Business Startup 101

A practical, real-world 'how to' guide for starting your own business by a man who's done it successfully dozens of times - Chris Gattis, and the foreword is by Michael E. Gerber, small business guru and author of The E-Myth Revisited. Business Start-up 101: From Great Idea to Profit...Quick! answers the question: "How do I start a small business?" There are many books on the market for business owners, but most are for large businesses or those seeking venture capital funding. Most small business owners are looking for practical, easy to understand advice on how to get started, without all the management theory. Business Start-up 101 walks entrepreneurs through the entire process of starting a business. From developing a business model, testing viability and writing a business plan to opening the doors. Whether you need to know how to start a home business or a high tech venture; whether you're looking for a California business startup or one in Maine, this book will show you how because the business startup basics are the same. Forget the theory and management jargon. If you want to know how to start a small business in the real world, this book is for you! Entrepreneurship is hard and many famous entrepreneurs have tried and failed when their ideas for new businesses didn't work out. Take your idea, develop your business model using Chris' system and launch your business. Get in business and get profitable, quick!

The US Small Business Association's $24.2 Billion Bad Loan Portfolio sure does not help out the economy or small business Industry. It is hard enough to get funded let alone be on the back end of those who went before us, and screwed up financial opportunities we might have otherwise qualified for. If you are starting a business and do not want to be apart of the 90% failure rate statistic, then you better have some resources in your tool box to be competitive enough to beat the odds. This book will provide some of the most viable resources to help you sustain a legacy for your family. How you start is how you will finish. STARTUP 101 has the answers you need. Most of us start our business to accomplish the "American Dream" but unbeknownst to us there is a great warning sign out there that most of us never see until it is to late. That sign from the US Consensus that says we have a 90% small business failure rate because of the wrong business models being used. That is right, the wrong business model handicaps 90% of small businesses from becoming successful. This specific business model is known as the "Owner Operated Business Model." This book provides resources that will help you build a business on a system rather than building your company to depend on you. Startup 101 can help you build right, with the correct tools and infrastructure the first time around.

What is Crowdfunding? How can it help me in starting my business?Imagine that small and medium businesses - a really significant side of the economy - aren't getting funding. Here is where crowdfunding comes into the scene as it allows small and medium scale enterprises to reach out for investors. This book will show you what crowdfunding is and how it will lead you to success.In the following pages you will learn: How Crowdfunding fits your business model How to take advantage on recent JOBS Act amendments How to set a successful crowdfunding campaign How to find the proper platform to place your pitch And more!! You will also learn from the most successful campaigns and understand how Crowdfunding can help you in establishing your business.Download your copy right NOW!

Many startup entrepreneurs lack the first-hand knowledge, perspective and insight that real-world experience can bring to the establishment and growth of new businesses. In "Startups 101," Joel Raven, a retired Fortune 20 global executive at companies including GE and IBM, presents some of the lessons he learned through over forty years of experience advising and financing small, large and startup businesses around the world. In an approachable, easy-to-read and anecdotal volume, "Startups 101" is designed to help startup entrepreneurs avoid many of the speed bumps, potholes and mistakes that commonly challenge businesses in their early stages of development. Joel has mentored numerous executives at companies ranging from small to large, including at a technology-centric startup business accelerator. It was as a result of encouragement by a number of entrepreneurs whom he has mentored that Joel collected these life lessons and incorporated them into this fascinating, helpful and easily understandable book for new startup leaders."Startups 101" is a primer for entrepreneurs in the process of creating and building a new business and leading newly assembled teams, but who haven't had the experience necessary to do everything correctly the first time. By sharing his insights with readers in easily understandable English, while avoiding technical jargon, ponderous charts and confusing graphs, "Startups 101" will help new entrepreneurs get out of the gate quickly, confidently and with sure footing.

When starting PetaCrunch, an AI-powered media company, which focuses on interviewing founders, CEOs and senior executives about their work and how it all started, we didn’t know the level of attention we would get. After three months of running it online we have been literally flooded with emails, having days with over a thousand messages sent to different recipients. Crazy! But it was worth it. We have interviewed over 800 companies so far, started a newsletter and built some amazing tools along the way. But primarily we’ve learned a lot from all the stories that were shared with us. Some were very personal and touching, some motivating or highlighting an interesting aspect of being an entrepreneur. It’s amazing how diverse founders are - there’s no common trait apart from two: patience and persistence. Businesses rarely take-off in the very first year. They need time to start carving their niche in the market. Understanding how to grow a business from 0 to 100 is what motivated us in the first place to start PetaCrunch. That’s why we’ve decided to put together our very first book, because we truly believe that you can learn a lot by reading about how others started and grew their businesses.

A comprehensive, one-stop read for entrepreneurs who want actionable learnings about a wide range of startup and digital-related topics from George Deeb, a serial entrepreneur and partner at Red Rocket Ventures. The book is a startup executive's strategic "playbook", with "how-to" lessons about business in general, sales, marketing, technology, operations, human resources, finance, fund raising and more, including many case studies herein. We have demystified and synthesized the information an entrepreneur needs to strategize, fund, develop, launch and market their businesses. Join the 100,000+ readers who have already benefitted from this book, freely available and continuously updated on the Red Rocket Blog website. TESTIMONIALS David Rabjohns, Founder & CEO at MotiveQuest "George's passion, ideas and involvement with MotiveQuest has been "game changing" for us. From jumpstarting our sales and marketing plans and team, to productizing our business and procedures, Red Rocket has had an immediate and meaningful impact from day one. I highly recommend Red Rocket. If you want to grow, strap on the Red Rocket.“ Tyler Spalding, Founder & CEO at StyleSeek "Red Rocket has been a great investor for our business and vocal champion of our brand. As a proven entrepreneur himself, George has provided valuable insights and recommendations on how to best build my business. Red Rocket would be a great partner in helping build your business.“ Seth Rosenberg, SVP at Camping World "Red Rocket helped us do a high level assessment of our e-commerce efforts and assisted with the development of a digital strategy and marketing plan. Red Rocket identified some immediate opportunities, which we are implementing. I am pleased to recommend Red Rocket for your e-commerce and digital marketing needs.“ Andrew Hoog, Founder and CEO at viaForensics "As viaForensics experienced significant growth, we recognized the need for an experienced advisor with start-up chops who could help us refine critical steps in our transition from a service company to a product-based company. Red Rocket's expertise in growth planning including organizational structure, financial modeling and competitive analysis were instrumental in refining our strategy. He helped facilitate key decisions the management team needed to make in order to take the company to the next level. We are very pleased with Red Rocket's contributions to viaForensics and highly recommend his services to other start-ups facing similar growth.“ Jerry Freeman, Founder & CEO at PaletteApp “Red Rocket has been a key instigator in helping raise funds for PaletteApp. They have helped me tremendously in realizing what an investor wants to see and how best to present it. George has great experience and understanding of how to fund and launch a new company. We feel fortunate that he has thrown his hat into our arena.” Scott Skinger, CEO at TrainSignal "Red Rocket helped us in a variety of ways, from financial modeling to introductions to lenders. Their biggest win was helping us do preliminary investigative research on one of our competitors, that ultimately sparked a dialog that lead to the $23.6MM sale of our business to that company. We couldn't be more happy with Red Rocket's involvement with our business. Overall, a great advisor to have in your corner."

“If I was going to start a new business today I would be sure to study and pay close attention to Kevin Ready’s new book, Startup. His wisdom, experience, and his self-effacing and honest writing make this a real gem for aspiring entrepreneurs and business people of all kinds.” —Bob Beaudine, author of The Power of WHO Startup: An Insider's Guide to Launching and Running a Business is for people who are excellent at something—product or web development, writing code, marketing or selling anything—but who are now toiling for others. Yet they have long had a dream: to take that special skill set and use it, on their own terms, in a startup business. This pattern is romanticized by the media in the form of the “tech entrepreneur”—the guy brainstorming with buddies in a garage who ends up selling his startup for millions. But what is the reality behind stories like that one? For that matter, what mental processes, frames of reference, hard knocks, and lessons learned make up the “back story” behind any startup success? This book not only reveals the actual experience of entrepreneurship, but it provides readers with a set of universal entrepreneurial skills and tools they can use to build a business. Author Kevin Ready has made this journey, and more than once. He earned his MBA—Master of Bruise Acquisition—through numerous encounters with “situations,” problems, black holes, bad employees, sea monsters, not enough money, and other karate chops to the organizational body. Startup illustrates in detail the lessons he learned the hard way—so you don’t have to. Backed up by stories of both his successes and failures, Ready helps readers learn shortcuts to help them do what eight out of 10 entrepreneurs can’t: Build and sustain a successful start-up. Illustrates the entrepreneurial journey from start to finish Helps readers decide—or not—to start a business Provides dozens of lessons learned and other takeaways budding entrepreneurs can put to use today

Reasons Startups Fail: Descending trends before we can thoroughly search at step-by-step processes for survival, it's vital to comprehend the justifications for why new businesses fizzle. Research from CB Insights has distinguished the main 20 justifications for why new companies fall flat. Drawn from an investigation of the post-mortems of 101 new businesses, it offers a certifiable understanding of the difficulties looked at by new companies. The exploration shows that seldom is there one explanation for the disappointment - a blend of the accompanying elements influencing everything.