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Develop Your Idea! Get off to a flying start with guided exercises, templates & resources for exploring new business ventures
alternate cover edition for ASIN B01N6GTOGM Develop Your Idea!
Have you got a business idea in mind? If so, let’s test it out, step-by-step!
Even if you don’t have an idea, this book will show you how to start a business where you know there are customers who will want what you’re going to offer them!
The major topics covered by this book include:
Starting a new business: Contractual agreements for hiring staff, trademarks, company formation, keeping financial records and tax considerations, non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) and Intellectual Property (IP) and their significance to you. You’ll find lots of signposts to direct you towards startup-friendly law services and legal documents that you can review and consider.
Researching your idea: In this section of the book, there are plenty of interactive exercises which will show you how to assess any business idea, along with tips and techniques you can start using for free, including little-known ways to automate the gathering of your research once you know what sort of information you are looking for. Save time and collect information even as you sleep!
You'll also find resources to help you prepare a business plan in minutes.
Identifying your target market and target customer(s): This book will explain how to create a customer avatar with lots of suggestions, diagrams and examples to show you how to do this. You’ll also be shown how to hold professional “customer interviews” to gather feedback on your idea and refine it further.
These interviews will help you get to the heart of what customers want and need, and most importantly, what they will pay you for.
Raising funds for your business: We'll cover a number of ways to raise money to build your product - choose the ones that are right for you.
This book comes with templates, scripts and free resources including an online workbook and spreadsheets to help you stay organised as you start to plan ahead.
Reach for the stars, whilst keeping your feet on the ground. Avoid unnecessary risks, and Develop Your Idea before you invest money in a new venture!
This book is for you if you:
● Are planning to start a new business venture and are at the idea, or early planning stages.
● Would like some techniques and a process that you can follow to research and test out your idea before you take the next step.
● Would like to know how to protect your interests when starting a new business.
● Are short on time and money and want some useful methods, and resources to help you avoid the pitfalls associated with starting a new business.
NOTE
This book is the first in the series that leads on to the 26-chapter software survival guide: Don’t hire a software developer until you read this book, for startups and entrepreneurs that want to start, or grow their tech business the smart way. It builds on the concepts seen in Develop Your Idea! A wide range of topics are covered, including:
The pros and cons of building different types of software app, agile development principles and processes, pricing tactics and generating revenue from your app, basic marketing and SEO, creating prototypes from scratch, product development, the different programming languages used to apps, finding and interviewing developers, project managing the build of a software application, product testing, managing a Beta software launch, customer care and support and more!
Have you got a business idea in mind? If so, let’s test it out, step-by-step!
Even if you don’t have an idea, this book will show you how to start a business where you know there are customers who will want what you’re going to offer them!
The major topics covered by this book include:
Starting a new business: Contractual agreements for hiring staff, trademarks, company formation, keeping financial records and tax considerations, non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) and Intellectual Property (IP) and their significance to you. You’ll find lots of signposts to direct you towards startup-friendly law services and legal documents that you can review and consider.
Researching your idea: In this section of the book, there are plenty of interactive exercises which will show you how to assess any business idea, along with tips and techniques you can start using for free, including little-known ways to automate the gathering of your research once you know what sort of information you are looking for. Save time and collect information even as you sleep!
You'll also find resources to help you prepare a business plan in minutes.
Identifying your target market and target customer(s): This book will explain how to create a customer avatar with lots of suggestions, diagrams and examples to show you how to do this. You’ll also be shown how to hold professional “customer interviews” to gather feedback on your idea and refine it further.
These interviews will help you get to the heart of what customers want and need, and most importantly, what they will pay you for.
Raising funds for your business: We'll cover a number of ways to raise money to build your product - choose the ones that are right for you.
This book comes with templates, scripts and free resources including an online workbook and spreadsheets to help you stay organised as you start to plan ahead.
Reach for the stars, whilst keeping your feet on the ground. Avoid unnecessary risks, and Develop Your Idea before you invest money in a new venture!
This book is for you if you:
● Are planning to start a new business venture and are at the idea, or early planning stages.
● Would like some techniques and a process that you can follow to research and test out your idea before you take the next step.
● Would like to know how to protect your interests when starting a new business.
● Are short on time and money and want some useful methods, and resources to help you avoid the pitfalls associated with starting a new business.
NOTE
This book is the first in the series that leads on to the 26-chapter software survival guide: Don’t hire a software developer until you read this book, for startups and entrepreneurs that want to start, or grow their tech business the smart way. It builds on the concepts seen in Develop Your Idea! A wide range of topics are covered, including:
The pros and cons of building different types of software app, agile development principles and processes, pricing tactics and generating revenue from your app, basic marketing and SEO, creating prototypes from scratch, product development, the different programming languages used to apps, finding and interviewing developers, project managing the build of a software application, product testing, managing a Beta software launch, customer care and support and more!
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About the author
K.N. Kukoyi
5 books7 followersK.N. Kukoyi has spent over a decade working as an Agile software delivery specialist, leading and working in technical teams to create commercial-grade software.
The author has coached both technical and non-technical teams on Agile practices and delivered mobile apps, websites and a range of other digital products for clients of all sizes, from small businesses to multi-national companies.
Kukoyi has a passion for translating ideas into professional software used by businesses and consumers worldwide.
With a diverse background covering business analysis, project management, consulting, sales and market research; the ultimate aim of K.N Kukoyi's work is to demystify key topics and help readers and customers gain clarity, so they can achieve their business goals.
The author is a qualified coach and has Diplomas in Coaching, and Internet Marketing, and became a Certified Scrum Master (CSM) back in 2008.
Having set up several ventures alone and from scratch, the author understands exactly what it's like to start a business from nothing, with limited time and on a budget.
Purposeful Products is a business and software consultancy that helps startups and small enterprises to solve software challenges successfully.
Learn how to build, or buy software the smart way!
http://www.purposefulgroup.com
The author has coached both technical and non-technical teams on Agile practices and delivered mobile apps, websites and a range of other digital products for clients of all sizes, from small businesses to multi-national companies.
Kukoyi has a passion for translating ideas into professional software used by businesses and consumers worldwide.
With a diverse background covering business analysis, project management, consulting, sales and market research; the ultimate aim of K.N Kukoyi's work is to demystify key topics and help readers and customers gain clarity, so they can achieve their business goals.
The author is a qualified coach and has Diplomas in Coaching, and Internet Marketing, and became a Certified Scrum Master (CSM) back in 2008.
Having set up several ventures alone and from scratch, the author understands exactly what it's like to start a business from nothing, with limited time and on a budget.
Purposeful Products is a business and software consultancy that helps startups and small enterprises to solve software challenges successfully.
Learn how to build, or buy software the smart way!
http://www.purposefulgroup.com
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January 13, 2018
Great book for revealing things elementary entrepreneurs wouldn’t typically think about.
Great start to ideas that help you to start thinking and planning anout the business problem you are tying to solve.
Great start to ideas that help you to start thinking and planning anout the business problem you are tying to solve.
March 16, 2022
step by step
This book gives step by step instructions on how to evaluate your business ideas and how to make them come true. I will go back to read this book again and follow all the instructions until I have tested my idea and made it a reality
This book gives step by step instructions on how to evaluate your business ideas and how to make them come true. I will go back to read this book again and follow all the instructions until I have tested my idea and made it a reality
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