John St.Pierre
John St.Pierre is an entrepreneurial executive with 25 years of business leadership experience who has co-founded and grown two companies to over $50M in revenues
John began his entrepreneurial career in 1995, while a college student, as a franchisee for College Pro Painters. Upon graduating with a Bachelor’s Degree of Science in Accounting from the University of Southern Maine, he continued to...
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The $100M Journey: Your Guide To Growing The Business Of Your Dreams Without Going Off The Cliff! is an inspiring and thought-provoking read about an entrepreneur's wild journey and turnaround. It is written for entrepreneurs, business owners, and executives of small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) who seek to achieve their wildest dreams of entrepreneurship while navigating growth challenges and avoiding potential failures.
After making fatal errors in aggressively growing a business, the author was fired from the company he cofounded after 15 years of building it to over $50M in global revenues. The author took this failure as an opportunity to learn from his mistakes, find his True North, and develop a Strategic Plan with the 7 Principles that he used to effectively and successfully grow a business to over $100M, the right way!
The $100M Journey is an essential read for anyone looking to build a successful, profitable, and sustainable business. The author provides an in-depth look at how to build a successful company while avoiding some of the most common pitfalls and mistakes entrepreneurs make.
In The $100M Journey, the author outlines the 7 Principles of Entrepreneurial Success that must be mastered to break through the Messy Middle, overcome the Growth Paradox, and build a long-lasting business asset. Those principles are:
Principle I
Protect and Grow Your Equity
How entrepreneurs must build and protect their equity and control of their business
Principle I: Protect and Grow Your Equity
Principle II:
Build Your Own Capital
How entrepreneurs must build their own capital by generating net operating cash flows versus relying on bank debt or outside investment
Principle II: Build Your Own Capital
Principle III
Reinvest Smartly
How entrepreneurs must reinvest wisely and patiently into their growth to build a High-Performance business
Principle III: Reinvest Smartly
Principle IV
Build a Culture of Intrapreneurship
How entrepreneurs must fully engage their leadership teams and provide them an opportunity to participate in equity appreciation
Principle IV: Build a Culture of Intrapreneurship
Principle V
Protect the House
How entrepreneurs must strategically assess and manage internal and external risk factors that can harm the business
Principle V: Protect the House
Principle VI
Access Owner's Liquidity
How entrepreneurs can build their balance sheet's strength and access its liquidity
Principle VI: Access Owner's Liquidity
Principle VII
Move from CEO to Chairperson
How entrepreneurs must replace themselves operationally to strategically rise above the business
Principle VII: Move from CEO to Chairperson
The $100M Journey provides in-depth knowledge to help you design a Strategic Plan for building a High-Performance business. With the tools and resources in the accompanying workbook, you'll be equipped to reach your goals and dreams.
Are you ready to take control of your entrepreneurial journey? It's time to Kick Some Ass, take action, and achieve the success you've always dreamed of achieving!
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