Today anyone can be in business. Tools and technology that used to be out of reach are now easily accessible. You don't need an office you can work from home. You don't need teams of accountants, lawyers and HR managers. You can probably do that stuff yourself.

Many small businesses are killed by overheads an d unnecessary cost layers.

• Why pay others to do what you can do yourself?
• Have voluminous business plans ever been useful for much more than propping the door open?

Smart use of technology, fast decision making and having a mission rather than a Mission Statement are the real keys to success.

It's time to rework work.

Written by the founders of trailblazing software company 37 Signals, this is a book many small and aspiring business owners will embrace wholeheartedly.

First published 2010