The company was granted a monopoly to manage the fur trade in the colonies of New France, which were at that time centered on the Saint Lawrence River valley and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. It is a great read for someone starting out and bootstrapping their way in business but also very good for business owners, managers, corporate directors and CEOs who have been seduced by the blue sky approach to growth and are now well and truly on a speeding gravy train that could crash out of control. Many people are worried about sharing their ideas with others, but ideas alone are worthless, it's the execution that matters.

Brian Clark: All right, Everyone, you can’t read the book yet, but you’re probably living the company of one already. Compared to 20 years ago when you and I got started doing this craziness, it’s become quite fashionable almost. Discontent with settlers in Quebec over the company's total control of the fur trade caused numerous problems, which led to control over the colony shifting for a time to the Canadian-based Compagnie des Habitants, and matters worsened during the 1650s when war with the Iroquois severely hampered the fur trade and threatened continued colonization. Jarvis argues that staying small can be a deliberate choice, allowing individuals to have more control over their work and personal lives. The companies that Jarvis is discussing in this book aren't necessarily companies consisting of one person, he has just used that as an umbrella term for companies that choose to stay small, keep overheads to a minimum, work smarter rather than harder, and not chase unsustainable growth.What I noticed, because I spent so much time in the knowledge base and I spent so much time on support, I knew what their software did, but I needed to fit what their software did into how my business worked, or how I wanted my business to work. Having personally discovered the benefits of cutting out the corporate hierarchy that constantly demands more, author Paul Jarvis explains how you can do the same. All I had to do was think about writing a good book which is really interesting, because I don’t put myself in situations like that. First, you need to connect with your audience and learn about their needs, so you can know how to fulfill them.

While it was a useful course, I guess, to people, because that’s been the course that sold more than anything else, I’ve learned so much about online teaching and courses and how they work that I wanted to give it a refresh. I've been in business for six years now, so nothing was completely new to me, but it did serve as food for thought as to what I could be doing better. An example would be if you are needing some help with your work, is it better to hire an employee or is it better to get a freelancer?

I know intuitively and I can make a decision in probably a fraction of a second on whether or not I think the design of something is good or it’s going to work.