Starting a Business QuickStart Guide is the ultimate beginner's guide to starting a business. Driven from author Ken Colwell's over 20 years of firsthand experience working with entrepreneurs, new ventures, and high-growth startups, this comprehensive guide concisely presents the core fundamentals that all new entrepreneurs need to know to get started, find success, and live the life of their dreams. 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.
THIS BOOK 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 decision-makers growing into a new role
YOU'LL DISCOVER
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
PRAISE FOR THE BOOK
"For aspiring entrepreneurs and small business owners, Ken Colwell's "Starting a business">small QuickStart Guide" offers practical and actionable advice. Colwell walks readers through the basics of understanding the value of an idea to creating your first business"plan."
—US News & World Report
"Sometimes, you just need a basic workbook to fuel your entrepreneurial engine. Ken Colwell's guide is exactly the motivational inspiration to lead you through those heady first months when you're driven by excitement and nerves--and maybe a little caffeine."
—Rhett Power, Forbes contributor
"Starting a Business QuickStart Guide is a treasure for anyone who is new to entrepreneurship and wants to build a startup. From conceptualizing your idea to bringing it to life, from defining your core value proposition to deliver it to your dream customers, this book will give you the blueprint you need to build entrepreneurial success."
—David D., EntrepreneurshipFacts.com
"Comprehensive and thoroughly 'user friendly' in organization and presentation, "Starting a Business QuickStart Guide" is an essential 'must-have' resource in the personal instructional reference library of every aspiring entrepreneur."
—James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief, Midwest Book Review
"One of the best New Business books for beginners"
—BookAuthority