Download or read book 220 Best Franchises to Buy written by The Philip Lief Group and published by Crown Currency. This book was released on 2010-02-24 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today's economic climate, dominated by corporate giants and chains, can be a tough place for a new face, but buying a franchise is the best opportunity for a budding entrepreneur. 220 Best Franchises to Buy, revised and updated with all-new franchise ideas, shows you how to get in on the ground floor--and how to reap the benefits of running your own business without running all the risks. Here are all the facts you need to make an informed decision about the franchise operation that best suits your professional goals, financial resources, and personal needs. The book features a step-by-step breakdown of potentially confusing areas such as financial responsibilities and licensing fees. You'll also learn about what kind of training and marketing to expect for your money, and how to negotiate a contract in your favor. This new edition of a business classic has been completely updated and revised to include franchise opportunities for the new millennium--everything from advertising to the fastest-growing chains of health clubs. With over fifty thousand copies in print, 220 Best Franchises to Buy is one of the most trusted sources of franchise information for today's entrepreneurs.
Download or read book The Handbook of Small Business Organization and Management written by James M. Thompson and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2006-12-29 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE HANDBOOK OF SMALL BUSINESS ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT is an easy to read practical guide that covers the major errors made by small businesspersons as well as the major problems of small business organization and management. Written by Dr. James M. Thompson whose training and experience covers a broad area, including small business ownership, law, manufacturing and college teaching. Dr. Thompson received the Ph.D. degree from the University of Delaware in chemistry. He has organized and managed two successful businesses, has served with the judiciary for New Castle County Delaware, worked as a manufacturing chemist and is presently serving as a college professor. The author has sought to combine under one cover a variety of diverse information, all essential to organizing and successfully managing a small business and written in a fashion digestible to the entrepreneur. In writing THE HANDBOOK OF SMALL BUSINESS ORGANIZATON AND MANAGEMENT the author has focused upon the small manufacturer, but the contents are not limited to this area. Much of the information is applicable to any small business operation. THE HANDBOOK OF SMALL BUSINESS ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT is recommended for persons contemplating small business ownership as well as those already in business. Also, the book could serve as introductory text for a course in small business ownership. THE HANDBOOK OF SMALL BUSINESS ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT contains over 250 pages and 18 major chapters. Among them include: Why Businesses Fail; Proprietorship, Partnership or Corporation; How to Incorporate; How to Prepare the Business Proposal; Profiling and Surveying the Industry; Franchising; How to Finance the Business; Finding Sources of Equipment, Materials and Services for the Small Manufacturer; Selecting the Right Industrial Site; Business Taxes; Cost Analysis; Controlling Production and Inventory; Selling the Product; Collecting Bad Debits; How to Obtain a Trademark; The Uniform Product Code (UPC); The Accounting Procedure; The Accounting Records. Also Included are: A Standard Set of Corporation By-laws; A Standard Certificate of Incorporation; An “Agreement of Sales Representation”; The Consignment Contract; The Corporation as a Tax Shelter; Sample Minutes of the First Meeting of the Corporation; A Sample Partnership Agreement; Sources of Good Business Ventures; Actual Cost Studies; Names and Addressees of Active Venture Capital Companies; Sample Business Profiles; Shipping Procedures; Business Check List; Tax Computation Procedures, and much more.
Download or read book The Self Employed Woman s Guide to Launching a Home Based Business written by Priscilla Huff and published by Crown Currency. This book was released on 2010-05-26 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step-by-Step Advice on Making Your Home-Business Dreams a Reality From Priscilla Y. Huff, the leading expert on home businesses for women, The Self-Employed Woman's Guide to Launching a Home-Based Business is your step-by-step resource to getting the business of your dreams up and started in no time. Packed with expert advice and nitty-gritty details about what it takes to run a successful home-based business, this book will show you how to: ·Prepare—physically and mentally—for a new career from home ·Balance work and family time for maximum enjoyment—and minimum stress ·Find and fill out the proper tax, license, and insurance forms ·Handle customers and bring in new business ·Implement creative and effective marketing plans ·Manage your finances and accounting with ease ·And much, much more! Filled with valuable resources and profiles of successful home-based entrepreneurs, this book answers all your questions about starting an enjoyable and profitable venture.
Download or read book Aboriginal Small Business and Entrepreneurship in Canada written by Katherine Beaty Chiste and published by Captus Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aboriginal communities have an increasing interest in small business. This book looks at the growing small business sector in aboriginal communities. Containing current information on special programs, this innovative text identifies small business opportunities and covers the financing and daily management of these enterprises. Aboriginal Small Business and Entrepreneurship in Canada is an invaluable book for potential aboriginal entrepreneurs, people who work in the community, and those interested in aboriginal studies.
Download or read book The Complete Guide to Investing During Retirement written by Thomas Maskell and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-11-17 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Buy early and diversify.” But what good is that Wall Street adage for those entering retirement with little savings? They’re looking for a substantial and quick return on their money. This guide is for them. It provides retirees with the knowledge and confidence needed to join the stock market later in the game. Financial expert Thomas Maskell secures readers’ investments as he introduces stock market procedures and terminology, helps retirees increase their investments to multiply their account value, ignores standard Wall Street rhetoric and trains them to become their own investment experts, and leads them on the path of short-term buying and selling success. This vital stock, investing, and trading information is delivered to readers in an accessible and understandable way. Retirees can now focus on enjoying retirement—rather than affording it.
Download or read book What to Do with The Rest of Your Life written by Robin Ryan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2002-10-15 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stuck in a job that's going nowhere? Hate going to work? Pounding the pavement looking for an opportunity? Bored? Whether you are caught in a career crisis, a victim of corporate downsizing, or suffering from old-fashioned burnout, you need America's #1 career coach, Robin Ryan. Robin has the answers. She will show you that your perfect career is waiting for you no matter what your age or income. Most important, Robin Ryan provides great advice for the millions who feel trapped in their jobs and need a change but also need to maintain their income.
Download or read book The Perfect Sales Presentation written by Robert L. Shook and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2011-08-17 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America’s best salespeople, from businesses spanning IBM to Mary Kay Cosmetics, take you along on the perfect sales presentation. There’s much more to superselling than just showing a great product. Sales presentations that consistently get results are subtle blends of skill, performance, and manipulation. It’s a craft that’s almost magical—but a craft that can be learned. Now, five of the top salespeople in America—Martin Shafiroff, Betty C. Hardeman, Joe Gandolfo, Mary Kay Ash, and Buck Rodgers— distill lifetimes of sales expertise into a step-by-step guide that can help you succeed, regardless of the product or service you’re selling. You’ll watch as a fictional character—representing the combined experience of these five leading sales pros—conducts the perfect presentation: from getting past a secretary on the phone to turning a recalcitrant executive into an eager new customer. Then you’ll hear detailed commentary from each of the five experts on subjects including: • Doing your homework beforehand • Creating initial interest • Fact finding • Presenting the product • Controlling—and assuming—the sale • Overcoming objections • Closing the sale • Servicing the customer The Perfect Sales Presentation shows you dozens of techniques in action that can make your presentations more effective—and more lucrative. In a world that is ever more competitive, here is practical sales advice from the best: your personal edge that can help get you to the top—and keep you there.
Download or read book Direct Selling Channels written by Bert Rosenbloom and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-03 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the first book to examine direct selling--the distribution of consumer products and services through personal, face-to-face sales away from fixed business locations. Direct selling has long been a major marketing channel for companies around the world. In the U.S. alone, by the start of the present decade, direct selling accounted for $12 billion in sales volume produced by almost five million independent direct salespeople. In this fundamental resource, leading authorities who have spent years studying direct selling channels provide in-depth insights, analyses, and research findings on such key topics as customer response patterns, sales motivation, personal selling methods, minority participation, multinational direct selling, and directions for future research in direct selling.This marketing channel continues to thrive and grow and Direct Selling Channels prepares readers for the challenges of the twenty-first century by providing the latest and most in-depth thought, analysis, and research on direct selling that is not available from any other source. The breadth and depth of coverage of direct selling found in this volume will help readers gain knowledge, insight, and practical wisdom about an area of marketing where superficial, stereotypical myths have so often been passed off as truth. The material presented is directly relevant to both long-range strategic planning and day-to-day management issues so it can be put to immediate use for managing direct selling channels more effectively.Direct Selling Channels represents the state-of-the-art thought and research in this area. Reader’s understanding of direct selling channels will be enriched by chapters that explore: the salient issues facing direct selling today research findings on consumers’attitudes toward direct selling methods the reasons why people become direct salespeople innovative concepts such as trust-based relationship selling the relationship between sex-role self concept and sales performance how to identify international markets for new products sold through direct selling channels
Download or read book The Complete Small Business Guide written by Colin Barrow and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2003-05-23 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This completely updated 7th edition provides the next wave of entrepreneurs and small business owners with a one-stop resource of vital business information. This highly successful book is unique in offering not just informed advice on how to start, survive and succeed in business, but also has extensive directories of all the contacts and addresses you'll ever need. It will be an invaluable aid whether you are unsure how to go about market research, preparing a business plan, raising finance of legal requirements, or if you simply need a database of names and addresses.
Download or read book A Guide to Finding Business Information at the Library of Congress written by Library of Congress. Humanities and Social Sciences Division and published by Library of Congress. This book was released on 1995 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Best Business Crime Writing of the Year written by James Surowiecki and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From some of our most talented and perceptive crime writers—an entertaining anthology of true stories from the front lines of the war zone that has become American business today. • “Lovely and juicy. It's all about egos, excess, lack of caution.” —USA Today A year ago it would have been difficult to conceive of an anthology of stories solely devoted to corporate malfeasance. Today, the challenge has been to keep it confined to one volume. From P.J. O’Rourke’s hilarious “How To Stuff A Wild Enron,” in which he compares trying to understand Enron’s finances to trying to buy an airline ticket at the best price, to Marc Peyser’s’s perceptive look at that American institution, Martha Stewart, to Joe Nocera’s investigation of how it all went wrong, the stories here are sometimes infuriating, often entertaining, and invariably informative. Includes: • “The New Bull Market” by Michael Kinsley from Slate • “In Praise of Corporate Corruption Boom” by Michael Lewis from Bloomberg News • “HardBall” by David McClintick from Forbes • “The Accountants’ War” by Jane Mayer from the New Yorker • “Enron Debacle Highlights the Trouble With Stock Options” by Thomas Stewart from Business 2.0 • “Investigating ImClone” by Alex Prud’homme from Vanity Fair
Download or read book Canadian Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management written by D. Wesley Balderson and published by Irwin Professional Publishing. This book was released on 1994 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Comparative Law Yearbook of International Business written by Dennis Campbell and published by Kluwer Law International B.V.. This book was released on 2016-04-24 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this thirty-ninth volume of the Comparative Law Yearbook of International Business, practitioners and experts in various legal fields from Belgium, Canada, Germany, the Isle of Man, Japan, New Zealand, Romania, South Africa, and the United States examine issues from national and regional perspectives. Authors from New Zealand and South Africa review matters pertaining to cybercrime and cybersecurity law and employee use of social networking sites. Under the heading Corporate Law, practitioners from the United States, Canada, the Isle of Man, and Romania deal with issues such as transfer of business, choice of law regarding intermediated securities, beneficial ownership of companies, and shareholder activism. Finally, authors from Belgium and Japan treat best-efforts clauses, and copyright protection of digital rights management.
Download or read book Become a Franchise Owner written by Joel Libava and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-11-03 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive A-to-Z guide to researching, selecting, and starting a viable franchise business With more and more professionals looking for alternatives to traditional corporate employment, Become a Franchise Owner! informs would-be franchise owners of the joys and perils of purchasing a franchise. Authored by a trusted, feisty, tell-it-how-it-is independent franchise industry insider, this book offers straightforward, step-by-step tips and advice on how to properly (and carefully) research and select a franchise business. Get tips on how to locate information about franchises, current industry trends, interviews with franchisors, and hot franchise opportunities. Offers a self-evaluation to discover if you are "franchise material" Describes how to choose the right franchise for your specific situation Lists the 40 crucial questions to ask current franchise owners Owning a franchise isn't for everyone; in fact, as Joel Libava says, "it's really not for most people." But if it is for you, this book can guide you in starting your own successful franchise business.
