Angels and Entrepreneurs: A Lifestyle Formula for Starting Your Own Business and Riding the Rollercoaster of Entrepreneurship

Angels and Entrepreneurs: A Lifestyle Formula for Starting Your Own Business and Riding the Rollercoaster of Entrepreneurship

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  • Create Date:2022-03-02 10:22:59
  • Update Date:2025-09-06
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  • Author:Bob Schlegel
  • ISBN:B09SQDSC6M
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Summary

Get inspired to start your own successful business!

Bob Schlegel grew up on a struggling family farm, and like his entrepreneurial father, he took charge of his destiny by starting his own businesses—often more than one at a time。 He and his wife Myrna partnered together in their early endeavors and raised a family of entrepreneurs。 Their diverse startups included a chain of fifteen superior nursing and retirement centers, as well as the nation’s leading manufacturer of paving stones and landscaping materials。 Though they faced substantial challenges and even near-bankruptcy, they persevered and built highly profitable enterprises with the help of “angels”—both earthly and heavenly。 Bob shares his experiences—his failures as well as his successes—with the goal of inspiring others to start their own businesses。

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Ellen

This is an inspiring and truly moving account of the ups and downs of entrepreneurship。 Bob's story highlights the rewards of hard work and perseverance and reminds readers how important it is to build relationships and partnerships that make your life & business more meaningful。 This is an incredible read, and one not to be missed for entrepreneurs at any stage in their career! This is an inspiring and truly moving account of the ups and downs of entrepreneurship。 Bob's story highlights the rewards of hard work and perseverance and reminds readers how important it is to build relationships and partnerships that make your life & business more meaningful。 This is an incredible read, and one not to be missed for entrepreneurs at any stage in their career! 。。。more

Alexander

“After more than thirty years building two industry-leading businesses from the ground up, my wife Myrna and I found all that we’d worked so hard to accomplish threatened by our bankers and their lawyers in 2009,” writes Bob Schlegel in his new book Angels and Entrepreneurs: A Lifestyle Formula for Starting Your Own Business and Riding the Rollercoaster of Entrepreneurship。 “…I will write in much greater depth about that epic struggle and ultimate victory in our family’s entrepreneurial career l “After more than thirty years building two industry-leading businesses from the ground up, my wife Myrna and I found all that we’d worked so hard to accomplish threatened by our bankers and their lawyers in 2009,” writes Bob Schlegel in his new book Angels and Entrepreneurs: A Lifestyle Formula for Starting Your Own Business and Riding the Rollercoaster of Entrepreneurship。 “…I will write in much greater depth about that epic struggle and ultimate victory in our family’s entrepreneurial career later in this book。 I shared a bit of that story here because I want you to understand that my goal is to provide you with a full understanding of both the ups and downs of creating, building, and owning your own businesses…my message to all entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs is that you should always build your businesses for your family, with your family, and around your family。 The greatest reward, at the end of each day and at the end of your career, is having someone to support you in the hard times and share the joy with you in the good times。 Believe me, I have known both, and I never would have survived—or wanted to survive—without my family and friends, the angels in my entrepreneurial life。”Such a candid confession at the beginning of the read only cements the tonality of what Angels and Entrepreneurs ensures throughout its pages。 The book isn’t just an A to Z roadmap of the how factor(s), but the why factors。 Schlegel is generous and humble enough to admit his own shortcomings and hard-learned lessons, as well as what has constituted some of his greatest entrepreneurial successes。 He’s never brash or arrogant, nor tediously maudlin with his own hurdles toward the goalpost, or the pinnacle(s)。 He maintains an appropriately paternal, but wholly educational presence throughout, making the reader feel simultaneously reassured while wholly knowledgable of all hard truths, hard knocks, potential avenues, and potential pitfalls。 In the spirit of details qualifying within these categories, Schlegel writes: “Every person you hire adds to the complexity and the cost of operating your business, which is why I prefer to hire when there is an obvious need rather than hiring too soon。 Still, unless your goal is to stay small and run a one-person shop, you will have to hire help for your business, and when you hire the right people for the right jobs, they can take your production and sales to new levels…Hiring for a rapidly growing business can be an overwhelming task, and extremely time-consuming。 In the beginning, entrepreneurs can often handle several roles in the business, but when you reach a certain level, you need to bring in more people to keep the business growing…In these sessions, I always have to remind myself to resist hiring someone I like simply because we have a lot in common。 I don’t need another me—and neither do you。 Entrepreneurs should hire those whose skills and experiences complement—and hopefully— exceed their own。” 。。。more