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StoryShots Summary and Analysis of Company of One: Why Staying Small Is the Next Big Thing for Business by Paul Jarvis

Introduction

Have you ever wanted to start a business, but felt like it was a Herculean undertaking without a big financial backer? In his best-selling book, Company of One, Paul Jarvis challenges this notion and more.

Company of One explains how you can achieve the success of a large enterprise without having to grow your business. The book argues that success is not necessarily defined by the volume or pace of growth. By remaining small, you can build your company around your lifestyle needs and preferences through ‘scalable systems’. Ultimately, this focus on developing scalable systems facilitates growth without the need for additional employees, and promotes long-term satisfaction. 

About Paul Jarvis

Paul Jarvis is a former Silicon Valley professional turned author. Company of One is his first book, but he also writes for some of the world’s leading publications, including Inc.com, Fast Company, and Huffington Post. Jarvis also wrote a popular, newsletter, Sunday Dispatches, a newsletter he established. 

Besides his work as an author, Jarvis hosts classes on how to be a successful freelancer, where he has advocated for the contrarian idea that businesses don't need growth to be profitable.

Jarvis is also the founder of the website analytics company Fathom Analytics. Fathom is a real-life example of a company of one - that doesn’t need growth to be profitable. Jarvis and his co-founder, Jack Ellis, are the sole employees. They have fully bootstrapped the company through the reinvestment of customer profits.

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