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Bluebell Business first-time series · Book 1
Start A Small UK Business
Business planning tools to turn your ideas into business success
Specially written for start-up entrepreneurs with little or no experience, this book gives you a robust framework to develop your new business idea and get it successfully up and running. It includes best practice advice on all aspects of business planning and the key drivers which will make your start-up business a success.
- Research your target market
- Analyse your competitors
- Develop a marketing (sales) strategy
- Calculate your personal survival budget
- Prepare first-time business cash flow forecasts
- Plan your personal skills development
Available as a Kindle eBook, in paperback and in hardback. Every edition includes our downloadable Word, Excel and PDF planning documents. Read the introduction
Introduction
Written for first-time entrepreneurs
Specially written for business start-up entrepreneurs with little or no experience, this book will give you a robust framework to develop your new business idea and get it successfully up and running.
The advice is relevant to anyone who is considering self-employment, and much of the best practice advice is valid for all businesses.
So, you have a great idea for a new business, and you are confident that you can make money out of your proposed product or innovative service.
Starting up a new business can be an extremely rewarding experience, but for those who are new to entrepreneurship, it can be a challenging time.
To assist with these challenges, we have developed our simple, focussed and highly effective business planning tools, to aid you in ‘testing’ your target market and considering several legal and financial aspects.
But can you?
That is the key question!
The planning tools
What the documents help you do
Each chapter of the book comes with practical Word, Excel and PDF documents. Covering many aspects of starting up a new business, they will allow you to:
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Research your target market
Profile the customers you want to reach.
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Analyse your competitors
Find out who you’re up against, and where you can stand out.
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Develop a marketing (sales) strategy
Map out your sales, customer service and marketing.
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Calculate your personal survival budget
How much you will need to cover your personal living expenses.
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Prepare first-time business cash flow forecasts
Simple Excel templates to plan money coming in against money going out.
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Consider your personal skills development
Including confidence levels and organisational ability.
And much more…
Why plan?
Like driving from Land’s End to John O’Groats without a map
Starting up a new business without a business plan is like driving from Land’s End to John O’Groats without a road map or SatNav. Imagine starting that challenging journey with no idea which way to go or how to get there! Do you travel alone, or will you need someone else onboard to share the driving?
What if you run into heavy traffic on the way and have no contingency plan to help you get back on track, or divert around roadblocks? How do you know how much fuel you will need for the journey? Could you potentially run out of money en route?
The 5 key drivers
Your essential guide to an effective business plan
Our business plan outlines the 5 ‘drivers’ which are absolutely key to consider when starting up a new business, to ensure that your journey is a successful one.
It also includes all the necessary business planning documentation, available to download. Packed with useful hints, tips and tactics and written in an easy to understand, informal style, it will be your essential guide to developing your effective Business Plan.
We have developed these business planning documents and best practice ideas after many years of working with start-ups, and are extremely excited to introduce them to you.
Packed with useful hints, tips and tactics, in an easy to understand, informal style.
Already have the book?
Download the Word, PDF and Excel documents, and find the links from every chapter.