This self-assessment handbook, written for first-time entrepreneurs, small business owners and people eager to gain more practical insights into business, will enable you to:

• Self-assess your skills and knowledge.


• Discover potential errors early.


• Be better informed about why you are starting in business.


• Evaluate the opportunities.


• Focus on the key information, critical success factors and risk analysis tools of the initial phase of 'working for yourself'.

What makes this entrepreneur's manual a good read?

• It asks the fundamental questions that many start-up founders are looking for the answers to.


• The bulleted information, engaging questionnaires, specific and unique business diagrams and techniques have carefully been put together to create actionable steps for building your business successfully.


• It makes you want to evaluate your business knowledge using many well thought-out self-assessment tests.


• It is designed to create an interactive atmosphere of sharing previously tested information, business strategies, expert tips, concepts and experience.


• The author's years of research, practical experience and feedback from focus groups have been used to further develop this handbook.


• You will be hooked, right up until the end.

It is very important to make sure starting your own business is what you really want to do. It is a risk to start the business until you are confident that you have the right skills, the knowledge and the 'drive' to succeed.

Don't know where to begin? start here!**