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Quit to Start: How to Discover Your Best Idea, Gain the Confidence, and Plan Your Escape
This is a book for Quitters. Quitting a job to start a company. But not how you think...not quitting badly, abruptly, or too soon. We're talking about getting the right idea, finding the right people, making the plan, doing the homework, and taking the time to time your exit.Steve Jobs did it. Jeff Bezos did it. Sara Blakely did it. We wouldn’t have Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Nike, Instagram, Pinterest, 23&Me, Starbucks, Red Bull, or Spanx if aspiring entrepreneurs hadn't Quit to Start. Nearly every successful entrepreneur, famous and non-famous, had to quit a job at some point to make it.But it’s really hard. And it’s really scary. And it’s not for everyone. This is a book that not only gives you the thinking you’ll need to pull off your exit, but also levels with you on the kind of motivation and mettle you’ll need to pull through. Startups are a game of planning, persistence, and power.There are many types of startups and entrepreneurs. From freelancers, solopreneurs and small business builders to companies and products designed to take over the world. This book talks about each and how to evaluate and select the best path for you and the right plan and approach for success.Working for others is not a bad thing. It’s just that some of us are itching for more and it never stops calling for us. Quitting doesn’t have to be about a bad job or bad boss (though sometimes it is), it’s about achieving your full potential and bringing something amazing to the world, gaining your independence, and if you’re lucky - wealth for you and your family.So this is a book about quitting, but it’s really a book about starting. Starting the right way, with the right business, the right plan, and the right timing. Then you can go do what you were meant to do, live the life you were meant to live, and put your mark on the world.
153 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 19, 2020
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October 23, 2020
Allen Clary writes an absolute must-read for entrepreneurs looking to make the jump from your full-time job into the risky world of full-time entrepreneurship.
As a soon-to-be full-time entrepreneur myself, I know we all start blind-eyed - thinking that we have a billion-dollar idea that will change the world. I've also learned that the more you dig in, you become overwhelmed and learn just how much there is to do before you take that jump. That feeling has done a few things for me in the past: (A) It scared me into stopping my idea and going back to corporate focus (B) it almost made me make a foolish decision of "making the jump" when I was not even close to ready. After reading this book, I am now able to completely focus on everything I must do to make the jump into full-time entrepreneurship successfully. With a mortgage, wife, and baby on the way - I need to be strategic about my "Quit to Start" journey, and Allen Clary provides the "why" and "how" roadmap for me to do so.
After 12 years in Corporate America, I've learned that it doesn't get any better as you move into management. I've been overworked, underappreciated, and have little impact on the overall company. I've moved to small companies, which helped on the impact side - but created even more work for me with absolutely no ownership in the organization. I'm your "Type A" Entrepreneur that MUST own something and run my own business. That's a scary and emotional place to be, which Allen described in this book. His guidance shows you how to move from emotionally frustrated, to tactically ready to take ownership of your freedom and create considerable wealth for yourself.
Allen finishes the book highlighting the low-risk way to move from solopreneurship to building a true company. Many service-providers get caught in this trap and the author guides you through the process of starting as one, then slowly shifting yourself out of delivery so that you can build a company. There is the option to productize or to bring on other service providers like yourself as you shift from solopreneurship to a true company builder.
As a soon-to-be full-time entrepreneur myself, I know we all start blind-eyed - thinking that we have a billion-dollar idea that will change the world. I've also learned that the more you dig in, you become overwhelmed and learn just how much there is to do before you take that jump. That feeling has done a few things for me in the past: (A) It scared me into stopping my idea and going back to corporate focus (B) it almost made me make a foolish decision of "making the jump" when I was not even close to ready. After reading this book, I am now able to completely focus on everything I must do to make the jump into full-time entrepreneurship successfully. With a mortgage, wife, and baby on the way - I need to be strategic about my "Quit to Start" journey, and Allen Clary provides the "why" and "how" roadmap for me to do so.
After 12 years in Corporate America, I've learned that it doesn't get any better as you move into management. I've been overworked, underappreciated, and have little impact on the overall company. I've moved to small companies, which helped on the impact side - but created even more work for me with absolutely no ownership in the organization. I'm your "Type A" Entrepreneur that MUST own something and run my own business. That's a scary and emotional place to be, which Allen described in this book. His guidance shows you how to move from emotionally frustrated, to tactically ready to take ownership of your freedom and create considerable wealth for yourself.
Allen finishes the book highlighting the low-risk way to move from solopreneurship to building a true company. Many service-providers get caught in this trap and the author guides you through the process of starting as one, then slowly shifting yourself out of delivery so that you can build a company. There is the option to productize or to bring on other service providers like yourself as you shift from solopreneurship to a true company builder.
June 20, 2020
What an inspiring and informative book. Allen takes his experience and makes me feel like he's living my life, he gets me. I'm more motivated to move forward full force. I understand now the difference between being a CEO and a Founder, a business owner. It's practical and useful. I particularly love how he shows us the risk and reward board of starting certain businesses high risk vs. lower risk and so on. It helped me to dive deeper into what I'm doing...am I being risky enough to gain the kind of reward I'm looking forward? I began as a solopreneur and can see that I'm moving into stage 3 of this process. I'm becoming a business and Allen has made sense of my journey. I only wish I had this book 8 years ago. I feel that I would have avoided many disheartening arguments with myself. If you don't know whether or not to start a business, if it's for you, or if you are already a business owner but don't know how to scale, or if you're even headed in the right direction this book is for you!
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