Welcome, I'm glad you're here, it means you're serious about starting a real new business. It also means you're in a hurry. During the next few minutes, I'll help you get started by thinking through the question, should I do a startup now? That's an important decision to get right. Then we'll go through a short series of sessions that will lead you to your decision moment. along the way.

I'll give you some free tips and tools. So let's get going. This slide begins a quick course Should I do a start up now? It consists of this introduction, followed by five short sessions called snippets. Each snippet focuses on a single item and is quick to get through. It's also immediately useful.

You can find more of them at the website, start one now calm. Let's begin the introduction and then move on to the next snippet. Should I do a start up Now is a very big question. It's going to alter your life forever. Whether you decide yes or no. I'm sure you appreciate high quality things.

So I know you want to make a high quality decision here. That's what this course is all about. It's all about a very special person, you. I'm going to take you through five steps in the past to making your decision. I assume you're ready, possibly with an idea for starting a new business that is bold. It may be a vision, but not much more thought in your head.

And you want to know what will be required of you, the founder to move that idea in your head forward to become a real exciting enterprise. by traveling with me through the five steps in this course. You'll get to know how you're seeking, then you'll be equipped to make a quality decision. together will examine your dreams for doing a start up scrutinize how entrepreneurially equipped you are. Look at your personal situation. Check into the what, why and how you're thinking and conclude by focusing on what's required of you at this point to do a real new enterprise.

Along the way, I'll show you how to quickly pull together a handy sketch of your idea. It's going to display how it might become a real business. To do that will follow what the famous serial entrepreneurs do to assemble it. This decision is about you. were focusing on your choice to do something that will be life changing. Whether you say yes or no, it will affect both your current situation and your future career.

This is all about helping you decide what is a wise alternative for you. You'll be learning from the best of the best famous companies that were once real startups run by amazing people such as those who have done several successful startups dubbed serial entrepreneurs. It includes experiences of leaders of many kinds of businesses, from single retail stores to franchises and techie startups, and applies tips from people who finance their new businesses. From a wide range of cash sources from personal savings to angels, crowdsourcing and high tech venture capital. The leaders of those startups had to make the same big decision you are contemplating. Should I do a start up now?

These are companies that you probably recognize successful ventures whose founders converted their ideas into World Class successes. You'll learn from what they learn in this course, no matter how large or small your idea is. In addition, you'll learn from a valuable source that is seldom revealed. Those are the lessons and tips derived from testimonials of people who tried and eventually closed the doors to their startups. This course is about realism the kind of frank discussion that Keeps your dreams alive while powering you with sober decision making. That's what the founders of these startups did well.

But not every idea is based on World Class ambitions. Perhaps one of the other kind of startup, maybe what you are currently contemplating? If so, I've got good news for you. My research and that of others have shown the same tips also work for other types of businesses. So I assure you, this is also for you. It has a simple, clear focus to lead you to make a quality decision about the reality of doing a startup now.

Hey, how about going on an adventure? Would you like that sound great. Well, how about starting your own business? Yes, that too can be a real adventure. But is doing a startup truly an adventure? serial entrepreneurs think so.

One reason they do their new enterprise prizes. To begin. There are lots of unknowns. Yes, and it is very risky, that's for sure. But where the risks come rewards in various forms, not just in the bank riches. But that treasure is buried and difficult to find.

It's hard work tough going often. And finally, it can be a lot of fun. All together. That's what adventure is about, and hopefully also your startup idea. As you go through the five short snippets that follow together, we will examine your dreams for doing a startup scrutinize how entrepreneurially equipped you are, look at your personal situation and check into the what, why and how of your thinking. Then we'll conclude by focusing on what's required of you at this point to do a real new enterprise.

Along the way, I'll show you how to quickly assemble that handy sketch of your idea, the one that's going to tell people how it might become a real business. We'll do that just like the famous serial entrepreneurs did it and succeeded at the conclusion because As you finish the course, I'll give you a free bonus as a reward. We'll use the following checklist to examine what will be required of you. Are you an entrepreneur? Is your personal situation right for doing a new enterprise? How good is your idea?

What are the real reasons you want to do a startup? And how are you going to figure out what's required for the business? When we get to the whole part, we'll dive into the details of building that sketch. Well, if you're ready, I am. Let's get started. Right now, let's move to the snippet.

What are your dreams, I'll look for you there.