Build Your Business In 90 Minutes A Day

by Nigel Botterill, Martin Gladdish

A super practical guide to building a successful business by spending ninety minutes a day on the stuff that really matters.

Have you got a brilliant business idea, but are not sure how to find the time to start making it a reality? Or perhaps you have your dream up and running but you need help to grow? Join best-selling author and multi-award winning entrepreneur, Nigel Botterill, and his co-author Martin Gladdish, as they explore the history, wisdom and uncanny natural phenomena that surrounds each 90 minute chunk of time that we live in and equip you with the tools to think big, grow fast and build your successful business in those 90–minute chunks! Build Your Business in 90 Minutes A Day reveals lessons from the true stories of everyday entrepreneurs who dedicate 90 minutes a day to building their success. Woven amongst these inspirational tales are the remarkable accounts of world-changing events from English history, space  and popular culture, that were determined in just 90 minutes. Amidst pages of startling science fact surrounding this magical number, you will learn just how powerful it can be when applied to your life. An hour and a half will never seem quite the same again. Nigel has built eight separate million pound+ businesses from scratch and won a shed full of awards in the process. No one knows better than him what it takes to build big businesses fast! 

Genres: Business, Nonfiction

192 pages, Paperback

First published April 8, 2015

Reviews

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

I feel like this book could be a lot shorter. The first 2/3 feels like an introduction with the last 1/3 being what you were expecting to read when you picked up the book. That being said, the content in that last 1/3 is WELL worth the wait and is exactly what I was hoping for from a book with this title! Recommended.

P.s. a star was lost in the rating because of how long it took to get to the meat of the book.

[Mary Collin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this book. It's very quickly become a favourite and I've already read it three times - with a highlighter! It's a quick, easy read, packed with the WHY 90 minutes, WHAT to do in your 90 minute sessions and HOW to get the best out of them. Also loved his 'unbreakable rules'. Highly recommended!

[Artemis · Rating 2 out of 5]

If this book had any references at all for any of the "seriously powerful research" that it claims to be citing, I could easily give this another star.

However, this book is also laced in classism and it hurts.

He claims that we all have the same amount of time in a day, yet also states that you should outsource things you don't like doing... such as gardening, cleaning the house, cooking, etc. How nice to think you have the same 24 hours to develop a business as somebody that you pay to do the things you don't want to do.

The concept of 90 minutes a day to focus on what needs to be done is useful, but this book, after initial introduction, does little more than hype the idea, and introduce how naive Nigel Botterill (and Martin Gladdish) are to the realities of those who aren't affluent in some way.

[Lisa San Martín · Rating 2 out of 5]

It’s fairly superficial - repeated ‘case studies’ of ‘Mary spent 90 minutes on her business every day and is now a millionnaire!’ without any real substance.

It had perhaps 3 strong takeaways for me. The rest really was just repeating that 90 minutes is a magical number. Disappointed.

[Tonya Meers · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good book with some interesting facts about 90 minutes and why it's so relevant as well as some helpful suggestions.

[Evelyne Amasi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great

[Christopher · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book, although you only need to read the last 20- 30 pages as this is where the gold is.

[Reffi Dhinar · Rating 3 out of 5]

It gives the good examples to set my focus in building my coaching business, but it doesn't give the real technique. Good to add our knowledge in other business.

[Daniel Lee · Rating 2 out of 5]

Padding and waffle

[Andy Hunt · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent

Really important messages for business owners and managers in time management and how to get things done. Also marketing tips. I have implemented them this week after reading.

[Lynne · Rating 5 out of 5]

very thought provoking

[Maya Panika · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’d already heard of the 90 minute rule Before I read Nigel Botterill’s excellent little book, and tried incorporating the principle into my life, with varying degrees of success. It is an idea that’s already quite well known now, and there are several useful and informative websites on the subject you can access. So why buy this book? Well, it goes a little further than the sites. It’s a primer, but also a step by step process to incorporating the concept into your daily work-life. It’s a short, sweet read – designed to be read in 90 minutes. It seems insubstantial at first, over-padded, a concept stretched to transparency; its simplicity is deceptive. What you get here is actually series of easy-to absorb lessons disguised as short, snappy chapters. The first half of the book is a series of anecdotes: real-life examples of how people used 90 minutes a day to build successful businesses. The second half is more intense, using short exercises and thinking-breaks to get your mind working on how all this can work for you – a series of thoughts, ideas, ‘what ifs’, that are gently – almost sneakily – imparting knowledge and sparking ideas. The second half is better than the first. In my everso humble, you can skip most, if not all, of the first, anecdotal, ‘Mrs P. of Swindon did this and now she’s a millonare!’ chapters. It won’t be as enjoyable to read, and possibly not quite as effective as a learning tool, but there are an awful lot of case histories in the first half and the second half is where the meat and potatoes is – all the ideas on actually using this process in your daily routine. I’ve been using it myself to enormous effect. It has had a remarkable benefit on my own work-practices and productivity. I am getting so much more done and am less stressed and tired while doing it. I really do recommend the 90 minutes concept and this book is a great tool for getting you started, then up and running. I really am very pleased I read this book; I can’t recommend it too highly.

[Michael · Rating 3 out of 5]

When I opened this book I was pleasantly surprised by the nice big text, I started reading, very early on it introduces you to the concept of 90 minutes being an optimum time for building your business or changing the world. It claims that you can read the book in 90 minutes too, it took me at least double that time.

The book started off well and made me think I need to set aside 90 minutes each day, and 148 pages later I still thought this, however, I was aware that I had been reading a marketing brochure, not a management textbook, as the book is based on how one of the authors built and continues to build his business, very little was actually given away other than a glowing appraisal of the author’s life.

The last 20 pages are dedicated to helping you develop your business with some basic tips, and at the end of the book, there is a link for some free resources, like the book these would have benefitted from an extra proofread.

The idea of setting aside 90 minutes a day from today to build your business and to keep and attract customers is a strong, sound idea, the book could have been more detailed in how business owners can develop their business.

[Ana Lopez · Rating 3 out of 5]

What i can say is 20% of the book is useful, the rest is just...filler.

[Jacky · Rating 2 out of 5]

Pretty empty

[Bora]

Complete waste of time. The only argument of the author is that if you spend 90 minutes a day for your dream business you will achieve it. What an interesting inside huh?