Start-Up: A Practical Guide to Starting and Running a New Business

ISBN-13: 9783319945460 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 146 str.

Tom Harris

Opis

This guide for aspiring entrepreneurs provides expert advice on every aspect of launching a new business. It is designed to be of particular value for academics wishing to exploit the commercial value of a new technology or business solution. Inspiring and readable, it shows how to evaluate the strength of a business idea, how to protect inventions, reviews legal steps and responsibilities, shows how to position products in the market, how to create a business plan and raise initial capital. Case studies, exercises and tips demystify the process of starting a business, build confidence and greatly increase the chances of success.

Spis treści

Introduction.- How Good Is Your Idea?.- How Can You Protect Your Ideas?.- What Is a Company?.- How Do You Market Your Product?.- How Do You Finance Your Business?.- How Do You Create a Financial Model?.- How Do You Write a Business Plan?.- Your Role and Your Team.- Closing Remarks.

O autorze

Before setting up his own management consultancy business, Hi Consulting, in 2002, Tom Harris was a lecturer and led an academic research group in a top ranked university department, then spun-out a medical device company which went on to win awards for product innovation. Tom’s current business supports and monitors funded R&D collaborations and assists start-up and developing businesses develop, grow and export.

Blurb

Many people dream of starting their own business one day, but are not sure how to make it a reality, or whether they will succeed. In this book the author presents a comprehensive user guide for aspiring entrepreneurs, and provides expert advice and guidance on every major aspect of launching a new business. Step-by-step, this inspiring and highly readable book explains how would-be entrepreneurs can evaluate the strength of their business idea, protect their inventions, understand the legal steps and responsibilities involved in forming a company, position their products in the market, create a business plan and acquire financing.

Featuring case studies, practical exercises and tips, the book helps to demystify the process of starting a new business, giving readers the confidence to start up, and greatly increasing the chances of their entrepreneurial dream becoming a reality. It also offers a valuable learning resource for entrepreneurship and start-up clubs at universities and business schools.