A job symbolises many things to many people. For some, it is a matter of life and death. For others, it is a permanent feature of their lives without which their very essence is negated. It is therefore a dreaded moment when one loses their job through retirement, retrenchment, and or instant dismissal. In 2010, James Kapesa did the unthinkable; quitting his well-paid job as Head of Corporate and Retail Banking at a bank in Zambia's capital Lusaka to pursue entrepreneurship full time.In the First 90 Days after losing your job, James explores the DNA of a day job and proposes that the first ninety days are critical to defining your future success or failure. This period is one of serious and careful planning. Everything that you think of, say and act on and their consequences, will influence the success and failure of your next job, or your future as an entrepreneur.The First 90 Days after losing your job is a compendium of mental tools for any one seeking freedom after a job, as well as those who are transitioning between jobs. By reading this book and following its recommendations, the fear of losing a job and the dread associated with unemployment, joblessness and retirement will be conquered and given correct perspective.James is a senior member of the Chartered Institute of Accountants, Zambia. He now superintends over the Knowledgegates Group, a set of SMEs focusing on making information technology the driver of public and private education in Zambia.By using his real life experiences as a senior banker, he tells his story, and the untold stories of many who have attempted entrepreneurship but lapsed back to their jobs. He also tells the future stories of many, currently in jobs, who will ultimately retire by effluxion of time. He combines the story-telling skills bequeathed to him by his grandmother with his accounting training, banking experience and weaves a mosaic for a new entrepreneurial narrative that challenges the way Zambians and Africans conceive, birth and parent their small businesses. James concludes that for entrepreneurship to take off, in earnest, in Zambia and Africa, the NINE Canons herein are unavoidable. Success for SMEs will surely come; but only if and when SME promoters (1) serve ONE Master; a day job or business- not both; (2) MASTER one trade or career and entrepreneurs abandon the popular but cancerous habit of general dealing. Finally, James uses his seven years of practical SME apprenticeship to advise that whilst huge government tenders are welcome, business and career success take time. At least seven, ten and sometimes 15 years. His candidness and willingness to share moments of shame and vulnerability whilst at the same time keen to broadcast the germinating shoots of success at first sight, makes The First 90 Days after losing your job a relevant and valuable tool for scholars of entrepreneurship, and those who have lost their jobs including those intending to quit their jobs. At last, organisations and governments, long discouraged by the abysmally low growth and survival rates among SMEs, have something to ponder over and interrogate further.