Nobody Is Coming to Promote You + Starter Kit
Stuck in a job that’s going nowhere? Your way out can start this weekend, for under $500.
Pick your best idea, set your price, track your money and see exactly when you can quit, all in one spreadsheet that works in Excel and Google Sheets.
Want the tools too? Choose the Book + Starter Kit edition: eight fill-in spreadsheet tools that do the maths for you. Pick your best idea, set your price, track your money and see exactly when you can quit, all in one spreadsheet that works in Excel and Google Sheets.
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.