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Re: The E-myth Revisited – Reviewed

Tina Huston — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 01:14:08 -0000

I'm almost all the way through and am finding both positive information and negative. I'm finding his analogy with the woman running her pie store to be unrealistic and disappointing. He states that she's in the red with her business, she's already spread too thin and is unhappy. I couldn't believe it when he supports her when she gets the idea to open MORE stores and start her own ORCHARDS to supply her pie stores with fruit. Hello! With what money will she buy an orchard? Will she buy an existing orchard? Does it have all the different fruits she needs? Or will she have to grow trees from ground zero? Getting the orchard business going is more than full-time. The land alone to buy an orchard and make the payments while the orchard is growing would put her under. Never mind the rest of the start up cost. What happens if there is a drought year or other losses that commonly occur in farming? As if she's going to get the employees to "lovingly" cut the fruit as only she and her aunt did...please. She would have to charge $200.00 a pie. Furthermore, there are some businesses that will not allow for franchising. What I do cannot be franchised. Regarding McDonalds...I would not want to be the one responsible for supporting millions of people in becoming obese, diabetic, have heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer, and the multitude of ailments and addictions their "food" causes. The key piece that most people seem to be missing when talking about the positives of the book is the idea of selling a feeling. He's right with that. It's not about selling good and services, it's about selling a great feeling. That's the most important thing I've gotten from this book. Skip the rest of the BS.

Re: ToDo or not ToDo – Well we love ToodleDo

Stuart — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 16:21:04 -0000

Will need to look at this tomorrow morning to see if I can scrap the wipeboards and the pen and paper! :D

Re: We’re now Xero Certified Advisors

financecorner — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:02:09 -0000

Cheers for the comments Stuart!

It’s just the start with us and Xero and hopefully it will develop into something truly amazing. It’ll be nice to share that journey with the guys at Consider IT :)

Re: We’re now Xero Certified Advisors

Stuart — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:46:40 -0000

Nice one guys! This really shows your commitment to a fantastic product and solution to business accounting and bookkeeping problems :)

Re: Scottish Entrepreneurs – Michelle Mone talks KPI’s and Innovation

John Wylie — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:38:16 -0000

In this .... Scotland's Year of The Creative what better mentor could the SME sector emulate to get themselves inspired and motivated ...... than Michelle.

It's great to see Michelle advising entrepreneurs not to overlook the innovative basics of her business success.

Re: Rework: Change The Way You Work Forever – Reviewed

financecorner — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 06:36:04 -0000

Hi Tiziano,

Could agree more. Rework is an excellent book and a great an example of how to bootstrap a business. I haven't come across Getting Real yet but i'll be sure to look out for it :)

Re: Our Top 6 iPhone Apps for Small Businesses

financecorner — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 06:34:32 -0000

Hi Peter,

Thanks for your comment. I have to say the FAQ app looks really good. I've downloaded it onto my iiPhone and will give it a test over the next few weeks :)

Re: Our Top 6 iPhone Apps for Small Businesses

Solublepeter — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:13:39 -0000

Customer support is a vital part of running a business, and our newly-released app "FAQ" helps you answer the questions your customers keep asking you, quickly and easily.

ITunes link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/...
You Tube video http://www.youtube.com/watc....

Re: Rework: Change The Way You Work Forever – Reviewed

Tiziano — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 12:18:14 -0000

Hi, this book is a holy grail for startups. We started the develop our project freshcreator.com, a software that allows to manage and create powerful websites with ecommerce solutions, after reading this Rework and the Getting Real. Two Books I'd Highly Recommend!