I Am the Captain

"I wish I knew it before" This book is your wish coming true. In just four parts you will get the picture of what it is to start own business. It can serve as a guide to succeed the first hours, days and months of the entrepreneurship.

"I wish I knew it before" This book is your wish coming true. In just four parts you will get the picture of what it is to start own business. It can serve as a guide to succeed the first hours, days and months of the entrepreneurship. This book captures the moments from the time I signed my resignation papers up to today. The moments are written in a way to be easily graspable and serve as a guide. The book has four parts: 1. the captain – about personal and inner understandings of the new situation 2. the boat – about networking and presentation of your own business 3. the journey - about external influences 4. the plan – about planning and money I believe that the findings I write about are applicable for any entrepreneur anywhere in the world. The pieces of knowledge are about my own opinions, changes, and ways of thinking we have to adapt, or at least take into consideration. It’s about the fact that there is a real difference when we hear something and get advice compared to when we really experience it on our own. The book describes different situations which I have noted down throughout the first months. Happenings, which can “hit” us and make us, open our eyes. Nuances, which any entrepreneur has to deal with. The advantage now is that you will know about them before they come. And at the same time I let you see how I and other entrepreneurs coped with those situations. Stories that I collected when sharing the aim of this book.

Monika Tutterova, MBA is ICF accredited certified Solution focus life and career coach. Prior to becoming a coach Monika had international experience since 2000 in following areas such as: product management, marketing, sales, leadership, process management, mergers and acquisitions. She hold managerial or team member positions. Monika has gained her experience in the Czech Republic, United Kingdom, and Austria. (Citibank,GE Money Bank, Euromoney PLC, Hearst Magazines) Monika has been coaching since 2010. Today she focuses on helping clients with solving complex problems in corporations as well as in their private lives and relationships. Among other areas of coaching she helps clients with dealing with burnout, handling hard decision-making, and with improving work motivation. She practices NLP, GROW, shadowing methodologies and Ericksonian solution focused approach. Monika’s client portfolio consists primarily of business owners, entrepreneurs, and senior managers from international companies. Monika studied Business Administration on University of New York in Prague. She gained her MBA on Solvay Business School in Brussels. She obtained her coaching ACSTH certification at the Erickson College, ICF accredited. Monika coaches in English and Czech.