Book review of “The Knack”
The Knack: How Street-Smart Entrepreneurs Learn to Handle Whatever Comes Up by Norm Brodsky My rating: 4 of 5 stars Certainly some great tips for business owners. It has information on the challenges that businesses face regardless of the size of your business. Great insight for future business planning. Especially liked Norm’s breakdown of gross margins and why it’s important to keep track of your sales numbers on a regular basis to make sure you aren’t selling yourself out of business. I recommend this to any entrepreneur or would be entrepreneur. View all my reviews
New Entrepreneurs: Shorten Your Learning Curve with This Simple Strategy
Building a business from scratch is no doubt challenging. One way new entrepreneurs can increase their chances of success is through making great connections. Specifically, making great connections with the people that already work in their industry to help you shorten your learning curve. I am currently reading The Knack by Norm Brodsky and Bo Burlingham. This is a book about how to build a business with street smarts and managing change. One story towards the beginning of the book that really has stuck out to me so far is a story about a woman who wanted to start her own day care center in New York. The woman had
