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How to Find the Right Business for You

A practical workbook for aspiring founders who want to find a business idea that fits their life, skills, and ambitions — before spending a single euro.

6
Core modules
24
Practical lessons
12
Worksheets & templates
€69
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Who it’s for

This workbook is for you if…

You want to start a business but are not yet sure which idea to pursue. You want a structured process to get from “I want to be my own boss” to “this is the business I am building.”

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You have ideas but no direction
You want to start something but keep going around in circles. This workbook gives you a clear process to follow from start to finish.
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You are thinking about leaving your job
You want to find the right idea before you hand in your notice — not after. This workbook helps you do the validation work while you still have income.
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You want to match the business to your life
Not just any business — one that fits your skills, your energy, and the kind of work you actually want to do every day.
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You are starting from scratch
No network, no big idea, no existing audience. Just a genuine desire to build something for yourself. This workbook starts from zero.
What’s inside

6 modules. 24 lessons. One decision.

Work through the modules in order. Each builds on the last. By Module 6 you will have made your business decision and written a one-page concept ready to act on.

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Foundation
Orientation
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Where does your business fit on the map?
The B2B/B2C × Product/Service quadrant — where you land shapes everything about how you sell, price, and grow.
Self-audit
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What your quadrant means for you
Each quadrant has its own rules. Understand the dynamics of yours before you commit.
Worksheet
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Your unfair advantages
Map the skills, experience, and network that give you an edge most people underestimate.
Worksheet
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What kind of founder are you?
Operator, creator, connector, or advisor — your archetype shapes which business models will energise you.
Self-audit
2
Self-audit
What you are actually good at
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Your skills inventory
List what you can do, then identify which of those skills are rare and in demand.
Worksheet
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Your experience map
Every job and industry you have worked in contains knowledge someone else would pay for.
Worksheet
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Your energy audit
Distinguish between what you can do and what gives you energy. Build your business around the intersection.
Self-audit
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Spotting your zone of genius
Where skills, experience, and energy all overlap — the thing you do better than almost anyone.
Worksheet
3
Research
What the market wants
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How to identify real problems people pay to solve
Find a problem first, then build the solution. The three characteristics of a problem worth solving.
Worksheet
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Validating demand before you build
5–10 real conversations with real people. No surveys. No assumptions.
Exercise
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Competitive landscape
Competition is a good sign. Your goal is to find where existing solutions are expensive, slow, or badly targeted.
Worksheet
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The gap analysis
Where your strengths meet market needs. This is where most ideas get sharper, narrower, and more viable.
Worksheet
4
Decision
Shortlisting your ideas
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Generating 10 business ideas from your life
Quantity first, quality second. The best ideas emerge from the pile.
Exercise
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The scoring matrix
Evaluate each idea on feasibility, passion, market size, and competition.
Worksheet
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Narrowing to 3 serious candidates
Select your top 3. Not your final answer — your candidates to pressure-test.
Worksheet
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The one-page concept test
Five elements: who, problem, solution, why better, how it makes money.
Template
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Validation
Pressure-testing your idea
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Talking to potential customers
Ask about the past, not the future. Listen more than you talk.
Exercise
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The riskiest assumption
Find the one assumption that, if wrong, would kill your idea. Test it first.
Worksheet
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A low-cost experiment to test your idea
Specific. Fast. Cheap. Decisive. Test one assumption at a time.
Exercise
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How to interpret what you learn
Look for disconfirming evidence. Update your thinking honestly.
Worksheet
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Commitment
Making the decision
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The decision framework
Four conditions for commitment. Permission to decide based on enough evidence, not perfect evidence.
Worksheet
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Your business concept in one page
A clear statement of what you are building, for whom, and why it will work.
Template
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What the first 90 days look like
Month-by-month goals for finding your first paying customer.
Worksheet
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When to keep your job and when to leave
The framework for making that decision without regretting it.
Worksheet
What you get

Everything you need to find the right idea

A complete, self-contained workbook. No app, no login, no subscription. Just a PDF you own forever.

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The Business Position MapUnderstand which of the 4 quadrants suits you and what that means for how you will sell and grow.
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10-idea generation exerciseA structured process to generate business ideas from your own skills and experience — even if you feel stuck.
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Customer discovery scriptsExact questions to ask potential customers — and how to interpret what you hear.
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The scoring matrixA structured way to compare your top ideas across feasibility, passion, market size, and competition.
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Validation experiment frameworkHow to test your riskiest assumption for under €500 and in under 2 weeks.
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One-page business conceptThe final deliverable — your chosen business clearly defined and ready to act on.

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