The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur: The Tell-it-Like-it-is Guide to Cleaning Up in Business, Even if You Are at the End of Your Roll
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| Rating | : | 4.93 (672 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00FLLJTR8 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 469 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Never started a company before? Struggling with little or no cash? Have no experience, no baseline to judge your progress against? Thank God! You've got a shot at making this work." So says Mike Michalowicz, author of The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur, a business book that is so uniquely useful, so raw and entertaining, it reads like the brainchild of Steve Jobs and Chris Rock. In this book, you'll discover:Why a business plan is a total waste of your timeWhy fulfilling your own needs is the first and last order of businessWhich three sheets of paper you need to successfully launch, manage, and grow your businessHow to get started in business with little or no moneyHow to find and exploit resources that no one else knows aboutHow to stop procrastinating and take action NOW!. Whether you're just starting out or have been at this for years, Mike's "get real" approach to business is a much-needed, swift kick in the pants. The founder of three multimillion-dollar companies, including Obsidian Launch, a company that partners with first-time entrepreneurs to grow their concepts into industry leaders, Mike Michalowicz knows what it really takes to spin your great idea into pure gold
Theresa Lode said Mike's combination of humor and sage wisdom has made him one of my favorite business thinkers. FABULOUS book. I bought this after reading The Pumpkin Plan and Profit First. Mike's combination of humor and sage wisdom has made him one of my favorite business thinkers. I read a LOT of self improvement stuff and books on entrepreneurship and I think this one (along with his other books) brings the most practical and actionable advice to business owners. His sense of humor is wicked and had me elbowing hubby to to "listen to this!" (The hysterical bathroom scene described in the first section is reason enough to slap down your hard earned money for the . Because That's How I Roll (Get it? Roll!) When I first learned of author Mike Michalowicz, it was by way of referral to "The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur" blog -- one of those "Top 10" lists to follow for small businesses. Boy, was I ever glad I did. Immediately I began picking up tidbits as I had recently spun off from another company to start my own. I was learning what it meant to be scrappy, or as the book suggest, left with just three sheets on the roll.One of my favorite things with any business is the culture, and more importantly how that culture shines through as a personality to their custo. "Like a heart-to-heart talk with someone who's been there" according to East West Book Review. The title of this book is both repulsive and attractive at the same time. After all, who in his right mind would choose such a name? Well, it turns out that the author has more than a few gold nuggets of wisdom to share. So don't let the title put you off. You're about to learn more in an hour than you have from reading dozens of other so-called start-up books.There's an old Texas saying that goes something like this: "Very few people can learn from others' mistakes - most folks have to pee on the electric fence themselves." If you read this book with an o