The Passionate Entrepreneur: Essential Building Blocks for Entrepreneurial Success (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781599323589)

Meet Steve Adams, who at age 32 was a banking executive and flying high. Everyone
was proud of him. And he was dying inside. Adams had long yearned for
something else - a dream that you, too, may harbor in your heart. He had a
passion waiting to blossom. He wanted to make it as an entrepreneur in his
own business. He wanted to do something meaningful. "Win or lose,"
he writes, "I knew my only real anguish would be regretting in twenty or
thirty years why that young man never just took that chance." Today,
Adams operates successful Pet Supplies Plus stores across the country. His
was a journey of severe challenges overcome, and in The Passionate
Entrepreneur he shares his mistakes and heartaches and what he learned from
them in his pursuit of success. He imparts the lessons about the systems and
strategies essential to running a successful business. Among them: how to
treat employees, appeal to customers, and establish your brand, all the while
paying meticulous attention to the bottom line. Above all, however, an
entrepreneur must understand the true bottom line - the meaning of success
itself. Adams knows that business without passion is a mere exercise in
numbers. Profit without purpose can drain the soul. He wanted to be an entrepreneur
so that he could lead others to a better life - his family, his employees,
his clients, and his community. An entrepreneur needs a mission and absolute
clarity about what he or she wants to accomplish. The Passionate Entrepreneur
is a book of encouragement for those who are ready to pursue their dreams and
for those who fear, in their frustration, that they have forgotten them.
Steve Adams gets to the heart of the matter, and he is waiting to speak to
you. Foreword by Lee Milteer