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  • Company of One

  • Why Staying Small Is the Next Big Thing for Business
  • By: Paul Jarvis
  • Narrated by: Sam Woolf
  • Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (129 ratings)

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Company of One

By: Paul Jarvis
Narrated by: Sam Woolf
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Company of One by Paul Jarvis, read by Sam Woolf. 

What if the real key to a richer and more fulfilling career was not to create and scale up a new business but rather to be able to work for yourself, determine your own hours and become a (highly profitable) and sustainable company of one? Suppose the better - and smarter - solution is simply to remain small? 

Company of One is a refreshing new approach centred on staying small and avoiding growth for any size business. Not as a freelancer who gets paid only on a per piece basis, and not as an entrepreneurial start-up that wants to scale up as soon as possible, but as a small business that is deliberately committed to staying that way. By staying small, you can have freedom to pursue more meaningful pleasures in life and avoid the headaches that result from dealing with employees, long meetings, or worrying about expansion. Company of One introduces this unique business strategy and explains how to make it work for you, including how to generate cash flow on an ongoing basis.

Paul Jarvis left the corporate world when he realised that working in a high-pressure, high-profile world was not his idea of success. Instead, he now works for himself out of his home and lives a much more rewarding and productive life. He no longer has to contend with an environment that constantly demands more productivity, more output and more growth. 

In Company of One, Jarvis explains how you can do the same, including planning to set up, determining desired revenues and keeping clients happy - and, of course, doing all this on your own. 

©2019 Paul Jarvis (P)2019 Penguin Audio

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challenges the typical narrative

some great points are made in this book. it also gives practical tips as to how to actually do this, if it is right for you.

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A book I could finally relate to!

had me hook, line and sinker by chapter one!
best book on priorities and staying small! really inspired after finishing this book!

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Loved it

Very happy I listened to this book. Really insightful and motivating book, if your running a small business and feeling a bit overwhelmed and stretched too thin, or drowning in overheads then this is worth a listen.

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great audio book

loved it. little nuggets through out.
I'm a business of one and found this useful

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I wish I read this first!

Great points that I wish I had considered before diving head first into my business. some rslly valid arguments made that I will now apply to my life

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The way more and more people need to start to think. Create a business that gives u a life.

In the age of COVID and work from home more and more of us will have to become companies of one to survive, let alone thrive. Great entry book to a great new world.

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Exceptional insights on staying smaller in business

Wealth of insights on the importance of ENOUGH when it comes to growing your business.

Loved the examples such as Sean d’Souza whose Psychotactics company is successful to the point of having 3 months of vacation each year!

Well read and easy to digest. Will read again and again.

Thanks Paul Jarvis

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Very helpful and well written

well before seeing this book on the shelf of the bookstore I was thinking that I am the only one running company of one in engineering... I loved this book. This story of me and many other talented who couldn't accept and tolerate wrongs in the big cooperation business. I really appreciate this work.

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perfect for me and my company of one

great audiobook. has given me a lot of insight into running my company of one. definitely taking some valuable points and lessons away from this one.

highly recommended for anyone running a business or thinking about it.

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Totally loved it!

This book came at exactly the right time for me, confirming and validating the reasons to focus on quality, profit and lifestyle rather than stretching to expand more and more, adding complication and extra expenses. Here's to beautiful, nourishing businesses with heart and soul.

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