Making It Your Business: The Personal Transition from Employee to Entrepreneur

As a person going through the struggles of starting my own business, had I had this book in the beginning, I believe that many of the struggles I faced would have been diminshed. Melvin Gravely has absolutely captured the essence of the "going into business" experience. All entrepreneurs go through the same stages and fears. Melvin has given me insight into the challenges I had and still do struggle with. Now I have insight and tools to understand and work through those issues. I highly recommend this book for anyone contemplating going into business or anyone wishing to stay in their business.

Mel Gravely manages to demystify entrepreneurship with this easy to read, thought provoking book. The contribution of this book is unique in that it addresses the mind-set shift needed to successfully make the transition from employee to entrepreneur. The book is built on his highly insightful premise that the majority of business owners don't fail, they quit. He makes some powerful points when looking at the mistakes business owners commonly make. While the mistakes business owners make over and over may be common knowledge, the answers provided in the book on how to stop making them apparently isn't. I find his thinking and research on what causes people to quit to lead to some very proactical, doable advice. He will challenge you to do things that don't necessarily come naturally to entrepreneurs, like focusing your resources, and working toward your goals by stretching yourself, not straining yourself. One quick and dirty test I measure the quality of a book by is in answering one question, "did it change my behavior?" The answer to the question after reading this book for me was, "YES IT DID."