Listen free for 30 days
-
The Pumpkin Plan
- A Simple Strategy to Grow a Remarkable Business in Any Field
- Narrated by: Mike Michalowicz
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
Failed to add items
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wish list failed.
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Buy Now for $20.40
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
You may also enjoy...
-
The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur
- The Tell-it-Like-it-is Guide to Cleaning Up in Business, Even if You Are at the End of Your Roll
- Written by: Mike Michalowicz
- Narrated by: Mike Michalowicz
- Length: 4 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
"Never started a company before? Struggling with little or no cash? Have no experience, no baseline to judge your progress against? Thank God! You've got a shot at making this work." So says Mike Michalowicz, author of The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur, a business book that is so uniquely useful, so raw and entertaining, it reads like the brainchild of Steve Jobs and Chris Rock.
-
-
100 business books in 1!
- By Cris MacIntosh on 2019-12-26
Written by: Mike Michalowicz
-
Clockwork, Revised and Expanded
- Design Your Business to Run Itself
- Written by: Mike Michalowicz, Gino Wickman - foreword
- Narrated by: Mike Michalowicz, Johnathan McClain
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
If you're like most entrepreneurs, you started your company so you could be your own boss, make the money you deserve, and live life on your own terms. In reality, you're bogged down in the daily grind, constantly putting out fires, answering an endless stream of questions, and continually hunting for cash.
Written by: Mike Michalowicz, and others
-
Fix This Next
- Make the Vital Change That Will Level Up Your Business
- Written by: Mike Michalowicz
- Narrated by: Mike Michalowicz
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
From Mike Michalowicz, the author of Profit First, Clockwork, and The Pumpkin Plan, comes the ultimate diagnostic tool for every entrepreneur.... The biggest problem entrepreneurs have is that they don't know what their biggest problem is. If you find yourself trapped between stagnating sales, staff turnover, and unhappy customers, what do you fix first? Every issue seems urgent—but there's no way to address all of them at once. The result? A business that continues to go in endless circles putting out urgent fires and prioritizing the wrong things.
-
-
Very good!
- By Sarah on 2022-09-11
Written by: Mike Michalowicz
-
Get Different
- Marketing That Can't Be Ignored!
- Written by: Mike Michalowicz
- Narrated by: Mike Michalowicz
- Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Many business owners are frustrated because they feel invisible in a crowded marketplace. They know they are better than their competitors, but when they focus on that fact, they get little in return. That's because, to customers, better is not actually better. Different is better. And those who market differently, win. In his new marketing book, Mike Michalowicz offers a proven method to position your business, service, or brand to get noticed, attract the best prospects, and convert those opportunities into sales.
-
-
Being different
- By Mimo S. on 2024-01-27
Written by: Mike Michalowicz
-
Profit First
- Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine
- Written by: Mike Michalowicz
- Narrated by: Mike Michalowicz
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Conventional accounting uses the logical (albeit, flawed) formula: Sales - Expenses = Profit. The problem is, businesses are run by humans, and humans aren't always logical. Serial entrepreneur Mike Michalowicz has developed a behavioral approach to accounting to flip the formula: Sales - Profit = Expenses. Just as the most effective weight loss strategy is to limit portions by using smaller plates, Michalowicz shows that by taking profit first and apportioning only what remains for expenses, entrepreneurs will transform their businesses from cash-eating monsters to profitable cash cows.
Written by: Mike Michalowicz
-
All In
- How Great Leaders Build Unstoppable Teams
- Written by: Mike Michalowicz
- Narrated by: Mike Michalowicz
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
It’s never been harder building successful teams. With challenges of work-from-anywhere, flex-schedule and generational divides, business leaders bend over backwards searching for solutions that work. They’ve tried everything from food perks and ping pong tables to endless team-building exercises and training—but nothing sticks. Now, in his long-awaited book for leaders at all levels, bestselling author Mike Michalowicz reveals his proven formula to build an unstoppable team for any work environment.
-
-
I’m going all in on my team!
- By Ali Turton Photography on 2024-01-05
Written by: Mike Michalowicz
-
The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur
- The Tell-it-Like-it-is Guide to Cleaning Up in Business, Even if You Are at the End of Your Roll
- Written by: Mike Michalowicz
- Narrated by: Mike Michalowicz
- Length: 4 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
"Never started a company before? Struggling with little or no cash? Have no experience, no baseline to judge your progress against? Thank God! You've got a shot at making this work." So says Mike Michalowicz, author of The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur, a business book that is so uniquely useful, so raw and entertaining, it reads like the brainchild of Steve Jobs and Chris Rock.
-
-
100 business books in 1!
- By Cris MacIntosh on 2019-12-26
Written by: Mike Michalowicz
-
Clockwork, Revised and Expanded
- Design Your Business to Run Itself
- Written by: Mike Michalowicz, Gino Wickman - foreword
- Narrated by: Mike Michalowicz, Johnathan McClain
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
If you're like most entrepreneurs, you started your company so you could be your own boss, make the money you deserve, and live life on your own terms. In reality, you're bogged down in the daily grind, constantly putting out fires, answering an endless stream of questions, and continually hunting for cash.
Written by: Mike Michalowicz, and others
-
Fix This Next
- Make the Vital Change That Will Level Up Your Business
- Written by: Mike Michalowicz
- Narrated by: Mike Michalowicz
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
From Mike Michalowicz, the author of Profit First, Clockwork, and The Pumpkin Plan, comes the ultimate diagnostic tool for every entrepreneur.... The biggest problem entrepreneurs have is that they don't know what their biggest problem is. If you find yourself trapped between stagnating sales, staff turnover, and unhappy customers, what do you fix first? Every issue seems urgent—but there's no way to address all of them at once. The result? A business that continues to go in endless circles putting out urgent fires and prioritizing the wrong things.
-
-
Very good!
- By Sarah on 2022-09-11
Written by: Mike Michalowicz
-
Get Different
- Marketing That Can't Be Ignored!
- Written by: Mike Michalowicz
- Narrated by: Mike Michalowicz
- Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Many business owners are frustrated because they feel invisible in a crowded marketplace. They know they are better than their competitors, but when they focus on that fact, they get little in return. That's because, to customers, better is not actually better. Different is better. And those who market differently, win. In his new marketing book, Mike Michalowicz offers a proven method to position your business, service, or brand to get noticed, attract the best prospects, and convert those opportunities into sales.
-
-
Being different
- By Mimo S. on 2024-01-27
Written by: Mike Michalowicz
-
Profit First
- Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine
- Written by: Mike Michalowicz
- Narrated by: Mike Michalowicz
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Conventional accounting uses the logical (albeit, flawed) formula: Sales - Expenses = Profit. The problem is, businesses are run by humans, and humans aren't always logical. Serial entrepreneur Mike Michalowicz has developed a behavioral approach to accounting to flip the formula: Sales - Profit = Expenses. Just as the most effective weight loss strategy is to limit portions by using smaller plates, Michalowicz shows that by taking profit first and apportioning only what remains for expenses, entrepreneurs will transform their businesses from cash-eating monsters to profitable cash cows.
Written by: Mike Michalowicz
-
All In
- How Great Leaders Build Unstoppable Teams
- Written by: Mike Michalowicz
- Narrated by: Mike Michalowicz
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
It’s never been harder building successful teams. With challenges of work-from-anywhere, flex-schedule and generational divides, business leaders bend over backwards searching for solutions that work. They’ve tried everything from food perks and ping pong tables to endless team-building exercises and training—but nothing sticks. Now, in his long-awaited book for leaders at all levels, bestselling author Mike Michalowicz reveals his proven formula to build an unstoppable team for any work environment.
-
-
I’m going all in on my team!
- By Ali Turton Photography on 2024-01-05
Written by: Mike Michalowicz
-
Surge
- Time the Marketplace, Ride the Wave of Consumer Demand, and Become Your Industry's Big Kahuna
- Written by: Mike Michalowicz
- Narrated by: Mike Michalowicz
- Length: 4 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
To achieve the ultimate in entrepreneurial breakthrough success requires an uncanny ability to spot the next big wave of consumer demand - but how do you do that? For most small business owners, the true cash cows seem to be reserved for lucky people who were in the right place at the right time.
-
-
Very Insightful
- By Joe on 2020-06-20
Written by: Mike Michalowicz
-
Profit First for Contractors
- Transform Your Construction Business From a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine
- Written by: Shawn Van Dyke
- Narrated by: Shawn Van Dyke
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Construction industry business coach, speaker, and author, Shawn Van Dyke, has taken the core concepts of Mike Michalowicz's Profit First and customized them to address the specific needs of the construction industry. Profit First for Contractors addresses the major struggles contractors face and provides clear and actionable guidance on how to overcome them. Shawn shows contractors how to go from simply getting by to becoming permanently profitable.
-
-
not much content
- By steve mackay on 2022-06-26
Written by: Shawn Van Dyke
-
Elevate
- Build a Business Where Everybody Wins
- Written by: Tommy Mello
- Narrated by: Tommy Mello
- Length: 4 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Tommy Mello, the Home Service Millionaire, shares what inspired him and how you can learn from his experiences. He quotes from his favorite successful business gurus and explains what it takes to get to the top. He teaches you his method for training and inspiring employees, teaching accountability, and improving performance for any size business. A lively discussion of what it takes to succeed.
-
-
Enthusiastic Listen
- By Anonymous User on 2024-02-21
Written by: Tommy Mello
-
The E-Myth Revisited
- Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It
- Written by: Michael E. Gerber
- Narrated by: Michael E. Gerber
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In this audio edition of the totally revised underground best seller, The E-Myth, Michael Gerber dispels the myths surrounding starting your own business and shows how commonplace assumptions can get in the way of running a business. He walks you through the steps in the life of a business, from entrepreneurial infancy, through adolescent growing pains, to the mature entrepreneurial perspective, the guiding light of all businesses that succeed.
-
-
Really really cheesy
- By AJ on 2019-05-18
Written by: Michael E. Gerber
-
Beyond the E-Myth
- The Evolution of an Enterprise: From a Company of One to a Company of 1,000!
- Written by: Michael E. Gerber
- Narrated by: Michael E. Gerber
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Beyond the E-Myth embraces the fundamental premise of that first book - that a small business only succeeds to the degree its owner goes to work on the business rather than just in it, creating the systemic operating system that makes that business unique in the marketplace.
Written by: Michael E. Gerber
-
The Recession Response
- Five Stages to Entrepreneurial Success During Economic Challenge & Crisis
- Written by: Mike Michalowicz
- Narrated by: Mike Michalowicz
- Length: 2 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The Recession Response is one of your greatest assets to understanding and navigating the recession. It gives you both insights on what to expect and specific steps on how to navigate it. This isn't just theory, albeit it is in here to give context. This is full of strategies, steps, and how-tos. Evaluate what will serve you and deliberately execute on it.
Written by: Mike Michalowicz
-
The 3.3 Rule
- The New Workday Standard of Creating More by Working Less
- Written by: John Briggs
- Narrated by: John Briggs
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
How do business owners extinguish burnout, regain control, and create an intolerance for unconscionable overtime hours? What if you could make that change by tomorrow? In The 3.3 Rule, John Briggs shows how to fix the demand for nonstop work for business owners and their team. Not the demand from having clients, but the demand from self that pushes the nonstop work.
Written by: John Briggs
-
The Profitable Tradie
- 7 Steps for Trades Business Owners to Earn More While Working a Lot Less
- Written by: Tony Fraser-Jones
- Narrated by: Tony Fraser-Jones
- Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The "Profitable Tradie Book'' is the exact blueprint you need to follow if you want to earn more money while working a lot less in your Plumbing, Electrical or Similar Service business.
-
-
Sales pitch for their own program
- By Tom on 2023-10-22
Written by: Tony Fraser-Jones
-
Markup & Profit
- A Contractor's Guide, Revisited
- Written by: Michael C. Stone
- Narrated by: Michael C. Stone
- Length: 14 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Few construction companies fail because of poor building practice; they fail because of poor pricing practice. To succeed in construction, you have to price your jobs to cover all labor, material, and overhead expenses, pay yourself a decent salary, and make a profit that will keep your company thriving.
-
-
Revamping my business
- By Lino Consulta on 2023-06-19
Written by: Michael C. Stone
-
The Blue Collar CEO
- My Gutsy Journey from Rookie Contractor to Multi-Millionaire Construction Boss
- Written by: Mandy Rennehan
- Narrated by: Mandy Rennehan
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Mandy Rennehan began her business career at the age of ten by catching bait and selling it to local fishermen. She was so good at her job, she knew she wanted to be her own boss one day. At the age of seventeen, Rennehan decided to strike out on her own, so she packed a hockey bag full of her belongings and fled to Halifax, where she began cold calling construction companies, volunteering to work for free, so she could learn more about contracting and the trades.
-
-
Such a fantastic book!
- By Victoria Smith on 2023-07-07
Written by: Mandy Rennehan
-
Estimating Construction Profitably
- Developing a System for Residential Estimating
- Written by: Michael C. Stone
- Narrated by: Michael C. Stone
- Length: 3 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Estimating the cost of a project is critical to your business success. Done correctly, your company is profitable. Done wrong, you lose money. Michael Stone, a successful construction business consultant and trainer, shares his years of experience estimating residential projects in this manual. Estimating isn't difficult when you have a system. The purpose of this book is to help you create that system. It's an approach that helps you estimate without having to think about the process. An orderly approach makes estimating easier and more accurate.
Written by: Michael C. Stone
-
$100M Leads
- How to Get Strangers to Want to Buy Your Stuff
- Written by: Alex Hormozi
- Narrated by: Alex Hormozi
- Length: 6 hrs
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
This book contains the playbooks that took me from sleeping on my gym floor to owning a portfolio of companies that generate $200 million per year in less than a decade. Want to know the biggest difference between those two time periods? How many leads I was getting.
-
-
Boring book and horrible Audio
- By ABC on 2023-12-10
Written by: Alex Hormozi
Publisher's Summary
Each year, Americans start one million new businesses, nearly 80 percent of which fail within the first five years. Under such pressure to stay alive—let alone grow—it’s easy for entrepreneurs to get caught up in a never-ending cycle of "sell it—do it, sell it—do it" that leaves them exhausted, frustrated, and unable to get ahead no matter how hard they try.
This is the exact situation Mike Michalowicz found himself in when he was trying to grow his first company. Although it was making steady money, there was never very much left over, and he was chasing customers left and right, putting in 28-hour days, eight days a week. The punishing grind never let up. His company was alive but stunted, and he was barely breathing. That’s when he discovered an unlikely source of inspiration—pumpkin farmers.
After reading an article about a local farmer who had dedicated his life to growing giant pumpkins, Michalowicz realized the same process could apply to growing a business. He tested the Pumpkin Plan on his own company and transformed it into a remarkable multimillion-dollar industry leader. First he did it for himself. Then for others. And now you. So what is the Pumpkin Plan?
- Plant the right seeds: Don’t waste time doing a bunch of different things just to please your customers. Instead, identify the thing you do better than anyone else and focus all of your attention, money, and time on figuring out how to grow your company doing it.
- Weed out the losers: In a pumpkin patch, small, rotten pumpkins stunt the growth of the robust, healthy ones. The same is true of customers. Figure out which customers add the most value and provide the best opportunities for sustained growth. Then ditch the worst of the worst.
- Nurture the winners: Once you figure out who your best customers are, blow their minds with care. Discover their unfulfilled needs, innovate to make their wishes come true, and overdeliver on every single promise.
Full of stories of other successful entrepreneurs, The Pumpkin Plan guides you through unconventional strategies to help you build a truly profitable blue-ribbon company that is the best in its field.
Includes exclusive author commentary throughout the audiobook and a bonus author interview at the end of the program.
What the critics say
"Every page, every chapter, as I read this book, I asked myself, ‘Michael E. Gerber, how come YOU didn’t think of that?’ Just remarkable! Just absolutely a remarkable book. A pumpkin! Who would have thought? Every one of you—entrepreneurs, business owners—read it! Do it now!" (Michael Gerber, author of The E-Myth and creator of the E-Myth Evolution)
"Another great read from Mike Michalowicz! Mike’s off-the-cuff sense of humor and business savvy ensure that The Pumpkin Plan is a book that entrepreneurs should read for years to come." (Guy Kawasaki, author of Enchantment and The Art of the Start)
"Hard-hitting advice aimed directly at the entrepreneur who is stuck being a wandering generality instead of a meaningful specific. Plenty of seeds worth planting." (Seth Godin, author of We Are All Weird)
More from the same
Love Books? You'll Love Audible.
Transform your day
Replace endless scrolling with endless listening. Chores can be fun.
Listen everywhere
Download titles to listen offline, wherever you are in the world.
Carry your entire Library
Your stories go where you go. Audiobooks don’t weigh a thing.
Listen and learn
Discover stories that can change your mind, your well-being, and your life.
Reach your reading goals
You can’t turn pages while you drive—but you can press play.
Find your niche
WIth thousands of titles to explore, there’s something for everyone.
What listeners say about The Pumpkin Plan
Average Customer RatingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Andrew L
- 2022-08-12
game changing
this book is phenomenal. I love how engaging Mike is and the content is no nonsense, straight up actionable. I have no doubt that following this to a T would produce excellent results
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Ola Adebero
- 2020-11-22
Very educative
I had enjoyed the book thoroughly. I am becoming a huge fan of his books. This was amazing to listen to.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Shawn
- 2022-03-18
Great plan
Well laid out plan that I hope is as useful to my business as Mike's other books have been.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- John
- 2023-08-01
Must read for businesses wanting to scale
I read Mikes Profit First but probably should have read this one first. Really well put together. I even emailed him and he responded. Immediately. Not many authors can make that claim.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- justin murray
- 2023-09-15
Such great info!
This is such a great book. Mike provides great information and is so easy to listen to.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Paolo Castellano
- 2021-05-14
Great read!
Not what I expected and lots of golden nuggets. Deff recommend to get it. Thanks
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Sarah
- 2023-07-30
so good!
must read for any entrepreneur! this is aligned with mikes other books (that i’ve already read) so there were some repeat insights here but that’s not a bad thing! anything to get it to stay in my head. Highly recommend!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Nicholas Brand
- 2021-08-20
One of my favourite business books.
One of my all time favourite business book. Listen to it at least once a year. This new revised version is even better with all the additional insights.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Alain R.
- 2023-01-15
Great overall, very easy listen and entertaining
I’ve listened to quite a few audio books, likely over 50 and this one stood out as very entertaining, not dry, the author Mike who reads it very well is passionate about all content and if his humour doesn’t make you laugh your bond to at least smile. I sent this book to my friend who owns a small computer repair shop and he loved it, and finally realizes the power of system’s, and how important it is to step back and be profitable without working 1 min. IN the business (or 9-5 day job rut if your doing it incorrectly). Thanks Mike.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- The Garlands
- 2024-01-01
A must read!!
This book is a true guide to making your business work. Mike is funny yet super practical. He gives you everything you need to make real money in your business and see real success without all the fluff. Thank you Mike!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!