Do you dream of quitting your job, starting your own business, managing your time and your life? Are you ready to be the boss? In this inspiring and experiential book, serial entrepreneur Carl Reeder gives valuable advice to those who want to start their own business. No abstract concepts, only useful and accessible information necessary for business management and its development, which will help you create your own enterprise - go from an idea and its implementation into a specific business plan to the practical implementation of your plan. You will find examples, models and exercises that will help you put what you read into practice and turn your dream into reality. If you want to work for yourself, control your income, your time and your life, this book is for you. What topics does the author cover: - why it is important to work for yourself, what it looks like in practice; - how to choose the type of business and why everything is individual; – what success means, how to come up with an idea for a business and a unique selling proposition; – what factors limit you; – how to write a business plan, how to find money (different types of financing); – taxes, agreements, equipment, office, website, social networks, CRM; - how to find suppliers and clients; systems and processes; - the image of the ideal client; - how to recruit staff, how to develop and grow and how necessary it is; - growth model, strategic partnerships and alliances, franchises, mergers and acquisitions, investors and lenders; - recruiting plan, recruiting mistakes, creation teams, culture and company values.