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Go It Alone , Bruce Judson

Go It Alone, by Bruce Judson I am currently reading this online book called “Go It Alone” by Bruce Judson. Now maybe I shouldn’t be recommending it yet since I’m only on page 32, but I couldn’t help myself.

The book is really off to a great start. Judson is a firm believer that an entrepreneur can absolutely make it on his own without building a team or by just having a very small team. That’s basically what I am doing now, so I guess you can call me a proponent of his teachings.

You’ll read about many entrepreneurs who started companies with minimal seed money and have turned something small into something big. Believe it or not, you can start a company with almost zero bucks nowadays…amen.

He talks about outsourcing the things that aren’t a part of your core understandings and focus on the things that you can really do well; the things that can really help your business start generating cash.

I just started reading this free online book, and I’m already learning new things so I just had to share that with FTT readers. I look forward to reading some comments about what you guys thought about the book.

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5 Responses to “Go It Alone , Bruce Judson”

Hey Dave, where in the world do you get this stuff? Now you got me hooked on another book

Another good book I know of is “Copy This!” by Paul Orfalea (founder of Kinko’s). I don’t know if you’ve read it, but Paul had dyslexia yet he managed to create such an empire. My favorite quote from the book is “I could barely run the first copier we leased back in 1970. It didn’t matter. All I knew was that I could sell what came out of it” Btw, he is coming to my university in two weeks, so I’ll actually get to meet the guy.

Posted by Liana on April 4th, 2006

Glad that you like the book, Liana. I was told about this book from Dan at Start-Up Guide.

Thanks for the book rec. I’m going to check it out today, sounds good. I’d love for you to share what you learned for the Kinko’s founder on the site in a few weeks.

Posted by David on April 4th, 2006

Thanks for the recommendation. I have yet to read the book, but I look forward to it. I am a huge proponent of team based entrepreneurship, but I am anxious to hear how he leverages himself to accomplish success in the many roles required to start a business. Whether or not you decide to go it alone, I think it is important to realize time is a scarce resource, and the more you can leverage the more you can get done. Glad to have found your blog as I have newly entered the blogosphere. Keep on writing!

Posted by Matt Lauzon on April 5th, 2006

Matt

Thanks for your comment. I really hope that you like the book as much as I am. Thanks for supporting my blog and I hope to continue meeting fellow student entrepreneurs such as yourself. Please keep doing what you’re doing with your new blog and your venture development company; I expect big things to come!

Posted by David on April 5th, 2006

[…] I explained all of this to my brother and he recommended a book, Go It Alone by Bruce Judson. I didn’t find it profound or life-altering but the one thing that stuck out was this idea of multiplying yourself, outsourcing projects or tasks, and not becoming a slave to your business. Our greatest asset is time, and I devised a way to create more of it, in order to be creative and grow my business in a healthy manner. […]

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