You Might be Sitting on a Goldmine! Many small business owners start with great enthusiasm for their new business, but after a few years give up due to frustration, staffing issues, bureaucratic nonsense, or running out of funds to keep going. It's not all a bed of roses for sure, but for someone else coming along and picking up the pieces of your washed-up dreams, there's potentially a gold mine you're sitting on and maybe are unaware of it. Before you walk away from all the hard work of creating and establishing a small business venture, you might want to sit down and read this book and identify for yourself exactly what you can do to turn things around. If you are seeking a new business to buy, you're also going to love learning from Leonie Freeman's own journey and wise advice. Leonie Freeman shares her story of buying and nurturing a small business, in a way that anyone who's been there can relate to. She created the first industry owned Online Real Estate website back when the internet was barely in existence, against much opposition - and it's still thriving today. Leonie now writes and speaks throughout NZ and Australia about how to tackle challenges and re-ignite a positive outcome for any sized Small and medium enterprise. Using her business model of the 7 Ps for Success - you can seize opportunities you may have not seen before to take your existing business and develop it into a high performing unit that grows, and that you can find pleasure in again. CONTENTS: 1: My Story - The Early Years 2: RealENZ - an Innovation story 3: Buying and transforming a business 4: Making a Contribution 5: Getting Ready to Go 6: P1 - Purpose 7: P2 - Prospect 8: P3 - Plan 9: P4 - People 10: P5 - Product 11: P6 - Processes 12: P7 - Performance