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One Simple Idea for Startups and Entrepreneurs: Live Your Dreams and Create Your Own Profitable Company
From award-winning entrepreneur, inventor, and business owner Stephen Key comes the highly anticipated follow-up to his best seller
One Simple Idea
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How many times have you seen a product and thought, I know how to make that better? Or not seen a product and thought, how is it that no one has invented this yet? And when haven't you thought, I need to be my own boss?
You're thinking the right things. Now, the next step is to take action - and that's exactly what One Simple Idea for Startups and Entrepreneurs is all about.
Stephen Key, one of the world's leading experts on getting business ideas off the ground, revealed in his groundbreaking book One Simple Idea just how simple it is to make a fortune by selling or “renting” your great ideas.
Now, he helps you live the entrepreneurial dream by delivering a proven, straightforward process for starting, growing, and running a business - without the need for an MBA or millions of dollars in funding. As an inventor and successful business owner, Key brings a unique and fully rounded perspective to the subject, teaching you how
Develop, test, and protect your idea Plan and launch your business Manufacture, package, market, sell, and distribute your product Manage and grow your business Prepare for and implement your endgame Key draws on his own experience as a billion-dollar inventor to offer how-to's and other takeaways you can use to get off the ground and into the black. Case studies, tips, and advice from other successful entrepreneurs underscore key principles to make it easier than ever for you to achieve your business and life dreams.
You don't need millions of dollars or a business, engineering, or manufacturing background to develop, produce, and sell your own product idea. All you need is one simple idea-and the passion to make it happen.
Praise for One Simple Idea for Startups and Entrepreneurs :
“This book is straight-forward, no-nonsense information for how to start a successful company. Read it!” (Barbara Corcoran, investor/shark on ABC's reality hit Shark Tank)
“The ideas in this book are key to creating the kind of enterprise that will create hundreds of thousands of jobs in the future. The goal of entrepreneurship is to reduce the risk of failure as detailed in this book.” (Nolan Bushnell, inventor of Pong and founder of Atari)
"Kudos!! One Simple Idea for Startups and Entrepreneurs is brilliant!! A must-read for those that have the courage to dive into their dreams. This is a true road map for those that have the passion to achieve their freedom. Truly something that I wish would have been there for me 33 years ago." (Russ Hornsby, toy industry veteran, 2010 Toy of the Year award winner in seven different countries, and creator of hit toys ZhuZhu Pets, XiaXia Pets, DeGeDar and others)
“I took one of those simple ideas and turned it into a company that now has its products in over 35,000 doors of retail distribution. With One Simple Idea for Startups and Entrepreneurs, Stephen gives us the tools we need to take an idea from your head to the store shelf." (Todd Basche, inventor of Word Lock, the number one selling word combination lock)
How many times have you seen a product and thought, I know how to make that better? Or not seen a product and thought, how is it that no one has invented this yet? And when haven't you thought, I need to be my own boss?
You're thinking the right things. Now, the next step is to take action - and that's exactly what One Simple Idea for Startups and Entrepreneurs is all about.
Stephen Key, one of the world's leading experts on getting business ideas off the ground, revealed in his groundbreaking book One Simple Idea just how simple it is to make a fortune by selling or “renting” your great ideas.
Now, he helps you live the entrepreneurial dream by delivering a proven, straightforward process for starting, growing, and running a business - without the need for an MBA or millions of dollars in funding. As an inventor and successful business owner, Key brings a unique and fully rounded perspective to the subject, teaching you how
Develop, test, and protect your idea Plan and launch your business Manufacture, package, market, sell, and distribute your product Manage and grow your business Prepare for and implement your endgame Key draws on his own experience as a billion-dollar inventor to offer how-to's and other takeaways you can use to get off the ground and into the black. Case studies, tips, and advice from other successful entrepreneurs underscore key principles to make it easier than ever for you to achieve your business and life dreams.
You don't need millions of dollars or a business, engineering, or manufacturing background to develop, produce, and sell your own product idea. All you need is one simple idea-and the passion to make it happen.
Praise for One Simple Idea for Startups and Entrepreneurs :
“This book is straight-forward, no-nonsense information for how to start a successful company. Read it!” (Barbara Corcoran, investor/shark on ABC's reality hit Shark Tank)
“The ideas in this book are key to creating the kind of enterprise that will create hundreds of thousands of jobs in the future. The goal of entrepreneurship is to reduce the risk of failure as detailed in this book.” (Nolan Bushnell, inventor of Pong and founder of Atari)
"Kudos!! One Simple Idea for Startups and Entrepreneurs is brilliant!! A must-read for those that have the courage to dive into their dreams. This is a true road map for those that have the passion to achieve their freedom. Truly something that I wish would have been there for me 33 years ago." (Russ Hornsby, toy industry veteran, 2010 Toy of the Year award winner in seven different countries, and creator of hit toys ZhuZhu Pets, XiaXia Pets, DeGeDar and others)
“I took one of those simple ideas and turned it into a company that now has its products in over 35,000 doors of retail distribution. With One Simple Idea for Startups and Entrepreneurs, Stephen gives us the tools we need to take an idea from your head to the store shelf." (Todd Basche, inventor of Word Lock, the number one selling word combination lock)
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April 26, 2013
Inspiring book, I read it after watching this Google Talk: http://youtu.be/6csI0dZzFRQ
The book has good points that I find valuable, I recommend it to people that are full of ideas and not sure what to do with them.
The book has good points that I find valuable, I recommend it to people that are full of ideas and not sure what to do with them.
September 13, 2020
Ever had an idea for a small physical product? Or an idea for improving an existing product? Getting the idea is the first (and an important) step. This book will teach you how to move past the idea stage and make a successful business around it.
Book Title: Simple Idea for Startups and Entrepreneurs: Live Your Dreams and Create Your Own Profitable Company.
About the Author: Stephen Key is an inventor and co-founder of inventRight, LLC.
This book will give you the required breadth of knowledge regarding the steps, one follows for bringing an idea of a physical product to market and making money out of it. (Exceptions are always there. There aren't any hard rules in the field of business).
Is this book good for you? If you have an idea for a "simple" physical product — not a website, not an app, not a flying car, not a big industrial machine, but a simple consumer-centric product, that you can sell for few hundred bucks AND you wish to set up a profitable business around it, then this book will give you a headstart.
What did I like the most? Two things. First — the book is filled with case studies for every step. And case studies are not only from author's products but from different people worldwide having brought their products in the market. Second — I felt this book as a "complete" step by step process. From pricing to manufacturing to distribution to retail, the book covers all steps in good detail.
What I didn't like? A lot of examples — for both case studies and resources are for people based in the US. (But if you are smart enough you can search out the similar resources existing in your country).
As a serious reader, you would end up taking lots of notes and bookmarking various resources mentioned in the book. So, read with a pencil in hand or better take separate notes. I have, myself brought a couple of products in the market and I was quite amused by getting 70-80% of the steps right. In hindsight, after reading this book, I noted many areas of improvement which I didn't focus on.
P.S. If you don't wish to start a company, he has got another book for you, on licensing your idea into a gold mine.
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Book Title: Simple Idea for Startups and Entrepreneurs: Live Your Dreams and Create Your Own Profitable Company.
About the Author: Stephen Key is an inventor and co-founder of inventRight, LLC.
This book will give you the required breadth of knowledge regarding the steps, one follows for bringing an idea of a physical product to market and making money out of it. (Exceptions are always there. There aren't any hard rules in the field of business).
Is this book good for you? If you have an idea for a "simple" physical product — not a website, not an app, not a flying car, not a big industrial machine, but a simple consumer-centric product, that you can sell for few hundred bucks AND you wish to set up a profitable business around it, then this book will give you a headstart.
What did I like the most? Two things. First — the book is filled with case studies for every step. And case studies are not only from author's products but from different people worldwide having brought their products in the market. Second — I felt this book as a "complete" step by step process. From pricing to manufacturing to distribution to retail, the book covers all steps in good detail.
What I didn't like? A lot of examples — for both case studies and resources are for people based in the US. (But if you are smart enough you can search out the similar resources existing in your country).
As a serious reader, you would end up taking lots of notes and bookmarking various resources mentioned in the book. So, read with a pencil in hand or better take separate notes. I have, myself brought a couple of products in the market and I was quite amused by getting 70-80% of the steps right. In hindsight, after reading this book, I noted many areas of improvement which I didn't focus on.
P.S. If you don't wish to start a company, he has got another book for you, on licensing your idea into a gold mine.
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January 25, 2021
This book make me cannot stop thinking how i can make this startup successful, it is good but with differences country and SOP(Standart of Procedure) make it hard to understand and cant apply it in my country. But nice to know how can his startup survives and be a successful entrpenuer and it tells that it not easy to be a leader not a boss.
June 15, 2022
The writer is an expert on the topic and it is a very well-organized book. However, I found it quite outdated. (book calls today's world wired) Probably you will find new books with more recent content.
May 26, 2018
Only interesting if you really try to invent and patent a product. Otherwise not really useful.
July 14, 2019
The great book of everything, with everything inside.
This is more than Everything I needed to know. If you don't know what to do, seek the wisdom of Stephen Key!
This is more than Everything I needed to know. If you don't know what to do, seek the wisdom of Stephen Key!
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January 28, 2021
Some good information to use after you've created an idea and are ready to go to market. Interesting thoughts on the value of a patent.
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