Start-up A Practical Guide to Starting and Running a New Business
So your dream is to start your own business. But how do you know if it will work and how do you make it a reality? Start-up is a user guide for aspiring entrepreneurs and provides expert advice and guidance on every aspect of launching a new business. It
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Tom Harris
Start-up A Practical Guide to Starting and Running a New Business With 24 Figures and 19 Tables
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There are no warranties, expressed or implied, on any of the methods or approaches described in this book. You must use them at your own risk and seek legal and professional advice as appropriate. They do however represent my best endeavors to convey good practice in creating a successful start-up company. This book contains reference to proprietary trade names and trademarks. The following names are protected by the firm or institution concerned; Amazon; Apple; Betamax; Blackberry; CocaCola; eBay; Excel; iPod; iTunes; Lotus; Microsoft; RIM; and VHS. NewCo is fictitious and any resemblance to any real company is unintended and entirely coincidental.
ISBN-10 3-540-32981-1 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York ISBN-13 978-3-540-32981-7 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2006931357 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer-Verlag. Violations are liable for prosecution under the German Copyright Law. Springer is a part of Springer Science+Business Media © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2006 The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Production: LE-TEX Jelonek, Schmidt & Vöckler GbR, Leipzig Cover-design: WMX Design GmbH, Heidelberg SPIN 11687979
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Acknowledgements
Thereȱ areȱ manyȱ peopleȱ andȱ organisationsȱ thatȱ deserveȱ myȱ thanksȱ forȱ theȱ inspirationȱ andȱ creationȱ ofȱ thisȱ book.ȱ Theȱ ideas,ȱ methodsȱ andȱ approachesȱ haveȱ beenȱ developedȱ throughȱ aȱ combinationȱ ofȱ personalȱ experienceȱ andȱ theȱ adaptationȱ ofȱ theȱ teachingsȱ ofȱ thoseȱ thatȱ haveȱ traveledȱ thisȱ roadȱ beforeȱ me.ȱ Inȱ thisȱ respect,ȱ Iȱ amȱ particularlyȱgratefulȱforȱtheȱworkȱofȱGeoffreyȱMoore,ȱJohnȱMullins,ȱ MikeȱSouthon,ȱChrisȱWestȱandȱMichaelȱPorter.ȱ Iȱ wouldȱ alsoȱ likeȱ toȱ thanksȱ thoseȱ thatȱ haveȱ helpedȱ inȱ theȱ manyȱ Enterpriseȱ Programmesȱ andȱ seminarsȱ thatȱ Iȱ haveȱ beenȱ involvedȱ with.ȱ Theseȱ organisationsȱ includeȱ theȱ Universitiesȱ ofȱ Reading,ȱ Portsmouth,ȱWarwickȱandȱSunderland,ȱHarrisonȱGoddardȱ&ȱFoote,ȱ DickinsonȱDees,ȱBoultȱWadeȱTennant,ȱBoyesȱTurner,ȱCoffinȱMewȱ&ȱ Clover,ȱandȱBeresfordsȱ&ȱCo.ȱ Last,ȱbutȱbyȱnoȱmeansȱleast,ȱIȱthankȱmyȱwonderfulȱwife,ȱandȱnotȱjustȱ forȱdoingȱallȱtheȱdiag
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