Fail-Proof Your Business: Beat the Odds and Be Successful

By Paul E. Adams

While there are many books on entrepreneurship, there is none on how to avoid failing. Fail-Proof Your Business shows the telltale warning signs of failure and how to deal with them. It also shows how... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0944708560
• ISBN13: 9780944708569
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: Adams Hall Pub
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.0" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Great for all the stuff not included in other books

I believe that many people fail in business not because they have chosen a bad business but because they neglect important aspects of their business. Owning your own business is more than providing a product or service. As a business owner you are also the accountant, marketing director, leader, public relations and more. This book covers information crucial to success. Topics include money issues, staying focused, leadership, communication, promotion and more. An important book in any entrepreneur's library.

Insightful, informative and a great read...

...The concepts and ideas in this book have proven invaluable. Starting my first business, I avoided many of the failures other have experienced and have built this small company to a 5 million dollar a year operation thanks to the many insightful examples and passages. In particular, I was able to start the business with little cash, and by using my vendors credit, I was able to build the company without accumulating any long term debt. Its just great to have a guide to help you through the many complex issues in starting, growing and running a small company......Scott R. Adams - President and CEO - Digital Video Communications, Inc.

A must-read book for the aspiring entrepreneur.

As a part-time, adjunct professor who teaches in the evening management courses and as a management consultant, I find that Dr.Adams avoids the conventional academic jargon and the everyday stuffiness frequently found in the management literature. He writes in a matter-of-fact, easy to read, conversational style. His vast experience based on his personal near-failures and those of others provide a wealth of worthwhile material. I encourage all who are contemplating entrenpreneurship to read this book. I intend to urge my college to make this book required reading for all management degree students. Additionally, I intend to integrate Dr. Adams's "points to remember," found at the end of each chapter, in my work as a management consultant as I assist CEOs and their organizations in enhancing their efficiency and effectiveness.

A must-read for all entrepreneurs.

Paul E. Adams' book should be read and reviewed by all new and existing entrepreneurs to help them "steer clear" of problems that could cause the demise of their ventures!

Reality in a virtual world!

I was sent a forwarded marketing letter on this text throught the email. My first thought was to disregard it. I am greatful I didn't. How rare it is to find someone to talk about the real world of small business, and play the "devils advocate", instead instilling false hope, myths and the percentage hype. Dr. Adams clearly a veteran of small business (18 years) and an accreditied educator steps out of the promised "yellow brick roadisms", and "shoots straight from the hip." How refreshing. If you have a small business, are thinking of starting one or in the process of doing so....do yourself a favor and read this book. With an 80% failure rate of small business start-ups; 50% of those in the first year(SBA)...you owe it to your dream, and financial risk. A famous man once said..."An ounce of prevention...is worth a pound of cure." Paul E Adams contribution is common sense personified...in a small business world that is often, virtually questionable. David Messinger Consult4u