How to Start a Successful Business- The First Time: the Definitive Business Startup Guide from Concept Through Financing and Operating Your Business The Right Way

Gary Bizzo wrote "How to Start a Successful Business - The First Time" to address the issues and problems his clients faced in setting up a business through to the day to day operations of their businesses. Helping small businesses is his passion. Why This Book? He wanted to write a book that would allow new entrepreneurs ease of entry into the business world. What he found out was that it wasn't just for the young twenty-something kid right out of school. He wrote his book for the man tired of working 14 hours a day by himself in a dead-end job with no respite, for the woman who came to him telling Gary she had six different businesses opened and closed within seven years and the 65 year old baby boomer wanting to supplement a meagre pension who had an 'idea'. He wanted to help the 50 year old man who had ulcers because of his 30 year old boss and the single mother who had that great art craft idea for kids only a mother could conjure up. He counselled a client who loved people and who always wanted to open a coffee shop but had nagging doubt. She was followed by another client who hated people but thought a coffee shop was a money maker. Then there was the young woman with lofty ideas who wanted to start an airline - she did. Some succeed but most are left at the curb with little to show but debt. Much of Gary's inspiration comes from his business relationship with Michael Gerber, the #1 Business Coach in the world. Gerber's classic,the "EMyth" and the Dreaming Room Program (which Gary worked on with him in Vancouver) are extraordinary resources for the entrepreneur. This book is for those with a passion and a spirit who just need a little help. Let Gary take you to that next level. Pay it Forward!

Gary C. Bizzo grew up on Canada's East Coast in New Brunswick. He moved to Vancouver right out of university and has stayed there since. He is an APEC Certified Business Counselor from Acadia University. Gary has 30 years experience working with small to medium businesses. He owned a Commercial Photography/Ad Agency with an international reputation, is a Marketing/Business Consultant and is an Agent of Change as a Social Media Networker. In 2011, he helped change Canadian Law through Bill C-470 making charities executive CEO salaries transparent for the first time. Gary has Coached or Mentored over a 1000 businesses and has consulted with numerous multinationals. He was President of the BC Entrepreneur Development Association, for 5 years, an advocacy group of 10,000 Canadian entrepreneurs.