Simply Success
Description
Introduction 1
Chapter 1. A Bit of History 5
Chapter 2. What It Takes to Be an Entrepreneur 27
Chapter 3. Getting Started 33
Chapter 4. Financing 39
Chapter 5. The Miracle of Hard Work 47
Chapter 6. The Magic of a Vision 53
Chapter 7. Focus: Putting on the Blinders 61
Chapter 8. Concentrate on Your Customer 71
Chapter 9. There is a Better Way 79
Chapter 10. Plotting Your Course with Strategic Planning 85
Chapter 11. Implementation: Making It Happen 91
Chapter 12. Forecasting and Budgeting 99
Chapter 13. Using Your Financial Statements to Get Where You Want to Go 105
Chapter 14. You Can, Too, Argue with Success! 111
Chapter 15. Building a Great Corporate Culture 117
Chapter 16. Shaping a Winning Organization 133
Chapter 17. Who Controls Your Life? 147
Chapter 18. Easing the Burden 153
Chapter 19. Doing More by Doing Less 159
Chapter 20. Your Growth as a Leader 165
Chapter 21. Someone Changed the Rules. Why Wasn’t It Me? 173
Chapter 22. About the Lifelong Learning Process 179
Chapter 23. The Art of Survival 185
Chapter 24. How to Do Almost Everything Wrong 191
Chapter 25. About Advisors and Boards 203
Chapter 26. A Family Business Can Be Great—or . . . 209
Chapter 27. The Glory of the Free Enterprise System 215
Index 219
"... delightful book." (Reading Chronicle)
JACK MILLER is the founder and former president and CEO of the Quill Corporation, which he sold to Staples for almost $700 million. He currently deals in real estate and other investments at Millbrook Properties and The Benida Group.
If you dream of starting and running your own business, being your own boss, and living the kind of life you really want, there's no better way to succeed than to follow the advice of someone who has already been there and done that. In Simply Success, Quill Corporation founder Jack Miller shares the lessons he learned turning his small business into a nearly $700 million behemoth. Miller's story is a testament to what you can do when you work hard, reinvest in your business, and have a real passion for what you do.
But Simply Success isn't a book about Miller's business. It's about the lessons he learnedlessons you can use in building your own businessas he and his brothers built Quill from a one-man operation with a phone in his dad's chicken store to a successful business with more than 1,200 employees. This inspiring and practical guide gives entrepreneurs like you an inside look at the right way to build and run a successful business, from the nuts-and-bolts basics to long-term strategy. Miller presents deep insight on:
- What it takes to be a successful entrepreneur
- Keeping it simple to keep your business profitable
- Building a vision and a long-term strategy to achieve it
- Why customer service is the key
- Forecasting and budgeting
- Building a strong, healthy corporate culture
- How to grow into a better, stronger leader
- The art of surviving the ups and downs of business
You won't learn these real-world business lessons in any Ivy League MBA program. Simply Success isn't for people who are just in it for the money. It's for people who want to build a real business that offers customers real valueall while making a great living doing what they love. Even good business ideas sometimes fail. But with the principles and advice Miller shares in Simply Success, you'll have more than a fighting chance to achieve all your goals.
Small business and the entrepreneurial spirit form the backbone of America. Tomorrow's biggest and best companies will sprout from a handful of today's smartest small businesses. Will your small business be one of them?
PUBLISHER:
Wiley
ISBN-13:
9780470224526
BINDING:
Hardback
BISAC:
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
BOOK DIMENSIONS:
Dimensions: 162.60(W) x Dimensions: 236.20(H) x Dimensions: 23.40(D)
AUDIENCE TYPE:
General/Adult
LANGUAGE:
English