BYOB: Build Your Own Business, Be Your Own Boss

by Brian Scudamore, Roy H. Williams

Overview

You hold in your hands what might be the most intensely packed book of business advice ever compiled. This book includes what young Brian Scudamore learned from a series of private chats with a man who took $1,000 and turned it into a personal net worth of $3.5 billion. It includes what Simon Sinek told Brian the night he slept on his sofa. You'll meet an NBA superstar, a past president of Starbucks, a British advertising tycoon, and a winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics as they wander on and off these pages like movie stars on the red carpet at the Academy Awards. Wait! Do not read this book unless you are ready for change, because when you get to the end, you will be a significantly different person. You have been warned.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781544527352
Publisher:	Lioncrest Publishing
Publication date:	04/07/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	228
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

MEET BRIAN Brian Scudamore has created three hugely successful brands and an exceptional corporate culture by embracing failure and curating advice from the world's most respected business leaders. He's always taken the road less traveled, spurred on by his insatiable curiosity and drive to do things bigger and better - and always together - with the passionate people at 1-800-GOT-JUNK?, WOW 1 DAY PAINTING, and Shack Shine, all under O2E Brands. Brian is on a mission to share wisdom from 30 years in entrepreneurship to help others realize their biggest dreams, take risks, and start today.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

1 Vision 5

2 People 9

3 Systems 15

4 More about Systems 21

5 Company Culture 25

6 Uh-Oh 29

7 Company Story 33

8 The Moment the Universe Conspired to Assist Me 39

9 How to Create Your Own Painted Picture 47

10 Customer Experience 49

11 Quit Adding. It's Time to Multiply 55

12 You Want to Start with a Blank Sheet of Paper? Okay! 59

13 How to Choose a Business to Start from Scratch 69

14 Amazing Things Happen When You Find Your Yoda 75

15 Know When It's Time for Plan B 79

16 Another Example of Knowing When It Is Time for Plan B 85

17 What to Do When Plan B Doesn't Work 89

18 Failure Is Not a Permanent Condition 93

19 Look at Your Business from the Customer's Perspective 97

20 Twenty Years In, I'm Still Learning 101

21 Another Guide, Another Path 105

22 Making Meaning versus Making Money 111

23 Inspect What You Expect 117

24 What Happens When You Fail to Inspect What You Expect 123

25 The Power of Asking for Help 127

26 What Kind of Entrepreneur Will You Be? 131

27 Starting from a Blank Sheet of Paper, Step by Step 137

28 Panic Can Be Your Friend 151

29 Don't Read This Chapter until You've Done Your 101 155

30 Do You Want to Be King or Do You Want to Be Rich? 163

31 Bigger and Better Together 169

32 What a Little Company in Denmark Taught Us 175

33 How to Choose the Franchise That's Right for You 179

34 Identity, Purpose, and Adventure 185

35 Focus, Faith, and Effort 189

36 Let's Talk a Little Bit More about Focus, Faith, and Effort 195

37 Your Chapter 199

Appendices 201