• Small Business

  • 10 Proven Steps to Becoming an Entrepreneur and Creating a Successful Small Business
  • By: Jerry Kershen
  • Narrated by: Dan McDermott
  • Length: 42 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (67 ratings)

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By: Jerry Kershen
Narrated by: Dan McDermott
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Publisher's summary

Are you ready to start your own small business but unsure of which steps to take in order to achieve success?

If you've ever fantasized about starting your own business and being your own boss, but have no idea where to start, or even if starting your own business is right for you, keep listening because the steps you need to take are within this book.

You may be afraid to even entertain the idea of being your own boss because you've seen so many small business fail or heard so many negative things about how difficult it is to be successful, but I've done the research for you. Not only will Small Business help you decipher the whys behind wanting to start your own small business, I'll also tell you the 10 proven steps to becoming an entrepreneur and achieving the success that you are after.

Small Business: 10 Proven Steps to Becoming an Entrepreneur and Creating a Successful Small Business will teach you exact what you need to do, step by step, in order to start a small business and make a successful one at that!

Here's a preview of what you will learn when you listen to this book:

  • The benefits of starting your own small business and being your own boss
  • The things you'll want to consider before making the decision to pursue being an entrepreneur
  • Help in determining what sort of small business to start and how to analyze your market
  • How to forge a business model
  • Help you decide if you should run your business from home or from an external space
  • The best ways to obtain startup funding.
  • How to most effectively price your product or services to best accomplish both
  • Competitiveness in the market and increase your profit margin.
  • The best way to determine who your customer base is and how to best market to them
  • Determining your niche in the market and developing a solid foothold in it
  • The necessities of creating a budget and the importance of bookkeeping.
  • How to create happy customers and guarantee a repeat customer base
  • How to plan and prepare for the future.
  • Keeping up with your competition
  • Much, much more!

The only thing stopping you from achieving your dreams of being a successful small business owner is you!

©2016 Jerry Kershen (P)2016 Jerry Kershen

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helped me

I loved this book. It gave me a lot of information, it answered all my questions. Step by step in depth about small businesses, marketing, managing, staff and a lot of information on social media. It is informative and fun. Author also suggested

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Great starter book

good narrator and quick listen with step by step guidelines to understanding the decision of being an entrepreneur. I wish it had more subsance when it comes to understanding how to select physical locations for your business.

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Good that i found and listen to it..

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Helpful info. about starting your own business. Good tool. Gives proven steps how to become an Entrepreneur and how we'll create and have a successful small business. Interesting topic because i'm really to have my own business even if its small. Good thing that i found and listen to it. For me its very helpful it opens my mind that thru this will help you how to get started and make you become a successful business owner!

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Excellent book......

This is an excellent book. My husband and I are contemplating starting our own business and this book has really helped us to determine if that is the best decision for us. It is very clear and to the point about the positives and negatives of beginning a business and gives great insight into this. I really like the scenarios of successful businesses that were started with people just like us. Thanks for a great book.

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Best book

Small business blueprint was great. It has lots of valuable information.
This book really is a wealth of knowledge and I would highly recommend it.

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Not much more you pack into 45 minutes.

Great intro read. Not in depth about any single topic but the author lays out very well the major steps and subjects you need to consider when starting a new business.

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Glad to listen this book....

It uses simple words and explains well. It easy to read and has every aspect explained and well laid out. This book will really help out if you do not have too much to spend for appointing an accountant. You can calculate your own finances and save up your resources. It's a good handy book and really helpful for any kind of business owners as it is always helpful to know your way around while handling finances. I was lucky to receive this at discount or no cost for my honest and unbiased review.

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Wonderful book

Everything you need to know as a small business owner (or someone thinking about joining the club). Very easy to understand, and this book keeps the tone light & interesting. I highly recommend it!

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Great guide for begginers

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Gives a great overview. Using this book as a master guide, I'll be buying more detailed books on subjects that matter to me.

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This is a good read for anyone who is in business

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This book for start up business is a great to to listened. It guides you well to start a small business, if have know idea about how to start a business this book is informative and best source to start new Business. I look forward for having soon by with the help of this book.

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