Reddit reviews Built to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You

Sounds like he read Built to Sell

Right down to the fucking core.

I have a full time job, but the autonomy allowed to me in my job is huge -- so it feeds my entrepreneurial urges just the same.

You will have grand ideas which will inspire the world around you. But outsource accounting work, legal work, and as much of the mundane stuff as you can. When you build your business, build processes - not services. You should be able to hand your business to a stranger and they can figure out how to run things without your help (think, McDonalds).

This is a book which was both a fun listen and a powerful lesson for me as an entrepreneur. It will speak to you as an ENFP and help you focus your vision for your business some: http://www.amazon.com/Built-Sell-Creating-Business-Without/dp/1591845823

"Built to Sell" by John Warrillow will have the answers you're looking for.

It's tough to delegate and let go but it's the only way to grow. Especially if she wants to sell the business down the road. No buyer wants a business where the owner IS the business.

I would recommend this book if you can spare the $12 and hour or two to read it. It's a really quick and easy read but will get you both thinking in the right direction.

http://www.amazon.com/Built-Sell-Creating-Business-Without/dp/1591845823

Only one title of overlap, nice.
Out of your list, where would you start? Have you read any other in our original list?



Built to Sell, John Warrillow

The Automatic Customer, John Warrillow

How to Sell at Margins Higher Than Your Competitors, Lawrence Steinmetz

Start With Why, Simon Sinek

Leaders Eat Last, Simon Sinek

The E-Myth Revisited, Michael Gerber

Selling the Invisible, Harry Beckwith

What Clients Love, Harry Beckwith

Question Based Selling, Tom Freese

Thanks!

TropicalMBA podcast was super helpful. The book Built To Sell was influential on our thinking.

I'm a fan of Derek Sivers and gobble up quite a bit of his content.

Read E-Myth Revisited and Built to Sell.

Get help from someone who's done it before. Some sources:
http://e-myth.com
http://www.thesellabilityscore.com/

+jwcooke:

Thanks!

TropicalMBA podcast was super helpful. The book Built To Sell was influential on our thinking.

I'm a fan of Derek Sivers and gobble up quite a bit of his content.

The big question for me is why should I buy it. It is a solo project. Yes there is a product but only 1 dev. If you leave i need a small team to learn the code to make any changes. The same can be said for the sales, marketing, product,...

First i would build it in a scalable business, next comes the valuation.

Some good reads
https://www.amazon.com/Built-Sell-Creating-Business-Without/dp/1591845823
https://www.amazon.com/Myth-Revisited-Small-Businesses-About/dp/B00094F0ES/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=emyth+revisited&qid=1569150615&sprefix=emyt&sr=8-1

I recently listened to the book Built to Sell, and it was really interesting how once the guy learned to set up the business correctly, actually with the aim of selling it, it no longer was as important for him to sell it. I found it very insightful, and it also has some points in there of how companies are evaluated and how they can be adjusted to increase their value and what options he had to find a buyer.

I would highly recommend the book Built To Sell: Creating a Business that can thrive without you, which is literally the story of a man who owns a design agency and is trying to figure out how to take himself out of the picture. In the book he's trying to sell rather than switch to a more passive model, but the lesson (which is - stop being a generalist, start niching down to your core competency and eschew all else) is exactly what you're looking for regardless.