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Book Description

ROAD TEST YOUR IDEA BEFORE YOU WRITE YOUR LEAN START-UP

 

Thinking about starting a new business? Stop! Is there a genuine market for your idea? Do you really want to compete in that industry? Are you the right person to pursue it?

 

No matter how talented you are or how much capital you have, if you’re pursuing a fundamentally flawed opportunity then you’re heading for failure.

 

So before you launch your lean start-up, take your idea for a test drive and make sure it has a fighting chance of working.

 

With an accompanying app, available on iTunes and Android.

 

 

www.newbusinessroadtest.com

Table of Contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Why read this book?
  5. About the Author
  6. Author’s acknowledgements
  7. Publisher’s acknowledgements
  8. PART 1: Road test your new business idea
    1. 1 My opportunity: why will or won’t this work?
    2. 2 Will the fish bite?
    3. 3 Is this a good market?
    4. 4 Is this a good industry?
    5. 5 Competitive and economic sustainability: it takes two to tango
    6. 6 What drives your entrepreneurial dream?
    7. 7 Can you and your team execute?
    8. 8 Your connections matter: which matter most?
    9. 9 Putting the seven domains to work to develop your opportunity
    10. 10 What to do before you launch your lean start-up
  9. PART 2: Toolkits for your road test
    1. 11 How to learn what you don’t know you don’t know
    2. 12 Who needs investors?
    3. 13 Market analysis worksheet
    4. 14 Industry analysis checklist
    5. 15 Do-it-yourself marketing research for your new business road test
    6. 16 Evidence-based forecasting
    7. 17 Getting help with your road test
  10. Appendix: Research methodology
  11. Notes
  12. Index
  13. Imprint