Small Business Management

You didn’t start your business to fail. But failure doesn’t arrive with fireworks. It creeps in quietly—through missed signs, slow leaks, and decisions made just a little too late. That’s what warning signals are for. And if you don’t have them, you're flying blind. This book shows you how to install them. Built on public-sector early warning frameworks used to prevent disasters, Early Warning Signals translates that same thinking into practical tools for business owners. You’ll learn how to spot trouble before it becomes a crisis—and how to design simple, reliable indicators ...

All too often, entrepreneurs become their own worst enemies, designing systems that keep them stuck without even realizing it. When that happens, it’s easy to blame the lack of progress on other people. Owner Shift is the no-holds-barred, breakthrough story of Mike Malatesta’s own journey through excitement, pain, grit, and mistakes—showing you how to take back your power, evaluate your business objectively, and claim the future you want. When it feels like the world is against you, Owner Shift reveals the Five Words that can reignite your fire.

This amazing book is jam-packed with the best, most profitable business ideas and ways to earn extra cash. Every one of these businesses is generating profits for other ambitious people. Now it's your turn to start your own business and prosper in the years to come. Whether you'd like an opportunity to earn a little extra money or you are looking for a way to make a full-time income, you'll achieve your own success with one of the 235 profitable businesses described in this book.

Do you want more? More hope, more joy, more fun and more fulfillment? Change is the essence of life; the biggest, most meaningful, and dramatic differences in our lives-and in our world-are really just the result of a series of small, seemingly insignificant changes. "Amazing changes can occur in the most surprisingly small amounts of time," says Allyson Lewis, author and senior executive at a major financial services firm.

Is it possible to be a mom and be a successful business owner? You have big dreams, big ideas, and big goals. You know that you can contribute amazing things to the world, and you are made for more...but you also have little people clinging to your ankles, begging for more snacks, trashing your kitchen, and interrupting your sleep. Mom-life-business demands are a treacherous path to navigate - the struggle is real! That’s where Dream Big, Step Small can help you achieve life changing goals. With one small step at a time.

Ready to transform your financial health? This book reveals surprising and realistic ways to improve your financial situation, utilizing real estate, strategic relocation and sound financial strategies. It offers a unique fresh perspective on building wealth and improving your financial well-being, using what you have or what to look for. This isn’t just another book on property investment—it’s a comprehensive guide to maximizing your financial potential through strategic moves and smart financial management.

People are a company’s greatest asset, and the smaller the business, the more intimately connected employees are to the purpose. Yet small businesses are often ill-equipped at the process of hiring and training the new employees they need to function and grow. But with the right tools and information, hiring well is a skill you can learn. Laura Nelson breaks the hiring process down into clear, easy-to-follow steps that make finding and hiring talent a productive and enjoyable experience.

It all began with one curious and invasive question. This question would become the basis and beginning of a powerful and entertaining conversation with a memorable cast of characters. From the moment the words left his lips, the ripples of knowledge began to flow like a wave of wisdom crashing on the shore of their minds. Random Stranger simply asked, 'Do you have a horseshoe up your wazoo?' I instantly smiled at this brave and crazy MoFo. I smiled because this is evidence beyond any analytics that my marketing is working. (A little side note: If you want to get noticed you have to earn ...

Target Funding is a strategic guide to funding opportunities aimed at specific types of businesses and business owners. You'll learn about all the options available to you - including conventional, alternative, and diversity funding - and how to access them based on your needs and your demographic, industry, location, and other variables.

Wes Berry built a remarkable $60-million-dollar international business from his family’s small florist shop, which began in Detroit. Now, in his extraordinary new audiobook, he shares what he has learned over the years about leadership and business growth. In many businesses that fail, the small things are overlooked; they are the things that are often the easiest to implement, but at the same, time they are easy to forget. It’s these small things that have the greatest impact in the long term.

You'll learn how to generate and test business ideas, and pick the one that's best for you... select the right entry strategy... name and locate your business... raise capital... build your team and get expert advice... protect your business secrets and intellectual property... effectively brand your business and market its offerings... handle pricing, distribution, and sales... manage your finances to specific objectives... prepare for growth... and even maintain your work/life balance as an entrepreneur.

If you have finally had enough of the constant cash flow struggle and you are ready to make a change, Profit First for Tradies will guide you. Katie Crismale- Marshall has taken the core concepts of Mike Michalowicz’s Profit First method and customised it to meet the specific needs of Australian tradies.

Six Disciplines Leadership Centers are dedicated to helping small businesses achieve and sustain success. Six Disciplines for Excellence provides six fundamental business principles that are specifically designed to help small businesses move beyond momentary success to attain enduring excellence. This audiobook is not for those who are looking for a quick fix. Six Disciplines for Excellence is a long-term fitness program, not a fad diet.

On the 10th night of co-owning the first restaurant, Cliff thought they would run out of money. Eight days later, there was a line at the front door, and for the next five years, the restaurant hit sales and record profits. Next, Cliff co-founded one of the best wine bars in Atlanta and then one of the best steakhouses in the United States. From there, he opened one of the best seafood restaurants in the county. Over the next 14 years, he helped make the restaurants more profitable than the average independent restaurants.

Persuasiveness. Influence. A certain something that makes it impossible for people to say no. Call it what you will, some people have it. DJ Sbu certainly does. It’s the quality that has helped him evolve from an ambitious boy growing up on Tembisa's rough streets to a DJ, an entrepreneur, an author, a philanthropist, and a speaker who graces stages around the world. In The Art of Hustling, Sbu shares the secrets to cultivating this irresistible quality.

Small businesses often fail because owners are unaware of the many elements that can prevent the business from growing and being successful. Often, small businesses are organized around the manager's specific area of expertise, such as marketing, accounting or production. This specialized expertise often prevents the busi¬ness owner from recognizing problems that may arise in other parts of the business. This guide will provide you, the small busi¬ness entrepreneur, with the essentials for conducting a comprehensive search for existing or potential problems in your production system. This...

By choosing minimalism, one lives with fewer resources by choice to prevent wastefulness and overwhelm. Minimalism for Business Owners applies these concepts to the entrepreneurial lifestyle to bring the ultimate reward of peace and simplicity. Between every learning chapter there is the fictional story of Jennifer, and how she uses these concepts in her own business as a private music instructor.

Did you know that what helps elite athletes and coaches perform better under pressure applies directly to the world of business? The author of this audiobook, Dave “Dr. Dave” Striegel, draws on his experiences with world-class athletes to help you pursue excellence as the leader of a small business. Take Your Shot is about the day-to-day actions and interactions that move the needle. How you mentally prepare to lead, communicate your expectations, and offer feedback are building blocks of leadership.

How to Close A Deal like Warren Buffett offers an original spin on Buffett’s near-mythic dealmaking prowess that will catch the attention of millions of Buffet fans worldwide. Here, Tom Searcy and Henry DeVries acknowledge leaders in sales and sales training and deconstruct the Buffett approach for dealmaking to give listeners a wealth of Warren wisdom to help close every deal.

Most business owners are great at delivering the product or service they sell. In fact, most are experts at what they do. The biggest problem that most business owners have is dealing with (and suffering from) the ups and downs of business and income, because they don’t have new client generating campaigns in place every week. This timeless audiobook includes over 52 no-cost new client generating campaigns that create leads, referrals, or new clients every day. When you become the trusted, go-to expert, prospects seek you out.