{"product_id":"own-or-be-owned-codie-sanchez-9798995891802","title":"Own or Be Owned: Build a Business So Good It Doesn't Need You","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the New York Times best-selling author of Main Street Millionaire\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Following my Owner Score is the best business decision I've made in 15 years.\" -- Meg Kinnerk, business owner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou didn't start a business to work 80 hours a week and feel broke on paper.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut here you are. The \"we're not going to make it\" fear. The 3 a.m. panic. The quiet realization that working harder isn't fixing anything. It's keeping you stuck.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCodie Sanchez has been there. She's also been on the other side. She built a nine-figure holding company across laundromats, car washes, roofing companies, and service businesses that now print cash whether she shows up or not. Along the way, she learned the lesson most owners never get told: \u003cb\u003eHeroics don't scale. Systems do.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Own or Be Owned, Sanchez hands you the private equity playbook the pros use to turn ordinary businesses into ones you actually enjoy running. This is the same playbook her advisory group, the Contrarian Boardroom, has used to help 14,000 owners scale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHere's what you'll learn: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e- The Owner Score.\u003c\/b\u003e A 10-minute diagnostic across 12 dimensions to find out if you own a business or it owns you. Plus the exact moves to fix every weak score.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e- The 12 P's.\u003c\/b\u003e The framework for diagnosing the most painful problem in your business and fixing it before it costs you another quarter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e- Pricing that prints\u003c\/b\u003e. How underpaid owners become high-margin operators without losing customers (most owners are leaving 30-50 percent on the table).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e- The hiring filter. \u003c\/b\u003eHow to attract A-players to a Main Street business and avoid the bad hires that cost you six figures and your sanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e- The one-page dashboard. \u003c\/b\u003eRun your entire company at a glance. This is the same scoreboard the best operators check every Monday morning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReal owners. Real numbers: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I went from $60K to $100K a month.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--Owner, Security \u0026amp; Defense Contractor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"We finished $727K ahead of last year.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--Owner, Travel Agency\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"12 P's is my unfair advantage.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--Owner, DJ \u0026amp; Entertainment Business\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book took me from new owner to multi-generational business.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--Owner, Raw Materials Supplier\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the manual most CEOs never get. It's not for slackers, dreamers, or anyone looking for a shortcut. It's for the owner who's already in the arena, bleeding, and ready to stop trading hours for a business that should be paying them back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's a smarter way to build wealth, and take your time back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStop being owned. Start owning.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Contrarian Thinking Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50428768387265,"sku":"9798995891802","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0781\/5512\/0833\/files\/9798995891802.jpg?v=1784755031","url":"https:\/\/www.porchlightbooks.com\/products\/own-or-be-owned-codie-sanchez-9798995891802","provider":"Porchlight Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}