My Little Black Book to Success

by Tom Marquardt and Tom Marquardt-The Profit Repairman

The backbone of a country's economic and future growth is in its small and mid-sized companies, but so many of these never survive or even make a profit. Drawing from his experience as a successful... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 160462535X
• ISBN13: 9781604625356
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Tate Publishing & Enterprises
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.1" x 7.1"

Customer Reviews

Cuts All The Fat From The Bone

Most of us are probably aware of the KISS principle (Keep it simple, stupid) which essentially states that design simplicity should be a key goal and that unnecessary complexity should be avoided. And this is exactly what Tom Marquardt achieves with his My Little Black Book To Success. Marquardt reveals in his introduction that his book actually started out as his diary while he was working and consulting for several small and mid-size businesses. He goes on to state that the principal objective of the book is to accomplish three things, which he hopes will increase the success rates of small and mid-size businesses. These are to reach as many small and mid-sized business owners as possible in order that he can teach them fundamental business principles for success and then send them in motion with concrete, corrective action plans for their implementation. To begin, Marquardt presents fourteen fundamental rules or directives. The intention is to create a map that will aid the small or mid-size businessperson to immediately take action and continue his or her leadership-driven attitude propelling their small and mid-size businesses success rates. As you study these principles, you will notice that in most instances nothing new is presented that we haven't read or heard about in the past in one form or another such as, stop pushing yourself but start utilizing your time more wisely, stop putting your concerns first, stop breaking the rules, stop focusing on tomorrow as today is everything, stop looking for a quick fix and several others. However, what is "cool" is the clear and precise manner in which these directives are presented that we are eventually led to the conclusion that feeling powerless is no longer an excuse for inaction. After acquainting us with these indispensable precepts, readers are counseled to operate their businesses as if they were a hotel. It should be pointed out that Marquardt spent most of his life in and out of the hospitality industry and he staunchly believes that the skills he acquired while in this industry can readily be transferred to any business. Consequently, using the formula of effectively running a hotel, Marquardt discusses and explores topics pertaining to operations, sales and marketing, human resources, and accounting. Marquardt presents his readers with clear cut prescriptions as to how to deal in a resourceful manner with such issues as yield management for revenue maximization, installing standard operating procedures (S.O.P), yearly quality and assurance inspectons, quality performance of your products or services, safety and security, preventive maintenance, triage management, multi-tasking, customer relationship management, technology utilization and many more that are essential to the smooth running of a business. One of the most noticeable attributes of this concise book is that the author steers clear of overwhelming and often confusing commentaries, explanations, and detail that are often

Small Business Help 101

My Little Black Book to Success: Reach, Teach, and Send This Black Book To Success is Dedicated And Directed To 99% Of The 26.8 Million U.S. Businesses Nationwide And Offers Proven Solutions That Future Business Owners And Associates Want And Need Right Now With Answers To Be Successful In This Downward Economy! There Is At Least One Take Away That You Will, No Matter Your Demographics, Receive By Reading This Book To Change Your Life And Career/Business Future. This Book Is Very User Friendly(you do not need to be in the business world very long or not at all), With Easy To Understand Examples/Analogies And Over 50, Rock Solid Time Tested Solutions in Operations, Sales and Marketing, Human Resources and Accounting. This Book Is A Must Read If You Own And/Or Work For A Small And Mid-Sized Company Or Would Like To One Day!