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Starting a Business QuickStart Guide: The Simplified Beginner’s Guide to Launching a Successful Small Business, Turning Your Vision into Reality, and ... Dream (QuickStart Guides™ - Business) Paperback – Illustrated, February 25, 2019
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THE ULTIMATE BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO STARTING A BUSINESS IN 2023!
Have you ever dreamt of starting your own business and living life on your terms?
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The same book adopted for college-level entrepreneurship course material!
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In the highly competitive world of business, what makes or breaks a new entrepreneur?
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!
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Starting a Business QuickStart Guide Covers:
- The Difference Between an Idea and an Opportunity!
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- How to Write a Comprehensive Business Plan!
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- Print length282 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateFebruary 25, 2019
- Dimensions7.5 x 0.64 x 9.25 inches
- ISBN-101945051825
- ISBN-13978-1945051821
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What sets successful entrepreneurs apart from those who don’t make the cut? Ken Colwell demystifies the components of the entrepreneurial mindset. The truth is anyone can develop the skills and mindset to survive and thrive in the competitive business environment with just a little guidance. |
Learn how to handle competitors, target the right customers, assemble a killer marketing plan, hire, find and secure funding, talk to investors and more! This book is like an introductory MBA program written specifically for new entrepreneurs. |
Even if you aren’t seeking funding from investors, you need a business plan. Use the guidance included to write a killer business plan from the ground up page by page, line by line. Your business plan will help you measure results, beat the competition, and meet your entrepreneurial goals! |
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| Starting a Business QuickStart Guide | Running & Growing a Business QuickStart Guide | Project Management QuickStart Guide | Digital Marketing QuickStart Guide | Accounting QuickStart Guide | |
| Core Concepts | How To Get Started And Get Your Venture Off The Ground | How To Manage And Grow Your Small Business Or Startup | How Projects Work - How To Deliver On Time + Under Budget | How To Master Marketing Basics In Digital Spaces | Double-Entry Accounting For Different Business Types |
| You'll Also Learn | Competition, Finding Customers, Marketing, Business Plan Creation And More! | How To Lead Your Team, Manage Your Time, And Become A Better Entrepreneur | How To Use Modern Project Management Tools | How To Build A Digital Strategy, Find And Convert Customers, And Grow Your Business | Financial, Managerial, And Tax Accounting Principles, And More! |
| Who is This Book Perfect For? | Beginners With No Experience, Wantrepreneurs, And Solopreneurs | Current Or New Entrepreneurs Who Want To Scale Their Businesses | Entrepreneurs, Business Owners, + Managers | Beginners With No Experience + Professionals Looking To Expand Their Skills | Business Owners And Accounting Students |
| This Book Is Also For | New Entrepreneurs, Students, Managers, And Current Business Owners | New Managers, Small Business Owners, + Business Students | Reluctant Project Managers, Jobseekers + Students | New or Experienced Entrepreneurs, Freelancers, Students, and Creators | Finance Professionals Seeking To Master Accounting Fundamentals |
| Included Supplemental Digital Assets | Sample Business Plans, Templates, Checklists & More! | Business Valuation Workbook, Time Saving Templates, Business Broker Resources & More! | Risk Management Template, Project Initiation + Business Case Templates, & More! | Digital Marketing Strategy Guides, Marketing Templates. Workbooks, Checklists & More! | Workbooks, Cheat Sheets, Calculators Reference Guides & More! |
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"For aspiring entrepreneurs and small business owners, Ken Colwell's "Starting a Business 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."
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"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.
I like the fact that Colwell gives readers exclusive access to additional resources after they buy his book. You'll find yourself reaching for Starting a Business QuickStart Guide more times than you expect, even after your startup is already humming."
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- Rhett Power, Forbes.com contributor
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"Starting a Business QuickStart Guide is a treasure for anyone who is new to entrepreneurship and want 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.
Colwell packages his years of experience in an easy-to-understand presentation to make this book a vital entrepreneurial resource in your library."
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- David D., EntrepreneurshipFacts.com
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"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."
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- James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief, Midwest Book Review
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"One of the best New Business books for beginners"
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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. Plus, go beyond the book with free lifetime access to digital assets to help you along your journey!
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- Publisher : ClydeBank Media LLC; Illustrated edition (February 25, 2019)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 282 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1945051825
- ISBN-13 : 978-1945051821
- Item Weight : 1.11 pounds
- Dimensions : 7.5 x 0.64 x 9.25 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #4,332 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #2 in Self-Employment
- #10 in Starting a Business (Books)
- #53 in Entrepreneurship (Books)
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Dr. Ken Colwell, PhD, MBA, and author of Starting A Business QuickStart Guide and Running & Growing a Business QuickStart Guide, 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 in addition to his duties as Dean of the Monfort College of Business at Northern Colorado 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.
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I'm a business and management student, reading this during lockdown to help me with planning my first micro online venture, starting with minimal capital.
This guide is really comprehensive and covers a great amount of things to consider. You can then go and look at these particular components of a start up in more detail if you wish to, but the book makes you aware of it and provides enough info to have a go and understand the idea.




















