Product Description

Thinking of starting your own business? You′ve come to the right place. Thousands of people take the plunge every year for thousands of different reasons; the lifestyle, the opportunity to start over again, the chance to make serious money. No one ever got rich lining their boss′s pockets. So you really want to go it alone? Here′s how. Make Your First Million shows you how to set up your business the right way. It covers business plans, raising finance, financial planning, the opening days, working capital, growing your business, premises, staff, branching out, preparing for exit, and much, much more.

As presenter of Channel 4’s Risking it All, serial entrepreneur Martin Webb has guided many fledgling businesses through the start–up process. His advice, tips and insider secrets will help you transform your dream into reality. Why spend your life working for the man when you could be out there making your first million?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #31251 in Books
• Published on: 2007-04-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

Review
"The book contains a lot of advice for those with ambitious growth plans in mind." (Growing Business, June 2007)

"As a highly readable primer in the art of making a success of a start–up it takes some beating."  ( Better Business, June 2007)

"...a refreshing and enjoyable read."  (Edge, November 2007)

Review
"The book contains a lot of advice for those with ambitious growth plans in mind." (Growing Business, June 2007)

"As a highly readable primer in the art of making a success of a start–up it takes some beating."  ( Better Business, June 2007)

"...a refreshing and enjoyable read."  (Edge, November 2007)

Edge, November 2007
"...a refreshing and enjoyable read."

Customer Reviews

Simplistically Vague
I like Martin Webb and enjoyed 'Risking It All' and he obviously knows what he is doing.

I did, however, find this book both vague and quite basic. It is also very much based around the Author's experience in leisure retailing (bars and clubs) so it's not so suitable for business to business advice.

He gave some glimpses into his own experiences (almost in an autobiographical way) but again, it was too much of everything and not enough substance.

A good book for a novice but you'd need more to 'Make Your First Million'.

Fantasic and inspiring
I am only 16 pages in and I have learnt so much already, this book is so great at explaining business to you. With real life accounts of REAL business failing and succeding, I just can't wait to read more!!!

A great addition to any collection
This book was a great read from start to finish, most books of this type tend to be more about providing advice whilst being inspirational, where as the author here has tried to set a tone and focused on acquiring the right attitude, creating a specific mindset for your venture.
Whilst providing much advice and anecdotes along the way the chapters are interlaced with a semi-biographical tale of how the author made his own fortune, with the final chapter providing an "entrepreneurs survival kit" in summary form which is great to go back to and revise in future instances without having to read the whole book again.
The best thing was the way it was written, you could imagine yourself in a pub conversing over a pint with your mentor who you enjoy sharing time with. My only critiscm is it's a bit light on detail and whilst that was expected of this type of book it would have been great to be given more detail about the authors own original business plans, etc. like that of the (Coffee Republic Founders) book "Anyone can do it". All in all a very worthwhile purchase.