About Us

Ellen Rohr, President of Bare Bones Biz Inc.

I almost sank our family business. I assumed I knew enough about business to run a dinky little plumbing company. After all, I had spent about $100,000 of my parents’ money on my college degree in Business Administration. In fact, I graduated at the top of my class. Still, I didn’t know how to balance a checkbook!

I got involved in my husband’s company after his partner died unexpectedly. Boy was I humbled! It seemed like lots of money was moving through the company, but at the end of the month there was never any money left. Thankfully, I found a mentor, a savvy plumbing contractor. Frank Blau wrote a column in Plumbing & Mechanical magazine. I wrote to him and asked for help.He took me under his wing, and taught me how to keep score in business. He taught me how to read and use financial reports. He taught me how to make money.

I started Bare Bones Biz– a training and consulting company – in 1995, to help folks turn their big ideas into successful businesses. I teach the basics, the simple disciplines that can take your company from flab to fit. I’ve written three books on business basics, Where Did the Money Go? – Accounting Basics for the Business Owner Who Hates Numbers, and How Much Should I Charge? – Pricing Basics for Making Money Doing What You Love and The Bare Bones Biz Plan – a simple Plan for creating a winning business.

My consulting work led to a position as president of Benjamin Franklin Plumbing, a home service plumbing franchise company. We grew from zero to $40 million in sales, the 18th fastest growing franchise in 2003. I learned a lot about what works to grow fast and profitably…and what doesn’t. Guess what! The basics never go out of style, no matter how big a company gets.

The Bare Bones Biz Plan, is the third book in the Bare Bones Biz Basics series and an essential part of our plan to help expand freedom across the planet. So is this website...www.barebonesbiz.com...THE community for BASIC business information.

Bare Bones Biz is an exciting company. I love my team! We work together to develop books, products, seminars and services designed to help you have more fun and make more money in business. We apply the principles we recommend in the books. It is a matter of integrity. Our company is a living, breathing testimonial to the power of The Bare Bones Biz Plan.

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Our Mission: We believe honorable, free trade expands peace, prosperity and freedom across the planet.  

Basic Business information is empowering.  Good people with an understanding of business can positively impact the world in a profound way. A society with a peaceful, ethical, honorable exchange of goods and services works...in your business, in our country, across the planet. Let me know how we can be of service to YOU. 

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