The Personal MBA by Josh Kaufman: Summary and Notes

A book that will help you master the art of business without the need to take an expensive MBA.

Dan Silvestre
6 min readFeb 3, 2021

“Every successful business (1) creates or provides something of value that (2) other people want or need (3) at a price they’re willing to pay, in a way that (4) satisfies the purchaser’s needs and expectations and (5) provides the business sufficient revenue to make it worthwhile for the owners to continue operation.”

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The Personal MBA by Josh Kaufman: Short Summary

The Personal MBA will help you master the art of business. Josh Kaufman compiles business knowledge that is seemingly difficult to understand or only available if you’re a student in business school and simplifies it for you.

Value Creation

The most important function of a business is value addition.

A business is designed to repeatedly create and deliver valuable products/services that people want or need, at a price they’re willing

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