How To Print Money Without Going To Jail
It Started With A Story - A True Story, A Horror Story, My Story,
Do NOT Make It Your Story
Something’s stirring on the high street, the industrial estates, the factory floors, and it’s not just more bullshit buzzwords.
How To Wreck Your Business has landed, and it’s not a fluffy feel-good programme. Nor would you expect it to be.
It’s become a full-throttle, hard-hitting, streetwise, no-fluff business improvement programme for small print and graphics business owners who are done playing small. This is direct from ME, someone who has seen the incredible success, and the devastating hull crushing lows of building a hugely successful print business... then burying it on its 20th Birthday.
This is real-world, and it's not always easy. This is presented in a manner that is direct, blunt, fast-paced, abrupt, and sometimes just plain rude,
because it needs to be.
Are you serious about levelling up? Not just in your head, but in your numbers, your systems, your team, your profit?
How To Wreck Your Business was built for the kind of business owner who wants results and aren’t afraid to do the work.
If that sounds like you, strap in. We’re just getting started.
Don't make the same AVOIDABLE mistakes I did.
Stuart Mason
How It All Started - The #1 Amazon Best Seller...
Eight avoidable mistakes was all it took to start the perfect storm that saw my hugely successful print business fail on its 20th Birthday.
How's that even possible?
Many printers shake their head as they are making some of those mistakes, some shake all over as they are making them all. This is a story, it's my story, a true story, a horror story, do NOT make it your story.
How Can This Help YOUR Graphics Business?
"That's a question I get asked a lot, first let me explain that every mistake I made was 100% avoidable. In isolation, none of these "mistakes" would have been anything more than an inconvenience, collectively they started the "Perfect Storm".
What I never realised until much later was the fact that the SUCCESS of the business was masking the errors I was making. It's difficult to look in the mirror and say, "I'm doing all this wrong" when there's an Aston Martin and a Helicopter sitting outside... but I was, and I would later pay a hefty price for that - a price I continue to pay until this day" - Stuart Mason, How To Wreck Your Business.
Today, I help print and graphics business owners
like you avoid those mistakes, they are
rarely obvious. Very few of us make mistakes knowingly, it's the
not knowing that wrecks your business. Trust me, I know.
THE ROUTE TO SUCCESS IS ABOUT AVOIDING FAILURE
Here's How To Recognise The Signs That I Missed
The four modules of "The How To Wreck Your Business" programme are How To Fix, How To Grow, How To Scale and How To Exit. Together this is what I call the "Inverted Business Growth Model", because it takes conventional growth thinking and planning and turns it upside down. Business Growth is the last thing we talk about. We'll start by looking at the life and lifestyle you want. What's important for you and your family. Once that's clear, we'll then know what size of business is needed to deliver that.
I never did that, and it became growth for growths sake, don't make that same mistake. Having a business that has the ability to say NO is gold. NO, I don't want to work with you. NO, I don't want your hassles. NO, I don't want your slow payment. NO I don't want your low margin work.... but thanks anyway!!!
This is why the "How To Fix" modules are so important, we cover all the things that trip up a growing business BEFORE you grow.
The Inverted Business Growth Model - it's what you have been waiting for, and I wish I had at the time...
Stuart Mason
Fix
Even successful and profitable businesses will have elements that need to be fixed to ensure continued, profitable growth.
Grow
One of the biggest killers in business is unstable or unplanned growth. That's what caught me out. Here's how to avoid it.
Scale
What's next ? Is year on year growth enough, or are you ready to scale your business and disrupt your industry?
Exit
Every business should be built to sell, as we all exit our business at some point. Building to sell often means that you don't need to.
some more amazeballs testimonials
What Are People Talking About?
I have been running my own business for over 10years now and I took away numerous nuggets that I will be implementing in my business.
Cost me £9.99 and 1 week of reading but I believe will add value of tens of thousands of pounds....actually scrap that..... some of the things in this book may just save MY business one day!
I cannot explain how refreshing I found this book. Often business books talk all about what you HAVE to do for a successful business - well this book flips that on its head. The author is so honest about ALL the mistakes made in his business that you cannot help but sit up and take notice. Lot's of humour and examples thrown in for good measure makes this a really readable book. Totally recommend to anyone on a business journey.
A business book that makes you smile and laugh out loud. Sound business advice delivered with honesty, humility and humour.
Stuart is refreshingly honest about the mistakes he made first time round and I think they are mistakes that any of us could/would make/are making. With this book Stuart gives us the opportunity to be "wiser" and learn from his experiences.
Every Month We'll Add Some Really Tasty, Practical Advice To Help Your Business.
For July we're going to look at why some customers are just bad for business. Sometimes you just have to say NO.
We've all had "that customer" that just wasn't worth the hassle? What we may not realise is just how damaging they can be.
It's easy to get sucked into trying to please people that will NEVER be pleased. They will never be happy, they will never leave you a positive review or recommend you - but they will wear you down.
You're not making any money from these customers, and I think you know it.
Yet while you're trying to please them, you're neglecting your top customers.
It's why we created the "The Customer C.O.D.E" - you need to know this.
This is one area that catches out print and graphics businesses all too often. You do NOT need, nor want, every customer.
Tune back next next month for more Tasty Tips
Getting Started Is Easy - And It Doesn't Start With Buying a Programme
This programme is new, it's different, and while your business will love it, you may not - and that's ok.
To get started, let's have a chat, we'll talk all things business, share a few ideas, then you can decide if this is right for you.
Does that sound reasonable?
1-1 Focus Sessions
These 30 minute sessions have limited availability and allow you to arrange a 1-1 Zoom call to cover any topic from the Book, Workbook or Programme. What would you like to focus on - it's your session?
£0.00
These sessions are free to UK business owners
The 1-1 Course
This course is tailored for you, as every business is different, yet also covers the Fix, Grow, Scale and Sale modules. Two sessions per month ensure your business will be flying - backed with my guarantee below
£595 per month
1-1 Courses with single monthly sessions are available at only £350 per month
The Workbook
Ten Modules packed full of content to show you "How To Wreck Their Business", and grow your own. This is a Workbook that gets you REALLY focussing on your business growth.
£39.99
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two practical books to expand the journey
Each Book Is A Separate Growth Programme
Each programme is bespoke to you as no two businesses are the same. 1-1 Courses are delivered in a fast-paced, straight-talking, no-bullshit manner that is less than subtle, blunt, often rude, usually non-PC, but always fun - I find that approach works best.
Programmes are delivered at a pace and time that suits you, that could be a monthly course to get started, a fortnightly course to start really moving forward, or a weekly course for the business owners that really want to smash it out the park, and all that starts at just £350 per month.
20 Simple(ish) Steps To
$ell Your Business For More.
Go to $ell.
This is a resource EVERY business owner that's considering an exit needs to use, and it's FREE too. How good is that?
80% of businesses listed for sale NEVER sell. This simple guide gets you started on your improvement journey towards exit.
Don't be one of the 80% that never sell.
How To Wreck Their Business - It's The Book That Turns The Tables.
The next chapter in the "How To" series takes all those valuable learnings and brings them together in one workbook. This is a living, breathing workbook, so get ready to take tons of notes.
Ten chapters packed full of high value content to drive you and your business forward.
This isn't a book for reading and forgetting, this is a book for action and DOING.
Is This Not Just Another Success Book?
You could read every "Success Book" in the world and still not replicate the success of the author. What worked for them, may not work for you.
This book and improvement programme is slightly different, follow the same path, and the same result is virtually guaranteed, it's why every business owner needs to read this book.
Avoiding failure is the true route to success.
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