The Ultimate How-To Guide
Nineteen essential strategies for business owners.
How should you read this guide?
Step 1: Put the kids to bed.
Step 2: Pour yourself a beverage, such as a dirty vodka martini, straight up, with three olives.
Step 3: Find a chair with adequate lumbar support in a well-lit room.
Step 4: Browse the next dozen pages, prioritizing stories of special interest.
Step 5: Read.
Step 6: Reread.
Step 7: Clip and save favorite articles.
Step 8: Adopt strategies mentioned herein; prosper.
Step 9: Renew subscription.
How To...
- ...Work With a Partner (Year After Year After Year)
- ...Hire Wisely
- ...Fire Decisively
- ...Be a Great Boss
- ...Work (If You Must) With Your Spouse
- ...Groom a No. 2 (or, Gasp, a Successor)
- ...Keep an Assistant
- ...Star in an Ad (Without Looking Like an Idiot)
- ...Crack Big-Box Retail
- ...Spot Trouble in Your Financials
- ...Talk to an Investment Bank
- ...Conduct Due Diligence
- ...Deliver an Ultimatum
- ...Negotiate
- ...Assemble a Board of Directors
- ...Stay on a Winning Streak
- ...Get the Kids on Your Side
- ...Give Your Money Away
- ...Go on Vacation
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