The Pentapreneur System: Book 1 - The Foundation: Five Steps to Running Your Business Instead of It Running You - Couverture souple

Hefer, Johan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1049283074 ISBN 13 : 9781049283074

Editeur : Johannis Antonius & Sons Publishers, 2026

Synopsis

You didn’t start your business to feel permanently busy, overwhelmed, and always a little behind. Yet most small business owners end up becoming the finance department, sales team, operations manager, and CEO — often before lunch.

Most business books assume you already have departments and specialists. This book is written for the person who is the department.

After twenty-five years as a chartered accountant working alongside owner-managed businesses, Johan Hefer saw the same problems repeat across industries and countries: capable, hardworking people relying on instinct and goodwill without a simple system to turn effort into a business that truly supports their life.
The Pentapreneur System is that system.

This first book lays the foundation. It introduces the Life First Principle — the idea that a business should serve the owner’s life, not consume it — and builds a clear, practical framework around it. Through real examples and a relatable running story, the book explains how to move from constant reaction to calm, deliberate control.

Inside you’ll learn how to:
• Align personal goals and business goals so they stop competing
• Understand what your business actually needs next
• Build structure without corporate jargon or complicated theory
• Apply core concepts like Business Ikigai, the Owner’s Reservoir, and the Stewardship Principle
• Create a foundation for decisions, systems, and long-term sustainability

This book is designed to pass both the Plumber Test and the MBA Test: immediately useful for busy owner-managers, while grounded in real business rigour.

Written for global readers and second-language English speakers, the language is clear and accessible, and the examples come from real businesses — not business school case studies.

Book 1: Foundation is the starting point of a four-book series that forms a complete operating system for owner-managed businesses. The books that follow go deeper into analysis, decision-making, and building the systems that sustain what works.

This series does not assume venture capital, hyper-growth, or an exit strategy. It assumes you want to keep what you are building — and that you want your life back while you do it.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Johannis Antonius & Sons Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1049283074
• ISBN 13: 9781049283074
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 169
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