Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Ditch the Day Job and Start Your Own Business
Chris Garden and Catherine Blackburn
PM rating: 4.5/5
An increasing number of people want to jump off the corporate bandwagon and strike out on the own. The authors did just that shortly after being made redundant (their employer had appointed a receiver) and soon they were running a successful business.
This highly readable guide takes the reader through the key issues part by part – starting with “The reasons for going it alone” and progressing through “Building your business plan” to “The nuts and bolts of running your business”. Finally, some important “Unconventional lessons” swerve around received wisdom to provide some more thought-provoking insights.
Essential reading for anyone contemplating a move of this kind – and those who have already taken “the plunge” would also benefit from the authors’ well-presented, distilled experiences.
Pearson, ISBN 978-1447929581
Professor Bruce Lloyd, London South Bank University