What Is In Silver? The Silver section
of this website is designed to offer you exposure to not
only the experts, but also other business owners who have
wrestled with the very same issues you are likely confronting
now. Taking the fundamentals learned in the Bronze section
and providing you with more than theory or textbook answers.
Silver members will have case studies, real life examples
to relate to, actual business dilemmas to address, and
meet the people who made the decisions and are prepared
to share it with you. The experts you met in Bronze will
also share additional insights of a more intermediate
nature to mirror your stage in your own business evolution.
Silver members will have either progressed through Bronze
level learning, or will be assumed to have "real
life experience" with their business at a level that
places you on a par with those that have successfully
completed Bronze level learning of business fundamentals.
Now that you are committed to making the dream of business
ownership a reality, StartUpBuilder.Com is your resource
for mentoring you on your path towards a more successful
business result and a more fulfilling ownership experience.
Applying the lessons learned and internalized from your
experience or from the Bronze level, you are now ready
to take the next leap forward toward maximizing your efforts
and reaping the rewards.
What
Will I Learn? The emphasis is
on learning through real life examples. Having already
learned the issues you are likely to confront and how
to prepare for them in Bronze, Silver members will be
asked to make decisions based on readings, video clips
of both experts and business owners confronting the issues,
and then making selections. Where Bronze was focused on
learning concepts and providing tips and techniques; Silver
is targeted to helping you make the choices you (and other
entrepreneurs) are forced to make daily, and often with
less than perfect information, sufficient time to consider
ramifications of decisions, and pressures and deadlines
not of your own making.
• Among the decisions you will be asked to make will
be: 1- When to bring on additional resources 2- Should you seek partners 3- How to "break into" other industries
with your existing product line or service offerings 4- Going public or not 5- Whether to license your brand to others 6- Building succession plans
• Among the topics included for more in-depth analysis
are: 1- Web-based marketing 2- Securing funding from sources 3- How to shop for insurances 4- How to use the telephone to sell 5- Tax implications of various decisions 6- Business valuation
What
Do I Get In Silver? Sliver members
are elite and have demonstrated a desire and capacity
for absorbing information at a level that recognizes the
nuances of business and strives to make things actionable
and applicable to the business owned.[more] With that
in mind, the Silver members will have access to the following
features of StartUpBuilder.Com:
1- The ability to interact with other Silver members
in bulletin board postings 2- Access to webcast/chatroom exchanges with various
experts and business owners addressing the issues that
matter to you most 3- All Silver members receive the following:
1-
How To Succeed As An Independent Consultant, by
David Zahn (John Wiley & Sons) 2- The Quintessential Guide To Using Consultants
by David Zahn (HRD Press) 3- A Financial Planning Profile 4- More Valuable Insights
You will be provided with a relationship not unlike a
mentorship with your favorite teachers. Follow the advice
provided and in no time at all, you will see that is much
more rewarding to succeed in your own business if you
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