Colin Barrow 
Get Backed, Get Big, Get Bought [PDF ebook] 
Plan your start-up with the end in mind

Introduction: Be careful what you wish for.
Part One: GET BACKED.
1 Problems over passion – the real characteristics of
winning business ideas.
2 The traits of the entrepreneur – it’s all in the
mindset.
3 Nothing new under the sun – the same old problems, some
brand new solutions.
4 Research, research, research.
5 Mastering the ‘master plan’ – business plans
are templates, not straitjackets.
6 The money – who has it and why you might just get your
hands on some of it.
7 Another day over and deeper in debt – leveraging the
investment.
Part Two: GET BIG.
8 You must be this high to go on the ride – why babies
can’t swim.
9 The path to growth – and riches too.
10 Selling fivers for a tenner – why margins matter
most.
11 Taking charge – good management’s a simple yet
rare commodity.
Part Three: GET BOUGHT.
12 What’s it to you? Calculating value.
13 Dressing to kill – preparing your business for sale and
getting the timing right.
14 Pay day – selling up.
15 Floating Off.
16 Getting a second life.
References.
Resource list.
About the Author.
Index.

Colin Barrow is based in Cornwall, UK. An established Dummies’ author, Colin was Head of the Enterprise Group at Cranfield School of Management, and a visiting professor in a number of international Universities. He is a specialist in business investment and finance with a score of books to his name. They have been translated into eighteen languages, including Russian, Chinese and Romanian.
Other titles by Colin Barrow: Incubators: A Realists Guide to the Worlds New Business Accelerators (Capstone); Starting a Business for Dummies For Dummies UK); and The Sunday Times Business Plan Workbook (Kogan Page).
Colin is the biggest selling author of Start Your Own Business books in the UK with over 56, 000 copies sold to date.