the face of danger."e; ... Levin It's one year after egg-laden meteorites struck the Continental Divide in Montana and Idaho, hatching out hundreds of Cretaceous dinosaurs. A new summer dawns. Dromaeosaurs, Tyrannosaurus Rex, and Triceratops have awakened from their winter hibernation and are on the loose once again. Paleontologists turned dinosaur trackers, Hayden Fowler and Nora Lemoyne, are back, living on the edge and running with the beasts. Bryan and Loretta Gilliam protect their young family from the prehistoric creatures overrunning their ranch. Helicopter pilot Peter Lacroix flies a team of wildlife biologists into Idaho's River of No Return Wilderness area while his wife, Brin, agonizes at home with her baby boy and young daughter. Several Indigenous women, lifelong friends of the Gilliams, disappear off the Blackfeet Indian reservation, and exotic animal traffickers conduct their illegal business. It's a rip-roaring, immersive tale you won't soon forget.