Dale Partridge

Serial entrepreneur and bestselling author Dale Partrigde is also the founder of StartupCamp.com that provides consulting services to startups. A condensed version of the online programs offered is published as Launch Your Dream: A 30-Day Plan for Turning Your Passion into Your Profession. Vice versa is the book a repetitive invitation to subscribe to StartupCamp.

The author happens to be a Christian as well, his book notably published through Thomas Nelson Publishing, and reviewers asked among the Christian bloggers at Booklookbloggers. Occasional references to God as if the six figure income now granted to the self-made businessman is His blessing, and therefore (un)intentionally setting the example for his readers, regardless their religion (Mammon, Christian, Jewish, Hinduism, Buddhism, etc.).

Put aside these comments, you're left with a 200 pages book on preparation, launching, and growing your own business. Topics like mission and vision statement, marketing, competitor analysis, finance, legal stuff, social media influence, as well as leadership are addressed in short chapters. Each ends up with a proverb or short blurb to remember (and to post on Twitter), a question, a conviction to believe in, and a call to action.Costless success doesn't exist. Despite the many lifehacks and business advice that

Costless success doesn't exist. Despite the many lifehacks and business advice that was given, very few of the readers will actually start living out their dream. And that's exactly the business model of consultants, just like the illustration of the local gym used in this introduction to sales, management, and product development.… (mehr)