How To Run A Successful Business

A Step-By-Step Guide

Simple. Proven. FREE!


At 34, I started out in a living room & built up a multi-million dollar company from scratch.

At 49, I sold it and retired.

So what made my business successful?

It wasn’t one thing alone, and I can guarantee you, there have been a few Cranky Boss moments along the way.

It’s several factors that collectively worked well together.
Achieving that sort of harmony is an art.

I’m here to share with you how I did it.


About The Guide

My guide and its content are not limited to an audience down under.
In fact, in principle most of the information is applied to any business on a global level.

There’s an abundance of practical experience packed into this guide, and it may not cover everything, but it’s a start; and whilst I am not looking to have you take everything on board overnight, there will be a light bulb moment somewhere in something that I have said that will make that ‘switch’ for you. 

You may simply bookmark my site and revisit in a few months down the track. It generally comes with the thought, “yep, now I know what that meant.” 

My hope is that through documenting my experience, I would have done anyone in business a great service by providing practical information that is critical in achieving success when running a business.


Some of it is the kind of stuff that doesn’t really get taught but gets picked up over time through experience. I reckon this is kind of the most important stuff.

More importantly, I’ve laid all this out in simple terms; because I’m a straightforward person who doesn’t use big or complicated words to impress the reader or to appear intelligent. For this, I play wordle 😂!

This guide is not intended to give business ideas. It assumes that you already have that and are either looking for guidance on how to start a business, or you have already started and somewhere, somehow down the track, you have bumped into problems, and you’ve gone all cranky on us.

The good news for both is that this guide will prevent you from making mistakes and will assist you in finding the right path to steer your ship out of rough waters. We will get to look at the basics of running a business, the key things to running a successful business and the top reasons why businesses fail.

In fact, ASIC (Australian Securities & Investments Commission) tells us that 3 out of 4 reasons why businesses fail are not because they are not profitable or because there are trading losses. So don’t lose hope. Let’s see what’s going on and find your path out. 

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Here is a quick way to navigate through my site:

About Me
My journey and how i got here.

Why Cranky Boss
A few lines of how we got to Cranky Boss!

Home
You are here!

The 5 Basic Step Guide
The foundation of a successful business.
All your critical information, unpacked and made simple.

Blog
This area will contain new articles, news and all the fun stuff we get to talk about.

Pearls of Wisdom
A compilation of my favourite quotes, or sayings and where you are welcome to send me your favourites.

Contact
The place you go, to drop me an email.