Patricia Drain knew it was time to write a business owner’s quick 
guide for building value in your business when she attended a 
seminar with other business owners. A frequent question asked 
among the group was, "Why did you decide to start your own 
business?"

Most said, "I needed to make a living."

And Patricia remembered years ago that she would have responded 
exactly the same.  When she started her first executive 
recruiting company she bought herself a JOB, actually a very 
stressful job, instead of creating a business with value that 
could someday be saleable.

What changed her business?  Seven things.

1. She gives all the credit to a business book she read that 
stressed you should work ON your business not IN it .

2. She believes you should create a turnkey environment.

3. She started making the necessary changes immediately by 
stepping back and looking at her business through the eyes of a 
business broker.

4. She created systems that worked from the receptionist to the 
marketing strategies.

5. She started creating marketing materials that made her company 
stand out from the rest.

6. Her executive recruiting firm added the contract side to the 
business to add more value and she created a business plan for 
the company on what it would look like when it was done.

7. Now it was ready to sell because SHE no longer was the 
business.  It took on a life of its own and it had 
value...finally.

Ironically,  a buyer approached Drain after doing a due diligence 
on her company.  He said he was impressed with the "systems" that 
were in place and the reputation the company had.  He said her 
company seemed "unique"   and came through with an offer she 
couldn’t believe.

"Sometimes we don’t realize  our own value, and the value our 
business might have"  Patricia said.

She now helps other business owners build value in their 
companies and has written a book that compliments those 
consultations entitled, "7 Secrets For Building A Business That 
Has Value," a quick guide for entrepreneurs, business owners and 
business leaders who want to take their business to the next 
level.

She has consulted with business’s as small and varied as a two-
man basket company to The Del Webb Corporation to Universal 
Studios .

" I do prefer small to mid size companies however because there 
is less politics and bureaucracy within.  I also  realized  that 
not everyone could afford one on one consultation, so  I 
developed Seminars that any business owner could afford. Each 
seminar is focused on business owners, leaders, and 
entrepreneurs, that want to add value.  Different speakers, such 
as a business brokers,  tax accountants,  business attorneys are 
presenting material that will help owners think out of their 
box," explained Drain.

Her other books  "Hire Me, Secrets of Job Interviewing" an 
international best seller in seven languages,  and "I love 
Myself" a children’s book and tape on self esteem can be found on 
her web site.

She is in the process of building three more companies, Corporate 
Search Group another executive recruiting firm which she owns 
with her daughter Pamela Mulroy CPC, Changing Times Seminars A 
professional seminar and keynote speaking business and  Gilbert 
Thomas Press  her publishing company that publishes books tapes 
and a large product line.  All of these companies are dba’s under 
Patricia Drain and Associates Incorporated.

Patricia can be reached for an interview or keynotes for Building 
business’s with value,  Adapting to change, and Self Esteem at 
http://www.patriciadrain.com  or by emailing 
mailto:patricia@patriciadrain.com  or calling: (602) 653-6635. 

Patricia Noel Drain is the co-founder of MAXIMIZING SUCCESS, INC.
The next Life changing Wealth Building Bootcamp will be held in
Phoenix AZ Oct 28-30 2005. For more information go to
http://www.maximizingsuccess.com  and tell them Patricia sent 
you. Ms. Drain is an international author and speaker living
in Arizona. Visit her at http://www.buildagreatbusiness.com   and
check out her new book, ""HIRE ME! Secrets of Job Interviewing"
at http://www.patriciadrain.com