Starting a Business and keeping it from the edge

By John Joyce

insights into starting a business and keeping it successful with tips on partners, getting paid, sales and time management.

• Language: English
• Publisher: John Joyce
• Release date: May 14, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301093946

John Joyce

John Joyce was born at Hampton Court, in England, close to the River Thames. He started writing philosophy at school and has been extensively published. Monique’s Interview was his first short play and Inside Fleetwood Gym is his latest. Mild Muses is his first book of funny stories. “Starting a business and keeping from the edge.” Was published in 2013. The book is based on his experiences of successfully starting and managing the Jerome & Francis Co Ltd electronic distribution business. The Altus Arts Agency, promotes his works worldwide. Educated in London and Salford, Lancashire where he gained an honours degree in electrical engineering. He held school records for running the mile. Subsequent studies were at Dalhousie University, University of British Columbia and Capilano University. He departed England for Montreal to go around the world, living at different times in Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa and Dartmouth. He resides in Vancouver Canada, where he is an active sportsman. He lives close to the Capilano River.

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Starting a Business

And keeping it from the Edge

by

John Francis Joyce

Published by Altus Arts at Smashwords

Starting a Business and keeping from the Edge

Copyright 2013 by John Francis Joyce

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Table of Contents

Introduction

The Thinking

Preparing

Partners

Marketing

What to expect

Sales

Getting paid

Mistakes and unforced errors

Review time

Epilogue

John Joyce

Introduction

This book is about starting and running a business successfully. It does not dwell on what type of business to start or why to start one. I suppose it is a filtered memoir. I was a technical salesman for many years and, much like a hairstylist, listened to the dreams and successes of innovators and risk takers. At the end of the book I’ve written what I call the me, me part, where I reveal why I am qualified to impart some of these ideas. Just a couple of points that might put this book in perspective: I have an honours degree in electrical engineering and I have an athletic mind—I know how to train and know what is required to race. In any kind of race, one is concerned with energy and its conservation. Can you momentarily rest on top of the hill or at the corner? Will the wind be in your favour? I am not sure whether the next statement is relevant, but I am sure it affects my outlook. I am an amateur musician and spend a lot of time thinking about music. I would be delighted to be a famous film composer as I’d probably die at an old age with all my faculties intact, and have lots of money.

This book does not include figures; there are other places for business statistics. I have avoided most clichés. The book is an insight into doing business, gained from talking to people who have successfully started businesses and those who have failed. I consider losing money, and even going bankrupt, to be failure—not when the business closes or is given away.

The Thinking

I suggest you don’t tell your relations or friends about your proposed business venture. What will it achieve? People will give advice, but some, who are jealous, will be pleased