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Business Essentials
Business Essentials contains the fundamental principles of business success. It has purely refined bits of business wisdom to help every businessperson or entrepreneur to achieve lasting success, growth and fulfillment. The keys to success in business are contained in these pages. Studying this book will help you to be a better business person, a better leader, and a better manager. Consequently, the business you lead will experience growth, great profits, and phenomenal success. This book is intended to provide quick bits of business wisdom that owners, managers, executives, entrepreneurs and employees can refer to on their path to greater business success. There are no scientific methodologies or exhaustive detailed data points. There are no statistics or graphs or charts. This isn't an MBA textbook. It's meant to be simple and to the point such that only the core essence of business is being expressed - nothing more. As the title implies, it's about the essentials of business. There's power in simplicity. At Mayflower-Plymouth, we're passionate about helping businesses to accomplish their strategic goals and thrive. Our motto is 'Modelling Nature to thrive in Business.' This book is intended to help in that effort. Enjoy.
179 pages, Paperback
First published March 21, 2022
About the author
Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.
13 books210 followersHendrith Vanlon Smith Jr. is a corporate governance expert, institutional investor, and fiduciary specializing in organizational architecture and operational resilience for mid-market enterprises. As the Managing Partner of Mayflower-Plymouth, a private investment firm focused on the strategic acquisition and management of corporate and government bonds, he directs the firm’s capital allocation and structural risk auditing of debt issuers.
His board-level mandate is centered on the elimination of "governance friction"—the structural debt and leadership misalignment that accounts for a 20-30% loss in organizational efficiency during corporate transitions. Governance is binary: you either architect for resilience or you manage the decay. To address this, Smith developed the proprietary R6 Resilience Change Management Framework. This iterative, evidence-based methodology dissolves functional silos and implements agile, value-stream governance models that protect an investor's Internal Rate of Return (IRR) and maximize exit multiples.
As a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) Candidate specializing in Leadership and Change Management, Smith operates at the sharp edge of applied business science. While a PhD focus creates new theory, his DBA focus uses existing, validated organizational literature to solve concrete, real-world business problems. His advanced doctoral work provides the documented structural blueprints for his board engagements, replacing standard management heuristics with institutional precision. This advanced expertise is backed by an MBA and graduate studies in macro-systems and policy architecture, allowing him to synthesize rigorous financial oversight with human capital maximization.
Smith is an experienced corporate director and investor who has sat on the Board of Directors for multiple entities. He is the author of GAME CHANGR6 and other definitive works on corporate strategy. His operational insights and business acumen have garnered recognition from major media and academic platforms, including Forbes, Seeking Alpha, Yahoo Finance, and Brigham Young University, establishing him as a trusted fiduciary in the corporate world. Whether overseeing a post-merger transition, de-risking a fractured supply chain, or aligning complex corporate infrastructure, his objective as a director remains absolute: eliminate risk discounts, optimize exit multiples, and ensure sustainable market dominance.
Core Board Contributions & Committee Readiness:
M&A Transition & Integration Oversight: Capturing explicit deal value through structural alignment, post-acquisition stabilization, and synergistic governance.
Supply Chain Resilience & Risk Mitigation: Engineering adaptive, risk-mitigated value streams to safeguard operations in volatile market conditions.
Human Capital Governance: Redesigning corporate governance to protect Valuable, Rare, Inimitable, and Non-substitutable (VRIN) talent pools during high-stakes corporate restructuring.
His board-level mandate is centered on the elimination of "governance friction"—the structural debt and leadership misalignment that accounts for a 20-30% loss in organizational efficiency during corporate transitions. Governance is binary: you either architect for resilience or you manage the decay. To address this, Smith developed the proprietary R6 Resilience Change Management Framework. This iterative, evidence-based methodology dissolves functional silos and implements agile, value-stream governance models that protect an investor's Internal Rate of Return (IRR) and maximize exit multiples.
As a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) Candidate specializing in Leadership and Change Management, Smith operates at the sharp edge of applied business science. While a PhD focus creates new theory, his DBA focus uses existing, validated organizational literature to solve concrete, real-world business problems. His advanced doctoral work provides the documented structural blueprints for his board engagements, replacing standard management heuristics with institutional precision. This advanced expertise is backed by an MBA and graduate studies in macro-systems and policy architecture, allowing him to synthesize rigorous financial oversight with human capital maximization.
Smith is an experienced corporate director and investor who has sat on the Board of Directors for multiple entities. He is the author of GAME CHANGR6 and other definitive works on corporate strategy. His operational insights and business acumen have garnered recognition from major media and academic platforms, including Forbes, Seeking Alpha, Yahoo Finance, and Brigham Young University, establishing him as a trusted fiduciary in the corporate world. Whether overseeing a post-merger transition, de-risking a fractured supply chain, or aligning complex corporate infrastructure, his objective as a director remains absolute: eliminate risk discounts, optimize exit multiples, and ensure sustainable market dominance.
Core Board Contributions & Committee Readiness:
M&A Transition & Integration Oversight: Capturing explicit deal value through structural alignment, post-acquisition stabilization, and synergistic governance.
Supply Chain Resilience & Risk Mitigation: Engineering adaptive, risk-mitigated value streams to safeguard operations in volatile market conditions.
Human Capital Governance: Redesigning corporate governance to protect Valuable, Rare, Inimitable, and Non-substitutable (VRIN) talent pools during high-stakes corporate restructuring.
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May 2, 2022
This book should be like the key book for every Gen Z Entrepreneur.
May 2, 2022
Such an amazing read!
May 3, 2022
The tips in this book are gold nuggets! If you're a business owner or entrepreneur, there's definitely something in here to help you.. I own a salon and I've put some of Hendriths advice to use with my business and I see the results already.
May 2, 2022
Geeenius stuff right here everyone! I love it.
May 20, 2022
My teacher uses quotes from this book for most of her lessons. It helps me to understand the ideas way better than the textbook stuff. A lot if my classmates seem to like it too. I'm going to really rock out when I graduate high school in two years.
May 4, 2022
This book is a must have for young entrepreneurs. It'll give you an advantage against the older more established business people.
May 2, 2022
Este libro es un tesoro para emprendedoras como yo.
May 16, 2022
Really good book for just the basics! Best audience is probably high school students like me but for those of us looking for my detailed stuff, this is not the book.
May 15, 2022
This book is perfect business book for people my age. I'm 20 years old, I like simple and to the point but still high quality. That's this book.
May 15, 2022
Phenomenal book!! A top recommendation for every high school student!
June 5, 2022
I really enjoyed this book ♥️👏
May 3, 2022
Good book.
May 20, 2022
My Economics teacher used this book for one of our assignments. Then I read it and it has my excited about learning more business stuff next year in 11th grade. Glad I'm learning this stuff in High School so I'll be prepared when I get to college, when I get a job, and when (if) I start my own business.
June 3, 2022
Spectacular! Quotes to LIVE by for every entrepreneur/business person! 👏🏻💪
May 16, 2022
Pretty good overall. Really really simple writing but kinda big ideas packed in small bites.
June 22, 2022
It was okay.
May 18, 2022
As an 11th grade high school student, this book was perfect for me! Simple concepts that explain business ideas way better than my teacher.
May 20, 2022
My high school economics teacher had everyone in the class read this for an assignment. I quickly realized I actually much rather read this than some of the stuffy complicated textbooks we typically have to read. I enjoyed it. In fact, going to be using this book to help me get my mind right for starting my own business while I'm still in High School.
January 21, 2023
The book could have been titled ‘A collection of business quotes’ because that’s what it is. The author clearly has a lot of wisdom on the topic though and many of the quotes are truly eye-opening and mind-shifting
June 5, 2022
There's so much great advice in this book! I love I love I love 🌞🎉👏😁
June 6, 2022
Pretty good! 💕
January 21, 2023
Amazing wisdom that clearly comes from experience and study by the author….. but…. Mediocre book that’s basically just a collection of one-liners or short quotes by the author. But the author is honest about that on the book description. I think you have to shed your expectations before buying or reading this book. Then you’ll probably find some very useful content in it. It’s more of an encyclopedia you have for occasional reference/inspiration than a book you actually read from start to finish.
May 21, 2022
Me and my boyfriend loved this book.
June 11, 2022
Very very insightful!
June 27, 2022
A teammate at work shared this book with me. I love it.
May 23, 2022
Uh-maazing. I love this book. Using every day for my beauty business.
May 31, 2022
I just love Business Essentials. I'm using tips from this book every day now.
June 3, 2022
Amazing teachings!
June 7, 2022
Really good work!
June 13, 2022
Spectacular book. I love the streamlined flow of it.
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