Starting a Business QuickStart Guide: The Simplified Beginner's Guide to Launching a Successful Small Business, Turning Your Vision into Reality, and Achieving Your Entrepreneurial Dream

Starting a Business QuickStart Guide: The Simplified Beginner's Guide to Launching a Successful Small Business, Turning Your Vision into Reality, and Achieving Your Entrepreneurial Dream

by Ken Colwell PhD MBA
Starting a Business QuickStart Guide: The Simplified Beginner's Guide to Launching a Successful Small Business, Turning Your Vision into Reality, and Achieving Your Entrepreneurial Dream

Starting a Business QuickStart Guide: The Simplified Beginner's Guide to Launching a Successful Small Business, Turning Your Vision into Reality, and Achieving Your Entrepreneurial Dream

by Ken Colwell PhD MBA

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Overview

THE ULTIMATE BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO STARTING A BUSINESS!
**Includes FREE Digital Bonuses! Essential Business Plan Checklist, Financial Statement Templates, and More!**
Learn Why QuickStart Guides are Loved by Over 1 Million Readers Around the World

Have you ever dreamt of starting your own business and living life on your terms?
This book shows you EXACTLY what you need to know to stand out from the crowd!

The Easiest Way to Learn How to Start a Business in a Comprehensive, Step-by-Step Guide

Do you have an idea for an amazing product or service but you aren’t sure how to build a business around it?
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Are you a current business owner who struggles to identify your customers and deliver true world-class value?
Everything you need to know is included in these pages!

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The same book adopted for college-level entrepreneurship course material!<>

Written by an Entrepreneurial Expert with Over 30 Years Experience

Sourced from over twenty years of firsthand experience working with entrepreneurs, new ventures, and high-growth startups, author Ken Colwell, PHD, MBA has the answers.

In his comprehensive Starting a Business QuickStart Guide, Ken Colwell concisely presents the core fundamentals that all new entrepreneurs need to know to get started, find success, and live the life of their dreams.

Business and entrepreneurship students, small business owners, managers, and soon-to-be entrepreneurs will all find a wealth of value within the pages of the Starting a Business QuickStart Guide.

From the very first steps conceptualizing your venture to winning your first customers, delivering value, and turning a profit, this book acts as an invaluable blueprint for your path to entrepreneurial success. Colwell’s clear voice, extensive experience, and easy-to-understand presentation come together to make this book a must-have resource in the library of every budding entrepreneur!

Starting a Business QuickStart Guide is Perfect For:
  • Would-Be Entrepreneurs With a Ton of Passion!
  • Entrepreneurial Students of All Ages!
  • Beginners with Zero Prior Experience!
  • Managers, Business Owners, and Decisions Makers Growing into a New Role!
Starting a Business QuickStart Guide Covers:
  • The Difference Between an Idea and an Opportunity!
  • What Makes an Entrepreneurial Opportunity Great!
  • The Very First Steps You Need To Take To Get Your Venture Off The Ground!
  • Pricing, Competition, Customer Identification, Marketing, and Distribution Demystified!
  • The REAL Components of an Entrepreneurial Mindset!
  • Exactly How To Craft Your Value Proposition!
  • How to Write a Comprehensive Business Plan!

Makes a Great Gift for an Entrepreneur in Your Life!

**LIFETIME ACCESS TO FREE BONUS BUSINESS RESOURCES** Each book comes with FREE lifetime access to tons of exclusive online resources to help you become a better business owner including:
  • Business Plan Checklist & Presentation Blueprint
  • Layers of Business Taxation Cheat Sheet
  • Elevator Pitch Template & Tips
  • And Many More!

Join thousands of other readers who have used this QuickStart Guide to start the business of their dreams - Grab your copy of Starting a Business QuickStart Guide today!


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781945051579
Publisher: ClydeBank Media LLC
Publication date: 02/25/2019
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 287
Sales rank: 451,254
File size: 4 MB

About the Author

KEN COLWELL PHD, MBA is a seasoned strategic and operational leader with extensive experience working within entrepreneurial ecosystems and interacting with relevant private and public sector stakeholders at all levels in order to accomplish objectives. He has consulted for hundreds of start-up ventures and is the principal of Innovative Growth Advisors. Dr. Colwell is currently dean of the School of Business at Central Connecticut State University. He was previously dean of the School of Business, Public Administration and Information Sciences at Long Island University-Brooklyn. Prior to taking his current decanal post, he was director of entrepreneurship programs at the University of Miami School of Business Administration and a professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at Drexel University. Dr. Colwell holds a PhD in strategic management from the University of Oregon and an MBA from San Francisco State University. He has taught strategic management, entrepreneurship, new venture planning, and entrepreneurial consulting at the undergraduate, graduate, and executive levels.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: Your Big Idea

Chapter 2: What Are You Afraid Of?

Chapter 3: Reaching Success

Chapter 4: Your Company

Chapter 5: What Are You Selling?

Chapter 6: Markets and Customers

Chapter 7: Industries and Competitors

Chapter 8: Your Value Proposition

Chapter 9: Operations

Chapter 10: Marketing

Chapter 11: Planning for Growth and Change

Chapter 12: Building Your Team

Chapter 13: Where Does the Money Come From?

Chapter 14: Do You Really Need a Business Plan?

Chapter 15: Introducing Your Venture

Chapter 16: Writing Your Value Proposition

Chapter 17: Your Business Model

About the Author

About QuickStart Guides

Glossary

References

Index

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