Advance Praise
What readers and reviewers are saying.
Endorsements are being collected from trade association leaders, multi-generational small business operators, and management scholars. Listed here as they are confirmed.
"Every chapter felt like it was written about a deal I lost - and one I would have won if I'd had this book five years ago. This is the manual our industry has been missing."Forthcoming EndorsementMulti-generational principal, commercial construction
"Ellington has done something genuinely difficult: written a negotiation book that treats the owner-operator as the protagonist rather than a footnote. The structural realities he names - asymmetry, volatility, overload, relational risk - are the right ones."Forthcoming EndorsementTrade association executive
"The chapter on reading and negotiating contracts alone is worth ten times the price of the book. Every operator I work with is going to get a copy."Forthcoming EndorsementFractional CFO and small business advisor
"A scholarly-practitioner voice that is rare in this category. Ellington brings the rigor of a researcher and the instincts of an operator. Highly recommended for entrepreneurship faculty and their students."Forthcoming EndorsementBusiness school faculty, entrepreneurship
"The buy-sell agreement chapter alone would have saved me a year of mediation. Wish I'd had this before my partner and I separated the business."Forthcoming EndorsementFounder, professional services firm
"This is the book I'd hand to a younger version of myself the day I signed my first commercial lease."Forthcoming EndorsementVeteran operator, restaurant and hospitality
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