The One Minute Entrepreneur: The Secret to Creating and Sustaining a Successful Business - Hardcover

Blanchard, Ken; Hutson, Don; Willis, Ethan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385526024 ISBN 13: 9780385526029

Publisher: Crown Business, 2008

Synopsis

Mega-bestselling author Ken Blanchard and celebrated business leaders Don Hutson and Ethan Willis present an inspiring story that reveals the secrets to becoming a successful entrepreneur.

In THE ONE MINUTE ENTREPRENEUR, Ken Blanchard (coauthor of the #1 bestselling business classic The One Minute Manager), Don Hutson, CEO of U.S. Learning, and Ethan Willis, CEO of Prosper Learning, tell the inspiring story of one man’s challenges in creating his own business. Through a powerful and engaging narrative, we confront many of the typical problems all entrepreneurs face in starting up their business, from finding new sources of revenue to securing the commitment of their people and the loyalty of their customers. More important, we learn the secrets to becoming a successful entrepreneur, including how to build a firm foundation, how to ensure a steady cash flow, and how to create legendary service. In addition, the book offers invaluable advice, delivered through One Minute Insights, from such entrepreneurs and thinkers as Sheldon Bowles, Peter Drucker, Michael Gerber, and Charlie “Tremendous” Jones.

Today, in the midst of the largest entrepreneurial surge in U.S. history, four out of five small businesses continue to fail. THE ONE MINUTE ENTREPRENEUR offers businesspeople and would-be entrepreneurs a treasure trove of wisdom on how to think, act, and succeed in creating and sustaining a business, no matter what their industry.

About this title

About the Author:

Ken Blanchard is an internationally bestselling author and motivational speaker whose books have sold more than eighteen million copies in thirty languages. He lives in San Diego, California.

Don Hutson is the CEO of U.S. Learning, a training firm that delivers innovative, high-impact solutions to improve learning in organizations. An active speaker, Hutson was on the founding board of the National Speakers Association and served as its third president. He is the author of several books and lives in Memphis, Tennessee.

Ethan Willis is the CEO of Prosper Learning, Inc., a winner of Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year award and a global leader in entrepreneurial coaching, with more than 150,000 students in seventy-six countries. He lives in South Pasadena, California.

From AudioFile:

Saying that entrepreneurial success requires steady attention to a business's finances, employees, and customers, the veteran authors and coaches know how to give common-sense advice enormous power to influence. This advice can make an individual life meaningful, as well as make a business successful. The lesson gains credibility through its consistent focus on leading with the heart, doing humanitarian activities, and developing one's interpersonal skills and personal discipline. Professional narrator Sam Freed captures these emphases well. His inspirational speaking style is similar to that of many narrators of Christian books without sounding evangelical or judgmental. Overall, he brings the production to life without calling attention to his considerable talent. T.W. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Crown Business
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0385526024
• ISBN 13: 9780385526029
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160