Idea To Value - Creativity And Innovation

Watch the video interview with Paul Jarvis at https://www.ideatovalue.com/crea/nickskillicorn/2018/11/podcast-s2e26-paul-jarvis-why-staying-small-is-the-next-big-thing-in-business/  What does running a successful business mean? Does it mean growing revenue at 1000% annually, or raising millions of money in Venture Capital? How about having hundreds of employees and clients who are the biggest businesses in the world? And would you rather have a business which makes you happy, or one which causes you stress? Paul Jarvis shares his unique views from his upcoming book Company of One on how it is possible to stay small and still be a successful business which is highly profitable and makes you fulfilled. Topics covered in today's episode: * [01:15] - Paul's story to building a successful one-person company over the past 20 years. People didn't understand what it meant to "work for yourself" * [03:30] - How a business can be successful without growing * [05:00] - A study showed that companies on the INC 5000 list