The Art of Preventing Stupid

How to Build a Stronger Business Strategy through Better Risk Management

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Pub Date 02 Apr 2019 | Archive Date 02 Apr 2019
Greenleaf Book Group | An Inc. Original

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Description

In a world where most businesses fail, The Art of Preventing Stupid offers a system for leaders to solve common business problems before they happen. Author Matthew Neill Davis introduces the Preventing Stupid Method to running a business, a method that guides readers in identifying, categorizing, and prioritizing threats to and weaknesses in their business. This book details how to efficiently prevent and manage potential and present problems and helps business owners and managers learn how to create leads for a more profitable business. You will learn how to seize opportunities rather than wallow in problems that should never have made it to the surface.

Forward-thinking risk management
This book delivers bold business strategy rooted in forward-thinking risk management. It is about changing how leaders think, so they can run their business with confidence, effectiveness, and profitability. It shows struggling entrepreneurs how to weed out the stupid mistakes they’re making, so they can move forward. For those already running a business, it offers next-level risk management strategies to make work easier, more profitable, and more secure.

​Advice from a lawyer
In The Art of Preventing Stupid, you’ll get a lawyer’s perspective and insight and the value of a fractional general counsel for the cost of a single book. Matthew Neill Davis of Davis Law, PLLC, a firm that has three times made the Law Firm 500 for being among the fastest-growing law firms in the nation, will show you how to make smart, meaningful changes to successfully grow your organization. With his extensive litigation and business representation experience and expertise in building and running custom legal departments for businesses and nonprofits, he has dedicated himself to helping business owners make smart business decisions.

In a world where most businesses fail, The Art of Preventing Stupid offers a system for leaders to solve common business problems before they happen. Author Matthew Neill Davis introduces the...


Advance Praise

The Art of Preventing Stupid is a must-read for any smart entrepreneur looking to avoid the costly and unexpected risks and oversights that can take a business down. Matthew’s unique legal and business-building experience makes for a surprisingly refreshing approach that goes well beyond legal structure. This quick read will help you to create focus by laying out an aerial view of potential risks and distractions.”

—Chalene Johnson, New York Times best-selling author of Push and founder of Marketing Impact Academy

“Even though risks for businesses are greater than ever, most entrepreneurs are responding by closing their eyes tighter. Protect your business (and yourself) with Davis’ eye-opening thoughts.”

—Mike Michalowicz, author of Profit First and Clockwork

The Art of Preventing Stupid is a must-read for any smart entrepreneur looking to avoid the costly and unexpected risks and oversights that can take a business down. Matthew’s unique legal and...


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ISBN 9781732510210
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Solid ~ Clear ~ Useful

tl; dr: Don't be dumb or ignorant if you want a successful business.

Davis is a solid communicate with scores of experience. He develops a plan to help people see their weaknesses and counteract them. The strength of this book, for me, is the clarity of the text. This is a business book for someone who is pretty busy running a business. No wasted text here.

Thanks to NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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Excellent and well organized! This book gives any business owner or manager an easy outline of how to run a business. The author knows what he is talking about and he presents the information in an easy to understand manner!

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I generally like the book. My advice is to read it from start to finish. The first theoretical part covers the concepts of risk management and gives examples. The second part have more in depth cases. Very good and easy to understand explanations of risks management for companies of different sizes and industry verticals. I liked the point that hiring a person with degree doesn't mean this person has skills to deliver results. Reality shows this is true. I would recommend the book for entrepreneurs who just start to managers in big companies. The information is equally useful and applicable.

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The target audience of this book is business owners. As a seasoned attorney, the author approaches business problems as a good attorney would do when taking to a client: prevention is the key, checklists are your mantra, insurance is your best friend. I am attorney myself, so I found this book not really "informative" for me - I could see, however, how a business owner could benefit from reading it.

The "Art of Preventing Stupid" really is about prevention of all foreseeable problems that can arise in the business, and how not only to cure any symptom, but also any disease that is present in the business.

I was honestly expecting something more, some of it was repetitive and I wish there were more practical examples and tips from the beginning. Out of 138 pages, probably this book could be re-written in only 50.

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