Do you dream of quitting your job, starting your own business, managing your time and your life? Are you ready to become your own boss?
In this inspiring and experience-based book, serial entrepreneur Carl Reader provides valuable advice for those who want to start their own business. No abstract concepts, just useful and accessible information necessary for managing and growing a business that will help you create your enterprise - from the idea and its embodiment into a concrete business plan to the practical implementation of what you envisioned.
You will find examples, models, and exercises that will help you apply what you read in practice and turn your dream into reality. If you want to work for yourself, control your income, your time, and your life, this book is for you.
What topics does the author cover:
- why it is important to work for yourself and what it looks like in practice;
- how to choose a business type and why it is all individual;
- what success means, how to come up with a business idea and a unique selling proposition;
- what factors limit you;
- how to create a business plan, how to find funding (various types of financing);
- taxes, agreements, equipment, office, website, social media, CRM;
- how to find suppliers and customers, systems and processes;
- the profile of an ideal customer;
- how to recruit staff, how to grow and develop, and how necessary this is;
- growth models, strategic partnerships and alliances, franchises, mergers, investors and creditors;
- recruitment planning, recruitment mistakes, team building, company culture, and values.