The "I Should Have Done That" Guide to Business, Profits & Prosperity (Kindle Edition)

The "I Should Have Done That" Guide to Business, Profits & Prosperity (Kindle Edition)
By Emmanuel Skevofilax

New!: $29.95 (as of 11/22/2012 01:14 PST)

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From the experts at www.portalcfo.com, this book shows you the key aspects of a successful business - from real business leaders & entrepreneurs that are having real, hands-on success in the field. Learn the steps to follow to build a thriving business that's growing - in any economy.

Day in and day out, most people only see the glamorous side of being called a “business owner.” Rarely do most people truly understand what it takes to earn the title of “successful business owner.”

Owning a business is responsibility, hard work, and a learning experience everyday! If you are like most managers, business owners or executives, the honest answer is that your business is probably running you!

Our in-depth hands-on business guide looks at the action plans that real entrepreneurs followed, examines their success, and highlights how you can take action, too. Interviewing 10 successful CEO's, Presidents, Founders, etc. this book started by asking each of them 12 detailed questions:

1. What is the biggest lesson regarding taxes that you’ve learned since being in business that you wish you had known prior to starting your business? Can you elaborate with a short anecdote?

2. Have you learned any financial tricks or tips that you would like to share that you wish you would have known prior to starting your business? Do you have an anecdote that will help to convey how you found it out the hard way / why you wish you would have known sooner?

3. What lessons regarding management of your employees have you have had to learn the hard way since starting your own business? Can you please provide anecdotal support?

4. What lessons regarding employee recruitment have you have had to learn the hard way since starting your own business? Can you please provide anecdotal support?

5. What lessons regarding payroll practices have you have had to learn the hard way since starting your own business? Can you please provide anecdotal support?

6. What growing pains did you experience in the early stages (first 3 years) of your company’s expansion and, looking back, how would you have combated them?

7. What amount of leverage have you found in your experiences is the most effective in facilitating financial growth? What, if any, experiences have you had with outside investors and what advice would you give to a new-comer?

8. What are some tips or tricks regarding sales and/or marketing practices, cycles, etc. that you wish you would have known prior to starting your business?

9. What are the tools/metrics that you have found to be the most useful to assess the state of your business? How frequently do you examine these metrics/use these tools?

10. What tips or tricks have you learned over the course of your career regarding inventory management (if applicable to your industry)? Please elaborate with anecdotal evidence.

11. Are there any other tips or tricks that you can provide that are not covered under the above questions that you would like to provide to a potential or new entrepreneur?

12. If you could go back and talk to your “start up” self prior to starting your business and tell him/her one thing, what would that one thing be? Why?

• Published on: 2012-11-19
• Released on: 2012-11-19
• Format: Kindle eBook
• Number of items: 1