Small Business Revolution

1The Small Business: You Are a Very Big Part of America

YOU'VE JUST PICKED UP this book and you're wondering if it's worth reading. The way I figure it, I have roughly 60 seconds before you decide, one way or the other. So, allow me to make that task unusually easy for you.

If you're a small-business owner, you are most likely working yourself to exhaustion on most days (and weekends). You have basically no time for your family, and you feel bad about that. But you're trying to support your family and community through your business.

The problem is that you've plowed your savings into your business and also may be close to maxing out your credit cards. You may not even be paying yourself a salary at this point, because you put yourself last in line. You care so very deeply about your employees and others who look to you to make this business carry on.

And you have secret doubts. How can I work any harder? What can I do differently? Would somebody who knows about small-business success please give me some advice that I can believe in, advice that can help me? Or should I maybe throw in the towel at this point?

If this does not sound like your situation, then maybe you don't need to read this book. But if my description sounds anything like the situation you're in, then this book may very well be the thing that changes the direction of your business.

We're in Your Corner

You may put on a strong and confident face to your family and employees, but I know the challenges you're ...