At the risk of scaring some of you with two RK books in a row, I decided to replace The Art of the Start (will start going over that in the next few days, as it is well worth it) with Before You Quit Your Job. I've been looking through books that may help encourage those of you would-be entrepreneurs. This book seems a natural next step for anyone deciding to move forward in business, seeing as how many people have jobs.
I followed the advice of good old Napolean Hill. We burned the ships alright. It was not fun.
However, if hindsight is 20/20 I think that starting a business part time while you keep working and educate yourself slowly may not be a bad way for many people to go. Unless you are very determined, there is not much you can do without cash flow (pay bills, eat, etc.)
Before You Quit Your Job: 10 Real-life lessons every entrepreneur should know about building a multimillion-dollar business takes someone who may be employee minded through a paradigm shift: from employee to the mind of an entrepeneur- as they are very different.
I'll send a brand new copy of Before You Quit Your Job to the first person who emails and requests it. If it can help someone else fuel their fire (and I don't mean burn the book), then I am happy to do so!
Comments (2)
As a member of NLL's, I'll disqualify myself from the book giveaway but I just had to comment.
Although it may be difficult to run the business part time, I definitely reco at least testing it while still working.
This could filling a couple cake orders before starting a bakery or selling a product at a flea market before buying a cart or taking on a client before jumping into bookkeeping services full time.
This accomplishes a few things. It shows me any missing capital purchases, whether there's a market, whether my price is accurate, whether I can actually do what I'm promising to do...etc. It allows me to back out gracefully if it doesn't work or to start with confidence if it does (confidence sells, ladies).
Posted by Kimber | November 8, 2006 11:10 AM
Posted on November 8, 2006 11:10
As someone who is looking to start a couple of small businesses with my wife and hopefully be financially independant in a couple years, this sounds like a good read for us.
Posted by Robert | November 8, 2006 11:44 AM
Posted on November 8, 2006 11:44