{"id":14339,"date":"2013-05-11T03:27:20","date_gmt":"2013-05-11T08:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/?p=14339"},"modified":"2022-08-11T03:29:05","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T08:29:05","slug":"andy-hayes-uses-small-town-rules-to-build-a-sophisticated-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/2013\/05\/andy-hayes-uses-small-town-rules-to-build-a-sophisticated-business.html","title":{"rendered":"Andy Hayes uses Small Town Rules to build a sophisticated business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>As we celebrate the one year anniversary of Small Town Rules and winning a 2013 Small Business Book Award, we\u2019ve asked a few friends to share the rules that are a part of their business every day.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Andy-Hayes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"157\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-14340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Andy-Hayes.jpg 157w, https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Andy-Hayes-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 157px) 100vw, 157px\" \/>Andy Hayes used this idea to talk about the difference between a complex business and a sophisticated business, using Rule 6: Be Proud of Being Small.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI actually think lots of business owners make the mistake of thinking they want a big business that\u2019s complex, when really, you just want a business that is the \u201cright\u201d size. Even tiny businesses can have a \u201csophisticated\u201d offering \u2013 e.g. a product or service that is high-touch and high-value.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In fact, maybe it\u2019s time to clean out your business and simplify your offerings, Andy says.<\/p>\n<p>View the quick 2 minute video here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/andyhayes.com\/the-difference-between-a-complex-and-a-sophisticated-business\">The Difference Between a Complex and a Sophisticated Business<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we celebrate the one year anniversary of Small Town Rules and winning a 2013 Small Business Book Award, we\u2019ve asked a few friends to share the rules that are a part of their business every day. Andy Hayes used this idea to talk about the difference between a complex business and a sophisticated business, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[704],"tags":[489],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14339"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/103"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14339"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14341,"href":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14339\/revisions\/14341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}