Own or Be Owned
Build a Business So Good It Doesn't Need You
Sanchez's argument that the goal is not a job you love but an asset that runs without you, drawn from the small businesses she buys and the operators she has watched hand over the keys.
Codie Sanchez buys unglamorous small businesses such as laundromats, car washes and HVAC firms, and her argument here is that most owners have not bought a business at all, they have bought themselves a demanding job. The book is about the difference: the systems, hires and handovers that let a business run when the founder is not in the room, and why an owner who cannot leave does not really own the thing.
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