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How to Grow Your Small Business: A 6-Step Plan to Help Your Business Take Off
For so many entrepreneurs, running a small business ended up looking different than they imagined. They're stressed, discouraged, and not confident in their plan for growth. In How to Grow Your Small Business, Donald Miller gives entrepreneurs a 6-step plan to grow their businesses so they produce dependable, predictable results.
Using the exact steps you'll learn in this book, Donald Miller grew his small business from four employees working out of a basement to a 15 million dollar operation, increasing revenue sixfold in just six years. As Miller grew his own business from the ground up, he realized nobody had put together a simple, step-by-step playbook for growing a business. That book didn't exist. Until now.
In this book, you'll learn the 6 steps to grow a successful small business and create a playbook to implement them- your Flight Plan. When you have a completed Flight Plan in hand, you can stop drowning in the details and spend more time doing the things you truly love- in your business and your life.
In How to Grow Your Small Business, you'll learn how to:
Cast a vision for your company that includes three economic prioritiesClarify your marketing messageInstall a sales framework that makes your customers the heroOptimize your product offeringRun a management and productivity playbook that aligns your entire team.Use 5 checking accounts to manage your cash flowIf you're ready to experience freedom, flexibility, and growth for your business, How to Grow Your Small Business is the book you've been waiting for.
Using the exact steps you'll learn in this book, Donald Miller grew his small business from four employees working out of a basement to a 15 million dollar operation, increasing revenue sixfold in just six years. As Miller grew his own business from the ground up, he realized nobody had put together a simple, step-by-step playbook for growing a business. That book didn't exist. Until now.
In this book, you'll learn the 6 steps to grow a successful small business and create a playbook to implement them- your Flight Plan. When you have a completed Flight Plan in hand, you can stop drowning in the details and spend more time doing the things you truly love- in your business and your life.
In How to Grow Your Small Business, you'll learn how to:
Cast a vision for your company that includes three economic prioritiesClarify your marketing messageInstall a sales framework that makes your customers the heroOptimize your product offeringRun a management and productivity playbook that aligns your entire team.Use 5 checking accounts to manage your cash flowIf you're ready to experience freedom, flexibility, and growth for your business, How to Grow Your Small Business is the book you've been waiting for.
Editorial Reviews
'Finally, a business book that delivers the frameworks and playbooks that will take your small business form struggling and chaotic to profitable and streamlined. This book is a must-read for all small-business owners wanting to create a solid plan for long-term success.' -- Amy Porterfield, author of Two Weeks Notice and host of the top-ranked podcast Online Marketing Made Easy
'Donald has an uncanny ability to make every part of your business accessible and understandable. With the knowledge in this book, you will take the right actions at the right time and finally grow your small business the way you have always envisioned.' -- Mike Michalowicz, author of Profit First and Clockwork
'Donald Miller knows how to make very complex ideas simple. And complexity is often the enemy of effective execution. Growing a small business does not have to be a mystery. If you've been struggling to grow your small business, you'll find the six steps in this book both actionable and invaluable.' -- Tony Robbins, #1 New York Times bestselling author, entrepreneur, and peak performance expert
'Many people dream of owning their own business, but few people have a plan. How to Grow Your Small Business will solve most of the problems business owners face, even before they have to deal with them. If you're looking for an easier, proven plan to grow your business, you've found it.' -- Lewis Howes, author of the New York Times bestseller, The School of Greatness
'It's such a gift when you can save yourself time, money, and mistakes by learning from others who have already been there and navigated their way to success! And when they're willing to share their hard-earned wisdom with you, like Donald Miller is in How to Grow Your Small Business, it's priceless.' -- Jamie Kern Lima. New York Times bestselling author of Believe It and founder of IT cosmetics
'After interviewing over 3,700 successful entrepreneurs, including Donald Miller himself, I have come to understand how challenging it is to run a thriving business. The six frameworks Donald has created in this book provide the best opportunity to become one of the few thriving businesses that stand the test of time. Prepare to IGNITE!' -- John Lee Dumas, Entrepreneurs on Fire
'Donald has an uncanny ability to make every part of your business accessible and understandable. With the knowledge in this book, you will take the right actions at the right time and finally grow your small business the way you have always envisioned.' -- Mike Michalowicz, author of Profit First and Clockwork
'Donald Miller knows how to make very complex ideas simple. And complexity is often the enemy of effective execution. Growing a small business does not have to be a mystery. If you've been struggling to grow your small business, you'll find the six steps in this book both actionable and invaluable.' -- Tony Robbins, #1 New York Times bestselling author, entrepreneur, and peak performance expert
'Many people dream of owning their own business, but few people have a plan. How to Grow Your Small Business will solve most of the problems business owners face, even before they have to deal with them. If you're looking for an easier, proven plan to grow your business, you've found it.' -- Lewis Howes, author of the New York Times bestseller, The School of Greatness
'It's such a gift when you can save yourself time, money, and mistakes by learning from others who have already been there and navigated their way to success! And when they're willing to share their hard-earned wisdom with you, like Donald Miller is in How to Grow Your Small Business, it's priceless.' -- Jamie Kern Lima. New York Times bestselling author of Believe It and founder of IT cosmetics
'After interviewing over 3,700 successful entrepreneurs, including Donald Miller himself, I have come to understand how challenging it is to run a thriving business. The six frameworks Donald has created in this book provide the best opportunity to become one of the few thriving businesses that stand the test of time. Prepare to IGNITE!' -- John Lee Dumas, Entrepreneurs on Fire
Readers Top Reviews
BridgetteBridgett
As always, Donald Miller has invited his customer inside a story and made them the hero. This book will not disappoint with easy and practical frameworks that can be applied to any small business. The best part, it’s not just based on his opinion. The 6-part framework is based on how he has grown his own business. It complements the Business Made Simple platform beautifully, recaps StoryBrand without repeating the entire book, plus has the added benefit of the Small Business Fight Plan. I use the frameworks for my own business as well as clients with great success. Grab the book, highlighter and pen and get ready to watch your business take off. Highly recommend!
Fam BuieBridgette
I have enjoyed Donald Miller's books and livestreams on marketing frameworks (Marketing Made Simple and Building a Story Brand) because it details step-by-step what and how to. Many books talk about "what" to do, but Donald actually explains in this book "HOW" - which is not easy to accomplish. AND - explains how to incorporate what I've already learned on the marketing side. His clever "flight plan" framework is easy to understand and follow, and is likely going to become a household name for small business growth, like "Kleenex" is for "tissues" - or "Google" is for "internet search" for business very soon. I'm so happy to have this now and be on the leading edge.
Wendy VogelWendy
I've read several of Donald Miller's other books- Building a StoryBrand, Business Made Simple, and Marketing Made Simple- so I was a skeptical this book would be anything I hadn't heard before. But honestly… WOW!!! While it does mention StoryBrand, it reframed it for the small business owner, and just added so many more gems of information. I've read a ton of other business books too, but I've always struggled to implement much from them. This book was SIMPLE and EASY to understand and implement. Just implementing the meeting worksheets, my team has accomplished more than last quarter. AND the sales formula… AMAZING. I've found I don't get a ton of responses from sales emails, but just using the Customer Is The Hero formula, I got 10 responses in one day!!! Seriously can’t wait to see what else this book does for my company.
Jump Start Busine
I wish I would have had this book 15 years ago when I started my journey as an entrepreneur! I have made so many mistakes over the years that probably could have been avoided if I had this framework in my hands from day one. Donald Miller will teach you how to own and operate a successful business in a 6-part framework that anyone can follow, understand and execute. His 6-step plan will not only help you get your business off the ground, but it will help you understand how to run your business for long term growth and sustainability. If you are spinning your wheels trying to figure out how to make your business work, the answers are in the pages to follow 👊.
Anabeth M.Jump St
While I've been a business owner for years, there are some areas I've put little focus on developing. But I've seen that because I haven't focused on those areas my business growth has become stagnant and other areas have become more chaotic. One of my favorite concepts discussed in the book is the paradigm shift in thinking about my mission statement. I had always thought a mission statement was a one-and-done thing you did and only changed if your business model changed. But, creating a mission statement that evolves with your business goals creates a better roadmap for actually moving forward. This book outlines some simple concepts but with highly effective tactics that provide a strong foundation for building a better, revenue-driven business.
