480: Build a Sustainable Business: Operate Strategically, Correct Your Mistakes, and Create Consistent Systems with Josh Patrick
Josh Patrick is a serial entrepreneur. He's the founder of The Sustainable Business and The Stage 2 Planning Group.\n\n\n\nHis new book is Sustainable: A Fable About Creating a Personal and Economically Sustainable Business. Josh talks to us about why it's okay for your employees to make mistakes, how to correct those mistakes, and what sort of disaster scenario planning you need to have in place to have a business that runs smoothly and makes money, but is also as hands-free for you, so you can focus on strategy.\n\nHe also explains the five step process we need to implement in order to create a sustainable lifestyle business:\n\n \tget clear on your values and mission (direction)\n \tmake yourself operationally irrelevant (delegate)\n \tincrease recurring revenue (a smooth sales process)\n \tsystematize\n \tbecome economically viable\n\nResources\n\n \tEmail: jpatrick@stage2planning.com\n \tThe Sustainable Business (Official Site)\n \tJosh Patrick (LinkedIn)\n \tThe Business Sustainability Radio Show (Podcast)