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9780470642313

Conquer the Chaos : How to Grow a Successful Small Business Without Going Crazy

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  • ISBN13:

    9780470642313

  • ISBN10:

    0470642319

  • Format: eBook
  • Copyright: 2010-05-01
  • Publisher: Wiley
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Summary

Create the business you want without sacrificing the lifestyle you deserve. The majority of new entrepreneurs (and even those with a little more experience) are finding themselves trapped, controlled, and consumed by their own businesses. They are struggling just to keep their businesses running, let alone actually growing their companies and experiencing the success they anticipated. Conquer the Chaos speaks to you as a small business owner by making sense of the overwhelming demands on your business and providing a twenty-first century recipe for success with sanity. With engaging stories, quotes, and examples, Conquer the Chaos leads you through the six strategies you can incorporate to bring order to your business today. Find the money, time, and freedom in entrepreneurship that inspired you in the first place. Successfully juggle customers, prospects, management of employees, marketing, sales, accounting, and more. Get from just surviving to growing your company and experiencing success. Conquer the Chaos gives you the no-nonsense, ready-to-go guide that gets your business exactly where you want it to be.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
The Quest for Freedom
The Entrepreneurial Revolution
The Path to Revolution
The Hierarchy of Freedoms
Enter, Chaos
The Infusionsoft Story
Symptoms of Chaos
Causes of Chaos
GroworDie
A Mentality of Growth
Why Entrepreneurs Choose Not to Grow
Scenario #1: You Don't Want to Grow Your Business
Scenario #2: You're Relying on Referrals and Repeat Business
Scenario #3: You Believe You'll Just Figure It Out
Scenario #4: You Do Everything Yourself-Manually
Introducing-The Strategies for Conquering Chaos
Mindset Strategies: Achieving Balance
Emotional Capital
Your Emotional Capital Bank Account
Making Deposits in Your Emotional Bank Account
Spot-Check Your Emotional Capital
Disciplined Optimism
The Three Components of Disciplined Optimism
Opportunities to Practice Disciplined Optimism
Practical Ways to Cultivate Disciplined Optimism
Disciplined Optimism and Passion
Entrepreneurial Independence
The Advice You Get
Facing the Challenge of Independence
The Benefits of Independence
Systems Strategies: Controlling Speed
Centralize
The Need to Centralize
Multiple System Chaos
The Struggle of Disjointed Systems
The Value of the Right System
The Process of Centralization
Follow-Up
The Most Neglected Marketing Principle
How Lack of Follow-Up Is Creating Chaos
Why Follow-Up Breaks Down
The Benefits of Follow-Up
The Science Behind Effective Follow-Up
Automate
From Manual to Automated
What You Can and Should Automate
A Story of Automation
Find Your Freedom
Avoiding the Backslide
The Myth of Long, Hard Work
Harnessing Your Unbridled Passion
The Belief Your Business Will Fail without You
The Liberated Entrepreneur
Climbing the Hierarchy of Freedom
Giving Up the Chaos
Appendix: Small Business Resources
References
About the Authors
Index
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