How to Make a Billion in Nine Steps

<B><U>**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**</U></B><BR/><BR/> 'Richard is <B>the real deal </B>. . . <B>If you don't believe simple steps can deliver a business worth billions, read this, and then think again.'</B><BR/><B>JAKE HUMPHREY</B>, author of<I> High Performance</I><BR/><BR/><I>'How to Make a Billion in Nine Steps </I>is <B>a blueprint for success</B>, full of <B>practical strategies that actually work</B>.'<BR/><B>SARA DAVIES</B>, TV Dragon and author of <I>The Six-Minute Entrepreneur</I><BR/><BR/> 'There's nothing that entrepreneurs need more than inspiration and practical advice . . . Richard's book has this in bucketloads . . . This is <B>a crucial toolkit.'</B><BR/><B>THEO PAPHITIS</B>, TV Dragon & Retail Entrepreneur<BR/> _____________________________________________<BR/><BR/> Richard Harpin became an entrepreneur at the age of just seven when he started selling conkers to his school friends. Fifty years later he sold a company he founded, HomeServe, for over £4 billion.<BR/><BR/> In <I>How to Make a Billion in Nine Steps</I>, Harpin shares the lessons he learned along the way, and the things he wishes he had known that could have got him to a billion-pound valuation faster.<BR/><BR/> He reveals his uncomplicated, grounded and honest approach to business, showing that start-up success is not rocket science. And he shares his practical wisdom for building a company from the ground up, identifying opportunities, creating effective marketing, planning for future growth, hiring brilliant people and developing the key qualities of a great leader.<BR/><BR/> It will inspire a new generation of CEOs, fitting them for a world of ever-evolving challenges, and revealing the path to extraordinary success.<BR/><BR/> Richard Harpin's book 'How to Make a Billion in Nine Steps' was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 2025-07-14.