Start your small business with confidence
My primary motive is to help new small business owners succeed.​
You don't need to be an expert before you start. You can learn as I guide through the basics of starting a business while boosting your knowledge, skills, and confidence.
I want to get you going by sharing my experience of starting businesses, and years of mentoring new business owners like you.
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And, I won't pressure you into buying insurance, finance products or anything else that won't help you on your way
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How To Start A Business
The Toolshed 6-stage startup framework makes it easier to start a small business.
Each stage comprises step-by-step instructions, information, tools, and templates to help you get going quickly.
Together, the Toolshed and your fellow members can boost your chances of launching a successful startup. ​​​
Members
Fellow Business Founders
Chat, help and be helped by fellow members.
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Support each other
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Share advice
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Develop ideas
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Hang out
Startup Community Forum
Together, we can make your startup succeed
Mentors
Startup Experts
Be guided by our startup mentors.
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Business advice
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Startup guidance
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Regular startup AMA
100 Million
Global Startups each year
10%
Successful Startups at 5 years
We believe we can do better
5 Million
US Startups each year
About The Toolshed
Inspired by my own startup experiences and years of startup mentoring, I'm on a mission to provide practical help to business founders.
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I want you to get your business going quickly, learning lessons from where I, and others, may have struggled before.
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Derek Williams
Founder
We will help more startups succeed.
Currently, only 10% of startups succeed. We can improve on that.
Our Mission
We'll provide a structured framework, business-building tools, resources and a supportive community to help build members' confidence and ability to reach for business success.
Our Vision
Expertise and experience you can trust
Our commitments to you
People Friendly
We'll make our tools and resources intuitive and easy to use, and will remain open to member advice on improvements.
Professional
We'll be professional in all that we do, remaining focused on member success.
Simple
We'll use simple language and clear graphics to explain our content and resources, because starting a business is already hard enough.
Engaging
We'll do our best to make building your business an enjoyable experience.
