The Really Practical Guide To Starting Up Your Own Business

This book really does what it says on the cover and guides the reader in an easy-to-read, practical way on every aspect of the know-how needed to plan and start up their own business. From advice on putting together a business plan to useful tips on how to avoid the many pitfalls likely to be encountered, this is a compendium of how to do it and what problems to look out for. It will be invaluable both when setting up and running your own business. In his 24 years as a business adviser and trainer, Kim Hills Spedding has helped more than 4,500 people set up businesses in the U.K. and understands that it is very often the very practical matters that are the most difficult hurdles for anyone setting out alone in business.

This guide for aspiring entrepreneurs provides expert advice on every aspect of launching a new business. It is designed to be of particular value for academics wishing to exploit the commercial value of a new technology or business solution. Inspiring and readable, it shows how to evaluate the strength of a business idea, how to protect inventions, reviews legal steps and responsibilities, shows how to position products in the market, how to create a business plan and raise initial capital. Case studies, exercises and tips demystify the process of starting a business, build confidence and greatly increase the chances of success.

A hands-on manual for business start-ups, this book offers a step by step strategic guide on getting your ideas off the ground with or without money.

This book is a step-by-step guide to a rapid launch of a product or service in about 4 months (or 60 hours). It is written for entrepreneurs interested in learning the ropes by testing a small idea before jumping into the big shark tank. The lessons you learn with this first attempt will serve your next bigger endeavor in ways you cannot imagine. This book is also written for educators and facilitators who teach in entrepreneurship programs or host Start-up Weekends.

Introducing The BEST Practical Beginner's Guide to Launching Your Small Business in 2020! (and Make It Incredibly Successful) Do you want to fulfil your wildest dreams and start your own Business? Do you have an amazing business idea but no idea where to start or build a business around it? Do you want to discover how to provide unbelievable value to your customers? You probably answered yes to one (or all) of them questions, and luckily inside we show you how to not only start the Business of you dreams and how to turn your idea into a living reality, but also how to grow your business to levels you never imagined possible to help you achieve your entrepreneurial dream! We all know how cut-throat and competitive the world of business is, but what if you had the EXACT steps that increase your chances of Business success MASSIVELY, wouldn't that be worth the price of you spend on coffee each week? Not only that, but our team at Lloyd's Business Helpers have YEARS of experience in entrepreneurship, business ventures and start-ups between them, rest assured you'll be in good hands. We guide you, in a practical manner, from the literal first thought about your business, to learning how to maximise the value you provide customers all the way to building your team and growing the business to levels you could only dream of! So whether you're currently a passionate budding Entrepreneur, a beginner with ZERO experience or a business owner looking to streamline and take your business to the next level, this book is PERFECT for you. Here's just a small slither of what you'll discover... The Complete Step by Step Guide to Making That Incredible Idea Into a Successful and Fully Functioning Business How to Know When You've Struck Gold With an Entrepreneurial Idea (And How to Know When to Pass On an Idea and Potentially Save $1000's and YEARS of Time) The 5 Biggest Self-Limiting Beliefs New Entrepreneurs Have and How to Overcome Them! Exactly How to Uncover Your Value Proposition and Build a Loyal Customer Base Who Come Back Again and Again How to Spot an Entrepreneurial Opportunity and Take Advantage of It Right Then and There 7 Key Steps to Writing a Winning Business Plan (And Secure Investors Using It!) (article linked in business plan chapter) 4 Powerful Steps Beginners With ZERO Experience Can Take to Build a Remarkable Marketing Strategy How You Can Start a Business Even if You Have $0 to Work With Stop Wasting Time With Old School Marketing Tactics, Do THIS Instead... (Social Media Marketing, mention it please) 2 Simple, Yet Remarkably Effective Things Wildly Successful Entrepreneurs Do That You Don't (Take Risks and Believe in themselves How More People Than Ever are Turning Their Passions into a Profitable Business! And that is barely even scratching the surface! Even if you've NEVER believed you can start a business, even if you have ZERO business experience, even if you've failed with multiple businesses in the past, this book outlines exactly how you can start (and grow) your own Successful Small Business in 2020. We actually make it harder to fail than succeed for you! So, if You're Ready to Start The Business You've Always Dreamed of and Learn How to Make it Wildly Successful, Scroll Up and Click "Add to Cart."

The non-technical guide to building a booming tech-enabled business Thinking of starting a technology-enabled business? Or maybe you just want to increase your technology mojo so you can do your job better? You do not need to learn programming to participate in the development of today’s hottest technologies. But there are a few easy-to-grasp foundation concepts that will help you engage with a technical team. Starting a Tech Business explains in practical, actionable terms how to formulate and reality test new ideas package what you learn into frameworks that are highly actionable for engineers understand key foundation concepts about modern software and systems participate in an agile/lean development team as the ‘voice of the customer’ Even if you have a desire to learn to program (and I highly recommend doing whatever unlocks your ‘inner tinkerer’), these foundation concepts will help you target what exactly you want to understand about hands-on technology development. While a decade ago the barriers to creating a technology-enabled business required a pole vault, getting started today only requires a determined step in the right direction. Starting a Tech Business supplies the tools prospective entrepreneurs and business enterprises need to avoid common pitfalls and succeed in the fast-paced world of high-tech business. Successful execution requires thoughtful, evidence-based product formulation, well-articulated design, economic use of systems, adaptive management of technical resources, and empathetic deployment to customers. Starting a Tech Business offers practical checklists and frameworks that business owners, entrepreneurs, and professionals can apply to any tech-based business idea, whether you’re developing software and products or beginning a technology-enabled business. You’ll learn: 1. How to apply today’s leading management frameworks to a tech business 2. How to package your product idea in a way that’s highly actionable for your technical team 3. How to ask the right questions about technology selection and product architecture 4. Strategies to leverage what your technology ecosystem has to offer 5. How to carefully define the roles on your team, and then effectively evaluate candidates 6. The most common disconnects between engineers and business people and how to avoid them 7. How you can apply process design to your tech business without stifling creativity 8. The steps to avoid the most common pitfalls tech founders encounter Now is one of the best times to start a technology-enabled business, and anyone can do it with the right amount and kind of preparation. Starting a Tech Business shows you how to move a product idea to market quickly and inexpensively—and to tap into the stream of wealth that a tech business can provide.

Get out of your own way and bring your ideas to life! Exactly Where to Start is a playbook for everyone with a great idea, everyone with a goal in mind, and everyone with a specific destination but no journey. We’ve been told all our lives that “good things come to those who wait”—but that’s a myth. Good things come to those who do. Too often, we get stuck in the “getting ready” stage: research, analysis, brainstorming, and more research; we feel like we need to know everything there is to know about what we want to do before we ever take the first steps. Meanwhile, the people who actually go out and do the thing are taking risks, learning lessons, and making strides toward their goals every single day. Isn’t it time you joined them? This book coaches you through the journey with precise, actionable steps that help you take that all-important first leap and keep the momentum going. Discard the distractions, break through the overwhelm, and get going for real with this real-world blueprint for turning your vision into reality. Snap yourself out of “analysis paralysis” Stop thinking you need to know everything before you even begin Make those big decisions and focus in on your goals Chart your journey’s path, and get up and get started today Many of us have fallen into a trap: we no longer believe that “anything is possible”, yet we are surrounded by proof that everything is possible! But we are distracted, harried, overwhelmed, and maybe a little intimidated. Our dreams remain forever in limbo, and we may go to our graves before we venture beyond the “planning stage”. Don’t let that happen—don’t you deserve to realize your goals? Exactly Where to Start gives you the kick in the pants and the practical plan you need to stand up, step up, and make it happen.