Fire someone today
by Bob Pritchett · first published 2006
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Far from a treatise on giving employees the axe, Fire Someone Today uses four categories -- People, Leadership, Finance, and Operations -- to cover a wide range of issues unique to the more than 20 million small business owners in the United States. Filled with hands-on advice and practical examples from real businesses, the book takes a no-nonsense approach to the uncomfortable decisions and actions that every manager, business owner, or entrepreneur must face. In this book, you'll read what Pritchett has discovered through his years of experience as an entrepreneur and small business owner.
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A great book that espouses this principle is Fire Someone Today: http://www.firesomeonetoday.com/ There's a lot of other practical entrepreneurial advice in there too!
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