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Russell L.

Russell L.

Small Business Start-up Coach - bringing your dream business to life!

Nottingham, United Kingdom

English speaking

I specialise in helping first-time entrepreneurs to successfully start new small businesses and gain the freedom and lifestyle they desire. I'm a small business start-up...Read moreI specialise in helping first-time entrepreneurs to successfully start new small businesses and gain the freedom and lifestyle they desire. I'm a small business start-up coach and the founder of Started, a professional team of small business start-up specialists dedicated to helping beginners to start their new business properly and avoid the risks of doing it alone!

I truly believe everyone who has the capability and desire to bring their business dreams to life and enjoy control over their lives that they so desperately want, should have the chance to do so. Whilst the start-up process for most businesses follows the same principles with the same purpose - to solve a problem at a profit - our passion and expertise lies in starting one-person (at least initially) service businesses. Where you're responsible to no one but yourself and are great at what you do but without the right foundation, your business may never get off the ground. That's where we come in.

WHAT WE DO
In summary, we provide expert practical help for beginners to successfully start their own small business, for operating either on a full-time or part-time basis.

Step 1: We begin by creating a Business Start-up Action Plan which tells you exactly WHAT you need to do to start your business in the most effective way, in the shortest time and at the lowest possible cost. It consists of a phone consultation with me (45min). First, we'll evaluate your idea, assess the viability and if necessary propose any amendments. We will brainstorm together and you can ask questions and bounce ideas, with me acting as a sounding board. We'll then discuss what you need to do and the best ways to move forward. You'll get actionable, step-by-step, streetwise advice, tailored to you and your new business.

After the consultation, you'll also receive our FREE proprietary checklist, comprising a detailed list of everything you need to start your new business.

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Step 2: Assuming you choose to proceed with starting your business, following a further consultation (60min), we will then create a personalised Business Start-up Blueprint which tells you exactly HOW to complete the steps outlined in your action plan, based on your own specific circumstances. This is not just an off the shelf list of to-dos but a customised blueprint tailored to your situation. It's absolutely essential for defining your business vision, establishing your brand style and identifying your target customer and how to reach them. It's designed to be used as a sequential guide when creating the foundation of your business.

After the consultation, you'll also receive a FREE copy of our e-guide, Success Secrets for Beginners.

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Step 3: If you prefer to have it all DONE FOR YOU and not risk it alone, our expert team will create your entire Business Start-up Package! Following a phone consultation (60min) we'll conduct a Pre-start Briefing to collate the content and agree final directions for our specialists to use to create the foundation of your new business. Within 7 days, this seamless and professional approach results in the set up completion of your personalised Business Start-up Package, ready for launch, for an incredibly low price!

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WHY WE DO IT
We're an enthusiastic team of business start-up professionals on a social mission with a genuine desire to use our skills to reduce the failure rates of new businesses by helping their owners start up in the best way possible for success.

Quite simply, if you're new to business you don't know what you don't know! There's an unrealistic expectation by some that despite the well known high failure rate, that anyone can just read a few books, search the internet and listen to advice from a bank 'small business manager' to create a successful business alone from scratch! It's just not that easy!

According to the recent Startup Genome Report, an estimated 90% of those start-ups that fail do so primarily due to self-destruction. It was their founders’ own bad choices or lack of preparedness rather than so-called “bad luck” or market conditions that were out of their control. Why would you expect a first-time chef to prepare a gourmet meal from just reading a cookbook? It's the same for business. We truly believe there's too much confusing advice out there and not enough action. At Started, we don't just tell you what to do and how to do it, we can do it all for you if you wish!

It's always a mystery to us why people would ever consider thinking of doing it any other way. It's the safest and most cost-effective way to transform your passion into a life-changing business and it's unbelievable value for money. You can benefit from our unique set of skills. Our team of experts are highly experienced in ensuring the key components of any successful start-up are created professionally, to give you the greatest chance of success! Our expertise could be the difference between earning a living doing something you love and doing a job that you hate. Life's too short for that!

THE NEXT STEP
1. Order the hourlies or contact me first if you have any questions.

2. Within 24 hours you'll receive a link to my online schedule where you can book a convenient appointment slot and answer a few simple questions about yourself and your idea, in order that I can fully prepare for the phone consultation.

I look forward to hearing from you and to helping you bring your business dreams to life!

To your success!

Russell
Started
The Small Business Start-up Specialists


FURTHER INFORMATION:

GUARANTEE
Our commitment is 100%, happy clients! We carry out the work in full collaboration with you and keep working to ensure you're 100% satisfied.

MY CREDENTIALS
* Veteran entrepreneur.
* Had one job for a year when aged 19 and hated every minute of it, before choosing to be self-employed.
* Created 14 businesses over 35 years, all but one sold profitably (one in a multi-million-pound management buyout).
* Various sectors - cosmetics, dating, hair and beauty, advertising, franchising, etc.
* The realisation that my primary talent and passion is helping aspiring entrepreneurs create start-ups.
* A genuine desire to use my skills and experience for the benefit of independent-minded people
* Whilst new to the PPH platform, I launched Started in 2017 (started.uk.com)

BUSINESSES WE START
A few examples include:
Beauty Therapy, Hairdressing, Personal Training, Massage Therapy, Physiotherapy, Photography, Matchmaking, Cleaning, Driving School, Home Services, Catering, Business Services, Consultancy, Property, Recruitment, Trades People, Franchising, etc, etc. If you're not sure whether we can help, please just ask.

GENERAL NOTES
We don't provide a formal business plan service as our services provide a more practical value unless you have a need to raise finance, in which case one may also be necessary.
Beware of imitations offering inferior services.

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