Ingrid Thompson - So You Want to Start a Business: The 7 Step Guide to Create, Start & Grow Your Own Business

In 2002 I was fired from my corporate job and forced to reinvent myself by starting my own business. It was really tough but after a long struggle it turned out to be the best career move I ever made.

I wish I had a copy of Ingrids book fifteen years ago! I wouldnt have had as much difficulty getting going and I would have jumpstarted my business much faster.

David Meerman Scott, bestselling author of ten books including The New Rules of Marketing and PR, now available in 29 languages from Albanian to Vietnamese.

If the freedom and fun of starting your own business appeals, then do yourself a favour and follow Ingrids proven seven step framework. Entrepreneurship is like a roller coaster ride, exhilarating yet terrifying, all at once. Were all nervous before we start, so allow Ingrid to guide you and shell help you navigate the ups and downs!

Adam Franklin, Best selling author of Web Marketing That Works

I wish I had this book (and Ingrid!) when I started my business. It would have been such a huge help! Ingrids experience and expertise shines as she outlines the 7 steps you must think about if you want to start a business. Read it now and you will be off to a great start!

Louise Gooden, founder Mod. Financial Freedom

Planning the start-up of your own business is an intense, amazing time, especially if you are doing this as you transition from a corporate career. Ingrids 7-step guide and on-line tools are an investment you cant afford not to use both as a structured planning checklist but also for Ingrids personal insights and anecdotes which importantly highlight the emotional intelligence and resilience required.

Christine Briggs, General Manager & Director, Australian manufacturing sector

If you are taking the brave step towards starting your very own business who better to have by your side, than Ingrid Thompson.

Working with businesses of all types and sizes, Ingrids reputation has grown over the years to become Australias business start-ups authority.

Ingrid has an engaging style, mixing the facts with inspiring stories, as she expertly guides you through the complexities of starting a business, with perfectly placed activities to help break your journey into logical milestones.

With Ingrids deep knowledge and expertise captured in her book So you want to start a business you will have everything you need to ensure you have all bases covered.

Kathryn Williams, Your Financial Soul Mate

Starting a business is like jumping on a rollercoaster. Dizzying highs and terrifying lows. Having a resource that gives you the facts makes this ride a lot easier. These 7 steps dont need to be in any order and they are all important. If you are thinking about starting your own business then this book is for you.

Jon Hollenberg, founder, Five by Five Web Design Agency

If you want to know what works and how to do it, this book has the answers. Read it, follow it and get on your path!

Robert Gerrish, founder Flying Solo, Australias solo business community

This awesome book by Ingrid really caught my eye. Its a world class book; a great book to give anyone you may know who is thinking of starting a business.

Andrew Griffiths, bestselling author of 12 business books, global presenter, regular contributor to Inc .

THE 7
STEP GUIDE

to Create Start
& Grow Your
Own Business

INGRID THOMPSON

NEW YORK

LONDONNASHVILLEMELBOURNEVANCOUVER

SO YOU WANT TO START A BUSINESS

2018 Ingrid Thompson

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I started my business the Australian Writers Centre more than 10 years ago. I was clear from day one that it wasnt a side hobby. It was a serious business that I wanted to grow and I knew I wanted to focus on providing the best writing courses in the country.

Not everyone is able to be this clear about what their business idea is and how to take their idea and create and start their own business. I meet a lot of people who are thinking about starting a business and I ask them: What kind of business do you want to start? and Why do you want to start this business? because these are the important questions. Many of the people I meet, especially in the tech start-up space, just want to find a business they can scale and sell.

Sometimes you can see they dont actually care about the business itself. Its really hard to sustain yourself in a business if you dont actually care about the product.

Today, more than ever, people dream about starting their own businesses, from young people choosing that option rather than work for someone else, to many women who are looking for a way to blend their professional expertise into a business that allows them to enjoy their family. And there are people in later stage of their careers looking for more meaningful expression of how they can create an income and lifestyle for themselves through starting a business of their own.

People of all ages are looking at how a business can be a viable alternative to working for someone else.

The truth is that success does not come easy in business. There are constant challenges and potentially multiple setbacks.

The pre-startup phase, the dreaming, idealistic and imaginative phase, is when you are the most excited and at the same time impatient; you just want to get going. Youre eager to take your idea and run with it. This is the phase where good decision making is super important.

Because the idea generation phase is so exciting, any mention of Planning seems so stifling, limiting and constraining. And this is just what most getting started in business books are full of: business planning!

Ingrid Thompson has identified a gap in the market for a pre-startup book that isnt all about writing business plans. So You Want to Start a Business is a book that needed to be written and Ingrid is the perfect person to write it. Ingrid has successfully done what she suggests her readers do. This is a book that will help you decide many of the essential aspects of getting started in business.

Ingrid takes you, the reader, through the 7 steps to guide you in how to approach creating and starting your own business. She starts with Who are You to start a business? which is probably one of the most important chapters in the book. Who you are underpins your business success.