num_pages: 244
description: Lessons from Business and LifeEverybody knows Jim McCann. He's the "flower guy," the CEO of 1-800-FLOWERS, who appears in all those terrific television ads. McCann is actually a unique corporate leader who in less than a decade took his company from the verge of bankruptcy to a $300 million business that ranks as the world's largest florist. Now in this upbeat, engaging book, McCann tells the amazing story of how he bootstrapped his way to phenomenal business success--and how you can do it too.Forget the hard sell, the killer instinct, the power suit, and the iron handshake. If you want to make a business take off these days, you need to base it on relationships--warm, real, human contact with the people you work with and sell to. McCann says it "Like all human relationships, business involves a need to make contact. Satisfy that need and the money will follow."In Stop and Sell the Roses , McCann shares the secrets he learned along his unique road to success, a journey that began in one of New York's toughest neighborhoods and resulted in a multimillion-dollar business. Learn from McCann how Build invaluable loyalty through emotional bondsPick the technology that frees up your creative timeHarness the awesome power of the brandPrepare for crunch times and stay tough when business is slowMake money on the Internet by reaching beyond the computer screenHire passionate peopleLeap-frog from job to job with an eye to your long-term successAnd much more!Funny, insightful, brimming with McCann's irresistible wit and street-smart wisdom, this is a business book like no other you've ever read--a book that will make you laugh as it gives you the tools you need to build your own winning business today.
language: English
title: Stop and Sell the Roses
titlecomplete: Stop and Sell the Roses
ratings_count: 9
publisher: Ballantine Books