The Meat & Potatoes Guide to Business Survival: A Handbook for Non-MBA's & College Dropouts

by Ed Basler

Overview

Getting back to the business basics no degree required The Meat and Potatoes Guide to Business Survival is the hands-on, entrepreneurial roadmap to achieving your business dreams – regardless of your educational background. Author, business owner, and 40-year entrepreneur Ed Basler serves up a healthy helping of sound business principles and practices to start a new business or to jumpstart a current one. Through failure and success, economic upturns and downturns, Ed shows you how to be profitable using dedication, wisdom, and hard work instead of degrees and book theories. Inside these pages you’ll learn to: Develop a clear vision Find and incorporate good ideas to improve hiring and quality Run a lean, money-efficient operation Get more efficient using checklists and deadlines Improve customer service to generate referrals Avoid small business landmines

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781599324869
Publisher:	Advantage Media Group, Inc.
Publication date:	12/05/2014
Pages:	130
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

ED BASLER is a longtime entrepreneur and CEO of E.J. Basler Co., a company that provides precision-machined parts and solutions to companies all over the world. He is also a sought-after motivational speaker and president of Fresh Eyes Coaching, a firm that helps small businesses identify profit opportunities and obstacles. Ed and his wife, Cathi, also founded and ran a nationally recognized not-for-profit youth organization for 15 years. The couple has four children, two sons-in-law, and two grandchildren (so far). They live in the Chicago area.

For more information about E.J. Basler Co., go to www.ejbasler.com
For details about Fresh Eyes Consulting, go to www.fresheyescoaching.com

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments About the Author Introduction: Success without an MBA Chapter 1: The Power of Vision Chapter 2: Flying with Eagles Chapter 3: The Buck Stops Here Chapter 4: Hire Slowly, Fire Quickly Chapter 5: Never Pay Retail Chapter 6: The Power of the Checklist Chapter 7: The Power of Deadlines Chapter 8: No End to Improvement Conclusion: Simple and Hearty Appendix 1: Successful People without a College Degree Appendix 2: Internal Controls to Detect and Prevent Fraud Appendix 3: The 20 Most Important Interview Questions