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Step-by-step advice on:
-- the skills and knowledge needed to startup;
-- the start-up costs, pricing, and potential earning;
-- the best ways to get new business;
-- the advantages and disadvantages of each business;
-- the hands-on advice of those already in the field.

One of the best general record keeping and tax advice publications to come along to help people new to small business get a basic understanding of recordkeeping, accounting, and taxation issues that affect small business.

This is an interactive workbook for starting your small business, with clear, step-by-step explanations, examples, and exercises that lead readers through planning and starting a small business. A good complement to other, more complicated business start-up books; this one was used successfully in a micro-enterprise training program operated by the authors.

Topics covered include the business plan, forming a partnership, financing, franchising, and selecting locations. From inception to implementation, from opening to expansion, this is a nuts-and-bolts guide for the budding entrepreneur -- be it the M.B.A. who wants out of the rat race to the homemaker who wants to work out of the living room.

Noted home office experts address the issue of how small businesses can attract customers. While other current titles on small and home-based businesses include chapters on marketing, advertising, public relations, direct mail, and sales promotion for the small and/or home-based business entrepreneur, none do it so well or so comprehensively as these authors. They offer tips on networking, media kits, news releases, radio and TV advertising, and other topics.

-- Starting a business, including market research, planning, financing, and more
-- Setting up your work environment, including office space and equipment needs, professional services, network resources, and hiring
-- Buying an existing business or franchise - the different types of businesses, valuing and pricing the acquisition, and negotiating an agreement
-- Launching a consulting practice - defining your services and markets, selling yourself, pricing, billing, and building a clientele.

The book's main strength is its provision of testimonials, which offer a good source of ideas for those looking to start a business whether they are retired or not. Also included are sections on business selection, self-assessment, and business plan development.

Being your own boss, as anyone who's tried it can attest, is not as easy as it looks. The rewards can be great, but hurdles abound--and many fledgling entrepreneurs never manage to get beyond the latter in order to enjoy the former. Well-known experts Sarah and Paul Edwards believe it can be done, though, and present solid tips for thriving as well as surviving in Secrets of Self-Employment, an expanded version of one of their popular early works.

This thorough examination of the inner workings of the venture capital industry explores: Resources available to entrepreneurs, from SBA loans to angel investors; Proven strategies for identifying and approaching equity sources; Characteristics of a "superdeal", from the investor's perspective.

Covering all aspects of web-business startup, this book focuses on everything from brainstorming successful ideas to setting up your first Web site; creating effective marketing campaigns to delivering the goods; following up with outstanding customer service; and raising the money to get your concepts off the ground.

Explains clearly how to build a profitable crafts enterprise, with coverage of 16 different retail markets, including fairs and shows, shops and galleries, and Internet and catalog sales. All of the other necessary basics are presented as well, from building confidence, developing your product line, and setting prices, to creating a printed professional image with brochures, business cards, labels, and more. Of particular interest is the final chapter, which details precisely how to turn your hobby into a successful business.

This value-packed book will show both entrepreneurs and current business owners how to: Determine what to include in each plan, why, and for whom; Recognize and avoid common pitfalls in the process; Use the renowned "Timmons Model" to analyze potential business opportunities.

Provides information on home business management, the home office, sales and marketing, computer operations, the Internet and wholesale mail order. Helps readers choose, manage, and prosper in a home business.

Articles, interviews, business profiles, financing, marketing, advertising and legislative news of note aimed at the small business owner or those planning to start a new or additional business.

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