The rise of one-million-dollar, one-person businesses in the past five years is the biggest trend in employment today, offering the widest range of people the most ways to earn a living while having the lifestyles they want. In The Million-Dollar, One-Person Business, Elaine Pofeldt outlines the pathways to joining this entrepreneurial movement, synthesizing advice from hundreds of business owners who've done it.
In this indispensable guide to earning a six-figure take-home income on your own terms, Forbes.com contributing writer Elaine Pofeldt, explains how to identify, launch, grow, and reinvent the business. It practically demonstrates how a single individual can generate $1 million in revenue - something only larger small companies have done in the past. Both inspirational and practical, this book will appeal to all who seek a great work-life and a great lifestyle.
Author quotes
The Million Dollar, One Person Business closes that gap. It offers a road map to creating a seven-figure, ultra-lean firm by sharing the strategies of entrepreneurs who have approached and hit US$ 1 million in revenues before adding employees.
Once you know how to create a million-dollar, one person business, you will have many possibilities in front of you.
If you aspire to creating your own million-dollar, one person business, view this book as the crash course you never got in school.
About the author
Elaine Pofeldt is an independent journalist who specializes in small business, entrepreneurship and careers. She is the author of "The Million-Dollar, One-Person Business," a look at how entrepreneurs are hitting seven-figure revenue in businesses where they are the only employees. Her work has appeared in FORTUNE, Money, CNBC, Inc., Forbes, Crain’s New York Business and many other business publications and she is a contributor to the Economist Intelligence Unit. As a senior editor at FORTUNE Small Business, where she worked for eight years, Elaine was twice nominated for the National Magazine Award for her features and ran the magazine’s annual business plan completion. During her time at FSB, she ran the magazine’s website, fsb.com, for four years, building its traffic to two to five million page views a month. Elaine graduated from Yale University with a BA in English. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and their four children and in her free time enjoys taekwondo, yoga and running.
Why LoA loves it….
For many small business owners, getting to that magic 1 million dollar mark can often seem like an impossible dream, but Elaine Pofeldt shows that it is indeed possible with the right specialist, insights and advice. In this great new read, she provides a really practical roadmap for the solopreneur to step out of the ordinary and into the extraordinary. It’s a must-read for any aspiring million dollar solopreneur in the making. --- Melanie Hawken, founder and editor-in-chief of Lionesses of Africa