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EXCELLENCE BUSINESS

Run a Small Business That Lasts

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The practices that raised profits in real trials (initiative, simple money rules, stock and quality, decision rules and honest reviews) turned into one weekly hour.

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AT THE SUMMIT, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO

01Separate business and personal money and see your real monthly profit

02Move the sales lever that fits your business, and measure it

03Cut stock, mistakes and decisions that wait for you

04Handle complaints and reviews honestly, and run a weekly owner's hour

Every lesson of Run a Small Business That Lasts

15 lessons in 5 levels, about 3 hours. Level 1 is free.

Level 1What Actually HelpsFree · 3 lessons
  1. Initiative beats a textbookSee what a large trial found when it compared a classic business course with training in personal initiative.11 min
  2. Do business courses work?Know what training really adds to profits, and judge any course by what it changes.11 min
  3. Checkpoint: management is learnableConnect four trials into one lesson: practices you apply are what pay.12 min
Level 2Money You Can SeeMembership · 3 lessons
  1. Two drawers: a money rule that workedUse the rules of thumb that improved owners' money habits in a randomized trial.12 min
  2. Three levers on salesBreak sales into customers, basket and visits, and see why small moves multiply.11 min
  3. Checkpoint: grow sales or cut costs?Choose your next business skill based on what a trial found for businesses like yours.12 min
Level 3Operations That PayMembership · 3 lessons
  1. Stock is cash on a shelfMeasure days of stock and see how much cash a sensible target frees.11 min
  2. Count the mistakes, fix the biggestRun a simple improvement cycle on the mistakes that cost you most.11 min
  3. Checkpoint: you are the bottleneckFree your time with decision rules and delegation, after doing the math.13 min
Level 4Customers Who Come BackMembership · 3 lessons
  1. When things go wrongHandle a complaint the way customers judge it: outcome, process and treatment.12 min
  2. Answer your reviewsReply to reviews in a way the evidence supports: specific, owned and short.11 min
  3. Checkpoint: honest reviews onlyKnow what review tactics are banned, and build an honest review system instead.12 min
Level 5Your Owner's Operating SystemMembership · 3 lessons
  1. Initiative in practiceTurn personal initiative into a 90-day goal with a plan, weekly feedback and a plan B.12 min
  2. The owner's weekly hourPut the whole path into one hour a week, and keep it when the week is busy.12 min
  3. Capstone: your 90-day owner's planWrite a one-page 90-day plan that applies every practice in the path, and check it at day 30.14 min
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