New Business Road Test What Entrepreneurs and Executives Should Do Before Writing a Business Plan

Name: New Business Road Test What Entrepreneurs and Executives Should Do Before Writing a Business Plan
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ISBN: 9780273663560

ISBN-10: 0273663569

ISBN-13: 9780273663560

Edition: 2003

Authors: John Mullins

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So you have a business idea. How can you assess whether it will work? Whether it is worth backing by investors, and worthbacking with your future? The New Business Road Test shows you how to test your idea before writing your business plan. It will help you to make sure that the business you build is based on a winning idea, enabling you to invest your time wisley and pitch to investors and customers with confidence. Building on lessons learned by studying numerous entrepreneurs and investors, John Mullins sets out a practical framework for evaluating new business ideas. The book identifies seven domains for the assessment of any market opportunity and guides you through how to test…

Book details

List price: $34.99
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: FT Press
Publication date: 9/13/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Why read this book?


Acknowledgements



Road test your new business idea



My opportunity: why will or won't this work?



Will the fish bite?



Is this a good market?



Is this a good industry?



How long will your advantage last?



What drives your entrepreneurial dream?



Can you and your team execute?



Your connections matter: which matter most?



Putting the seven domains to work to develop your opportunity



What to do before you write your business plan



Toolkits for your road test



How to learn what you don't know you don't know



Market analysis worksheet



Industry analysis checklist



Do-it-yourself marketing research for your new business road test



Evidence-based forecasting



Getting help with your road test



Research methodology


Notes


Index