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The Facts of Business Life: What Every Successful Business Owner Knows that You Don't Bill McBean 
 Format: Hardcover, 336pp. ISBN: 9781118094969 Publisher: Wiley Pub. Date: October 9, 2012 Average Customer Review: 
For Bulk Orders Call: 626-441-2024  Description and Reviews From The Publisher: Being a successful business owner means more than knowing one's industry and understanding the basic concepts of leadership, management, or operations. It means being able to master many areas of business, and knowing how each of these areas relates to and builds on the others. It also means understanding how those areas change as a business goes through its inevitable life cycle, and how the owner must be prepared to change with them. The Facts of Business Life is the first book designed to provide readers with the means of achieving the kind of long-term understanding that is the key to true and lasting success. Written by a successful businessman with four decades of ownership experience, the book covers the seven facts of business life that every successful business owner knows: "If You Don't Lead, No One Will Follow," "If You Don't Control It, You Don't Own It," "Protecting Your Company's Assets Should Be Your First Priority," "Planning Is About Preparing for the Future, Not Predicting It," "If You Don't Market Your Business, You Won't Have One," "The Marketplace Is a War Zone," and "You Don't Just Have to Know the Business You're In, You Have to Know Business." Devoting one chapter to each fact, the book explains what it is, what it means, and, most important, how it can help entrepreneurs achieve success and avoid potentially harmful mistakes. Equally important, each chapter enables readers to not only understand the facts on their own, but also how they impact on a business as it passes through each of the five levels of every successful company's existence: "Ownership and Opportunity," "Creating Your Company's DNA," "From Survival to Success," "Maintaining Success," and "Moving On When It's Time to Go." Packed with valuable advice, The Facts of Business Life presents every business owner—whether he or she is starting, building, maintaining, or exiting a business—with the key facts that, applied together, can ensure a strong and lasting enterprise. Reviews "Bill McBean has both the experience and the acute insights to give entrepreneurs the must-know basics in an easy-to-grasp way. He does just that with The Facts of Business Life, which provides an invaluable 'long view' on what it really means to be an entrepreneur. Businesses, like civilizations, have particular life cycles. This is the first business book I know of that is structured around the customary life cycle of a company and the skills required at each juncture. I especially like the author's thoughts on 'building-in' your exit strategy early on." —Steve Forbes, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, Forbes Media "If you're a would-be entrepreneur or a business owner embroiled in the day-to-day business of business, there's not much that speaks to the full life-cycle of what it means—truly means—to be an owner, manager, CEO, and board chairman. That's where Bill McBean comes in." —From the Foreword by New York Times bestselling author Ken Fisher "Bill McBean is a classic entrepreneur with 'street smarts,' book smarts, and a tremendous will to win. His success as an athlete, a small businessman, and a highly respected multi???franchise retailer gives him credibility to be heard and valued." —Mike Maroone, President and COO, AutoNation "Being in business for yourself is not only a part of the great American dream. I feel it is the best way to work, live, and succeed. Unfortunately, when you start or acquire a new business, it doesn't come with an owner's manual. In The Facts of Business Life, Bill McBean has created a road map and a guide designed to take us all from where we are to where we want to be." —Jim Stovall, bestselling author of The Ultimate Gift and The Ultimate Financial Plan "From a banker's perspective, this is a book every business owner should read. The business life-cycle concept alone is worth the price of admission. Bankers will always respond more favorably to clients who can pinpoint their needs, understand their business, market and opportunities. This book shows the client how to do this. The Facts of Business Life is not only a must-read for every business owner, it's a must-read for every banker." —Blayne Lensen, Vice President of Global Risk Management (ret.), Bank of Nova Scotia (ScotiaBank) "As a Co-Captain of the 1989 Stanley Cup Champion Calgary Flames, I learned that practice doesn't make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect. The same has held true in my business career. The Facts of Business Life gives you a road map, a plan, a framework to apply to your business so that you employ perfect practice as it relates to your company. The book can be read chronologically or randomly and provides value on the area of focus you wish to zero in on. Read it and win your own championship." —Jim Peplinski, owner, Jim Peplinski Leasing Inc.; Executive Chairman, Humberview Partners; Vice President of Business Development, Calgary Flames (NHL)
About the Author Bill McBean spent many of his nearly forty years as a successful business owner in the automobile industry where, among many other achievements, he purchased several underperforming dealerships and turned them into a successful business enterprise with yearly sales of more than $160 million. Since selling the company to the world's largest automotive retailer, AutoNation, McBean has been involved in several new businesses, including McBean Partners, an investment and business mentoring company, and Net Claims Now, which provides administrative services and support to the restoration industry.  |
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