Mistakes: Avoiding the Wrong Decisions that will Close Your Small Business

by Dennis Bickers

Overview

This book details the mistakes I made as the owner/operator of a small business and how those mistakes led to the eventual closing of the business. It offers insights into how to avoid those mistakes. Small business owners need to pay close attention to every aspect of their business if they want it to be successful, and this book illustrates the best ways to do that. This book emphasizes the importance of leadership, vision, and strategic planning as essential to the future of a small business while also stressing how important it is that the owner pays close attention to the daily operation. Not watching cash flow, not paying attention to customer satisfaction, not tracking basic financial information, not paying attention to employee needs as well as a host of other issues vital to the daily operation of a business can lead to serious problems in the future. This book addresses each of these issues.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014967235
Publisher:	Dennis W. Bickers
Publication date:	07/18/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	516 KB

About the Author

Dennis Bickers has been married to Faye since 1966. They have two children and seven grandchildren. He took early retirement from Cummins Engine Company at the age of 47 and managed a family-owned business for 15 years. In addition he has served as the bivocational pastor of a small, rural church for twenty years and since 2001 has served on the region staff of the American Baptist Churches of Indiana and Kentucky. He is the author of seven books that address small church and bivocational ministry and speaks frequently on these subjects for various denominations groups in the US and Canada. Bickers earned his bachelor's degree from Indiana University and a master's and doctoral degree from Liberty Theological Seminary.