Product Description

Kick-Start Your Business uses practical, hands-on approach to putting your affairs in order, including: * essential tools to getting a business to work better, * hundreds of ideas and examples to turn a business into a powerhouse, * useful resources and contacts, * proven worksheets to 'kick-start your business'

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #208283 in Books
• Published on: 2005-02-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

From the Author
Living up to other's expectations
Professor David Storey wrote of me:

'Robert Craven is one of Warwick Business School's most highly regarded presenters. His animated action-packed style demands participation. Robert does not give his audience the option of sitting back and merely reflecting.

'I was wondering how this presetation style would translate into words..and was delighted to find that the reader of this volume is as bullied and cajoled into particpation as is the listner.'

Fine words indeed. I hope that I have managed to translate my presentation style into words - everyone who has read says that I have!

Meanwhile, the book! Well, it is ironic that I write a book - I bang on about how I hate theory and am obsessed with action and then I try to give people a toolkit for action (a theory!). At the end of the day the toolkit does work - I know it does and the book is littered with examples of real businesses who have succeeded, using my help.

So, what do you get for your money: - commentary on how to apply the toolkit - checklists, action points, case studies, etc - the toolkit - the 100 day workout - all the worksheets...

So, what you get is a book aimed at helping you run a better business. That is what it does!

All feedback gratefully received

Robert Craven Bath Feb 2001-

About the Author
Robert Craven is a mentor and consultant who has helped more than 1,000 companies. He is Visiting Professor at Toulouse Business School, an Associate Fellow at Warwick Business School and regular contributor to the Independent. The Centre for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises at Warwick Business School, one of the world's leading teaching and research institutions in the field of business and management, has internationally acclaimed expertise in the subject of entrepreneurship, gained by working closely with start-up and growth-seeking companies, focusing on their practical needs.

Customer Reviews

It helped me enormously
Really provocative and easy to read. I've already put significant chunks of the book into practice - would recommend this book to any entrepreneur who's serous about growth

The one to follow...
If your confused as to what to focus your time on, you feel like there is too much to do, yet little time...you need a direction to follow, so read this book...practical, provocative and applies to anybody wanting to recoup or gain market share...!! His seminars are good too!

Jerry

At last a business book that can help you!
'Kick-start' is a refereshing book. It is a business book without the usual smart theory. Down to earth and practical.

Part One is words. Part Two is worksheets.

It will become a bible for our business. Thanks to all involved.

TW