Starting Up or Building a Small Business?
We Can Help
From evaluating your idea to building a robust venture, our books and tools can help create your dream. Some of the tools are FREE.
Not so fast, it’s a tough calling. Use our FREE evaluator to see whether you have the skills and work ethic to start your business.
Are You Ready to Start?
There are many interrelated activities in starting up a business. Our checklist will help you keep them in order.
Do You Have Your Team Selected?
Most successful entrepreneurs work with others, to ensure the required skill set is in place. The team needs at least entrepreneurial, managerial, and production capabilities, not often found in a single person. Our team builder can help.
Do You Know How to Manage Business Finances?
Many entrepreneurs are math and finance phobic. Nothing to be ashamed of, unless they stay that way. Our primer will guide you through everything you need to know to stay on top of your finances.
Cash is King
You may already know this from personal experience, but in the business world it is unforgiving: when you’re out of cash, you’re out of business. Here’s help with planning and tracking your business’ lifeblood.
Do You Know How to Raise Capital?
Many entrepreneurs have difficulty funding their idea properly, a common reason for early failure. Our tools walk you through everything you need to know to sell your idea to angels at the start, banks to grow with, venture capitalists to get ready to go public, and investors for the long haul.
Do You Know How to Sell?
Your first priority is opening a market for your products and services. Selling is not for the faint of heart – expect rejection as you gain proficiency in reaching customers and closing the deal. Our tools can help.
Do You Know How to Operate Effectively and Efficiently?
After your sales take off, make sure you won’t disappoint your customers! They will expect quality and you will have to deliver the goods profitably. Our tools can help you keep your house in order.
What could go wrong?
Do you know how to fix problems as they arise in your organization? Your problem is, of course, juggling everything. This tool provides an overview that will help as you start your new venture.
The E-Myth Revisited
Michael E. Gerber’s The E-Myth Revisited is among the best primers for people starting up a new business or growing it to the next level that we have come across.
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