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    Cover of Go It Alone!

    Go It Alone!

    Bruce Judson · 2004

    There is an epidemic of unhappiness in the American workplace. A full 70 percent of workers in the United States report that they are disengaged from their jobs. When asked, "Do you have the opportunity to do what you do best every day?" only 20 percent of nearly 2 million employees said yes. It is no wonder that 56 percent of all Americans dream of starting their own business. So why don't they do so? Because starting one's own business is seen as difficult, expensive, and risky.In this extraordinary book, successful Go It Alone! entrepreneur Bruce Judson explains that the conventional wisdom about starting your own business is stunningly wrong. Using the leverage of technology -- e-mail, the World Wide Web, and the remarkable array of off-the-shelf business services now available -- it is dramatically easier to start your own business. Magnified by these new services, it is also possible to create, for the first time, a highly focused business.Bruce Judson shows you the practical steps that will allow nearly any individual to create a business, often using job skills that seem to require an entire corporation for support. It is no longer necessary to spend time on the tasks that don't add value. It is now possible to stay small but reap big profits. Go-it-alone businesses allow the individual the freedom to concentrate on their greatest skills. After reading this book, your motto will be "Do What You Do Best, Let Others Do the Rest."

    Startups & EntrepreneurshipBusiness & Management
    Open LibraryAmazon
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    3recommend
    4mentions
    3people
    2008–2020years
    75% recommend25% neutral

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    What Hacker News says

    1. cdavenMar 2020
      I read _Go It Alone!_ in 2009, and was blown away. Try it? https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19029346-go-it-alone
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    2. dawieNov 2009
      Hackers and Painters Go It Alone How to get Rich - Dennis Felix
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    3. boardrider_99Sep 2008
      Art of the Start- Guy Kawasaki Go It Alone- Bruce Judson (Yale professor of Management) Mark Cuban's blog (blogmaverick or something like that) Anything by or about Warren Buffet
      thread
    4. dawieSep 2009
      Go It Alone (http://www.brucejudson.com/) by Bruce Judson

      You can read it free online.

      thread

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