A Free Book From Seth Godin On Starting A Business On The Cheap
If you are thinking about starting a business, I know one thing about you already:
You do not have enough money.
You just don’t. Odds are, unless your name is Gates or Buffet, you are under capitalized. Know what? Everyone else is too.
I guess somewhere out there is somebody who had the proper lines of credit, the cash in the bank and had rolling positive cash flow in 1 week after they opened the door. But if there is such a person, more than likely, it ain’t you.
So what do you do?
Well, I could spend about 103 pages telling you how to do that, but someone much more qualified (and balder, but not by much) than me has beaten me to it. Seth Godin has made an early book of his available as a free download on changethis.com. The book, The Bootstrapper’s Bible, is quite simply one of the most realistic, best written, most truthful books I have ever read on what it really takes to start and succeed in business.
Warning:If you want fluff or BS, this is not the book for you.
Download the book now (pdf file) or read it in your browser.
[tags] Seth Godin, ebook, Bootstrapper’s Bible, start a business [/tags]
Hugh,
That’s a great ebook and well worth the read.
Investors will tell you that there is always money for the right idea. The trouble is that few people have the right idea that the money people are looking for. If you read Guy Kawasaki’s posts lately you will see that getting started is often not about money - it is about having something you can do to show what it is you want to do.
A working prototype is second to a positive cash flow in getting investor interest.
I’ll have to take a look at that book. I’ve looked at a lot of business opportunities and I must say I prefer going to a business that isn’t going to put me in the poor house should the business fail!
Excellent book, read a couple pages and i’m already hooked, thanks!
wow, thanks for sharing the eBook! I look forward to reading it…Seth is my hero! I found you via your comment on eMOMSatHome. Writing your website next to your name caught my eye since I write about entrepreneurship too…best of luck and I’ll be back!!
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