Colin Barrow

Author of Starting a Business for Dummies: UK Edition

About the Author

Colin Barrow is the former Head of the Enterprise Group and current Visiting Fellow at Cranfield University. In a career spanning nearly 40 years, he has lectured, researched and collaborated with Colleagues in business schools in the UK, the US, Australia, the Far East and throughout Europe. He is show more also the author of The Business Plan Workbook and Financial Management for the Small Business (both published by Kogan Page). show less

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Works by Colin Barrow

The Business Plan Workbook (1988) 61 copies

The 30 Day MBA (2009) 52 copies

Starting and Running a Business All-in-One For Dummies (2011) 33 copies

Starting a Business from Home: Choosing a Business, Getting Online, Reaching Your Market and Making a Profit (2008) 24 copies, 1 review

Understanding Business Accounting for Dummies (2004) 22 copies

The 30 Day MBA in Marketing: Your Fast Track Guide to Business Success (30 Day MBA Series) (2011) 17 copies

Financial Management for the Small Business (1984) 16 copies

Managing Your Finances (DK Small Business Guides) (2001) 16 copies

The 30 Day MBA in International Business: Your Fast Track Guide to Business Success (30 Day MBA Series) (2011) 15 copies

The 30 Day MBA in Business Finance: Your Fast Track Guide to Business Success (2011) 13 copies

Complete Small Business Guide: A Sourcebook for New and Small Businesses (Capstone Reference) (1995) 11 copies

The Essence of Small Business (Essence of Management Series) (1993) 11 copies

Buying a Property in Eastern Europe For Dummies (2006) 10 copies

Business Success: Practical Financial Management (2011) 10 copies

The Successful Entrepreneur's Guidebook: Where You Are Now, Where You Want to Be, and How to Get There (2006) 8 copies

Practical Financial Management: A Guide to Budgets, Balance Sheets and Business Finance (Business Development Series) (2008) 7 copies

Business Start Up For Dummies Three e-book Bundle: Starting a Business For Dummies, Business Plans For Dummies, Understanding Business Accounting For Dummies (2012) 6 copies

Enterprise Development: The Challenges of Starting, Growing and Selling Businesses (2004) 5 copies

Marine Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods (Nutraceutical Science and Technology) (2007) 4 copies

Get Backed, Get Big, Get Bought: Plan your start-up with the end in mind (2009) 4 copies

Buying a Property in Spain for Dummies: UK Edition (2007) 4 copies

Sage Guide to Setting Up and Managing Your Own Business (1998) 3 copies

Breastfeeding : a guide for the medical profession 3 copies

Taking up a franchise: The Daily telegraph guide (1984) 3 copies

Business Plans Kit For Dummies: UK Edition (2009) 3 copies

Principles of Small Business (Principles of management) (1997) 3 copies

Managing Your Finances in Australia (2001) 3 copies

E-training and development (2003) 3 copies

Cut Costs Not Corners: A Practical Guide to Staying Competitive and Improving Profits (2010) 3 copies

Business Growth Handbook (1992) 3 copies

The " Daily Telegraph" Guide: Taking Up a Franchise (1994) 2 copies

The New Small Business Guide: Sources of Information for New and Small Businesses (1989) 2 copies

The Global Property Investor's Toolkit: A Sourcebook for Successful Decision Making (2008) 2 copies

The Economist Pocket Entrepreneur (Economist Publications) (1987) 2 copies

Starting up : a step by step guide to establishing and running your own business (1992) 1 copy

Startups: Business Plans for Small Businesses (2012) 1 copy

Guide to Taking Up a Franchise (Daily Telegraph) (2000) 1 copy

Routes to Success: Case Studies of 40 UK Small Business Ventures (1986) 1 copy

How to Survive the E-business Downturn (2000) 1 copy, 1 review

Grey Man, the (2002) 1 copy

Business Start Up For Dummies 1 copy

Incubators: A Realist's Guide to the World's New Business Accelerators (2001) 1 copy

Management by Walking Around (The Every Day MBA) 1 copy, 1 review

The Business Enterprise Handbook (Business Enterprise Series) (2003) 1 copy

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Nationality: UK
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jpsnow 1,339 reviews

Starting a Business From Home: Your Guide to Planning Your Home Start-up, Reaching a Market and Creating a Profit (Business Success) by Colin Barrow

These concepts are very basic. For someone starting a business with no background in the process or in business economics, it’s probably a helpful resource. US-based readers should know it’s oriented to the UK, including the monetary examples and especially for the legal and accounting coverage.

Feb 21, 2024

eurovision_nicola 11 reviews

How to Survive the E-business Downturn by Colin Barrow

Really basic help for businesses but not designed to be terribly specialist. You could find better help online to be frank but it's a good primer for those just starting out to think about what they need in place before really launching as a company. The e-commerce factor though isn't that helpful.

Feb 6, 2009

skrabut 303 reviews

Management by Walking Around (The Every Day MBA) by Colin Barrow

One of the management strategies I saw used with great success while I was in the Air Force was called management by walking around (MBWA). However, since I've been in higher education, this strategy has not been used. I believe organizations not using this strategy suffer in performance. This strategy has often come to mind recently, and I wanted to read more about it. Luckily, I found this book by Colin Barrow called Management by Walking Around (The Every Day MBA). Read more

Sep 2, 2020