Nobody Is Coming to Promote You + 45 minutes consultancy

Know exactly which business to start, and what to do first, in 45 minutes.

Reading about 50 small businesses is exciting. Choosing the right one for your life, and knowing exactly what to do next, is harder. This package gives you a private 45-minute video call with Ludovic Chan, plus the book and the Starter Kit, so you leave with a clear plan you can start this week.

ON THE CALL, WE'LL

• Choose your business: compare your top ideas against your budget, your hours and your skills

• Check your numbers: start-up costs, your floor price, and a realistic first month

• Plan your first 30 days: your first test, your first ten customers, and what to do each week

• Answer your questions: permits, pricing, fitting it around your job, and when it might make sense to leave

WHAT YOU GET

• A private 45-minute video call with Ludovic Chan

• Nobody Is Coming to Promote You: the complete 135-page PDF

• The Starter Kit spreadsheet: 8 fill-in tools for Excel and Google Sheets

HOW IT WORKS

1. Buy the package, then pick a time that suits you on the booking calendar.

2. Your book and Starter Kit arrive by email within one business day.

3. Before the call, fill in the Idea Scorecard with your top three ideas. It takes about ten minutes.

4. Join the video call and leave with a clear plan.

THIS IS FOR YOU IF…

• You're stuck in a job that's going nowhere and ready to start something of your own

• You've narrowed it down to a few ideas and want an experienced second opinion before you spend

• You want someone to check your numbers, not just cheer you on

YOUR ADVISER

Ludovic Chan has spent more than 25 years in business and consulting, and has built and sold more than a dozen companies in Hong Kong, Canada and Japan. Almost none of them started big. Expect plain talk, real numbers and no hype.

7-DAY GUARANTEE

Change your mind within 7 days of buying, before your call takes place, and you get a full refund. Just email support@solidbasehouse.com.

Calls are held in English, by video. This is business advice and planning, not legal, tax or financial advice. Your results depend on your market, your effort and your costs.

Stuck in a job that’s going nowhere? Your way out can start this weekend, for under $500.

You work hard. You do what’s asked. And you’re still waiting: for the raise, for the promotion, for the day someone finally notices.

Here is the hard truth it took Ludovic Chan 25 years in business to put into words: nobody is coming to promote you.

The good news? You don’t need them to.

This book gives you 50 real small businesses you can start in your evenings and weekends, for under $500, while your salary keeps paying the bills. No big loan. No big audience. No special talent. No quitting your job on a hope.

Just a clear plan, honest numbers, and the first step to take this week.

INSIDE, YOU’LL DISCOVER

• The $10 product people buy the moment they can’t read a price tag, and exactly where to sell it (Business 1)

• Why a “boring” air-conditioner clean sells itself with one photo (Business 21)

• How to buy used books by the bag and find the one a collector will pay $24 for (Business 11)

• How to test any idea for under $100 before you risk a cent more (Chapter 3)

• The seven “easy money” traps, and the one question that exposes every one of them (Chapter 5)

• The exact message to send for your first ten customers, and the two questions that bring you the next ones (Chapter 6)

• Your floor price: the number you must never go below, and how to work it out (Chapter 8)

• The three numbers to reach before you hand in your notice (Chapter 10)

50 BUSINESSES. FIVE WAYS TO START.

• Sell where the crowds are: markets, pop-ups and events

• Buy low, sell right: books, phones, appliances and vintage finds

• Services people gladly pay for: cleaning, pet care, tutoring and portraits

• Make it once, sell it often: wallpapers, stickers, planners and courses

• Be the connector: video channels, local news, meetups, referrals and holiday rentals

EVERY BUSINESS GETS THE SAME CLEAR TWO PAGES

✓ What it costs to start

✓ How soon you could make your first sale

✓ Why people pay, and what you need

✓ How to start this week, step by step

✓ A worked example of the real numbers

✓ What to watch out for

✓ Three things to do now

WRITTEN BY SOMEONE WHO HAS DONE IT

Ludovic Chan has spent more than 25 years in business and consulting, and has built and sold more than a dozen companies in Hong Kong, Canada and Japan. Almost none of them started big. This is the playbook he wishes someone had handed him at the start: plain English, real numbers, no hype.

THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU IF…

• You’ve been passed over, again

• Your raise didn’t keep up with your rent

• You want an income of your own, but can’t risk your salary

• You’ve been saying “one day I’ll start something” for far too long

ZERO RISK: THE 30-DAY GUARANTEE

If the book doesn’t give you at least one business you could start this month, email support@solidbasehouse.com within 30 days and get every cent back. Keep the PDF anyway.

WHAT YOU GET

• PDF ebook, 135 A4 pages, in English

• Instant download: read it on your tablet or computer, or print it at home

• 50 businesses, 10 chapters, and a seven-day plan from reading to your first sale

Want the tools too? Choose the Book + Starter Kit edition: eight fill-in spreadsheet tools that do the maths for you.

Stop waiting. Start small. Get your copy now.

The figures in this book are worked examples, not promises. Your results depend on your market, your effort and your costs.