Sunday, September 21, 2008
The Boss of You: Everything a Woman Needs to Know to Start, Run, and Maintain Her Own Business
Despite my feeling like I have so much to learn about how to operate and maintain my business, I forgot how much I actually knew about starting a business. Thankfully, Lauren Bacon and Emira Mears saw something in me and felt the need to interview me for their book (which has been out a few months) and is currently on its third printing. The Boss of You is hands down the best book I've had the fortune to read about running a business. It doesn't tell you everything you need, but it does have a great resource list in the back and it provides information you'll need to know so you can Google the answer for your locality. But those are honestly the easy parts of starting a business. It may not seem like it when you get started, but the harder parts to figure out will cause you much frustration and few resources willing to share the exact information you need. That's where this book comes in. It asks you to begin by describing your business in chapter one, and lest you give in to the urge to skip over the exercises to get to the good parts, I highly recommend that you slowly and methodically answer and think about the questions they ask. It truly will make it much easier for you as you read the rest of the book. And it will be amazing how much your answers may change by the time you finish the book. And just seeing how your thought process changes over the course of a few hundred pages will be interesting in and of itself.
So whether you run a small purse-making business, a yoga studio, or a bakery I think that you'll find quite a bit of information in this book that is pertinent to you. The authors are able to speak from their own experience and they're able to describe for you exactly what you need to know and the order in which you'll do best to figure it out. If you like, you can read a more detailed post at my personal blog.
posted on 9:45 PM by Cinnamon