Employee to Entrepreneur

Stop dreaming and start your own business Employee to Entrepreneur shows you how to seamlessly move from employed to self-employed, how to effectively harness, utilise and exploit the skills and expertise you've already gained in your corporate emploment and use them all to help you start your own business and make the exciting move from employee to entrepreneur. You can turn a career brick wall into an exciting opportunity and start your own business. This book dispels all the myths, dissolves all the obstacles and takes you on a business startup journey that will help you to assess all your options, appraise your ideas, write a great business plan and establish a sensible, functioning and profitable new business using the wealth of knowledge, expertise and insight your employment will have taught you.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION ABOUT US PART 1: THE REASONS FOR GOING IT ALONE CHAPTER 1: Why do it? CHAPTER 2: When should you do it? CHAPTER 3: Looking for inspiration CHAPTER 4: Leaving Employment PART 2: BUILDING YOUR BUSINESS PLAN CHAPTER 5: The Idea CHAPTER 6: Number Crunching CHAPTER 7: Getting Advice CHAPTER 8: The Right Business Structure CHAPTER 9: Branding Your Business CHAPTER 10: Minimising Risk CHAPTER 11; The Final Plan and How To Use It PART 3: THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF RUNNING YOUR BUSINESS CHAPTER 12: Working Smartly CHAPTER 13: The Right Environment CHAPTER 14: Staying on Track CHAPTER 15: Managing Relationships CHAPTER 16: Managing Growth CHAPTER 17: Embracing Change PART 4: UNCONVENTIONAL LESSONS CHAPTER 18: Beware of Experts CHAPTER 19: Luck or Judgement CHAPTER 20: The Do Nothing Strategy CHAPTER 21: Business Bullies CHAPTER 22: How To Sleep At Night CONCLUSIONS