Book Club #20: The Lifestyle Business Owner, by Aaron Muller

Book Club #20: The Lifestyle Business Owner, by Aaron Muller

The subtitle of Aaron Muller’s book is “How to Buy a Business, Grow Your Profits, and Make it Run Without You.” While entrepreneurship has perhaps never been more in the public consciousness, the phrase “lifestyle business” is still not commonly known in the general...
Book Club #19: Delivering Happiness, by Tony Hsieh

Book Club #19: Delivering Happiness, by Tony Hsieh

Many business books offer solutions or systems or case studies to make their point.  Very few offer a simple narrative with lessons gleaned on the journey. Tony Hsieh’s Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose, happens to be one of those books.  ...
Book Club #18: Before the Exit, by Dan Andrews

Book Club #18: Before the Exit, by Dan Andrews

There are some books out there that can tell you the financial side of how people exited their businesses, but there’s not too much literature on the emotional process of selling.   Bo Burlingham often refers to a sale as just another “phase” of the business. Dan...