Success Made Simple: An Inside Look at Why Amish Businesses ThriveISBN: 978-0-470-44237-1
Hardcover
256 pages
March 2010, Jossey-Bass
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—About.com, April 11, 2010
"Erik Wesner's new book, "Success Made Simple: An Inside Look at Why Amish Businesses Thrive," might have been titled "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Being Amish." This fascinating and engagingly written book spells out the principles that guide Amish business owners, based on interviews with 60 Amish CEOs employing about 400 people in various enterprises."
—LancasterOnline.com, April 10, 2010
"How can a people whose preferred mode of transportation is a
horse and buggy do so well in the modern marketplace? That question
intrigued Erik Wesner, a former sales manager. His exploration of
the Amish approach to business can be found in his fascinating book
Success Made Simple: An Inside Look at Why Amish Businesses
Thrive. Despite the group's insular nature, Wesner was able to
live and work among its members for three years. ‘We're not
going to become Amish,’ he says, ‘but I think some of
the cultural values that the Amish display consistently are things
that non-Amish people can adopt and incorporate.’"
—Time magazine, April 8, 2010
Articles, excerpts, slideshows, and mentions with the author
also from:
—MSNBC Live with David Shuster, April 2,
2010
—Slideshow, FastCompany.com, April 1, 2010
—Michael Dresser, Business Talk Radio, March 23,
2010
—Q&A, The New York Post, March 22, 2010