There are huge bunch of people out there dissatisfied with working for an organisation. They talk about how fed up they are with petty office politics, having an unreasonable boss and so on. They have also discovered: A passion that grew from a hobby – they want, for example, to open the sort of restaurant they like to eat in A gap in the market perhaps the lack of local play facilities for children aged five to twelve A business opportunity from something innovative they have done for themselves a mother who worked out a structured series of books, activities and toys that helped her children learn in their pre-school years So, there are negative motivations, to get away from this job, and positive ones to provide a product or service that is unavailable at the moment. From a combination of the two, hundreds of thousands of people want to make that lifestyle change. This book will help them understand what their choice will involve and prepare then to be successful from all three angles work, relationships and quality of life. Martin Webb aims to motivate people to have a go; but in a way that makes the risk to their whole lives acceptable. If you are made redundant you have a major problem in one aspect of your life: if your small business folds you have major problems in every part of your life and so do your family and friends. The book has 4 sections, as follows: The personal attributes that you need to have or to acquire A real understanding of the impact of the change on family relationships The skills and knowledge you need to make an enterprise thrive The financial side and how to minimise risk
Book Details:
- Author: Martin Webb
- ISBN: 9781841127613
- Year Published: 2007
- Pages: 192
- BISAC: BUS060000, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/Small Business
About the Book and Topic:
There are huge bunch of people out there dissatisfied with working for an organisation. They talk about how fed up they are with petty office politics, having an unreasonable boss and so on. They have also discovered: A passion that grew from a hobby – they want, for example, to open the sort of restaurant they like to eat in A gap in the market perhaps the lack of local play facilities for children aged five to twelve A business opportunity from something innovative they have done for themselves a mother who worked out a structured series of books, activities and toys that helped her children learn in their pre-school years So, there are negative motivations, to get away from this job, and positive ones to provide a product or service that is unavailable at the moment. From a combination of the two, hundreds of thousands of people want to make that lifestyle change. This book will help them understand what their choice will involve and prepare then to be successful from all three angles work, relationships and quality of life. Martin Webb aims to motivate people to have a go; but in a way that makes the risk to their whole lives acceptable. If you are made redundant you have a major problem in one aspect of your life: if your small business folds you have major problems in every part of your life and so do your family and friends. The book has 4 sections, as follows: The personal attributes that you need to have or to acquire A real understanding of the impact of the change on family relationships The skills and knowledge you need to make an enterprise thrive The financial side and how to minimise risk
The entrepreneurship shelf is flourishing as we know. We have done a fair few books on the corporate success story, handbooks of business skills, a directory of business start-up information and of course the personal story cum business journal that is Anyone Can Do It. Martin Webbs book offers something genuinely different. Its the best preparation for beginning your business dreams that you could ever have. Martin takes you through whats really involved in starting up a business and how you can expect it to effect your lifestyle and relationships with family + friends. The closest thing in the market is Michael Gerbers The E-Myth Revisted (Harper Collins). This has shifted 24,000 copies in the UK trade, but is 10 years old now. High time for a young pretender to show himself ready to take on the entrepreneurs-best-friend mantle.
As presenter of C4s Risking It All, Martin Webb has something approaching an A-list media profile. 2.5 million viewers tuned in to the last series. The new series starts on 22nd Aug 2006. Martin has a two weekly column in the Daily Telegraph and will be the public face of an upcoming Lloyds TSB ad campaign. Will become the expert guide in the marketplace on setting up a business the right way. Down to earth and practical. Step by step guide on what it really takes to make your business dreams come true, including the dramatic and often misunderstood effect on you and your closest friends and family, how to manage the financial risk, required skill sets etc etc Checklists and self-assessment as well as tricks of the trade and real life stories
About the Author
From Martin Webb: From quite young, I was always looking for ways to make money. While at University I was an entrepreneur in the music business, hiring venues and bands, putting out promotional flyers and DJ-ing. After graduation my first big venture with my business partner, a design and copyrighting company, ended in costly disaster; so I know what failure feels like and the problems it causes. We then built up the C-side chain of bars that we sold some years later. One year C-side featured in The Sunday Times Fast Track 100. I am now converting a Chateau in France into a country sports holiday centre. I still own a number of bars in London and the southeast and am building up my consultancy work and lecturing work. The next series of Risking It All starts on 22nd August. Meanwhile Im going to be the Face of a Lloyds TSB advertising campaign for business insurance. I will be on posters, mail shots, radio and TV advertising and I will do the TV and radio interviews for the campaign. I was also the prize in a competition for brother, the sponsor of Risking It All. I write an article every two weeks in the Daily Telegraph. I intend to be very active in promoting this book.