Starting A Business for Dummies

by Colin Barrow

Start-up advice for the everyday entrepreneur 400,000 people start up a business each year in the UK, and 1.6 million think about doing so –whether it’s running a burger van or starting an online venture. Starting Up a Business For Dummies cuts through the usual business jargon and shows the reader how to make the leap from employee to entrepreneur. From drafting business plans to managing costs and maintaining a competitive edge, this friendly guide gives hands-on advice for every aspect of starting, running and building a successful business.

Genres: Business, Nonfiction, Entrepreneurship, Reference

Paperback

First published March 13, 2000

About the author

Colin Barrow is the author of more than 25 books in the fields of entrepreneurship, business management and international property development. His books have been published by the BBC, The Economist, The Sunday Times, Kogan Page, he has authored or co-authored ten books in the Dummies series and been translated into a score of languages including Chinese, Arabic, Russian, Georgian, Romanian, Polish and Bahasa Indonesia.
Following a career in business where he held senior staff and line positions, including that of managing director of a substantial manufacturing enterprise with multi -plant and multi-country operations he was Head of the Enterprise Group at Cranfield School of Management, a leading European Business School, for ten years. He has been a visiting professor in universities in the US, Europe and the Far East. For five years he was a non-executive director of a high tech venture capital fund, has sat on Government task forces and is now strategic advisor to a number of business owners.
As well as his own books he currently writes freelance, ghost writing and 'Anglicising' books for American authors and lectures extensively on business topics. You can hear Colin's podcast on team building at http://www.morethanbusiness.com/Knowl...

Reviews

[Marcus · Rating 4 out of 5]

very comprehensive, step by step book with no BS. hard to find nowadays with so many self-help books masquerading themselves as business books in order to make a quick buck

[Ádám Büte · Rating 3 out of 5]

Solid intro to stuff you need to know about

[Angel Serrano · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excelente libro sobre cómo montar un negocio en el Reino Unido con multitud de referencias y consejos prácticos. Estructurado en cinco partes: Empezando; Preparando y Financiando tu plan; Manteniéndose en los Negocios; Haciendo crecer el Negocio; Los capítulos de los diez (Mandamientos).

[Danny Crossley]

Read it a while ago.