Our Company

“The Business Group showed me that I could afford to expand—I couldn’t afford not to.”
-- Laura Bertolli-Pendleton, Bertolli’s Auto Body

The Business Group gives small business owners a resource often reserved for execs of large organizations – problem solving and accountability from savvy independent peers. Since 1984, we’ve worked with way over a thousand business owners.

We combine two resources all small business owners need:

-- Our tools and seminars improve management skills and help you tackle the challenges of running a growing, profitable business.

-- Our business owner groups harness the power of a group of peers, and help relieve the isolation of running a small business.

We’ve built up quite a library of exercises, templates, workbooks, and books by tackling the day-to-day problems of business owners for twenty plus years.

Even those who use our tools on their own often take advantage of our forums that bring business owners together—starting with our free monthly teleseminars.

OUR PHILOSOPHY OF BUSINESS

Growth. Business growth is not an end in itself, but a way to achieve other important personal values: stability, wealth build-up, making a desired contribution to the community.
Profitability. Profitability is the signal that you are doing a good job, and it is the engine of growth and creativity.
Ease. Business needn’t be a constant struggle. Your business works best when you work smoothly and without undue stress.
Balance. Set your business up so that you have the desired balance between business and the rest of your life, and between the various things you do in your business.
Satisfaction. You are in business to do what you love and what you do best. If you’re not doing this, why put up with the hassle?
Integrity. Your business is a reflection of your core values. There is no reason at all why your business can’t combine high personal integrity, satisfaction, contribution to your customers, and great prosperity.
Community. In today’s world, business—and especially small business—is central to our sense of community: the relationship of businesses to each other, businesses to customers, employers to employees, and businesses to the surrounding community.
Humor. Let’s not take all this too seriously. We’re here to laugh and have fun and enjoy ourselves. We try to convey this in our books, starting with the illustrations.
Sharing and learning. We believe in the Power of the Group. We don’t know all the answers. We would love to hear from you.

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