{"product_id":"9781938886485","title":"The Small Business Lifecycle: A Guide for Taking the Right Steps at the Right Time","description":"Small businesses have much different growth patterns than large corporations. Small business owners who look to large corporations for insight and guidance on how to grow their own businesses often feel overwhelmed and demotivated. \u003ci\u003eThe Small Business Life Cycle\u003c\/i\u003e lays out the five stages of small business growth and explains how you can navigate each stage in your business. To be successful, you have to take the right steps at the right time.\u003cp\u003eEach stage has different challenges, strengths, inconvenient truths, and ways forward. This guide shows you where to focus your resources in each stage so you can grow your business efficiently. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether you're thinking about starting a small business or you've been in business for a while, \u003ci\u003eThe Small Business Life Cycle\u003c\/i\u003e will give you a better gauge to evaluate where you are and what you need to do next. If you're growing fast and want to keep growing, this book will show you how to do it strategically. And if you're stuck and don't know what to do, you can determine what stage your business is in now and figure out what you need to do next to get unstuck.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis guide will specifically help you work through: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cul\u003eQuestions to ask before you start your own small business\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003eHow to get a foothold in the market and why you should be marketing fewer things to fewer audiences\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003eWhy some \"successful\" products and services will cause you to get stuck and lose momentum\u003cbr\u003eWhat four things must be in place to grow your business\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003eHow not to break a successful, scalable small business once you've got it there\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis no-fluff guide will lay out the foundation upon which you can grow your small business. The only question left to answer is: what's your next action?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jetlaunch","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47060865417456,"sku":"9781938886485","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781938886485_p0.jpg?v=1763665257","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781938886485","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}