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Dave Renz

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Ah ha moment for my business

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Reviewed: 08-11-24

I cofounded a software development and design agency because we are great at building tech products. Part of how I know we are good is because over 11 years all our business has come from referrals.

I read this book because I wanted to move beyond a purely referral based business and have struggled. This feels like the first step towards breaking out of that feast and famine loop I’ve lived in for so long.

Alex breaks down the components of creating a repeatable offer in such an approachable way that I could immediately see how I can apply these principles.

The next step is doing the work, but I’m inspired and feel like I have an actionable direction for the first time.

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An accurate depiction of my hometown and rural America

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Reviewed: 04-17-21

I grew up 15 min out side Bryan, OH, the town featured in this book. I attended The First Baptist Church before it was sold and converted into Father John’s, restaurant noted many times. I’ve been to the Bryan hospital for treatment of the minor childhood accidents that required stitches or an X-ray. My family members trusted and were treated by many of the doctors mentioned in this book.

It was surreal how accurately Alexander depicted the town, it’s residents and their struggles. The central focus of this book is the town’s hospital and the US healthcare system, but the story was about the people of small town America.

I left the area for college in Cincinnati and have lived in Connecticut, New York City and Southern California for the past 15 years. I rarely return, except for holidays and the occasional wedding. Partly because the depressing reality described in this book makes it hard to face. But the area and its wonderful people grounded me in the reality of places like Bryan that the “coastal elites” I’ve been surrounded by can’t understand. I’ve always thought of Bryan as a microcosm of what’s been happening to the rural US in the past 30 years.

Being from this area, I also resonated with other books like Hillbilly Elegy, but I think The Hospital clearly paints the picture of the tragedy of what’s happening to the US in such human terms that I recommend to anyone interested in understanding the middle of America.

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