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September 1, 2006
Do you have a problem you've never faced before? Are you looking for an idea that will be your next big breakthrough? You are not alone. Every day, thousands of entrepreneurs are creating innovative solutions to business problems. The best of the best are here, in one of the most useful business guides to date.

The Best Secrets of Great Small Businesses is the ultimate entrepreneurial guidebook. It contains a wealth of phenomenal ideas straight from business's best minds, such as:

--The company that schedules meetings at odd times (8:37) to encourage on-time attendance
--The owner who discovered a way to get a fee from any customer who poached an employee
--An entrepreneur who found a way to skip UPS zones on shipping, turning the savings into profits
--The manager who issued "Benefits Report Cards" to raise awareness and boost employee morale

And more essential advice that will build your business!

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Over 500 Great Ideas!

Groundbreaking systems, secrets and solutions.
Do you have a problem you’ve never faced before?
Are you looking for an idea that will be your next big breakthrough?

You are not alone. Every day, thousands of entrepreneurs are creating innovative solutions to business problems. The best of the best are here, in one of the most useful business guides to date.
The Best Secrets of Great Small Businesses is the ultimate entrepreneurial guidebook. It contains a wealth of phenomenal ideas straight from business’s best minds, such as:

--The company that schedules meetings at odd times (8:37) to encourage on-time attendance
--The owner who discovered a way to get a fee from any customer who poached any employee
--An entrepreneur who found a way to skip UPS zones on shipping, turning the savings into profits
--The manager who issued “Benefits Report Cards” to raise awareness and boost employee morale
--And more essential advice that will build your business

The wisdom of a peer advisory group at a fraction of the cost.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.; 1 edition (September 1, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1402207662
  • ISBN-13: 978-1402207662
  • Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,104,200 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Not profound, but profoundly helpful, October 27, 2006
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Hinneni (Evanston IL) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Best Secrets of Great Small Businesses (Paperback)
If you're looking for profound insights on the theory of business economics, this book is not for you. If you're looking for practical ideas that you can put to work immediately, you'll find page after page of them. Written in spritely prose, the book lends itself to reading, or to browsing, or to use as a reference.

The author claims to have acquired the ideas he presents by moderating peer advisory boards. But I'll bet that he brings his groups as many ideas as he extracts from them.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Quick and Easy Read to Successful Business Ownership, November 3, 2006
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leaddog (Northbrook, IL United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Best Secrets of Great Small Businesses (Paperback)
I found this book to be a great compliation of advice from small business owners that have a diversity of experiences that help to guide me in my own role as a small business owner. This is a great read and you can use the experiences of others immediately to put into practice, that day, to improve many aspects of your own business.
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5.0 out of 5 stars From one man band to Conducter, September 4, 2009
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This review is from: The Best Secrets of Great Small Businesses (Paperback)
As your business grows, there comes a time when you (hopefully) will no longer be a one man band, but will in fact need to hire people to help you. Very few of the business books I've read on business growth cover this stage as well as this book does - with hiring advice, structuring pay, benefits... even several ideas on how to 'fire.'
This was just one of the sections in the book, but it was the one I hadn't seen covered as well in other books on small business management.
I'm sure if I looked, I could find plenty of books that concentrate on HR, but to me, there was just enough help to get me started, and not so much info that my eyes glazed over. This book had lots of good advice gleaned from working small business owners. Thanks for sharing these tips and ideas
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