Good for personal business assessment or to share with someone you know just starting a business.
Session 1: Self-Assessment:
1a. Reasons To Start – http://www.buzgate.org/ks/ten_steps_1a.html
1b. Reasons Not To Start – http://www.buzgate.org/ks/ten_steps_1b.html
1c. Common Traits – http://www.buzgate.org/ks/ten_steps_1c.html
1d. Common Mistakes – http://www.buzgate.org/ks/ten_steps_1d.html
1e. Aptitude Quiz – http://www.buzgate.org/ks/ten_steps_1e.html
Summary – http://www.buzgate.org/ks/ten_steps_1summary.html
So you think you might want to be in business for your self.
For many people, this is a personally rewarding and financially profitable journey. For others, the challenges associated with identifying a viable business idea, developing a market strategy, and managing a profitable operation over time may be too overwhelming. By following the self-assessment process presented here, these and other issues associated with undertaking your own venture will be productively addressed.
There are five parts to this session. The first four worksheets set the stage for you to self-evaluate against different benchmarks that have proven to be important for business success. The last part links to a scored self-assessment quiz. While none of these activities will give you an absolute answer about whether or not you should start your own business, they do provide very useful insights, and so represent a valuable way to get started.
http://www.buzgate.org/ks/ten_steps_1.html
