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    50 Shades of Start-up
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    50 Shades of Start-up
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    50 Shades of Start-up

    By William E. Bryan

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    About this ebook

    Starting out in business for the first time? Just keep in mind that time and money are your most precious resources. With the exception of relatively few big investment, high growth projects taking on full time costly ‘entrepreneurial’ education will quite possibly do little to move your venture forward. Wouldn’t it be wiser to invest your valuable time and precious cash in your fledgling business? But first, to avoid some deadly pitfalls, you need to become aware of some really important stuff and that’s the purpose of this book.
    It is essential to learn the ‘tricks of the trade’, and the best place to do that is within your own enterprise. But before jumping in at the deep end there’s some fundamental matters you need to be aware of. 50 Shades of Start-up is not another ‘how to start a business’ book; there’s plenty of these around. Its purpose is to awaken you to the fundamentals underpinning any business, think about them in the context of your planned venture, the environment in which you find yourself and your personal situation. For any kind of business getting these fundamentals right will help set you on the road to success.
    Business start-up is a 24 x 7 occupation leaving little time for entrepreneurs to toil their way through conventional business books, in contrast to 50 Shades of Start-up, which sets out 50 short thought provoking, critically important, topics for you to reflect and act upon.

    oWE ARE UNIQUE
    oLISTEN TO YOUR HEART
    oYOUR PERSONAL SITUATION
    oYOUR ENVIRONMENT
    oIS THERE A NEED?
    oIS YOUR BUSINESS IDEA PRACTICAL?
    oADDING VALUE
    oHOW WILL YOU COMPETE?
    oMARKET FOCUS
    oTHINK OF THE FUTURE
    oWHAT SORT OF CUSTOMER?
    oTHE COMPLEX SALE
    oCHANNELS TO MARKET
    oEASIER STUFF TO SELL
    oHARD STUFF TO SELL
    oREALLY TOUGH STUFF TO SELL
    oMISSION CRITICAL
    oA QUESTION OF INTEGRATION
    oSIZE MATTERS
    oGIVE ME A DEMONSTRATION
    oSCALE-ABILITY
    oSOFT OR HARD START
    oFINANCING / OWNERSHIP CHALLENGE
    oFOUNDER CONSIDERATIONS
    oGROWING YOUR BUSINESS VALUE
    oTHE FATE OF YOUR BUSINESS
    oYOU AND THE BUSINESS
    oBUSINESS LEGAL STATUS
    oBUSINESS PLANNING
    oCASH-FLOW FORECASTING
    oWHERE DOES THE CASH GO?
    oCASH IS KING
    oSTART-UP MONEY AND CONTROL
    oINVESTMENT REALITY
    oBANK LENDING
    oDEBT AND SECURITY
    oWORKING ON YOUR BUSINESS
    oHOLD CLOSE COMPETITIVE STRENGTHS
    oREGULATORY HURDLES
    oINTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
    oTECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
    oKEEPING TRACK OF THE BUSINESS
    oTAXATION COMPLIANCE
    oBUILDING A TEAM
    oVALUES AND CULTURE
    oDUE DILIGENCE
    oBE VERY AWARE
    oBEWARE, PREDATORS
    oMIND YOUR DISTANCE
    oMANAGING YOUR TIME
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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWilliam E. Bryan
    Release dateOct 31, 2016
    ISBN9781370798230
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    50 Shades of Start-up
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    William E. Bryan

    At 15 I left Wick High School in the north of Scotland, with no qualifications to start work on a farm. You could do that in 1957. Although, at the time, I had no appetite for matters academic, I found science easy, spent hours building model aircraft and machines out of Meccano; engineering was in my blood. That was enough to win a coveted apprenticeship with the UK Atomic Energy Authority at the nearby Dounreay atomic reactor research establishment, setting me on the road to become a fully indentured instrument technician and opening the door to Loughborough University. My school day bete noir, mathematics, became one of my favourite subjects, helping me on the way to a First in Electrical Engineering.After a spell as a Scientific Officer, I left Dounreay to join the Honeywell corporation as a computer systems designer before moving to Hewlett-Packard where I held product management and telecommunications test R&D team leader roles. That was back in the days when H-P, primarily an instrument company, was an exemplar of how to operate a technology business. The experience gave me many of the tools I required to run my own show.H-P marked the end of my employment with large organisations as I then set out to try my hand as a technology entrepreneur. From the Scottish Highlands we designed, manufactured and sold products to four corners of the globe. The first of my ventures is still going well after 40 years, having changed hands on the journey. The ‘80s oil crisis was brought another of my ventures its knees though promptly resurrected by new investors; an edifying experience of great value in what was to become my true mission.The ‘90s took me from running small tech. ventures into mentoring entrepreneurs starting up and providing hands on management to early stage companies across a wide range of industries from food processing to silicon design. Part of that involved delivering on the job training (apprenticeship really), to budding entrepreneurs. It became clear to me that too many ventures are doomed to failure before they open their doors for business, mainly because the founders have not done their homework before starting up. It was the spur for me to establish the Entrepreneur Business School with the aim of providing newcomers to business with a pragmatic approach to building a solid foundation for a successful enterprise. I have helped many entrepreneurs on their road to fortune.

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