Neil Lewis started his first business in 1999 in a back bedroom, with a computer and £2,000. Eight years later, his business was turning over £4 million and had a valuation of £12 million. Two year further on, the business closed and shareholders walked away with nothing. '100 Rules for Entrepreneurs' are the real-life business lessons - both good and bad - that Neil learned during that phase of rapid growth and sudden decline. Applying these rules, active and would-be entrepreneurs can skip many of the mistakes of start-up and growth businesses and massively increase their chances of success.
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Neil Lewis is a media entrepreneur and business leader based in the North West of England. A partner in MediaModo and the driving force behind new digital magazines, business events and entrepreneur accreditation assessments, Neil has over 22 years experience in publishing and business investment. His specialist skills include business strategy, online publishing and media plus business investment and start-ups. Neil regularly speaks at university and entrepreneurial networking events where he shares what he has learnt from his experiences. MediaModo offer recently won a North West Development Agency grant to develop a new entrepreneurial accreditation scheme that will revolutionise the way investors and entrepreneurs work together.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By F. Pullen
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Format:Paperback
This book is another in the Harriman Business Essentials series. Entrepreneur Neil Lewis, who has over 22 years experience in business investment, shares his top 100 entrepreneurial tips. The tips cover topics including goal setting, staff management, negotiation, collaboration, credit control, intellectual property and debt.
All the questions are indexed at the front of the book so you can go directly to a question that interests you, or read through them from start to finish. Each answer covers 1-4 pages and gives you a lot of useful information. It is all set out in a very readable way, once I picked the book up I was reading for over an hour.
My only criticism would be that for me as a small business/sole trader around half the book was not relevant to me; all the questions about employing staff, managing staff, shares and share holders etc did not apply to me. I would say it is probably more suited to someone who runs a larger business, or for someone who is about to start employing staff (there is plenty of recruitment advice.)
This review originally appeared on The Sewing Directory.
All the questions are indexed at the front of the book so you can go directly to a question that interests you, or read through them from start to finish. Each answer covers 1-4 pages and gives you a lot of useful information. It is all set out in a very readable way, once I picked the book up I was reading for over an hour.
My only criticism would be that for me as a small business/sole trader around half the book was not relevant to me; all the questions about employing staff, managing staff, shares and share holders etc did not apply to me. I would say it is probably more suited to someone who runs a larger business, or for someone who is about to start employing staff (there is plenty of recruitment advice.)
This review originally appeared on The Sewing Directory.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By A. Maslen
Format:Paperback
I'm willing to bet Neil Lewis manages to pack more real-world business wisdom into this book than most business schools teach in a year.
Not empty rhetoric about "excellence" either. Gritty advice on, among other things, hiring and firing (Neil is very keen on freelance talent) and the true measures you should use to judge business and personal performance.
There are loads of detailed work-throughs of calculations every entrepreneur needs to know about and his advice ranges widely on everything from the personal qualities you need to succeed as an entrepreneur to what "success" actually means.
I'm not sure Neil would call me an entrepreneur - I started my business 14 years ago but have no intention of starting another - but I still see dozens of gold-plated ideas I wish I'd known about when we started out.
If you're serious about following the way of the entrepreneur, you should invest a little of your start-up capital in a copy of 100 Rules for Entrepreneurs.
Finally, Neil Lewis writes well. It's great to find useful information packaged so readably.
Not empty rhetoric about "excellence" either. Gritty advice on, among other things, hiring and firing (Neil is very keen on freelance talent) and the true measures you should use to judge business and personal performance.
There are loads of detailed work-throughs of calculations every entrepreneur needs to know about and his advice ranges widely on everything from the personal qualities you need to succeed as an entrepreneur to what "success" actually means.
I'm not sure Neil would call me an entrepreneur - I started my business 14 years ago but have no intention of starting another - but I still see dozens of gold-plated ideas I wish I'd known about when we started out.
If you're serious about following the way of the entrepreneur, you should invest a little of your start-up capital in a copy of 100 Rules for Entrepreneurs.
Finally, Neil Lewis writes well. It's great to find useful information packaged so readably.
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