The new business road test : what entrepreneurs and executives should do before writing a business planUpplaga 2

Give your business the chance to be one of those that make it. Got an idea for a new business? Take it for a road test to make sure it works before you invest valuable time and money in it. Most new businesses fail. Why? Because no matter how talented you are, no matter how much capital you have, no matter how good your business plan is, if youre pursuing a lousy business a fundamentally flawed opportunity youre on the fast-track to failure. The new edition of this best-selling book will help you to road test your idea, making sure that the business you build is based on a winning concept. It will enable you to invest your time and money wisely and pitch to investors and customers with confidence. Mullins has hit the nail on the head. The New Business Road Test for the first time successfully defines the starting point for a business. He delivers a clear and concise road map for anyone wondering whether they have a good business idea and what to do about it. I wish it had been given to every entrepreneur who appeared before me on Dragons Den. Doug Richard, Dragon on Dragons Den Mullins New Business Road Test provides the entrepreneurial equivalent to the proverbial sleeping policeman on the Sunday drive: the necessary jolt of reality for those hanging on to the belief that value is created on a computer spreadsheet or a fancy PowerPoint presentation. The business plan is the road map between idea and sustainable business, and John offers the most valuable journey planner available. Benoit Leleux, Professor of Entrepreneurship & Finance, IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland We work with hundreds of CEOs reviewing their investor pitches. The truth is that all businesses, even those already funded, can improve their business models and their road show presentation to investors or strategic partners. Good entrepreneurs understand that their emerging business remains work in progress. Even on the road, they work the map. We recommend that all new entrepreneurs look at John's excellent new business road maps before hitting the ground. William Stevens, E-Unlimited No budding entrepreneur should leave the day job or face an investor without having read this book.