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| The One Minute Entrepreneur: The Secret to Creating and Sustaining a Successful Business | 
 enlarge | Authors: Ken Blanchard, Don Hutson, Ethan Willis
Creators: Sam Freed, Various
Publisher: Random House Audio
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  30 reviews
Sales Rank: 594781
Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Unabridged
Number Of Items: 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.9 x 5.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 0739329057
Dewey Decimal Number: 658.11
EAN: 9780739329054
ASIN: 0739329057
Publication Date: April 29, 2008
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Product Description
Mega-bestselling author Ken Blanchard and celebrated business leaders Don Hutson and Ethan Willis present an inspiring story that reveals the secrets to becoming a successful entrepreneur.
In THE ONE MINUTE ENTREPRENEUR, Ken Blanchard (coauthor of the #1 bestselling business classic The One Minute Manager), Don Hutson, CEO of U.S. Learning, and Ethan Willis, CEO of Prosper Learning, tell the inspiring story of one man’s challenges in creating his own business. Through a powerful and engaging narrative, we confront many of the typical problems all entrepreneurs face in starting up their business, from finding new sources of revenue to securing the commitment of their people and the loyalty of their customers. More important, we learn the secrets to becoming a successful entrepreneur, including how to build a firm foundation, how to ensure a steady cash flow, and how to create legendary service. In addition, the book offers invaluable advice, delivered through One Minute Insights, from such entrepreneurs and thinkers as Sheldon Bowles, Peter Drucker, Michael Gerber, and Charlie “Tremendous” Jones.
Today, in the midst of the largest entrepreneurial surge in U.S. history, four out of five small businesses continue to fail. THE ONE MINUTE ENTREPRENEUR offers businesspeople and would-be entrepreneurs a treasure trove of wisdom on how to think, act, and succeed in creating and sustaining a business, no matter what their industry.
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 Master Storyteller Makes it Memorable May 4, 2008
13 out of 16 found this review helpful
The One Minute Entrepreneur: The Secret to Creating and Sustaining a Successful Business works because Ken Blanchard is a master storyteller. The principles presented to become a successful entrepreneur are basic and pretty obvious: sales must exceed expenses, you must collect bills, take care of your customers, and take care of your employees.
Chances are, you already know this.
But the beauty of the book--indeed, what will probably make the book another classic--is that most of it is told in story form. Stories are more concrete than mere facts; we read a good story with strong imagery and feel the lessons being taught.
It is like very good fiction. Great fiction draws us into another world and we literally see and identify with the characters and plot. So it is with The One Minute Entrepreneur--the concepts that will make us successful entrepreneurs come alive when reading this little, but important , book.
By the author of the award winning book, Harmonious Environment: Beautify, Detoxify and Energize Your Life, Your Home and Your Planet
 Weak May 17, 2008
12 out of 15 found this review helpful
The stories in this dreadful One Minute tome are told in a way that isn't realistic. People don't just don't speak like the characters in this weak, so-called helpful book for entrepreneurs do.
But nevermind that.
I read The One Minute Manager 14 years ago and I recall enjoying it and coming away with a couple of pointers. Maybe I was not only younger but more easily impressed then. If you must read this hokey book, and you find it as boring and unhelpful as I found it, then at least save yourself some time and skip to the end of each chapter where you'll find such gems of advice as "Ambition is the fuel that can drive life-changing events." Or, "If nobody will pay you to do what you love, you have a hobby, not a career." I kept waiting for there to be something better, but it didn't come.
Just watch the video above. I think it speaks for itself. The author's trying really hard to sell you on this unhelpful book.
This book is about Common Sense 101: work hard, keep the cash flowing, strive for balance in your life, and treat others with respect.
Maybe All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten would be more apt of a guide. I'd follow one point of advice from that book regarding 1-minute Entrepreneur:
Flush.
Superior advice May 1, 2008
9 out of 23 found this review helpful
The One Minute Entrepreneur isn't just for people who want to create a successful business, it's for people who want to create a successful person. I love the stories. Especially the one that explains that you are the average of the 5 people you most associate with. WOW! Words to live better.
Inspiring One Minute Book May 3, 2008
6 out of 19 found this review helpful
This is an inspiring book on business and leadership. I also highly recommend Mitchell Ditkoff's "Awake at the Wheel" which gives fantastic exercises on generating new ideas and creating innovation. Awake at the Wheel: Getting Your Great Ideas Rolling (in an Uphill World)
Great book for everybody! May 5, 2008
6 out of 14 found this review helpful
I'd recommend you buy it now, because...
* It's excellent, and will inspire you in several ways.
* It has true stories of important principles and communicating successes.
* It's a quick read.
I've started over a dozen companies and organizations, and the advice and concepts ring true for entrepreneurs. And they ring true for anybody who is interested in success.
It's also fun to read, and I love the true stories, and to learn more about Charlie "Tremendous" Jones.
Bert Decker
There's a blog on it here at http://www.bertdecker.com/experience/
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