How To Succeed as a Small Business Owner...and Still Have a Life

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	• How to Succeed as a Small Business Owner ... and Still Have a Life Bill Collier Porchester Press, 2006 - 157 pages average customer review:based on 11 reviews view larger image
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How To Succeed as a Small Business Owner...and Still Have a Life

Great book--Easy read, full of practical advice, and great examples. This book is much needed for any small business owner, but especially those who find themselves "spread too thin." Isn't that all of us?

Read it - read it again and then take action!

I am a small business owner of 7 years standing. I liked this book a lot. While I was aware of many of the issues that the author raised, it is still worth a read. The ideas are presented in a concise, well planned and easy to read style.I found that every issue/idea was easy to reconcile against my own business. The author has been there and done it. The book is well structured and takes one through all of the areas that any small business owner needs to address if they are to have a life outside of the business!

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A big help!

We started a business 4 years ago (landscape consultancy practice in the Middle East), with one staff. The business has been a financial success (now with 24 staff) but we gave up many important things to achieve it. We read so many books on how to run a business. Bill's book was the one which helped us to chart the path to a balanced lifestyle. Appendix A is a checklist made from the chapter summaries. We use this periodically to score ourselves on how well we are maintaining a healthy balance. It's a worthwhile quick exercie.

The book starts with "week in the life of" a frazzled buiness owner, and ends with a "week in the life of" a succesful small business owner. Just read these two and you will feel like reading the rest of the book.

I recommend this book to everyone who is starting or running a small business. It is a great guide.

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A must read for any small business owner

I recently read Bill's book as part of the Ellensburg Downtown Association's Brown Bag Business Basics series, and this is clearly one of the best small business resources I could recommend to any small business owner.

The book is a deceptively easy read, and yes, as Bill freely admits, it's loaded with Clichés. But Bill is able to move past the clichés and get right to the meat of the issues leaving the reader with solid useable information to act on at the end of each chapter.

From the very basics of understanding why you're in business to begin with, to planning for your businesses succession this book is a tremendous resource for any small business owners and includes some of the best advice I've read on the hiring process and why it's so important to the success of an business.

Clearly one of the best books that we've shared with our downtown business owners here in Ellensburg.

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Great, concise help

Bottom line: It requires lots of work to be able to kick back and let your business run itself instead of run you.

But the author gives great guidance on what, when, and how to accomplish the ability to take time away from your business while it runs without you. Some paragraphs in this book could easily be expanded into chapters or even whole books. But a busy small business owner has no time for a whole book.

I ended the book feeling "I've got a lot of work to do" - but you probably will too after reading How to Succeed as a Small Business Owner... and Still Have a Life.

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"How to Succeed as a Small Business Owner ... and Still Have a Life!" An "owner's manual" for small businesses! Put your business on "auto-pilot." Learn how to ... - Use your business as a tool to enhance your personal life - Set ambitious goals and achieve them - Develop a real, working business plan - Use values to provide guidance to your staff - even when you're not at the office - Get the right people on your team and keep them there - Delegate effectively - Create a "self-healing" culture that practically fixes its own problems - And much more "If you own a small business, or are thinking of starting one, you need Bill Collier's wonderful book. Bill writes clearly and succinctly as a small business owner who learned how to do it right. His book is a much-needed guide for anyone who wants to get the most out of the small business experience." -- Bo Burlingham, editor-at-large of Inc. magazine About the Author: Bill Collier is a long-time entrepreneur who knows what it's like to have to "make payroll." Bill earned success the hard way - grinding it out for years after starting his first business, and learning from his own mistakes. After a good first few years, his company hit a wall. Morale was low, employee turnover was high, and cash flow was awful. In near desperation, he discovered a number of common-sense management approaches that saw his firm through years of prosperity. Product Details: Printed: 164 pages, 6.00" x 9.00", perfect binding, black and white interior ink, full color paperback cover ISBN: 0-9777-7850-9 Publisher: Porchester Press Copyright: © 2006 Bill Collier Language: English Country: United States Edition: First Edition

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