• 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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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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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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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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exactly what I expected from this audio book!

a quick and comprehensive overview of what is most important in starting your own business. I thought the points were good and explained well enough to get a proper notion on what all is involved for your business.

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Thank you

Solid book. I wouldn't take it as word of god but as a reference tool. You know those days where you are trying to figure out things such as "should I saturate a certain market with advertising or should I try to go broad and appeal a little to everyone " well it doesn't give you the exact answer but it will give you more information so you can feel more confident in your choice. I will be keeping this on my "frequently used" shelf.

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perfect book

Excellent book. It's easy to follow. I loved the real life examples. It starts from the beginning, each chapter building on the last one. It lays out each of the pieces of a strong foundation for any small business.

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My favtourite book.

I’m glad this is an e-book so I can have access to it anywhere. This book is very detailed and gives you the layout from A-Z on how to start and what it takes to start a small business. This book really made me think about how much dedication and focus it would take to start my own small business. I enjoyed reading this book and I would recommend to anyone that is thinking of starting a small business of their own.

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Not Worth It

Very high level overview. No intricate information provided. Very generic info. Not worth any amount of money.

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Too short!!

A rather abbreviated but very useful primer on setting up, and running a small business.

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Straight to the point!!! A must read :-)

I recommend this to everyone wanting to start their own business. This read identifies core steps that are needed for you to be successful without including unnecessary information that can waste your time.

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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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