Making Bold Moves: Creating Multimillion-Dollar Success in 500 Days or Less! is the first in a series of motivational books geared toward inspiring entrepreneurs, business owners, industry executives and anyone dreaming of creating major success in their lives.
The book is part how-to and part business biography, serving as a how-about, combining elements of an instructional road map with rich anecdotes about William S. Parrish, Jr.'s real life business journey and personal story.
Written against the backdrop of the failure of world economies and the recent recession in the U.S., the reader is taken on a journey through the events that led from NobleStrategy being virtually unknown in mid-2006 to gaining a favorable market position and grossing sales of approximately $1.8 million by the end of 2007.
With less than 8% of U.S. businesses grossing over $1 million at all, Bill was convinced that he had a great story to tell. Making Bold Moves: Creating Multimillion-Dollar Success in 500 Days or Less! is comprised of 14 chapters/concepts that NobleStrategy President & CEO William S. Parrish Jr. challenges the reader to digest, embrace and commit to practicing each day for immediate success in his or her life and business. As Bill walks the reader through each chapter/concept, he shares lessons learned and poignant stories about how his concepts created immediate success for NobleStrategy, landing his firm in the center of the highly competitive New York City construction industry in less than 18 months.
After being technically fired in 2005 from a job where he was making $118,000, Bill went from being a one-man consultancy to establishing a 24-person construction management firm in a very short period of time, through industry alliances and winning a series of high-profile contracts. He has learned valuable lessons along the way and contends that any entrepreneur willing to invest the passion and energy into practicing each chapter in this book can replicate similar success in less than 500 days if they commit to Making Bold Moves!
With an eye-opening and sobering Foreword by Derek T. Dingle, Editor-in-Chief of Black Enterprise, the stage is set for Making Bold Moves: Creating Multimillion-Dollar Success in 500 Days or Less! to engage the reader in this real-life account of business and money a game-changing life plan for anyone looking to immediately create their own version of success.
William S. Parrish, Jr. With over 24 years of experience in construction management, William Parrish has consistently coordinated and delivered large-scale, multi-stage construction projects where success depends on the balance of community stakeholders, civic representation and technical staff. William started NobleStrategy as a one-man consultancy in 2002 while working full time. He quit his day job in 2005, and within a year forged strategic partnerships and won several state agency contracts for construction management, based on his knowledge and relationships. William's vision and expertise has driven the expansion of NobleStrategy to its position as a top construction resource, focused on delivering estimating, safety analysis, scheduling, contractor mentoring, sustainable design and construction practices and project management to public and private entities in the education, civic and corporate sectors. A LEED accredited professional since 2004, Mr. Parrish is leading the effort in sustainable construction practices, assisting project owners and teams in a winning approach to managing energy efficient green construction projects and attaining LEED project certification where required. Mr. Parrish graduated from Hampton University with a Bachelor of Science in Building Construction Technology and completed his Master of Science in Management of Technology at Polytechnic University of N.Y. Mr. Parrish is a NYC Building Department Licensed Site Safety Manager and holds certifications in Zoning & Land Use, Brownfield Redevelopment, and Wetlands Delineation. Mr. Parrish is also an Adjunct Professor at New York University, Schack Institute of Real Estate, School of Continuing and Professional Studies since 2007 and won the coveted NYU Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Faculty Award in 2011. Mr. Parrish is an active board member of the Capital Region Minority Chamber of Commerce, City of Newark Workforce Investment Board and ACE-Mentor-NJ, as well as contributing member of the Construction Management Association of America, the New York and New Jersey Chapters of the United States Green Building Council, the Development School for Youth/All-Stars Program, GrassRoots Foundation and the Eta Pi Chapter of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
