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إدارة الأعمال بالفطرة

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Learn how to successfully manage a small business -- through good times and bad -- with award-winning entrepreneur Steve Gottry.

Do you own your own small business? Have you ever wanted to? Perfect for both budding and seasoned entrepreneurs, this book shows business owners how to manage a small business through every phase of the small-business life cycle, keep their businesses afloat during tough times, and make the most of their assets. On every page, Gottry identifies winning solutions to the questions and problems common to everyone who owns or dreams of owning a small business.

With candor and humor, Gottry also tells his story about making, losing, and rebuilding it all on the battleground of small-business life. Providing a unique window into what it is really like to own a small business, Common Sense Business guides readers through overcoming the financial and emotional challenges that make the difference between failure and success.

371 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 2005

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Steve Gottry

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STEVE GOTTRY was the founder and president of Gottry Communications Group, Inc., a full-service advertising agency and video production firm based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He formed the company in 1970, and served a variety of organizations across the nation. Among his clients were HarperSanFrancisco, Career Press, Zondervan Publishing House, Prudential Commercial Real Estate, Warner Bros., World Wide Pictures, United Properties, Alpha Video, NewTek, Inc., Pemtom Homes, and Standard Publishing. His firm was the winner of a number of national awards including three Silver Microphones for radio, awards for direct mail and film from the International Advertising Festival of New York, and a 2003 Aegis Award of Excellence for video.

His agency was named "Small Company of the Year" by the Bloomington Chamber of Commerce, and Steve was recognized as the "Small Business Advocate of the Year" by the Chamber.

Steve is the coauthor (with Linda Jensvold Bauer) of A KICK IN THE CAREER, and the author of COMMON SENSE BUSINESS published by HarperBusiness, New York (July, 2005). He has coauthored a novel and also wrote a book to help would-be screenwriters develop stories. He has written the screenplays for four produced television and video/DVD projects, and also writes, produces, and directs commercial and industrial video projects.

He and his wife, Karla, moved their family to Arizona to leave the colder climate of Minnesota for 320 days of warm sunshine! He has teamed up with Ken Blanchard to collaborate on a number of publishing projects.

Steve is a member of Dobson Ranch Toastmasters (Mesa, AZ), an instrument-rated pilot, an avid semi-pro photographer, and a devoted Arizona Diamondbacks fan. He loves the outdoors and prefers to write in beautiful Sedona, at a remote campsite, near the ocean, or simply out by the pool.

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Profile Image for Abdulrazak Dughmosh.
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September 1, 2018
تعلم إدارة الأعمال بالفطرة.. !! يطرح الكاتب ستيف جوتري رؤيته وتجربته بأسلوب سلس بعيدا عن تعقيدات الاقتصاد وقوانينها وقواعدها, فكرةالكتاب كيفية البدء بمشروع شخصي صغير يقدم نصائح يتحدث عن المشاكل التي قد تواجهك ويقدم لك عدة حلول وعن كيفية التعامل والتكيف مع الركود الأقتصادي
من أفضل كتب الادارة والاقتصاد التي استمتعت بقرأتها.. !!
Profile Image for Trina.
340 reviews
June 27, 2008
An insightful checklist of business do's and dont's . The author refers to the importance of family and relationships in the midst of having a business. This struck a cord with me since I believe you need strong and supportive relationships in order to succeed in a business. It is a definite read!
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January 3, 2010
Fine book, got bored by page 93. If I was trying to run a business, I would have pushed through, since the info is good (if dry), but since I was just reading out of curiosity, I stopped.
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