Finance ✦ Penny’s Take
Self-Made Boss: Advice, Hacks, and Lessons from Small Business Owners
Jackie Reses · 2022
73/100
👍 Worth It
This one earns its warmth honestly — real case studies from an ice cream shop owner, an oyster farmer, and a roofer, filtered through two Square executives who actually understand small-business finance. It reads like having a team of experienced cheerleaders in your corner, and the breadth from side-hustle to exit makes it useful at more than one stage of ownership.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety95
Substance / usefulness72
Craft & writing72
Originality68
Evidence & accuracy72
Hype vs delivers55
Age-fit80
Human-eye read72
Penny’s verdict73
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