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1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrations |
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Includes bibliographical references (page 256) and index. |
| Summary |
"If your main ambition is to make big money from your business, you're already on the right track. Over 4 million people start up businesses in the UK each year but only 1% become millionaires. Start with the end in mind and you could be one of them. Colin Barrow, bestselling start-up author and business investment specialist, shows you how to shape up for a sale right from the world go. With practical advice, tools and stories from those who have done it, you'll find out how to guide your start-up business towards the payday of your dreams"--Resource description page |
| Contents |
Introduction. Be careful what you wish for -- 1. Problems over passion -- the real characteristics of winning business ideas -- 2. The traits of the entrepreneur -- it's all in the mindset -- 3. Nothing new under the sun -- the same old problems, some brand new solutions -- 4. Research, research, research -- 5. Mastering the 'master plan' -- business plans are templates, not straitjackets -- 6. The money -- who has it and why you might just get your hands on some of it -- 7. Another day over and deeper in debt -- leveraging the investment -- 8. You must be this high to go on the ride -- why babies can't swim -- 9. The path to growth -- and riches too -- 10. Selling fivers for a tenner -- why margins matter most -- 11. Taking charge -- good management's a simple yet rare commodity -- 12. What's it to you? Calculating value -- 13. Dressing to kill -- preparing your business for sale and getting the timing right -- 14. Pay day -- selling up -- 15. Floating off -- 16. Getting a second life. |
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Business planning.
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New business enterprises.
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Entrepreneurship.
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Success in business.
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Nouvelles entreprises. |
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Entrepreneuriat. |
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Succès dans les affaires. |
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entrepreneurs. |
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Business planning. |
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New business enterprises. |
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Entrepreneurship. |
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Success in business. |
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Business planning |
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Entrepreneurship |
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New business enterprises |
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Success in business |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Barrow, Colin. Get backed, get big, get bought. Chichester, U.K. : Capstone, 2009 9781906465513 1906465517 (DLC) 2009009706 (OCoLC)286485667 |
| ISBN |
9781906465605 (electronic bk.) |
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1906465606 (electronic bk.) |
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9781906465896 (electronic bk.) |
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1906465894 (electronic bk.) |
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9781906465513 |
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1906465517 |
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