Small Business is Like a Bunch of Bananas:
You Have to Remove the Peels to Get to the Good Stuff!FOREWORD
When I think of entrepreneurs, I first think of their vision, tenacity, and creativity, but especially, I think of their courage.
Small business owners face many obstacles as they carve out their niche in the marketplace—obstacles such as competition and raising the capital needed to grow. Not to mention litigious lawyers, and onerous and oft-unfathomable government rules and taxes. These certainly are speed bumps on the small business highway, but they are, after all, just challenges that all businesses have to manage.
For entrepreneurs, the prime challenge is being able to reach inside themselves to find the courage and inspiration they need to face the marketplace, typically alone, and often in the face of negativism from non-enterpreneurs.
If I were limited as to what I could do to support entrepreneurs, I would give them a way to kindle their vision, strengthen their tenacity, encourage their creativity, and motivate them to be courageous. In Small Business Is Like a Bunch of Bananas, Jim Blasingame has done exactly that.
Jim has a unique way of speaking volumes in the 52 thoughts-in-a-nutshell in this book, that takes the reader straight to the heart and spirit of entrepreneurialism. In this book, as in his radio/internet broadcasts and other writings, Jim lifts up entrepreneurs and speaks to them on a level that can only be achieved by one who knows the world of small business.
If you own a small business, or are thinking about it, don't miss this opportunity to tap into Jim Blasingame's high entrepreneurial energy.
Good luck.
Steve Forbes
President and CEO, Forbes
Editor-in-Chief, FORBES Magazine