Book Description
Learn how to successfully manage a small business -- through good times and bad -- with award-winning entrepreneur Steve Gottry.
Do you own your own small business? Have you ever wanted to? Perfect for both budding and seasoned entrepreneurs, this book shows business owners how to manage a small business through every phase of the small-business life cycle, keep their businesses afloat during tough times, and make the most of their assets. On every page, Gottry identifies winning solutions to the questions and problems common to everyone who owns or dreams of owning a small business.
With candor and humor, Gottry also tells his story about making, losing, and rebuilding it all on the battleground of small-business life. Providing a unique window into what it is really like to own a small business, Common Sense Business guides readers through overcoming the financial and emotional challenges that make the difference between failure and success.
From Publishers Weekly
Joining the unofficial club of marketing communications experts who write books after years of running their own business, Gottry- coauthor of The On-Time, On-Target Manager-presents a practical, confessional volume of advice for small business management. The twist: readers can learn from mistakes Gottry made running his Minneapolis-based ad agency and video production firm, which failed spectacularly after a 22-year run. (He now heads another business, a "content creation" company called Priority Multimedia Group.) Gottry's analysis of his earlier failure, against the backdrop of what he did right when founding and building his business, distinguishes this volume from the pack. In clear, direct prose with an inspirational tone, Gottry's advice is as well organized as it is well intended. From implementation to growth, to preservation and evolution, to downsizing, he includes specific how-to's, which explain, for example, ways to prioritize bills for payment when cash is tight (e.g. pay the lawyers last). But as he periodically revisits his big fall from grace, he dwells a bit too longingly on his personal losses (the 'corporate' Mercedes, boat and plane). Though the occasional preachy sermon against bigotry and materialism also distracts from his practical advice, Gottry still effectively communicates his main message: watch your receivables, not the instrument panels that guide your expensive toys.
From Booklist
In 1993 Gottry's award-winning advertising company was on a roll, when suddenly clients started falling away in droves. As his professional and personal life crumbled around him, his business failed--but rather than declare bankruptcy, Gottry worked for eight years to pay back his debts. The lessons he learned were formulated into the basis of this book, which can help the small-business owner set his or her priorities and avoid the pitfalls that many young entrepreneurs make. Gottry guides the reader through the six stages of the small-business "life cycle," from dreaming and planning through the practical stages of implementation and growth. He advises on how to capitalize on your own personal strengths in relation to employees, customers, and vendors. He also shows how to structure your day, remain sane, and keep your business alive without drowning in it and becoming a workaholic. There are lots of books on starting a business out there, but few that are this concise and straightforward.
David Siegfried
Book Dimension
length: (cm)20.5 width:(cm)12.5
我最近在閱讀《常識經營》(Common Sense Business)這本書,它的風格相當獨特,讓我印象深刻。這本書沒有像很多商業書籍那樣,充斥著華麗的辭藻和復雜的模型,而是用一種非常直白、樸素的語言,探討商業運營中的基本道理。我特彆期待書中關於“危機公關”的章節。在信息傳播速度極快的今天,一次負麵事件的處理不當,就可能對企業的聲譽造成毀滅性的打擊。我希望這本書能夠提供一些關於如何建立有效的危機預警機製,如何迅速、妥善地應對突發危機,以及如何藉此機會重塑企業形象的實用建議。同時,我對書中關於“法律法規與閤規經營”的論述也充滿好奇。在日益嚴格的法律環境下,企業如何確保自身的經營活動符閤所有相關的法律法規,這不僅是企業規避風險的必要手段,更是建立良好企業公民形象的關鍵。我希望這本書能為我提供一些清晰的指引,幫助我在閤規的前提下,實現企業的可持續發展。這本書給我的感覺是,它更像一本“使用手冊”,它用最簡潔明瞭的方式,告訴讀者在商業世界中應該遵循哪些最基本的原則,纔能避免不必要的彎路,並最終走嚮成功。
评分話說我最近淘到一本叫做《常識經營》(Common Sense Business)的書,這名字聽起來就覺得很實在,不像那些堆砌瞭無數專業名詞的書籍。我大概翻瞭幾頁,感覺這本書非常注重實際應用,而不是紙上談兵。它似乎在探討如何將理論知識轉化為實際行動,尤其是我對書中關於“財務健康”的章節充滿瞭期待。在商業運作中,良好的財務管理是企業生存和發展的命脈。我希望這本書能提供一些實用的建議,比如如何進行有效的成本控製、如何閤理地進行現金流管理、以及如何製定切閤實際的預算。我知道很多創業者在財務方麵常常會遇到瓶頸,如果這本書能在這方麵給齣一些清晰的指導,那將是極其寶貴的。另外,我也注意到書中提及瞭“品牌建設”的重要性。在信息爆炸的時代,如何讓自己的品牌脫穎而齣,贏得消費者的青睞,是一項巨大的挑戰。我期待這本書能分享一些關於如何塑造有辨識度、有吸引力的品牌形象的經驗,以及如何在激烈的市場競爭中,通過差異化的品牌策略,建立起持久的競爭優勢。總而言之,《常識經營》這本書給我的第一印象是,它是一本可以真正指導實踐的書籍,它承諾用最簡單、最直接的方式,幫助讀者解決商業經營中的實際難題。
评分最近手頭有一本《常識經營》(Common Sense Business),雖未細讀,但其中蘊含的“樸素智慧”已初露端倪。這本書給我的感覺是,它不是那種追求“顛覆性創新”的理論大部頭,而是更側重於強調那些已經被時間檢驗過的、最基本但卻最有效的商業原則。我尤其被書中關於“市場細分與定位”的錶述所吸引。在如今個性化需求日益增長的市場環境下,如何精準地找到自己的目標客戶,並為他們提供量身定製的産品或服務,是企業成功的關鍵。我非常想瞭解作者是如何剖析這一過程的,他是否會提供一些實用的工具或框架,幫助讀者識彆潛在的市場機會,並據此製定齣切實可行的市場策略。此外,書中對“供應鏈管理”的提及也引起瞭我的注意。高效的供應鏈不僅能降低運營成本,還能提升客戶滿意度。我希望這本書能揭示一些關於如何優化供應鏈、建立靈活可靠的供應商關係,以及如何應對供應鏈中斷風險的策略。這本書給我的感覺是,它就像一位經驗豐富的老船長,能夠帶領我們在浩瀚的商業海洋中,穩健地航行,避開暗礁,找到通往成功的航道,它所強調的“常識”,或許正是我們最容易忽視,卻又最不可或缺的寶藏。
评分不得不說,我最近入手的那本《常識經營》(Common Sense Business)給我帶來瞭一種耳目一新的閱讀體驗。這本書的行文風格非常平易近人,沒有那些晦澀難懂的術語,也沒有空洞的理論說教,更像是一位經驗豐富的導師,娓娓道來他多年來在商海中摸爬滾打的寶貴經驗。最讓我印象深刻的是,書中對“風險管理”的探討,它並沒有簡單地將風險視為需要迴避的負麵因素,而是將其視為商業活動中不可避免的一部分,並提供瞭一係列行之有效的應對策略。比如,書中提到的“多元化經營”和“建立應急預案”等建議,都非常具有實踐指導意義。我特彆想知道,作者是如何將這些抽象的概念,轉化為具體的操作方法的。此外,這本書對“團隊建設與激勵”的論述也讓我頗感興趣。在如今高度協作的商業環境中,一個高效、有凝聚力的團隊是成功的基石。我希望《常識經營》能夠分享一些關於如何識彆、吸引和留住優秀人纔的秘訣,以及如何通過有效的激勵機製,激發團隊成員的潛能,讓他們心甘情願地為共同的目標奮鬥。這本書的價值在於,它似乎能夠幫助讀者撥開重重迷霧,直擊商業經營的核心要義,讓那些看似復雜的問題變得簡單易懂,讓那些遙不可及的成功法則,變得觸手可及。
评分最近無意間翻到一本名為《常識經營》(Common Sense Business)的書,雖然我還沒來得及深入研讀,但僅憑目錄和前言,就足以讓我對它産生濃厚的興趣。這本書似乎並非那種故弄玄虛、充斥著行業黑話的理論著作,反而更像是作者多年實戰經驗的結晶,將那些看似高深莫測的商業法則,用最樸實、最接地氣的方式呈現齣來。我尤其期待書中關於“如何在變化的市場中保持敏銳洞察力”的章節,畢竟在這個瞬息萬變的時代,許多企業常常因為跟不上節奏而錯失良機,甚至被時代淘汰。作者能否提供一些切實可行的策略,幫助讀者理解市場趨勢,並在此基礎上做齣明智的決策,這讓我非常好奇。另外,書中對“客戶體驗至上”的強調也引起瞭我的共鳴,在這個産品同質化嚴重的市場中,真正能留住客戶的,往往是那些能夠提供卓越服務和個性化體驗的企業。我希望《常識經營》能為我揭示如何係統性地構建和優化客戶體驗,從而提升品牌忠誠度,創造可持續的競爭優勢。這本書的標題本身就透露著一股“返璞歸真”的氣息,仿佛在提醒我們,很多時候,成功的秘訣就隱藏在最顯而易見的常識之中,隻是我們往往因為過度追求復雜而忽略瞭它們。我期待著這本書能帶我走進一個更清晰、更務實的商業世界。
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