The Million-Dollar, One-Person Business

Make Great Money. Work the Way You Like. Have the Life You Want.

By: Elaine Pofeldt

Narrated by: Elaine Pofeldt

Length: 4 hrs and 31 mins

Publisher's summary

The indispensable guide to earning a six-figure take-home income on your own terms, from Forbes.com contributing writer Elaine Pofeldt.

The rise of one-million-dollar, one-person businesses in the past five years is the biggest trend in employment today, offering the widest range of people the most ways to earn a living while having the lifestyles they want. In The Million-Dollar, One-Person Business, Elaine Pofeldt outlines the pathways to joining this entrepreneurial movement, synthesizing advice from hundreds of business owners who've done it. She explains how to identify, launch, grow, and reinvent the business, showing how a single individual can generate $1 million in revenue - something only larger small companies have done in the past. Both inspirational and practical, this book will appeal to all who seek a great worklife and a great lifestyle.

Includes a PDF of appendices from the book.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2018 Elaine Pofeldt (P)2018 Random House Audio

Critic reviews

"Free agents have unprecedented opportunities to earn a great living and create the lifestyle they really want. The Million-Dollar, One-Person Business unlocks strategies that will help solo entrepreneurs achieve more than they ever thought possible." (Matt Barrie, CEO of Freelancer.com)

"Traditional, hierarchical careers are no longer the best path for many. Breaking free is incredibly empowering and can exponentially increase earnings for savvy professionals. This book is an excellent source of guidance for people carving new paths to help them through the many choices they face." (Stephane Kasriel, CEO of Upwork)

"Elaine Pofeldt helped me have the courage to create the life I wanted, with practical, funny, and wise advice. With clear examples and compelling research, she shows what’s possible if you decide to go into business for yourself, and helps you figure out how to get there." (Elizabeth MacBride, international business journalist, freelance contributor to CNBC and Forbes, and single mom)

Better Than The 4 Hour Workweek

the reading voice is painful to listen to. and the writing style doesnt translate well. however, for the entrepreneur there are multiple business models you can implement into any business, and the story-based way of describing the business principles makes this a text book for every entrepreneur.

this should be what you listen to INSTEAD of the 4 hour work week. way more practical. way less fluff.

Good book

I agree with other reviewers that concerns about the author’s reading are overblown. I thought the author did a fine job reading.

Great book!

I loved this book! Easy to follow, great examples, tons of inspiration! After you finish you feel you need to jump into action right away.

Narration Is Just Fine

A great, brief read. Full of fantastic case studies.

Concerns over narration are overblown.

Listen, and then do.

Nice Ideas

Nice ideas for starting a business that can grow or stay low maintenance. Helpful for and give story ideas to explain situations.

Inspiring

I read an article by the author which was so useful I went out an bought this audio book the same day. Just like the article, this book is full of great info for starting a business, but from a perspective that you don't get in a lot of other books. The emphasis is that in order to be able to scale a single person or husband/wife business up to a million dollar level, you will likely have to be able to outsource some functions. She has some interesting perspectives on how to do that. This book is certainly worth a read. Her perspectives on health care costs were also comforting, just knowing that I am not alone in paying ridiculous monthly bills.
However, I do with the author had not chosen to read it herself. I think a professional narrator would have been a more enjoyable listen.

share with all you know

I've shared this book with all the entrepreneurs I know. It's the best book I've listened to regarding the specific area of running a one person business, it's full of ideas and motivation for making things happen. I found it very valuable.

Great book!!!!!! Boring Narration!!!!!

This book has a lot of great information. The information I got however, was from the written form. The Author should have had someone narrate for her. Her monotone voice made it hard to concentrate on the topic. If she got better after the first hour, I apologize for this review. One hour is all I could tolerate.

It wasn't as good as I was hoping it would be.

I was hoping to have found much more strategy and advice and concrete principles in this book. It wasn't terrible; just not what I was expecting. It was more a collection of case studies than anything.

Interesting content, poor narration

I got here thanks to appearance on Tim Ferris show. The content is good, interesting, the structure is a bit weaker from my perspective. The audible implementation could use improvement - no naming in chapters, numbers didn't match the text. Most importantly, the narration is poor - without energy, not so pleasant voice, was putting me a sleep within 30 minutes. Speeding up playback helps a little.