What No One Ever Tells You about Starting Your Own Business: Real-Life Start-Up Advice from 101 Successful Entrepreneurs
On December - 31 - 2009
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Starting a business involves inevitable ups and downs, for first-time as well as experienced entrepreneurs. This updated, expanded edition by Jan Norman, one of the nation’s foremost small business authorities, guides readers through every stage of business start-up, from planning to marketing. What No One Ever Tells You about Starting Your Own Business is designed for people who are launching a business, whether they be first-time entrepreneurs or people who h… More >>
Tons of tips. Just one will save you more than the price of the book.
I can’t say enough good things about it.
Rating: 5 / 5
Not a bad book but not a 5-star book. Good for morale support.
Rating: 3 / 5
I know that you are doing your best, and that some things are beyond
your control. Moreover, I think it’s great with such a well-assorted
Internet bookstore.
However, when I searched for “UK + Starting Business”, I was
recommended these two books:
What No One Ever Tells You About Starting Your Own Business: Real
Life Start-Up Advice from 101 Successful Entrepreneurs [Paperback]
By: Jan Norman …
Start Your Own Business: The Only Start-Up Book You’ll Ever Need
[Paperback] By: Rieva Lesonsky (Editor), et al …
Now, being busy trying to start my own business, I didi not have time
to read/browse through them until recently.
Despite their promising titles, they are utterly worthless! Actually,
they are prime examples to illustrate the proverb I once coined,
probably stealing it from somebody else:
The way to get rich fast
is to write a book
on the way to get rich fast!
Both books are clearly designed for people that have yet to complete
high school. Especially Ms Lesonsky’s contribution, bulky though it
may be, comes near to kindergarten level, asking the readers to write
down their goals – and everything else that most people looking for
help when starting a business have thought through in the shower the
same morning – in predesigned forms that even a Panda could
master.
Moreover, the books are about the US and not the UK, as I requested.
Even in the US, they are probably mostly used as paperweights, as
they both pound away with platitudes, carefully avoiding giving any
detailed information of value, such as employment regulations, tax
codes, depreciation, trade tariffs, local businesss taxes, etc. They
simply refer the reader to research such things for him/herself in
their respective states! Honestly, you do not need 800 pages to learn
that!
In the future, I shall try to make my searches more explicit,
although I do think that the letters “UK” ought to have yielded
result!
And I shall try to see, if you have a branch in the UK.
Best regards,
Claus Piculell
Small entrepreneur
Not small wit!
Rating: 1 / 5
Among the numerous books for starting your own business out in the marketplace, this one is pretty good for the right audience; that is, those who do not know the first thing about starting a business. While there is certainly a need for such books, I did not find it useful for me though. This book might make it onto the reading list for a high school business class, but beyond that I cannot see much value. But still, there are worse introductory books for entrepreneurs than this one. I’m still trying to find one that really delivers.
Rating: 3 / 5
If you know nothing about business and feel you must throw good money after bad by starting your own business then by all means buy this book. It’s like my advising you to, “look both ways before crossing the street.” Sound advice for a five year old and reundtantly annoying for those older. In terms of writing the book lacks heart and is anyting but compelling reading.
Rating: 2 / 5