Emma's new book 'Working 5 to 9' out now!
10/05/2010 send to a friend
Enterprise Nation founder Emma Jones's second book Working 5 to 9: How to start a successful business in your spare time is out today. We're very excited here! So, we're calling this week, 5 to 9 Week. We're not asking you to change the way you work or anything! But we've got some great stuff coming up to help celebrate the release of the book. Read on to find out more - and if you're new here, having read about us in the paper, welcome!
Emma Jones, founder of Enterprise Nation and author of Spare Room Start Up, releases her second book today Working 5 to 9: How to start a successful business in your spare time. To help celebrate, we're kickstarting a 5 to 9 week, with something new about the book each day. More about that below. But first a little bit about the book itself.
About the book
Working 5 to 9: How to start a successful business in your spare time takes a look at the 'working 5pm to 9pm' trend in the UK, and profiles 60 people who are running successful businesses outside of their normal office hours - everything from writing, baking and accounting, to magic, music and even pig farming!
In the book, Emma offers over 50 ideas of businesses you can run in your spare time and looks at franchise ideas that can be run in the same way.
There's also advice on starting a business, sales, marketing, technology and how to maintain your social life whilst working 5 to 9.
Who's the book for?
Well, if you're in a job but not sure for how much longer; if you're wanting to pursue a passion, hobby or skill, either for light relief or extra income; or if you're dreaming of becoming your own boss but aren't sure where to start - this book's for you!
Meet the author
There are a few events coming up (though more to be announced) where you can meet Emma Jones, author of Working 5 to 9 and the founder of this here website:
- May 20th 2010
In Newcastle, at an event hosted by North East Enterprise Agency, TEDCO. Registration. - May 25th 2010
At an event in the Staples store, Shrewsbury in Shropshire.Registration. - June 23rd 2010
And in London, at an event hosted by Inspired Entrepreneur. Registration.
5 to 9 Week on Enterprise Nation
We're running a series of mini 'events' right here on Enterprise Nation to celebrate the release of Emma's new book.
- Monday: That's today! And you're looking at it - an introduction to the book and the 5 to 9 Week
- Tuesday: Tomorrow, we're publishing an exclusive excerpt from the book to our business blog
- Wednesday: You can hear a recording of my chat with Emma about the book and the 'working 5pm to 9pm' trend
- Thursday: Emma explains all via the magic of video, as we show a Working 5 to 9 promo
- Friday: It's competition time! You can win a copy of the book via our lifestyle blog, Facebook and Twitter
Get your copy
You can find out more about Working 5 to 9: How to start a successful business in your spare time by Enterprise Nation founder Emma Jones and buy your copy on the links below:
San Sharma
San is community manager at Enterprise Nation, as well as the voice of @e_nation on Twitter.
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Author: Barbara Steadman
Date: 10/05/2010
Comment: Congratulations Emma!!!! Can't wait to read it. In particular looking forward to the advice on how to fit in a social life when you are a 5 to 9'er. Oh and how to keep your sanity, get more hours out of the day and keeping the different areas of life all running smoothly! Not much to ask.
Good luck
Barbara
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Author: San Sharma
Date: 10/05/2010
Comment: Well done, Emma mate. I'm holding the book right now - and it looks great :-)
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Author: David Wike
Date: 10/05/2010
Comment: Well done Emma ... at last! If it's as good as your first book it'll be a winner.
David
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Author: David
Date: 10/05/2010
Comment: Congratulations on the launch of the book Emma! (and to San for his work) I hope this is a great success for you.
I look forward to receiving my copy in the post in the next couple of days! :)
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Author: Damian
Date: 10/05/2010
Comment: Just stumbled on the site following the article in the tonight's Standard. Fantastic, I look forward to getting the book and exploring the forums shortly.
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Author: Heather Bestel
Date: 11/05/2010
Comment: Another gorgeous book WooHoo!
And you look fabulous on the cover missus :-)
Well done Emma - I bet it's even better than the first one! xx
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Author: Dave Howell
Date: 13/05/2010
Comment: Here's my latest book review:
The queen of working from home returns with her second book that builds on the success of her previous book Spare Room Start Up. If you have been thinking that it would be great to start your own business in the spare time you have in the evenings and at weekends, this is the book for you.
In essence, Emma provides not only inspiration with page-after-page of business ideas that give insight into how other people have embraced the 5 to 9 ethos, she also provides a practical roadmap that anyone can follow. In her new book Emma reveals a hidden commercial landscape that ordinary people are shaping with hard work, determination, but above all, a belief in their abilities to improve their lives by staring a new business in their spare time.
This hidden economy is surprisingly vast. In the first chapter the facts, figures and statistics that support this paradigm shift in how people earn their living, banishes once and for all the notion that part-time home-based enterprises are nothing more than lifestyle businesses that have no bearing on the UK’s overall economy. Millions of people are now working 5 to 9 and contributing to the overall wealth of this country.
If you have ambitions to work for yourself, but if taking the plunge and handing in your resignation is too radical, then working on your business idea in your evenings and weekends is the perfect solution. Students, retired people, new mums and a plethora of other people are finding that they do have the entrepreneurial drive and spirit to change their lives for the better. As one 5 to 9’er states: “I hold onto my long-term vision that in five years time I will have created a successful and profitable online business, which allows me to have a more flexible working life, escape the corporate 9-5, and do something I truly enjoy and feel passionate about.”
One of the threads that runs through this book is passion and an unbridled excitement about beginning and developing a new business. The cost of entry into the world of business has continued to fall. This has delivered to millions of people the impetus they needed to begin their new enterprises. Many of the people showcased in this book have much in common as people, but what is astonishing is the diversity of the businesses that Emma has chosen to highlight.
The majority of the book is taken up with profiles of 50 home-based businesses that have taken the plunge into the heady world of working 5 to 9. From estate agents by day, but pig farmers by night, to business support adviser by day and magician by night; if you need inspiration for you new home-based business, then this is available in abundance in Emma’s book.
Emma has taken a step back and surveyed the entire working from home sector, and chosen businesses that illustrate the wide diversity of enterprises that have been started by ordinary people. And perhaps this is a major component of this book: that anyone can start a 5 to 9 business. In the past the entrepreneur was revered as someone with special innate skills. What this book shows is that passion, commitment and a belief in what you are doing are more important skills to develop.
Of course starting a new business is not just about the idea and developing a good work/life balance. The practical aspects of enterprise also have to be considered. In section three, these matters are dealt with in detail. If you want to start your own business but are put off by the red tape you have to negotiate, Emma has distilled all the essential steps you need to take into one handy reference.
But even before you think about your accounts, marketing, network opportunities etc. market research and understanding if your business idea is viable is also covered. If you have been put off by other business books that talk about business plans and SWOT analysis this book will come as a breath of fresh air. Emma understands that these matters must be considered by all new business start-ups, but has packaged this information in an easy to access form. Having read many new business books over the years, I have seen few that are as easily read, and impart essential information about VAT, tax, contracts, business planning and structures than this book.
Advice about marketing comes next including information about how to use the many social networking services that are swept across the web over the last few years. Many 5 to 9 businesses suffer from a lack of market exposure, with many of these business owners finding that marketing is the most difficult skill to master. Concise yet comprehensive advice is included in this book to not only give you the practical skills to shout about you and your business, but also to help you dispel the fear that often comes when a novice business owner steps into the world of marketing and public relations.
Of course technology has transformed all businesses, but none more so than the micro enterprises that are operated 5 to 9. An entire section of his book is devoted to how you can use technology in your new business. In addition you will also see how the Internet is often at the heart of many new home-based start-ups that simply could not exist without the web and the supporting technological ecosystem that has developed around it.
Overall, Working 5 to 5 is packed with help, advice, hints, tips and masses of web links to information you could spend days locating yourself. But this book is more than the sum of its parts. As a resource for small home-based businesses it is essential. For people thinking that there must be more to life than the 9-5 drudge it will become their bible and constant companion as their plans for a new life in business takes shape.
Business and the people that run today’s enterprises are changing. Big business is transforming into micro commerce where anyone with a good idea and a few hours to spare can start and run their own successful business. What many people that want to enter the 5 to 9 community lack is a guide to show them how to achieve their dream. With the arrival of this book, you now have the tools to turn your dreams into reality.
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Author: Emily Coltman
Date: 17/05/2010
Comment: Great book Emma! Thanks very much!
M
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Author: Johan Dahlstrom
Date: 28/06/2010
Comment: Is this book available in .epub format?
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Author: San Sharma
Date: 28/06/2010
Comment: Hi Johan, Hold tight! Working 5 to 9 will be available in the ePub format very soon. Sign up to our newsletter on the link below and we'll let you know as soon as it's out!
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Author: sola
Date: 12/07/2010
Comment: hi emma,
i enjoyed reading your first book and in my opinion 5 to 9 is a must read for all home business people.
keep up the good work.
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