How to Start Up Businesses

Start-ups are new businesses ranging from just a dream at present to ones that have successfully launched and are ready for growth.  We collect a range of useful business wisdom here to help you with your growth plans.  Yellow Belt

Useful 12Faces startup resources

Because 12Faces material can be used in many different ways, we concentrate here on directing you towards our filtering systems that will display articles you might find interesting.

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We group similar types of information together in Menus to make it easier for your to find a group of related topics.  Some useful 12Faces  Menus include

• What Business to Start: some general filters to help narrow down what type of business you should start
• Staffing your Business Menu people are one of the ‘sauces‘ that flavour your business.  This menu collects our distilled wisdom on this critical element of your business
• Website Tuneup: a menu of things that you can do periodically to keep your website in tip top condition

Lean Startups

There is a a whole body of business wisdom growing up around the concept of Lean Startups.

Essentially, this means taking a very controlled approach to learning about your embryonic business so that you can grow as economically and as fast as possible.

If you are into a start-up, this is essential reading for you.

There is a lot more written on the topic of Lean Start-ups than we can reasonably cover in 12Faces.

The YouTube video series by Steve Blank is an easy to follow and comprehensive visual approach to the topic.  Steve Blank is a founding father of the modern approach to start-ups.
Steve Blank video link