Starting a business that doesn't suck! Success in 9 Steps...more or less.

1. Starting a Business
that doesn‘t suck!
© Josef Reisz
eCommerce-Coaching.de

2. Success in 9 Steps*
*...more or less

3. 1. Got an Idea?
A Product, a Service...
in other words:

4. ER
AP
FAS N EW
E
SOME TER
CH EN T
THING... DI EASIE
FF ER
R R
TE
BET

5. GOT one???

6. REALLY?????

7. 2. Re-Think
your idea!

8. Is it
really
really
really
that GREAT?

9. YES NO
(educated
Go Ahead
guess)

10. 3. Do some Research
Don‘t worry...

11. Market Research
CAN be fun...
REALLY!

12. YOUR C
U STOMER
RKET
S
WHAT W TO MA
HO PROD UCTION
YOU NEED
SC ALA S
BILITY
LI ER
R S PP
O S U
IT
TO FIND PET
O F
CO
A R EA
M
YOU
G
OUT: N R SA L ES
IN
ICH
RIC
E

13. ...and how???

14. Xing Statistics Facebook
Survey Twitter
Blogs
Just some hints. ;)

15. 4. Time to Rock ‘n Roll!
Idea to Concept

16. 2 Ways to do it:

17. 1. SOLID
CONCEPT

18. SUCCESS

19. 2. „Well, let‘s
just start
and see...“

20. BIG
Failure TIME
with a chance of headaches

21. Your Concept
should look
something like this

22. never like this...

23. 5.
NEVER
underestimate...
ANYthing!

24. NE
LL
S MAR TI ME
EA LL KE
SO
ID
R
PE
W I T IN
O O D G
G
O S TS
T R U S T SUGG C
ADV EST
ICE
ION
S

25. 6. Know your
customers
BY
HEART...!

26. WH
OA
THE RE
E TO Y?
W H ER ? WHA
T H EM T DO
IN
F HOD
WT
THEY
OR
H TH WANT?
EAC
EM?

27. 7. Budget,
anyone?

28. Never spend
too
much!

29. Never spend
too
little!

30. S tar t-Up=
No tm uch$

31. IDEAS vs.
money

32. SPREAD the
WO RD!

33. O R SE
JA N H
ON
TR O IN G
L IN
EM K ETGUE
R M RIL
KET MA
AR
ING AR LA KET
ING
Word-of-Mo
u th
LI NE G
FF TIN ED IA
O E
RK
IA L M S
MA C
SO ACTIO N
N T ER

34. 8.
Outsourcing
not as bad and difficult
as you might think

35. IT ON
TI
RA M
IS T
AD MIN ARK
E T IN
G
PR RETURN MA
NAGEMENT
OU N TI NG
IS T ICS
WA ACC
G R EH
LO OU
SIN
G

36. SOME BOOKS

37. SOME LINKS
http://strandschicht.de/
http://www.getfriday.com/
http://www.ivaa.org/
http://www.free-days.de/
http://www.brickworkindia.com/

38. 9. Find your
NICHE

39. STAND OUT from
Competition!

40. MORE BOOKS
alright, just one...

41. ONE more
thing...

42. have FUN!!!
It‘s YOUR business... ;)

43. SUMMARY
1. Idea
2. Re-Think
3. Research
4. Rock n Roll
5. Never underestimate Anything
6. Know your Customers
7. Budget
8. Outsourcing
9. Find your Niche
10. HAVE FUN!

44. Josef Reisz
http://www.ecommerce-coaching.de
@ecommerce_coach
coach@ecommerce-coaching.de

45. Picture Credits
istockphoto © Spiderstock
© flickr.com - nuanc
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nuanc/125738943/
© Josef Reisz