If you have ever had an idea for a new product or company but didn’t know where to start, this is the notebook to help make it happen.
“Together with Tim Jaudszims, author and business angel, LEUCHTTURM1917 developed an analogue journal for business entrepreneurs, which helps to successfully overcome the hurdles involved with setting up a business, keeping an overview in focus. The new Start-up Journal is a personal workbook and notebook combined that is clearly structured according to topics, featuring useful suggestions, practical templates and helpful techniques”
This is not a notebook filled with over-used quotes and lots of blank pages. This is a mini-MBA walk-through system-driven notebook laid out in a step-by-step style to help guide you along the way.
This notebook is dense! It is the thickest Leuchtturm notebook I have ever seen and it is honestly the best start-up book I have ever seen and I have read or listened to!
One of my favorite parts of the book is presented right away which is the simple question of “What does success look like to you?” But this notebook is the first one that helps quantify what this actually looks like. The way the author, Tim Jaudszims, simplifies broad reaching and in most cases, complex ideas, is highly engaging and a lot of fun to work through.
The notebook starts by asking about five ideas that you have and walks you through a self-evaluation of the ideas. While it may look like a simple questionnaire, there is one question that is huge when it comes to evaluating an idea, “Did you pitch your idea to at least five other people? Did they like it?”
In almost every entrepreneur book, the number one thing they mention is to not keep your idea a secret. I was just listening to a book, “Will it Fly, How to test your next business idea so you don’t waste your time and money” by Pat Flynn and he literally just recommended an idea on this same concept. He used to buy the person’s cup of coffee behind him and while they waited for their coffee, he would ask them about his latest idea and listen to every bit of feedback on the idea.
Will it Fly Audible Book
The Notebook
295 numbered pages filled with advice start-to-finish startup guide
Hardcover in two colors, orange and blue
Medium A5 size 8.25in x 5.75in
Cost $39.95
Weight is 1.25 lbs
High Quality 100 g/m² paper
Back pocket
2 bookmarks
Set of sticky labels
15 chapters:
Idea
Entrepreneurship
Types of start-ups
Leadership
Storytelling
Branding
MVP, MLP, MSP, and PMF
Research
Pitch Deck with 12 sub -chapters
Marketing = Sales
Growth Hacking
Pivot
Valuation
Fundraising
Reasons for failure
While I work on building my new company OCBags, I will be using this notebook as a roadmap to help develop my packs, and grow my company! I really like this notebook and highly recommend it!
Please let me know if you have any questions about this and I will add updates along the way about my new company with this notebook.
Mike
As always, I purchased this notebook and did not receive anything for it. My thoughts are my own.
