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    Portrait of a Ceo: A Guide to Starting and Growing a Small Business
    Portrait of a Ceo: A Guide to Starting and Growing a Small Business
    Portrait of a Ceo: A Guide to Starting and Growing a Small Business
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    Portrait of a Ceo: A Guide to Starting and Growing a Small Business

    By Bassem R. Mahafza Ph.D.

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    This book presents some unique tools and techniques that each successful entrepreneur ought to follow and adopt in order to guarantee their business growth and success. It primarily focuses on the challenges and difficulties associated with starting, managing, and growing a small business. It takes you through this journey, by addressing many of the obstacles that face individuals who decide to venture out and become self-employed. The discussion is divided so that it matches four distinct phases each small business goes through.





    o The first phase, which is referred to as success by chaos, describes the first 12 months or so of being in business.


    o The next phase, management by chaos, discusses the business challenges of the next 2-5 years.


    o Next a discussion of the second set of five years of being in business is presented.


    Finally, the books closes by presenting 21 different qualities each small business CEO must master to become a leader in his or her industry.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateNov 2, 2010
    ISBN9781452084589
    Portrait of a Ceo: A Guide to Starting and Growing a Small Business
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    Bassem R. Mahafza Ph.D.

    Dr. Mahafza is the founder, President, and CEO of deciBel Research, a small engineering business supporting the defense industry. Under his leadership, deciBel Research grew from a 1-person company with revenue of zero dollars in 2002 to a 78-person company with revenue of $15 million at the end of 2009. deciBel was recognized by the Inc. Magazine as one of the fastest growing businesses in the US, ranking #213 in 2007 and making the Inc.500/5000 list of the fastest growing businesses for 4 years running. Recently deciBel was recognized as the small business of the year by the Huntsville/ Madison County Chamber of Commerce in north Alabama. Dr. Mahafza is the author of 5 textbooks on radar systems design and analysis. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics. Dr. Mahafza is often invited to deliver motivational talks to other small business owners and other entrepreneurs regarding small business challenges in today's environment.

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