The Paid Last Series · Companion · Available
The Realities of Ownership
A Handbook for Owners and the People They Develop

By Stephen Deason
For the owner’s desk.
Each entry starts with a familiar business saying. The entry shows the loose reading that gets owners and managers into trouble, then gives the wording that closes it. Each entry names the false belief behind the saying, the reality, the cost the company can see, and the cost that arrives later at the owner’s desk.
The handbook then turns to the harsh truths of the owner’s seat and what owning a company does to a life.
The Realities first appeared as an appendix to Residual Claimants, Volume One of The Paid Last Series. The entries are printed here on their own, for the owner’s desk and for the people the owner is developing.
Book details
- Series
- The Paid Last Series
- Author
- Stephen Deason
- Publisher
- Alder Creek Editions
- Hardcover
- ISBN 979-8-952410-31-2
- Hardcover page count
- 204 pages
- Dimensions
- 6 × 9 inches
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About the author
Stephen Deason
Stephen Deason is an applied economist, entrepreneur, and operator whose fiction and nonfiction draw on health care, recovery, business, and institutions. His writing has appeared in CPA Practice Advisor. He lives in the Atlanta area.
