Book Description
Recent studies reveal that job satisfaction rates in America are at an all time low and a whopping 58% of Americans have considered starting their own businesses. In a time when job satisfaction has become an oxymoron, it is no surprise that workers are bidding farewell to stuffy cubicles in favor of launching their own small businesses.While there are scores of business books in the marketplace that provide high-level advice, this is the first business book to address the fear involved in launching a small business.
Readers of "The Business Startup Checklist and Planning Guide" will:
- Learn how to overcome the fear of business ownership. - Get ideas for deciding what kind of business to start. - Discover over 200 useful resources and website links. - Locate sources for funding. - Uncover ways to launch a business regardless of your financial situation. - Find out how to locate trade associations, vendors, and business license requirements for all fifty states. - Read stories of successful entrepreneurs from a variety of industries. - Get real world advice and unique ideas you won't find anywhere else. - Utilize the ultimate business startup checklist to help you plan every step of the process. - Obtain the tools to transform your dream of business ownership into a reality.
Each chapter concludes with a profile of a successful entrepreneur. The entrepreneurs profiled in the book represent the following industries: - Retail - Specialty Foods - Online/Internet - Franchise - Real Estate - Pet Services - Child Care - Virtual Assistance - Fitness - Personal Coaching - Freelance Writing
Each of these entrepreneurs shares their own experiences, the ups and downs of the business start-up process, and their advice for success. These are real people who left their careers behind to achieve their dreams of business ownership.
Whether you want to launch a home-based business or set up shop in a commercial office, retail or warehouse location, this book provides you with the tools to transform your dreams of business ownership into reality.
Customer Reviews:
The Business Startup Checklist and Planning Guide: Seize Your Entrepreneurial Dreams!.......2007-07-16
The Business Startup Checklist.......2007-02-11
Extremely Useful.......2006-03-31
An ideal guidebook for anyone wanting to start a business.......2006-03-09
useless.......2006-02-26
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Start Your Own Medical Claims Billing Service (Entrepreneurs Magazine Startup)
Entrepreneur Press Manufacturer: Entrepreneur Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1891984802 |
Book Description
The entrepreneur armed with this book learns how to research the market, find the right location, analyze start-up and operating costs, find clients, get referrals, understand medical jargon, and deal with insurance carriers.Customer Reviews:
Just What I Needed.......2007-10-06
Surprisingly easy!.......2007-10-03
Not what you need to start a business.......2005-05-22
Start your research .......2005-02-06
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Enterprising Nonprofits: A Toolkit for Social Entrepreneurs
J. Gregory Dees , Jed Emerson , and Peter Economy Manufacturer: Wiley ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0471397350 |
Book Description
A hands-on resource that shows nonprofits how to adopt entrepreneurial behaviors and techniquesThe rising spirit of social entrepreneurship has created all kinds of new opportunities for nonprofit organizations. But at the same time, many are discovering more than their share of challenges as well. This essential book will help anyone in the field gain the necessary skills to meet these challenges. Written by the leading thinkers and practitioners in the field, Enterprising Nonprofits offers concise and engaging explanations of the most successful business tools being used by nonprofits today. The authors clearly describe all the concepts so you'll be able to embrace the methods of social enterprise for your organization. With this book, you'll learn how to use practical business techniques to dramatically improve the performance of your nonprofit.
Praise for Enterprising Nonprofits
"I can't imagine a better team to bring powerful insights and practical guidance to social entrepreneurs. Readers will be inspired by the examples, and then they will roll up their sleeves to apply the many useful management tools in this engaging book."-Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Harvard Business School, Author of Evolve!: Succeeding in the Digital Culture of Tomorrow
"In one book, Enterprising Nonprofits does for social entrepreneurs what countless volumes have done for entrepreneurs in the business sector. A wonderful mixture of analysis, practical advice, and inspiration."-Paul Brest, President, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
All of the royalties from this book will be used by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation to support continuing work on social entrepreneurship.
Customer Reviews:
An academic but useful view of social entreprenuers.......2007-09-23
Social Enterprise for Nonprofits.......2007-04-23
Comprehensive and Quite Useful.......2007-02-07
A Must Read for those in the Non-Profit Sector.......2001-06-29
Phenomenal resource.......2001-05-26
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Free Money and Help for Women Entrepreneurs
Matthew Lesko , and Mary Ann Martello Manufacturer: Information USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1878346512 |
Book Description
Book which lists over 5,000 Government Sources of Grants, Loans, Venture Capital, Management, Technical Assistance and Marketing Help especially for women.Customer Reviews:
Free money and Help for Women Enrepreneurs.......2007-01-11
good if you know nothing.......2006-12-17
Not Worth It........2005-12-03
Very misleading.......2005-05-30
Same Story Updated Version.......2005-04-25
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College Entrepreneur Handbook: Ideas for a College Based Business (PSI Successful Business Library)
Jonathan Reed Aspatore Manufacturer: Oasis Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1555715036 |
Book Description
Regardless of whether you plan to open a small campus coffee cart or take on the world with an internet startup, the College Entrepreneur Handbook is a real world guide that can help you reach your dreams. It's loaded with information on how to manage your time and develop creative solutions around the barriers that might otherwise discourage you from fulfilling your dreams.This easy-to-absorb guide focuses on the essential aspects of developing a sound business venture:
* Using the resources around you
* Understanding your tax and legal requirements
* Creating an organizational structure
* Managing your time
* Finding mentors to help you in your business
* Understanding your responsibilities
Don't take a part-time job to help pay for school - own your own business! With the right idea and the know-how outlined in this guide, you could be on your way to becoming the next Federal Express, Dell Computers, Nantucket Nectars, or one of the many others founded by college students.
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Lots of Inspiration.......2000-07-01
Backward approach.......2000-05-18
A Great Book for Every College Entrepreneur.......2000-01-19
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401 Questions Every Entrepreneur Should Ask
James L. Silvester Manufacturer: Career Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1564149013 |
Book Description
There is little job security left in Corporate America. International competition is ravaging our mainline companies, Wall Street is rewarding companies that "streamline" (read: cut staff), and we are now "outsourcing" even white-collar jobs to India and China. Those seeking a way out of this dilemma must risk more than ever in these turbulent economic times. Which is why both beginning and seasoned entrepreneurs need 401 Questions Every Entrepreneur Should Ask, an invaluable, comprehensive reference resource. Jim Silvester brings 27 years of professional and educational experience to this work. 401 Questions Every Entrepreneur Should Ask reviews 25 functional areas of operation of the typical entrepreneurial firm. It then poses the hundreds of questions any entrepreneur should ask, the answers to which will essentially create an "operational X-ray" of your business operation. After posing a question, Silvester explains its importance to the overall health of your company, discusses the business consequences of a negative answer, then instructs you on how to correct or avoid the unwanted consequences. You'll learn the need to ask questions such as:Do you have a written statement of your company's mission or purpose?
How do you predict future developments in your industry?
Have you planned for technological changes that may affect your business?
How do you stay on top of cash flow?
How involved are your managers in planning, operations, and finances?
Do you have someone ready to take your place in case of an emergency?
Customer Reviews:
401 Questions every entrepreneur should ask review.......2006-11-06
Must Have Book For Prospective Entrepreneurs.......2006-11-02
401 Questions Every Entrepreneur Should Ask.......2006-11-02
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Earning Money Without a Job: Revised for the 90s
Jay Conrad Levinson Manufacturer: Holt Paperbacks ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0805014586 |
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Still works.......2005-02-27
Ignore the other comments. This book could change your life!.......1999-03-12
If you have what it takes to question the prevailing paradigm and are determined to be happy at work, you'll find this book a refreshing, important alternative. If they don't get it in Estonia, shame on them, but I know it was the best $10 I ever spent.
Chaotic, destructive, useless.......1999-02-05
For your better orientation, I'd like to divide the book in two parts, calling the pages 1 to 100 Part 1 and pages 101-end Part 2.
Reading Part 1, one gets the feeling that Mr. Levinson has never heard the word "system". Page after page after page he talks about everything and nothing, changing subjects as he pleases and turning back to same things every once in a while. Part 1's as chaotic as a book can possibly be. If you would tear out the pages, throw'em in the air and collect in a random order, it wouldn't make any noticeable difference.
Thus, it's not an easy task to tell you about the contents of Part 1, but I'll try. Mr. Levinson begins by saying that you can earn as much money as you wish by working as little time as you wish. (I'll have a million dollars a day by working 15 minutes a day, thank you very much.) Then, Mr. Levinson starts counting skills and qualities that you just have to have in order to earn money without a job. Some of them can be learned, some can't. If you don't have them - well, sorry pal, maybe that nine-to-five job of yours isn't that bad after all. You must have really strong nerves to read it. No one has ever demonstrated me so convincingly and persistently that I'm no good at anything. I got really depressed for quite some time.
Part 1 doesn't even deserve 1 star. In fact, people should be paid for reading it.
Now, on the page 101, Mr. Levinson starts actually delivering some information. You'd never believe it but in Part 2, there are chapters with clearly defined subjects, in logical order, each chapter dealing with a different subject and with only one subject at a time! You shouldn't hope too much, of course - it's still Levinson. However, because of the Part 2, he deserves 2 stars.
Still, the information provided in Part 2, useful as it may be, is nothing extraordinary and is very far from justifying the book's title.
Summary: The book contains some useful information, but definitely not worth the money. If you read the book anyway, you'd better start on page 101, skipping the first part for good. However, my advice is - don't waste your money on Levinson.
Book Description
The brand new, highly-acclaimed Venture Management Handbook tells an entrepreneur or the management team of any company how to raise money, avoid trouble and manage to profitability -- even in the post-crash, post-Enron economy. And at the end of the day, make sure there is something left for themselves.Sample topics include:
Valuations
VC terms and preferences
VC structure - exactly how they make money
Business plans for you and for VCs
Accounting 101 for a manager (not an accountant)
Accurate sales forecasting
What executives need to know about accounting
Cash flow forecasting, management and reporting
Deciding what to measure
How to work with investment banks
Protect your precious cash from crafty creditors
Good vendor contract terms
Convertible notes and bridge loans
Borrowing on assets or receivables
What to do when things start going bad
Controlled bankruptcy and reorganization
How to structure sales agreements to ensure you get paid
How to choose the right lawyer - and get the most from them while paying the least
Dividing the spoils in a merger or acquisition
How to avoid employee lawsuits
When can investors demand their money back?
Options, warrants, ISOs, your personal income tax
Revenue recognition - what Enron, Xerox and WorldCom did wrong -- how to stay out of trouble
Avoid personal responsibility for the debts of your corporation -- if you're not careful, you may NOT have a corporate shield
and much, much more
Customer Reviews:
Precise information, exactly what an entrepreneur needs.......2003-09-12
The best book for an entrepreneur who dreams of raising money and taking his enterprise to places!
Finally a venture book for the rest of us.......2003-02-05
I opened the book expecting another of the usual business help books. The ones that spend half the book telling you why you should read it and the second half trying to sell the next in the series.
This book is different. Venture Management Handbook gets right to the point on every subject and is entirely written for the totally uninformed yet driven entrepreneur. I'm only a quarter through, and with skipping to subjects I need now, I may not ever actually finish. But, who ever finishes a reference book, and Venture Management Handbook will surely find its way to the reference shelf of your local library.
Most relevant and referenced book on my shelf.......2003-01-21
Without a doubt, the best book on software startups.......2002-12-04
Without a doubt, the best book on software startups that I have ever encountered. Each chapter is immediately useful, practical, and concise.
Thanks for all of the help and for sharing your experience and thoughts. Super!
Peyton
Clearly written & nicely organized.......2002-11-10
Book Description
"Successful Business Planning in 30 Days" offers 224 pages of easy-to-use fill-in-the-blank worksheets, checklists, and forms, with business planning tips, strategies, fact-filled quotes, step-by-step instructions, and much more.Customer Reviews:
Work of Art.......2003-12-11
One day at a time ..........2003-11-28
useless.......2003-11-10
Good Book for those just starting out.......2003-04-10
Good overall book, but not enough examples........2002-07-26
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Small Business Profiles: A Guide to Today's Top Opportunities for Entrepreneurs (Small Business Profiles)
Bourgoin Manufacturer: Thomson Gale ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0810393255 |
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