One Simple Idea for Startups and Entrepreneurs
Live Your Dreams and Create Your Own Profitable Company
by Stephen Key
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Pub Date Oct 22 2012 | Archive Date Feb 10 2013
Description
From award-winning entrepreneur, inventor, and business owner Stephen Key comes the highly anticipated follow-up to his bestseller One Simple Idea
How many times have you seen a product and thought, I know how to make that better? Or not seen a product and thought, How is it that no one has invented this yet? And when haven’t you thought, I need to be my own boss?
You’re thinking the right things. Now, the next step is to take action—and that’s exactly what One Simple Idea for Startups and Entrepreneurs is all about.
Stephen Key, one of the world’s leading experts on getting business ideas off the ground, revealed in his groundbreaking book One Simple Idea just how simple it is to make a fortune by selling or “renting” your great ideas.
Now, he helps you live the entrepreneurial dream by delivering a proven, straightforward process for starting, growing, and running a business—without the need for an MBA or millions of dollars in funding. As an inventor and successful business owner, Key brings a unique and fully rounded perspective to the subject, teaching you how to:
Develop, test, and protect your idea Plan and launch your business Manufacture, package, market, sell, and distribute your product Manage and grow your business Prepare for and implement your endgameKey draws on his own experience as a billion dollar inventor to offer how-to’s and other takeaways you can use to get off the ground and into the black. Case studies, tips, and advice from other successful entrepreneurs underscore key principles to make it easier than ever for you to achieve your business and life dreams.
You don’t need millions of dollars or a business, engineering, or manufacturing background to develop, produce, and sell your own product idea. All you need is one simple idea—and the passion to make it happen.
Praise for One Simple Idea
“This book is straight-forward, no-nonsense information for how to start a
successful company. Read it!”
—Barbara Corcoran, investor/shark on ABC’s
reality hit Shark Tank
“The ideas in this book are key to creating the kind of enterprise that will
create hundreds of thousands of jobs in the future. The goal of entrepreneurship
is to reduce the risk of failure as detailed in this book.”
—Nolan
Bushnell, inventor of Pong® and founder of Atari®
"Kudos!! One Simple Idea for Startups & Entrepreneurs is brilliant
!! A must read for those that have the courage to dive into their dreams. This
is a true Road Map for those that have the passion to achieve their Freedom.
Truly something that I wish would have been there for me 33 years
ago."
—Russ Hornsby, toy industry veteran, 2010 Toy of the Year
award winner in seven different countries, and creator of hit toys ZhuZhu
Pets®, XiaXia Pets®, DeGeDar® and
others
“I took one of those simple ideas and turned it into a company that now has
its products in over 35,000 doors of retail distribution. With One Simple
Idea for Startups & Entrepreneurs, Stephen gives us the tools we need to
take an idea from your Head to the Store shelf.”
—Todd Basche, inventor
of Word Lock®, the #1 selling word combination lock
“Any inventor or entrepreneur who wants to make money without risking
hundreds of thousands in design, manufacturing, warehousing and distribution
would be well served to take advantage of the practical wisdom offered up in
Stephen’s most recent work, One Simple Idea for Startups &
Entrepreneurs.”
—Ron Hazelton, former home improvement editor for
ABC’s Good Morning America and leading authority in the do-it-yourself
home improvement field
“One Simple Idea for Startups and Entrepreneurs is a MUST read. The
process is broken down into steps that makes it simple to follow and gives you a
roadmap to Success.”
—Gene Luoma, Inventor of Zip-It
Clean®
"Advice is everywhere but good advice is very rare. Stephen Key’ One
Simple Idea for Startups & Entrepreneurs is the exception."
—Steve Greenberg, author of Gadget Nation and co-host of Food
Network's television program Invention Hunters
“Stephen’s a trailblazer in what is now widely accepted as the emerging field
of frugal innovation.”
—Patrick Raymond, Invention Expert for
Huffington Post, creator of InventionScore®, and co-host of
Invention Hunters on Food Network
“Stephen Key is the real deal. Without his knowledge and willingness to share
it, I would not have been able to successfully bring my own product to market.
Now readers of One Simple Idea for Startups & Entrepreneurs have the
same opportunity to benefit from an education in startups and just how true it
is that all it takes is persistence and one simple idea.”
—Nancy
Tedeschi, inventor of SnapIt Screw&™ and prize winner of the WalMart Get
on the Shelf contest
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Available Editions
EDITION | Hardcover |
ISBN | 9780071800440 |
PRICE | $22.00 (USD) |